Da candidate? (New name tossed into [IL] Senate mix: Mike Ditka)

Daily Southtown ^ | July 8, 2004 | Kristen McQueary

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Full-size Ditka or midget Ditka?

[Reagan79]

Good thing there aren't many New Orleans Saints fans in Illinois.

[Archangelsk]

After his meltdown in New Orleans, I would lump anyone who votes for this football head in a new category of insane. Just becasue you stick an R next to your name doesn't infer some kind of right to my vote.

[RWR8189]

Anything would be better than Osama.

[ErnBatavia]

He's already in congress....or at least his twin is.

[GSlob]

Good, he might be useful in the dealing with the Senate libs as a stand-in for Cheney.

[freedom1st]

Has Ditka moved back to Illinois? After the Saints fired him, I thought he still lived in Louisana, and he liked hanging out in a casino in Bay St. Louis. In fact, I thought he was a casino host for high-rollers.

[Yossarian]

Full-size Ditka or midget Ditka?

Is that a Levitra joke?

(Ditka is a spokesman for the drug, if you didn't know.)

[Clintonfatigued]

This is encouraging news. I think that Ditka has the celebrity to get the campaigning off to a running start. I have great respect for Steven Rauchenberger, but fear he doesn't have the fundraising or time to establish the needed momentum.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"The Bears team bus enters the Indy 500. Who wins?"

"Is Ditka driving?"

"Yeah, Ditka's driving."

"DA BEARS!"

[Sonny M]

After his meltdown in New Orleans, I would lump anyone who votes for this football head in a new category of insane. Just becasue you stick an R next to your name doesn't infer some kind of right to my vote.

I honestly can't say its stupid to vote for him. First, its important to know what his beliefs are. If he's a short tempered guy who has weird views, its bad, if he's a conservative who has straightened out, then maybe.

Either way, if he did nothing but curse and yell at democrats, he'd still be a better alternative to Obama. Obama is a dangerious rising star in the democratic party, and needs to be slowed down or stopped.

I would though rather the GOP go with a "we can do better" type thinking with canidates as opposed to the liberals who think "we could do worse then this guy".

[mrustow]

Why are strangers trying to kill me?

[cookcounty]

How pathetic. I'm going to nominate Allouette, or anybody. If I had $100,000 to burn, I'd run myself.

[illini20]

Ditka lives in the suburbs of Chicago, I believe.

Ditka 250%
Obama 1%

[California Patriot]

These folks need to decide whether they want a senator
or a party chairman. A guy like Ditka can't be a party
chairman; it won't work. He probably wouldn't be much
of a senator, either. But he could be a great candidate,
and that's what matters.

[freedom1st]

Thanks for the info.

[oprahstheantichrist]

Mike Ditka is without question the only breathing soul in this politically God forsaken state with a snowball's chance in Cuba of defeating Obama.

Where else but here would the only guy in the world with a surname that rhymes with "Osama" be considered not only a viable candidate, but a shoe-in? Ryan was something like twelve points behind BEFORE the scandal broke. Jack, that is. Not George, not Jim. JACK Ryan.

Crack all the Levitra jokes you want, Ditka's adored and respected here, and if this plays out, you're going to hear quiet groans of "oh, sh--!" under the snickering and jokes at the Trib, where THEY started this whole thing in the first place.

[rface]

Ditka can win -

[Thane_Banquo]

We know he's a believer in a strong defense.