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)."
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Yes, that is Elizabeth. More a few up from here.
We visited recently, and had a great time. Stayed right on the water, downtown, and took the ferry to Bainbridge. Did lots of touristy stuff, ate lots of good food. Got into the Columbia Club and had a few drinks in the early evening of a beautiful day, and the view was simply magnificent.
But yeah, you could tell the city was run by libs, just from the way the place was overrun by “urban outdoorsmen”.
It was unpaid volunteer work, but, at the end of the evening, I received an autographed picture of soon-to-be President Reagan. That picture has been framed and prominently displayed on the wall of every office that I've ever occupied.
When I retired in 1994 and was employed by the Civil Service, the picture went up on my wall again. When I was hired into the Civil Service, I declined to join the Union. My office union rep and the head of the union on post made several attempts to get me to join, but I continued to refuse. However, they would always make their efforts either in the hallways or outside my office. Finally, I told them that, if they wanted to discuss it further, it would be done in the privacy of my office or not at all. The union head for the post told me that no one from the union would enter my office because I had a picture of Ronald Reagan on the wall. I told her, "Fine, then don't bring up the union with me again, or I'll go to the authorities on post about union harassment."
From that date on, no one from the union has talked to me about joining or has entered my office for any reason whatsoever.
Couldn't ask for anything more.
I’m pretty sure Jake is solidly pro-life, with exceptions made for his opponents on the field.
LOL!!! A picture of Reagan...like a cross to vampires. Love it!
Yeah, Matt and Mack help get us to our first Superbowl ever and the Gorbachav admirers in my state can’t deal with these two having a different opinion.
S’Okay, because I liked them before I knew what their leanings were years ago, and still like them. And when we’re winning games this year I guarentee these morons will be spit on if they dare try to stand in the way of another shot at the Superbowl. And if last year showed anything, without Matt healthy and in the game we’re not getting there.
I found a link to a photo of the statue. The figures on the left side of the statue are actually people.
This is definitely worth the jump to see the statue, because its one of those ‘Just Wow’ things.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/photo.asp?PhotoID=72420
Blue used to be my favorite color before being abducted by the demonrats. The corruption and vote fraud in King County make Chicago look like Mayberry. They kept producing votes in recount after recount until the created enough to win the Governor's mansion. I am very disappointed in the Seahawks organization for having a single word of "uneasiness". Wankers.
And the Seahawks suck...so there Seattle! lol
I’m a die hard Cowboys fan. I couldn’t care less if some jackass defensive tackle was the head of Hillary Clinton’s local campaign in Texas.
I’m still a fan.
PING
Don’t sweat it guys. You don’t need that type of fan anyway. Just a smelly hippy that looks like John Kerry if he ever tries to catch a football.
Stupidity on parade!
Yes, I am. Now shove it.
As a Hawks fan I can see your point.
Very glad now that I drafted him as my first string quarterback for fantasy football.
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