"Let's win this in November for the Gipper"

[ButterflyBlood]

I've already heard statements like this all the time. Everytime you hear them, bring up how those stupid babies threw temper tantrums about the Wellstone Memorial. ALWAYS remind them at every opportunity.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. oh i intend too!

[bluestateguy]

2. Of course

But it's June, not October, nor do I think Nancy would permit that kind of memorial.

[lefador]

3. Was the Gipper a republican?

Always gets me how the real Gipper has been overshadowed by the guy who played him. And it was a terrible acting job to boot... poor Gipper played his heart out, only to have a 3rd rate actor steal his clout.

[Straight Shooter]

5. Welcome to DU, lefador

:hi:

[JPJones]

7. George Gipp

It's hard to say his politics. Gipp appears to have been a member of the Poker Party. He converted to Catholicism and was at Notre Dame, so he probably would have been a Democrat. At about the same time, the Klan had an office near campus and would hold parades down the main street in South Bend. I assume the Klan were Republicans. An amusing story is posted at the very bottom.

I'd love to see a smack-down come out of Notre Dame if B* tries to use the Gipper line.


http://www.citybeat.com/2001-12-06/sports.shtml

The early Notre Dame legend George Gipp allegedly made a little money during his college football career by playing poker, wagering on the Fighting Irish and honing his lucrative skill at eight-ball. News of his expulsion in 1919 is said to have increased the sale of tar and feathers at local hardware stores. Depending on what story you believe, Notre Dame booted Gipp either for cutting classes or for exploring the treasures of a forbidden nightclub.

Whichever is the case, the coach, Knute Rockne, intervened with school authorities to set up a special examination, which Gipp passed to regain admission. A University of Cincinnati basketball coach tried a similar move a few years ago, only to ruin his career and land the basketball program on NCAA probation. But the Gipper redeemed himself, as the story goes, by his conversion to Catholicism and his purported deathbed speech to Rockne.


http://archives1.archives.nd.edu/hope/hope26.htm

Every street-car, every bus, every interurban vomited forth its strangers, each carrying under his arm a suspicious bundle. The students of Notre Dame were the first to greet them. With a smile, they would touch the arm of a descending resident of Goshen or New Carlisle, and ask, "Are you from the Klan? Have you come for the parade? This way, please!" Up an alley, down a side street, through a dark entrance, and a Klansman would emerge without his sheet, and sometimes with a black eye. For the students it was glorious adventure.

They had the time of their lives. Forming a flying wedge, they would advance on a white-clad figure that was directing traffic, and then he was there no longer.

[newyawker99]

11. Hi lefador!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[chookie]

4. It's not going to happen

It is not wise to lump all Republicans together. Most traditional Republicans regard the radical right as extremists who have hijacked their party -- including Mrs Reagan.

The Bush family caused the Reagans a great deal of personal pain, particularly Nancy. Their machinations in the dark corners of the WH, as they tried to take advantage of President reagan's illness, brought disgrace upon his presidency -- how Nancy confronted this SOBs and paid the price for it has yet to have been fully revealed. Mrs Reagan has watched her husband disappear into a terrible illness, at the same time a scheming idiot gets installed into office by the same dark forces which undermined her husband's presidency. All the years he has disgraced the office of POTUS, His Chimperial Highness has never once paid tribute to President Reagan -- he has instead tried to install himself as the national icon, and bury "the Gipper." It's been extremely hurtful for Mrs Reagan -- it's been meant to hurt her.

There are very deep divisions in the GOP today. many of whom have lost faith in George W, or, like us, feel he has brought disgrace and disaster upon us. Believe me -- if the Bushistas try to steal the show -- Nancy is going to go nuclear, and all the old Reagan loyalists are going to rally around her.

[AlFrankenFan]

6. Yep

"Everytime you hear them, bring up how those stupid babies threw temper tantrums about the Wellstone Memorial. ALWAYS remind them at every opportunity."

[Vickers]

8. Let's nickname Kerry "The Gipper"

Food for thought.

:P

[bleedingheart]

9. should read..."goober"

[Kipepeo]

10. I agree with the poster who said

the Democrats need to continually bring the conversation around to STEM CELL RESEARCH during the inevitable Reagan memorializing period that is going to start now. It is a valid point and a great way to point out how Dubya was against the research that could help people like the Gipper and how he and Nancy were at odds on this.

[Junkdrawer]

12. I wonder if anyone will boo Ted Kennedy or John Kerry....

or are Democrats too classy to put plants in at Reagan's funeral.

Now, if we were to exact precise revenge, liberal commentators (if any were allowed on the air) would claim that they were viciously booed by a large majority of the attendees, while only a few plants would actually boo. :evilgrin: