All I know is that Kerry does actually play sports, some of them even "extreme." That's impressive to me. What does the other fella play? I heard the other fella fell off his bike a few times and was throw off a horse when he was governor of some southern state. I guess if doing coke and drinking was a sport the other fella would win. I won't want to face that other fella in beer pong, but I think I might be able to take Kerry. The again, New Englanders know how to drink. Maybe Kerry even has the edge there. When it comes right down to it, it really doesn't matter who plays what or who knows what about sports. For example, Ford, who played some college football was a bad president, and Jack Kemp, who was a QB in the NFL, was right-wing nut who lost to a Fatso from Arkansas and a stiff board from Tennessee. I what a president who will be a great leader; I could give a rat's ass about if he knows anything about sports or plays sports well or even plays at all.
Thanks for the vote, 86...unfortunately, the Constitution keeps me out of the race this year, with the age requirement and all. But I'll look forward to your support in 2008...
I think it goes without saying that the athletic interests of presidential candidates don't matter. With that disclaimer, I'm also impressed by Kerry's extreme sports hobbies. Republicans keep trying to use them to make him seem aloof or strange, but I think it's cool that he pursues them anyway. And there aren't a lot of areas where the guy would be described as cool. (To provide a little ideological balance, Bush's obsession with baseball is a mark in his favor. I heard him do play by play for an inning while he co-owned the Rangers, and he was a pro -- no malaprops, and he was never at a loss for words.)
George Bush for Commissioner!
Condi Rice for NFL Commish!
I think Dick Cheney should take Bud Selig out and beat the whey out of him. And then take over his job. Hee hee. I can think of one way in which sports participation could be a legitimate influencer (albeit in a small way) of one's choice for office. A president who places a priority on exercise and fitness sets a good example for our couch potato nation. Illegitimately, of course, it's yet another way that we can frame a candidate as being like or unlike ourselves -- or like we'd like to think of ourselves; a lot of the action sports marketing for products like SUVs is not to appeal to the people who actually do ski and snowboard and kayak whitewater and rock climb and so on on a regular basis (most of whom are way too poor to afford a $40,000 luxury SUV anyway), but to the people who harbor the irrational belief that if they buy this product, they'll magically become the kind of person who does these things.
in this area... Can John Elway win the US election for Bush? ... if Kerry is the preferred choice of Hollywood and the music business, the current resident of the White House appears to have a clear edge in professional sports.
