JOLIE sez: "Swanneeeee, HowIloveYa, HowIloveYa, My Dear Old SWANNEEEE!!!"
Steelers win Superbowl; Swannee wins Governorship....
Posted on 02/02/2006 12:20:28 PM PST by presidio9
Former Pittsburgh Steelers star Lynn Swann appears to have locked up enough support to win the Republican Party nomination for Pennsylvania governor. In the last regional GOP meeting before state Republicans meet to endorse a candidate, the NFL Hall of Famer on Tuesday picked up 33 unofficial commitments from party representatives. If they all follow through, he will have just over the 180 votes needed to win the party's official endorsement on Feb. 11. Swann, 53, is seeking to become Pennsylvania's first black governor. Though he has revealed little about his political philosophy, he has said the Democratic Party has "taken the African-American vote for granted." Supporters say his high profile and charisma make him the best candidate to take on Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, who is expected to seek a second term. Swann's leading opponent for the GOP nomination, former Lt. Gov. Bill Scranton, 58, has sharply criticized Swann's qualifications and promised to stay in the race through the May 16 primary with or without the party's backing. Scranton's deputy campaign manager, Mike DeVanney, sought to downplay the significance of the straw voting Tuesday. "This was a divided caucus. There's not clear support for Lynn Swann's candidacy," he said. Swann was a wide receiver for the Steelers from 1974-83 and led his team to four Super Bowl victories. After retiring from football, he worked as a commentator
Makes me ill to think that the hard working Poles and Czechs are so adle brained as to vote for Commie serving Dems.
One would think that they had already learned that the famous Dem FDR gladly gave their national homelands to his loving Uncle Joe (Stalin) from which bondage they are just emerging.
Perhaps they are just wanting to install Uncle Joes here, too.
Plus these people are very conservative and orthodox when it comes to their faith. How long can an old school pro-life Dem stomach their party's pro-abortion stance?
I don't know who "these people" are that you speak of, but I do feel it is unfair for you to claim the Rep party in this specific area cultivates a racial divide to "stay in power". We work very hard to remove race-baiting from the political dialog and focus on people- not their color. Nor is it fair to paint the rest of the mid-state with the same brush. I do know that the right has a kooky fringe same as the left, only considerably smaller, and I realize there are kooks in all quarters who do not represent the vast majority of us.
JOLIE sez: "Swanneeeee, HowIloveYa, HowIloveYa, My Dear Old SWANNEEEE!!!"
Steelers win Superbowl; Swannee wins Governorship....
Also, there WAS that episode of Diff'rent Strokes where Arnold and Dudley played on a basketball team and Dudley got molested.
It is interesting you mention this Sisku, I think houston1 owes the Republican party in Pennsylvania an apology for placing his typical yellow dog Democrat beliefs on the Republicans.
I took a look at his past posts. Not at all a conservative, he claims to be a libertarian, but he doubts WMD, the need for the war, and believes Pres. Bush has a personal vendetta against Hussein.
He defends the acts of kooky liberals including Al Franken and KKK "sheets" Byrd, has made anti-christian and pro-gay statements. To top it all off, he signed up on Sept. 12, 2001 and this is not the first time he has been "outed" for his Democratic talking points.
In any event, he hasn't a clue as to how Republicans or Conservatives think or feel. I'd say houston1 has a problem. Maybe Moby did not teach him how to lay low enough under cover in his seminar.
Lynn Swann must really have Democrats scared to death if this is how far they are already willing to go to protect their power.
God bless you Swannee! Send Fast Eddie packing soon.
Thanks Sisku for defending the good people of Pennsylvania.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Swann is definitely the best candidate in the primary field.
Plus Rendell is going to be dogged by the slots issue, it's in the papers again today.
or Ronald Reagan for that matter...
Pennsylvania is not California. It is a conservative state with the second-oldest population in the nation. I've heard some of the interviews Swann has done. I'm not impressed.
Ummm, Caleeforrnia grass, maybe?
There was a Pennsylvania Rockefeller-RINO named Scranton who tried to derail Goldwater at the 1964 convention. Is this guy of the same family? Same country club too?
I do have to say, not one, but two polls in the last couple weeks (SV and Rassmussen) show Swann leading Rendell. In fact they show Swann doing better against Rendell than Blackwell is doing against Strickland.
WestSylvanian, guess you're in the minority then. Did you hear the crowd shout "governor, governor!" when Swann was introduced? It's a done deal now, thank God! Scranton bailed today
Swannie is in, polls keep going up, and Fast Eddie is sweating bullets. Just wait til PA gets a look & listen to those two side-by-side: handsome, charming, intelligent Swann vs. spittle-spewing Eddie who's greasier than a Philly cheesesteak and has a voice like he gargles nails. Hah!
I'm in Ohio, so obviously supporting Blackwell, but I'm also rooting for Swann and Steele.
The Black Conservative Trifecta that will put the final nail in the Democrats' coffin.
If you would have taken away the dead voters, the phantom voters, the convicts and the multiple voters...and then added the military votes that Fast Eddie tried to disenfranchise (and partially succeeded), it would have gone to Bush. It was less than 2%.
I mean "conservative" as compared to risk-takers. Pennsylvanians tend to stick with known commodities like Rendell and Specter. Philadelphians are going to vote for a former Steeler? I just don't think so!
By the way, western PA is a whole different country from the eastern half. They like Swann in the west, but I don't think there are enough voters to overcome Fast Eddie. Too bad you hate PA. My family's been here for seven generations (pre-Revolutionary War). I don't think I could live anywhere else.
Are you a Republican?
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