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Swann to announce GOP bid for governor Jan. 4
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 12/5/2005 | Carrie Budoff

Posted on 12/05/2005 7:25:25 PM PST by wjersey

One of the worst-kept secrets in Pennsylvania politics will be revealed next month: Lynn Swann is a candidate for governor.

The former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver is expected to announce his plans to seek the Republican nomination at a Jan. 4 rally in Pittsburgh. He will make six stops across the state, including one in the Philadelphia area Jan. 6.

His political committee, Team 88, began sending postcards this week to 15,000 supporters touting a "major announcement" on Jan. 4.

"If it looks like a swan, walks like swan, and talks like a swan, it is probably a swan," said spokesman Ray Zaborney, responding to the question today of whether Swann would announce his candidacy.

For months, Swann has been acting like a candidate, speaking at Republican county dinners, raising money and criticizing Democratic Gov. Rendell. But he has always demurred when asked whether he would formalize his bid, frustrating some GOP officials and donors who wanted Swann to be more definitive.

The timetable was dictated, in part, by his job as a college football analyst for ABC. He will broadcast his final game just a few days before his announcement.

Swann will compete against two other candidates for the Republican nomination: former Lt. Gov. Bill Scranton and state Senate Majority Whip Jeffrey E. Piccola. Jim Panyard, a conservative former businessman from Palmyra, Lebanon County, announced his candidacy in September, but he is not seeking the party's endorsement.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2006; lynnswann; nfl; pennsylvania; pittsburgh; swann; team88
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1 posted on 12/05/2005 7:25:26 PM PST by wjersey
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! GO Lynn!!!!!! You da man!!!!


2 posted on 12/05/2005 7:28:11 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's no coincidence that the Democrat mascot is a jackass.)
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To: Mo1; Tribune7

Well look here, this is going to be fun.


3 posted on 12/05/2005 7:29:20 PM PST by hipaatwo (Denny Crane!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

USC Trojans continue to kick ass and take names!


4 posted on 12/05/2005 7:29:38 PM PST by ErnBatavia (403-3)
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To: wjersey

They want diversity? We'll give 'em diversity. Lynn. Will. Win.


5 posted on 12/05/2005 7:30:24 PM PST by HelloooClareece ("We make war that we may live in peace". Aristotle)
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To: wjersey

Oh no, a black republican. An abomination of nature, if the libs are to be believed.


6 posted on 12/05/2005 7:31:01 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there.)
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7 posted on 12/05/2005 7:32:12 PM PST by paul in cape
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To: ErnBatavia
USC Trojans continue to kick ass and take names!

Swann and I had a communications class together in 1971. He knew what he wanted, had a clear plan of action to realize it, was sharp as a tack, and worked like a maniac to get there.

He's just one of many examples of why USC graduates run things. Most universities crank out graduates. USC produces leaders.

8 posted on 12/05/2005 7:34:07 PM PST by Euro-American Scum (A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
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To: wjersey
NFL films will be getting a lot of use in the political ads.
9 posted on 12/05/2005 7:34:28 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: wjersey

So PA will jump on the "outside the box" governor experiment. Hope it works.


10 posted on 12/05/2005 7:35:29 PM PST by Angry Republican (Sometimes you gotta look in the mirror and say: "When in rome.")
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To: All
check out Lynn's political site.HERE
11 posted on 12/05/2005 7:37:20 PM PST by infidel29 ("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: wjersey

Another Republican-American well on his way to the top.


12 posted on 12/05/2005 7:38:51 PM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: FlingWingFlyer; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; William Creel; Dan from Michigan; zbigreddogz; ...

This is great news! I think that Lynn Swann has great potential. I just hope his campaign doesn't lay an egg.


13 posted on 12/05/2005 7:39:35 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Sam Alito Deserves To Be Confirmed)
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I just hope his campaign doesn't lay an egg.

(sigh)...he could be the goose that laid the golden egg for PA.=)

14 posted on 12/05/2005 7:42:18 PM PST by infidel29 ("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Euro-American Scum

You mean like OJ??


15 posted on 12/05/2005 7:44:34 PM PST by gleneagle
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Willie Green; Mo1; ..

ping


16 posted on 12/05/2005 7:53:44 PM PST by Tribune7
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To: Clintonfatigued; martin_fierro
GO SWANNIE, GO !!!
17 posted on 12/05/2005 7:57:44 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Is he closer to Ronald Reagan or Olympia Snowe on the conservative scale?


18 posted on 12/05/2005 8:02:17 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: HelloooClareece

They will just call him an "Uncle Tom" and say that he isn't really black because "blackness" is more of a political belief system than a skin color.

BTW, there has NEVER been a black 'Rat US Senator.


19 posted on 12/05/2005 8:05:02 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

senator? Obama and carol mosely braun.


20 posted on 12/05/2005 8:07:55 PM PST by oceanview
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