Posted on 09/06/2007 8:44:47 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
KIRKLAND -- Are you still fans of Matt Hasselbeck and Mack Strong after they visited President Bush last week in Bellevue? Or have their political leanings turned you against them?
The Seahawks quarterback and fullback gave the 43rd president a No. 43 jersey with his name on it at a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for Rep. Dave Reichert at the Hyatt.
At the time, Hasselbeck called it a thrill and said it was a win-win, this opportunity to meet the president and get out of a team meeting.
But as soon as he saw the picture of the two players with Bush, Gary Wright, the team's vice president of administration, said he was concerned about negative reaction.
Maybe in really red Republican states, it would not have been a big deal. But Washington is a blue state, and deep, deep Democratic blue in King County. So objections were raised, and Hasselbeck heard them and read them. He got nasty voice mails, e-mails and text messages.
"I had no idea," Hasselbeck said.
One guy told him: "I hate you, I'll never wear your jersey, I'll never like the Seahawks again."
"Huh?" Hasselbeck thought. "Seriously?"
"Politics can be very mean and dirty," he said. "The things politicians say about each other, and what activists say, I had a brief glimpse of that for a couple of days.
"If I ever had any questions about whether I wanted to run for office, I now know the answer -- I don't."
As a quarterback, he's used to getting booed. "But this was a whole new level," he said. "I was very surprised how mean (they were)."
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
Oregon has liberals, Washington has Communists. BTW, this guy was wrong. King County is deap blue...the rest of the State (who pay for the Stadium) are red.
“Is BDS that rampant in Seattle?”
Does a bear s#!t in the woods?
I am now a Hasselbeck and Strong fan. FU to the liberals in Seattle, which includes my clueless cousin.
Why? It’s obvious.
I hear Hetfield is a rightie and Lars is lightweight left-winger. Any truth to this?
No, not me!
You mean there’s another Sandy in Seattle?! I hope she sounded intelligent. :-)
Being that Jordan's job was essentially to sell as many pairs of Nike sneakers as he could (aside from his job with the Bulls, which also helped sell the shoes) I believe he took the right stand.
And even though Nike founder Phil Knight is a big dem, I strongly suspect that he too prefer Jordan not engage in political activity that would alienate half of his makert.
No, BDS is mandatory in Seattle.
I find this hard to believe considering his wife is Elisabeth from the View. Has he totally ignored her plight these past few years?
Elizabeth is Matt’s sister in Law. She is married to Tim Hasselback, of the NY Giants.
Don’t know about Lars. I think he is more in the “who cares” camp. Kirk however is likely a lefty.
What about Hetfield?
“One guy told him: “I hate you, I’ll never wear your jersey, I’ll never like the Seahawks again.”
He put his Seahawks jersey on sale on Ebay.
Well, isn’t that just SPECIAL.
Of course, like a Liberal, he would keep the $$ on the sale of the jersey instead of helping ‘THE POOR’!! LOL
“Oregon has liberals, Washington has Communists.”
Where else in the whole world can you find a statue of Vladimir Lenin? Only in Seattle. Proudly displayed on a public street corner no less.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/WASEAlenin.html
That’s exactly how Rush referred to her and I had just read your comments.
She was a lovely person and did very well!
Thanks for remembering the rules :-)
Saw a bumper sticker over the weekend that said: “Frodo failed—Bush has got the ring.” Talk about a hit...
he is a righty.
Really? You'd call in death threats and slash tires on people who attended?
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