That’s the problem with the notion that some have of running sports figures for Congress... what if they turn out to be complete idiots ? Well, for the rodents, it’s par for the course, but for the GOP, it can be embarrassing. I always wondered if Jack Kemp played football without his helmet one too many times (especially his sincerity about our party making common cause with the ultraracist/ultra-anti-Semitic Black Mohammadans/Calypso Louie Farrakhan).
Largent’s a conservative(makes me look almost liberal by comparison) and a good guy, it’s just that politics aren’t his bag. That, or he was just sick of dealing with ‘rat craziness all the time.
I always wondered if Jack Kemp played football without his helmet one too many times (especially his sincerity about our party making common cause with the ultraracist/ultra-anti-Semitic Black Mohammadans/Calypso Louie Farrakhan).
I think he got it from his mentor, Jude Wanniski. As Laura Ingraham might say: “shut and and do economics!”