Pitching or politics.......Curt would be better in either.
Posted on 01/27/2007 9:56:43 AM PST by Patriot814
Curt Schilling seemed surprised yesterday by the sudden groundswell of local supporters hoping to draft him into national politics and a 2008 Senate run against John Kerry. The Red Sox [team stats] pitching hero didn’t flatly rule out the idea, either, though he didn’t sound like he was about to hit the campaign trail anytime soon. “I couldn’t rule it out because it’s not something I ever thought about in a serious capacity,” Schilling told the Herald. “I envision that I will probably be pretty busy in 2008,” he said. “But I’m flattered as hell to even make this phone call.”
The chatter around Schilling taking on Kerry in a senate race started on talk station WRKO-AM (680) yesterday, when a caller to the Todd Feinberg show suggested Schilling would be the best candidate for the job. “It just kind of energized from there,” Feinberg said. “He became the popular candidate.” Indeed, Tom Shattuck, executive producer of the show, said it was his busiest day ever taking calls from listeners supporting a potential Schilling bid. Shattuck estimated he took as many as 100 calls from Schilling proponents during the three-hour program. WRKO also put up an online petition yesterday asking people to choose between Schilling and Kerry. As of yesterday evening 800 votes had been cast and Schilling was leading by 96 percent. Feinberg said he wants to build a real campaign around Schilling and will present him with the results of the online poll. But Schilling may doesn’t feel he’s a good match for Capitol Hill. “While I am a registered voter, I have too many problems with the political scene, and I don’t think I’d fit into it,” he said. Schilling, who is planning to retire from baseball after this season, did give a glimpse of what he would do in a political office. His first task would be to “fire everybody and anybody who had anything to do with the Big Dig,” he said. Schilling said in 2008 he’ll vote either for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), whom he called a personal friend, or Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). “If they are both on the ticket it will be a tough choice,” he said. Schilling, who spoke passionately about various political issues, said his own future is centered around winning another World Series, running his charitable foundation for ALS research and heading up his new video game business, Green Monster Games.
I'd take Curt's bleeding sock over Kerry's bleeding heart any day.
Pitching or politics.......Curt would be better in either.
Remember when he was interviewed by Charlie Libson (Gibson) on GMA right after the World Series? Right before Schilling signed off, he said "go vote for President Bush", to which Libson replied, "one more way to divide the country."
Isnt Curt a Republican?
freep this poll on the possible senate race here
http://www.wrko.com//article.asp?id=339826
I'd thought he was, but not if he's torn between McLame and Obama...
Isnt Curt a Republican?
I'd thought he was, but not if he's torn between McLame and Obama...
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According to teammates he's quite a boor as well.
This proves that he's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, his 2 choices for Presidentare equally repugnant.
That being said, my puppy would be an intellectual step up from Kerry.
I would support a Curt-for-Senate 150 PerCent. Of course, I'd expect that once he spent his energy on a campaign rather than as Bosox pitcher, he'd have to learn some basics... like Osama Obama is NOT someone to support.
No matter what he does in terms of being a Senate candidate, I can already guess what some of the criticism from the left will be. Some will say he isn't really from this state while others will say he has never held political office before therefore how can he start out by running for US Senate? These arguments will more than likely come from individuals who fawned over Hillary running for Senate in New York. The irony will escape them. These are the same people who slammed Mitt Romney for being out of the state frequently during his last year in office and neglecting his Massachusetts duties...while having never criticized John Kerry for frequently missing Senate votes while running for President.
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