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NEWS FLASH: Ditka storms out of meeting (angered over Drudge story)
Illinois Leader ^ | 7.14.04

Posted on 07/14/2004 7:48:27 AM PDT by ambrose

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To: sarasota

I say give him a couple days. We'll get a surprise announcement.


21 posted on 07/14/2004 7:59:43 AM PDT by RockinRight (Liberalism IS the status quo)
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To: Always Right
"If I worked for Ditka, I would not want to be the one who leaked any story."

Why? What is he going to do, punch you? It's a different world out there, different rules. If he can't figure that out for himself than he has no business running for an elected office. (Or managing a McDonald's for that matter...)

22 posted on 07/14/2004 7:59:51 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: shrinkermd

and any sensible person knew up front that this was the case.


23 posted on 07/14/2004 7:59:58 AM PDT by dmz
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To: ambrose
"was angered when met by reporters"

Mike, this is why it is called "public office".

24 posted on 07/14/2004 8:00:09 AM PDT by Deguello
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To: phil_will1

Yup. I posted about 2 hours ago that since he was ahead in the polls, all he had to do was keep his mouth shut. So much for that.


25 posted on 07/14/2004 8:00:23 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Badeye

I doubt the Illinois RINO establishment really wants Ditka. They don't own or control him... that's the reason why they wouldn't support Fitzgerald for another term.

Interestingly, this is the same reason the Democrat leadership wouldn't support Glenn Poshard in 1998. They were much happier to support a corrupt RINO like George Ryan, who'd "play ball" with them.

Illinois is a sickeningly corrupt state, and has been for quite some time.


26 posted on 07/14/2004 8:00:26 AM PDT by ambrose
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To: ambrose

If he is so petty that he can't take that, he surely can't take the ugliness of politics.


27 posted on 07/14/2004 8:01:22 AM PDT by Gypssy (Smart, Womanly & Conversative! :-)~~~)
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To: ambrose

we need Ditka.... and ILGOP is a stinkin' pile of ----


28 posted on 07/14/2004 8:01:22 AM PDT by rface (Ashland, Missouri - monthly donor - bad speller)
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To: ambrose
Doesn't Mike know that the press hates Republicans and was directly responsibile for sinking the first guys candidacy??

Lesson one: The media hates Republicans unless you are a wacky liberal republican who often publicly diagrees with your party (See McLame).

29 posted on 07/14/2004 8:01:23 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: phil_will1

What would he say to Leaky on the floor of the Senate?


30 posted on 07/14/2004 8:01:43 AM PDT by RetiredArmy ( I am a Vietnam Vet. I have been accused of war crimes by the ADMITTED WAR CRIMINAL Kerry)
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To: Deguello

I say it's up to Ditka to call in the press when he's good and ready. Hope he does what BadEye suggests and has a surprise announcement, just to show the press where he stands with them. (Answer: at a time and place of his choosing.) It's gotta feel good to rub the press' nose in it once in awhile.


31 posted on 07/14/2004 8:03:09 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: ambrose
Just call him Senator Obama
32 posted on 07/14/2004 8:03:19 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: shrinkermd; SedVictaCatoni; dmz

You should have seen the bitching on another thread when I suggested that this celebrity nomination might not be such a good idea.


33 posted on 07/14/2004 8:03:29 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: ambrose

also.......the DRUDGE story showed up on the internet only an hour or so ago - when did this story get posted at the LEADER? ...... moments ago, or much earlier?


34 posted on 07/14/2004 8:03:34 AM PDT by rface (Ashland, Missouri - monthly donor - bad speller)
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To: shrinkermd

agree....hasn't he had more than one heart attack due to his highly emotional level? Best to put a compassionate conservative in that slot than a "hell raising" former football coach....


35 posted on 07/14/2004 8:03:53 AM PDT by smiley
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To: ambrose

He's not going to win unless he get's Buddy Ryan to handle the defense.


37 posted on 07/14/2004 8:04:29 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: ambrose

If he's that overly sensitive, he doesn't need to be considering politics.

Maybe he could coach peewee football or something.


38 posted on 07/14/2004 8:04:59 AM PDT by TomGuy (After 20 years in the Senate, all Kerry has to run on is 4 months of service in Viet Nam.)
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To: SedVictaCatoni
Well, if you can't tolerate being screwed with by the press, then "United States Senator" is probably not the job for you.

I don't know. I would like to see him handle some CNN pukes, or a EuroPeon politician. That would surely liven up the news, and I think the American public would like it!

39 posted on 07/14/2004 8:05:11 AM PDT by HenryLeeII (Rest in peace, sultan88)
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To: sarasota; RockinRight

It wasn't BadEye; it was RockinRight.


40 posted on 07/14/2004 8:05:35 AM PDT by sarasota
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