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Swann asks Rendell to switch jobs
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | July 7, 2006 | Michael Miller

Posted on 07/07/2006 12:45:38 PM PDT by NorthEasterner

Swann asks Rendell to switch jobs By Michael Miller LEADER TIMES Friday, July 7, 2006

Lynn Swann wants to trade jobs with Gov. Ed Rendell.

Swann, who worked for ABC sports for 28 years, told a crowd of supporters in Kittanning yesterday that he's looking to become the next governor, and that the governor can become a full-time broadcaster. Rendell has a side gig as a commentator for a cable network covering the Philadelphia Eagles.

"Come November, vote for me for governor, and make him the broadcaster full-time," Swann said. The Republican candidate for governor spoke to a small crowd assembled in front of the courthouse annex yesterday afternoon.

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: eagles; edrendell; fasteddie; lynnswann; rendell; steelers; swann
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1 posted on 07/07/2006 12:45:40 PM PDT by NorthEasterner
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To: NorthEasterner

we'll soon see if the folks in the Commonwealth are as dumb as the folks in N.J.

Should be interesting.


2 posted on 07/07/2006 12:50:40 PM PDT by yobid
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To: NorthEasterner

Ill be voting for him but unfortunately he wont win. He has been running a STUPID campaign.


3 posted on 07/07/2006 12:51:40 PM PDT by xpertskir
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To: NorthEasterner

Rendell can't catch a football........


4 posted on 07/07/2006 12:54:10 PM PDT by Red Badger (Follow an IROC long enough and sooner or later you will wind up in a trailer park..........)
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To: NorthEasterner; xsmommy; Ultra Sonic; mainepatsfan
Rendell has a side gig as a commentator for a cable network covering the Philadelphia Eagles.

You've gotta be freakin' kidding me.

5 posted on 07/07/2006 12:55:40 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: xpertskir

Ain't that the truth, but I'm optimistic that he can turn it around. I saw Swann at a local fair last weekend, and he seems like a decent guy.

Anybody but Fast Eddie.


6 posted on 07/07/2006 12:56:35 PM PDT by exile (Mrs. Exile - "Yes you're the greatest husband ever, now put on some pants")
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To: martin_fierro

Nope. It's for real. Hard hitting analysis, too - just what you would expect from him.


7 posted on 07/07/2006 12:58:19 PM PDT by JamesWilson
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To: martin_fierro

good grief.


8 posted on 07/07/2006 1:04:22 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NorthEasterner

Ed Rendell is one of the sleaziest pols to ever come down the pike. Swann may be a political neophyte, but surely he would be an improvement on Fast Eddie.


9 posted on 07/07/2006 1:27:25 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: NorthEasterner
Here's my slogan for Rendell's campaign:

"Masochists for Fast Eddie & Crazy Kat:
Spank Me With Taxes!


10 posted on 07/07/2006 1:37:00 PM PDT by Sisku Hanne (*Support DIANA IREY for US Congress!* Send "Cut-n-Run" Murtha packing: HIT THE ROAD, JACK!)
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To: martin_fierro

Courtesy of Comcast Cable, recipient of one of the biggest chunks of corporate welfare ever to come down the pike. Their glossy new high-rise Philly headquarters will likely have a commemorative Spendell Lobby.


11 posted on 07/07/2006 1:39:35 PM PDT by Sisku Hanne (*Support DIANA IREY for US Congress!* Send "Cut-n-Run" Murtha packing: HIT THE ROAD, JACK!)
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To: xpertskir

On the positive side, since the Governor's race will be a blowout for Rendell, there may be less pressure to "get out the dead vote" in Philly. This would benefit Santorum, since Philly will go 90 to 10 against him. In order to win, he has to overcome the 200,000 vote advantage Casey would have coming out of Philly.


12 posted on 07/07/2006 2:18:29 PM PDT by MarcusTulliusCicero
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To: NorthEasterner

Is that a JOKE about him having a part-time gig??? Oy VEY!!


13 posted on 07/07/2006 2:52:29 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kaboom"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: MarcusTulliusCicero

Why do you think it will be a blow-out for Rendell??


14 posted on 07/07/2006 2:53:50 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kaboom"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: Suzy Quzy

Swann is running an abysmal campaign. He is also associated in many people's minds with the group of state GOP pols that were thrown in the primaries. And, contrary to the conventional wisdom that he would cut into the Philly African-American vote, he hasn't created a ripple here. It's what you get when you put an untested (since there was no primary) amateur against a veteran campaigner like Rendell.


15 posted on 07/07/2006 2:57:22 PM PDT by MarcusTulliusCicero
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To: MarcusTulliusCicero

There's ALWAYS hope.


16 posted on 07/07/2006 2:58:15 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kaboom"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: Suzy Quzy

Not for this particular race.


17 posted on 07/07/2006 2:59:20 PM PDT by MarcusTulliusCicero
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To: MarcusTulliusCicero

Suzy,

Marcus doesn't have a clue what he is talking about - he's just repeating word for word what idiots in the Philadelphia media tell him. Rendell won't win a landslide - it will be close, either way.


18 posted on 07/07/2006 4:08:23 PM PDT by republicanwizard
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To: MarcusTulliusCicero

I wonder what the condi fans have to say about that..


19 posted on 07/07/2006 5:56:39 PM PDT by SDGOP
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To: republicanwizard

Want to buy one of the bridges over the Delaware?


20 posted on 07/07/2006 6:03:13 PM PDT by Gondring (If "Conservatives" now want to "conserve" our Constitution away, then I must be a Preservative!)
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