Posted on 10/17/2006 11:54:10 PM PDT by tlb
U.S. Senate candidate Michael S. Steele garnered support from an unlikely source Monday -- former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson.
At the news conference in Ohio, where he will return to the ring Friday night, Tyson wore a white-and-blue "Steele for U.S. Senate" T-shirt as he posed for photos with fans and signed autographs. Tyson said he used to believe black Republicans were "sellouts," but he said he changed his mind after researching the Maryland lieutenant governor.
"We have to open our eyes more," Tyson said, as he pointed to his T-shirt.
Tyson's appearance came on the same day that renowned boxing promoter Don King, who has promoted the best fighters in the world -- from Muhammad Ali to Evander Holyfield to Tyson -- campaigned for Steele in Baltimore and in Prince George's County.
"Yeah, Michael Steele, y'all, the next United States senator of the great state of Maryland," King said as he stepped off the Republican nominee's big blue campaign bus and set foot on Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday. "He cares about Jesus.
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Now Steele has the thug and rapist vote locked up.
King is a despicable destroyer of young men. Yeah, he put's money in their pockets, but at a huge cost to their post-boxing life.
"Friends, Marylanders, Countrymen...lend me your ears"
It'll probably help in Maryland...but I hope it doesn't get any play outside. Tyson is a real loon.
Ouch!
Apparently Steele and Tyson are friends. I think Tyson is the ex-husband of a Steele family member.
LOL!!!
Yah, I'd pay to see that too. It would be like a cross between a boxing match and ultimate fighting...but with more biting then usual.
Tyson is Steele's ex-brother in law.
Wesley Snipes endorsed him after learning that eliminating the IRS was in his platform.
Yah, I thought it was something like that.
What?
Wow...now I really feel sorry for the guy (Steele...)
So Tyson was married to Steele's sister?
ROTFL
Iron Mike would bite their ear off.
King was a GOP booster in '04.
My recollection is he was also active in 2000.
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