Lou Holtz --- OFF the list

[underpants]

We are late into the fourth quarter of the midterm elections and the NRCC needs your immediate help to drive our Republican Party to Victory.

In case you don't recognize me, my name is Lou Holtz and if my 40 years coaching college football taught me anything, it’s how to spot a winning team.

And I’m writing to tell you - Quarterbacked by John Boehner and Pete Sessions - our Republican Party has an excellent team of limited government, pro-freedom individuals ready to take the field in Washington and defeat the other team's liberal agenda.

But they can't find the End Zone without your support. With less than 28 days left until the election your support is needed. It may mean the difference between 38 seats and the majority.

You see, despite the slew of positive polls and media reports on our Party's terrific chance to recapture the U.S. House majority, the truth is the ball is still on the 20-yard line with plenty of time left on the clock.

And the other team is fierce. They will say or spend anything to get another four downs to spend our money and strip away our freedoms that have made America a beacon of hope for 234 years.

My friend, YOU are the NRCC's 12th man and they urgently need your help to win every U.S. House seat possible, fire Nancy Pelosi, and elect a Republican to the Speaker's chair this November.

Please join me and help them by making a generous contribution of $39, $1 dollar for every seat needed create a NEW Republican Majority. Your support may mean the difference between 38 seats and the majority.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Lou Holtz,
Hall of Fame Coach




P.S. -- With Election Day fast approaching, Republican House candidates need our help. Please send your urgent contribution of $39 to the NRCC right away. Also, check out the NRCC's 39 Day Campaign. Click or go to www.nrcc.org/39Days to learn more!

[GrpCaptMandrake]

1. Oh, screw that dirty old bastard!

He and Brent Mushburger are about the last remaining college football "analysts" (emphasis on the "anal") who can make me scream at the teevee box like my Dad used to do. Now I understand why.

[madmax]

2. Ah yes, the tan man is now a quarterback. gotcha. nt

[d_r]

3. I knew he said stupid crap on espn

[tularetom]

4. I really thought that slimy sumbitch was dead

You mean he isn't ?

[Iggo]

24. He is. It's just nobody told him to lay down. (n/t)

[AndrewP]

5. This shit for brains dumped the U of Minnesota before a Bowl Game

So he could get an early start with Notre Dame.

That was 25 years ago and I've hated the prick the whole time for that.

Now it's good to see that I have a real legitimate reason to hate the ass.

[Goblinmonger]

9. Yep, that was a dick move.

And I'm not even a gopher fan. It was especially shitty after his "I've always wanted to coach at Minnesota" speech.

[Lasher]

6. That's it. Any TV show he's on, I'll turn it off.

[xxqqqzme]

8. good lord, does he wear that dead animal

on his head all the time?

[tishaLA]

10. I always pray for a Holtz-to-English translator

[Major Hogwash]

28. That's not his fault

That he sounds like he has a mouth full of marbles.

I still like to hear him laugh at the end because then I know he told a joke.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Typical appeal to rich old white men....

[underpants]

17. Repub groups pay good money for speeches

Dems do too but they don't tend to throw money at football coaches to tell them about life

[howaboutme]

11. Time to tell all analysts - football or political - go get lost

We're all intelligent enough to interpret the news and politics and football and determine the bottom line for our beliefs without having highly paid pundits and analyst entertainers telling us how to think. If CNN, MSNBC, Fox news, Clear Channel, NBC, CBS, ABC radio etc went off the air today I wouldn't miss any one of them

Hey if you think you need a pundit telling you what to think, just maybe you don't know what or how to think on your own. I turn off the TV or radio before I listen to someone else telling me how I should think.

[underpants]

19. MNF- Hank Williams appeaerd multiple times for Palin as did Mark Schlereth

but they can continue on TV. Olbermann can't.

[howaboutme]

27. We'd be better off using our own

mind than having a bevy of overpaid left and right talking head entertainers suggesting or telling others how they should think. I refuse to listen to any of them except for those that appear on CSPAN.

They have but one mission and it is to be highly paid and to rile up the masses, both right or left and in the end it is not productive for society. I'd be happy if Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh, Olbermann and Maddow were no longer on the air. I don't need them to form an opinion, and too many Americans use them as a crutch for rationale when they should form their own.

[MrScorpio]

12. Another reason why I think that Lou Holtz sucks

As a matter of fact, I would have told you the exact same thing five minutes ago, before I read that trash.

[marmar]

13. His brain is mush......I can't understand any two words he says.

nt

[gort]

14. The GOP stands for Grumpy Old Pricks

AKA The Get Off My Lawn party.

[AnArmyVeteran]

15. DVRs were made for the Lou Holyzes of the world to skip by.

I fast forward when that right winger comes on. I realized he was a right winger years ago and stopped listening to him.

[YankeeLeft7x]

16. Lots of Jocks are Republicans and Rabid Right-Wingers!!!

I would say that most athletes tend to be right wingers and Republicans....Hell, even Charles Barkley was a registered Republican for a long time until he realized he could not win Governor in Alabama because of the nation's hard right-wing turn.

O.J. Simpson was another loyal Republican too.

The sexism, bigotry, homophobia, misogyny, and the various Christian Athletes groups makes these jocks more likely to be in the GOP.

The sportsworld promotes American Nationalism at its worst too as the "God Bless America" songs at the 7th Inning Stretch in Baseball/World Series so clearly demonstrates.

[underpants]

20. PGA- hard Repub. NFL and MLB mixed bag. NBA hard Dems.

the only golfers who contribute to Dems are Faxon and John Daly (Arkansas)

Basketball is Dem country except for "Coach K" . Dean Smith was big on anti-death penalty anti-nukes and he integreated the ACC (which was huge).

Football and baseball are a mixed bag.

[YankeeLeft7x]

26. Republican Jocks

REPUBLICAN FOOTBALL STARS:

Dick Vermeil, Troy Vincent, Chad Lewis, Ron Jaworski, Tom Brooksheier, Brett Favre, Matt Hasselbeck, Gale Sayers, Troy Aikman, John Elway, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Steve Young, Jim Harbaugh, Roger Staubach, Jack Kemp, Phil Simms, Kurt Warner, Jim Hart, Danny Kannell, Bill Kenney, Bernie Kosar, Mark Brunell, Bart Starr, Fran Tarkenton, Joe Montana, Frank Gifford, Howie Long, Cris Collinsworth, Jim Brown, Jason Sehorn, Mark Bavaro, Herschel Walker, Steve Largent, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, Phil McConkey, Larry Csonka, Dick Butkus, Harry Carson, Fred Dryer, Deacon Jones, John Lynch, Tom Nalen, Dan Neil, Sam Brunelli, Brent Jones, Scott Gragg, Anthony Munoz, Tommy Maddox, Chris Spielman, Mike Kenn, Bill Romanowski, Mike Ditka, Dan Reeves, Steve Mariucci, Don Shula, Bill Belichick, Joe Gibbs, Mike Shanahan, Hank Stram, Hayden Fry, Jimmy Johnson, Marv Levy, Wayne Huizenga (Dolphins owner), Daniel Snyder (Redskins owner), Alex Spanos (Chargers owner), Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden, Tom Osborne, Lou Holtz, J.C. Watts.


REPUBLICAN BASEBALL STARS: Curt Schilling, Steve Carlton, Nolan Ryan, Tommy Lasorda, Todd Zeile, Mike Piazza, Roy Oswalt, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Al Leiter, Gregg Zaun, Craig Biggio, Jim Bunning, Johnny Bench, Tom Seaver, Ernie Banks, George Brett, Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr., Carlos Beltran, Rafael Palmeiro, Bo Jackson, Ozzie Smith, Barry Zito, Doug Bochtler, Braden Looper, Johnny Damon, Gary Carter, Roger Clemens, Tom Glavine, Adam Dunn, Bobby Thomson, Mike Timlin, Lance Berkman, Ralph Branca, Todd Walker, Mark McGwire, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, Bert Blyleven, Whitey Ford, Bob Feller, Phil Rizzuto, Don Mattingly, Carlton Fisk, Bucky Dent, Jeff Kent, Dale Murphy, Dave Winfield, Bobby Valentine, Harmon Killebrew, Joe Torre, Phil Garner, Yogi Berra, Peter Ueberroth.


REPUBLICAN BASKETBALL STARS: Karl Malone, Greg Anthony, Rick Barry, David Robinson, Bob Cousy, Denny Crum, John Havlicek, Magic Johnson, Clyde Drexler, Tom Gola, Digger Phelps, Bobby Knight, Rick Pitino, Lute Olsen, Cheryl Miller, John Stockton, Dan Majerle.


REPUBLICAN PGA STARS: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Phil Mickelson, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Larry Mize, Mark O'Meara, Greg Norman, Hale Irwin, Byron Nelson, Fuzzy Zoeller, Peter Jacobsen, Billy Mayfair, David Toms, Lanny Wadkins, Ken Venturi.


REPUBLICAN NASCAR STARS: Mario Andretti, John Andretti, Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Terry Labonte, Junior Johnson, Darrell Waltrip, Michael Waltrip, Ryan Newman, Bill Elliott, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, Jeff Burton, Mike Bliss, Kevin Harvick, Jeremy Mayfield, Rick Mears, Rusty Wallace, Al Unser Jr., Cale Yarborough.


REPUBLICAN WRESTLING STARS: Ric Flair, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Mickie James, Torrie Wilson, Ivory, Big Show, Chris Nowinski, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Mark Henry, Shawn Michaels, Glenn "Kane" Jacobs, Bob Backlund, Val Venis, Vince McMahon, Linda McMahon, A.J. Sparxx, Rich Ross, Roman, The Honky Tonk Man, Dr. Tom Prichard.


REPUBLICAN BOXING STARS: Joe Frasier, Gerry Cooney, Don King.


REPUBLICAN TENNIS STARS: Chris Evert, Pete Sampras.


REPUBLICAN SOCCER STARS: Michelle Akers, Carla Overbeck, Christie Pearce Rampone.


REPUBLICAN OLYMPIC MEDALISTS: Dorothy Hamill (figure skating), Josh Davis (swimming), Milton Campbell (decathlon), Kerri Strug (gymnastics), Judy Martz (speed skating), Jim Ryun (miler), Mary Lou Retton (gymnastics), Kim Rhode (skeet shooting), Jason Read (rowing), Daniel Beery (rowing), Natalie Golda (water polo), Dot Richardson (softball), Janet Lynn Salomon (figure skating), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (heptathlon).


REPUBLICAN SPORTS BROADCASTERS: Al Michaels, Pat Summerall, Dick Enberg, Vin Scully, Jim Nantz, Jack Buck, Don Criqui, Mike Francesa, Curt Gowdy.

[tishaLA]

30. That list isn't quite right

First, Magic Johnson isn't a republican. If you look up his donations, they are all to Democrats. he also campaigned for then-Sen Clinton before the CA primary.

All of Ron Jaworski's donations are to Democrats, also: http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=WEST+BERLIN&st=NJ&last=Jaworski&first=Ron

I'm not going to go through the entire list, but I immediately knew those two were wrong.

[YankeeLeft7x]

33. ???

Just because they gave donations to certain campaigns means nothing....

It could be that Johnson was a registered Republican at one time just like Charles Barkley was. Many people who are registered with one party still vote and campaign for other's from another political party. It's done a lot.

[marmar]

21. I don't think that's true in the NBA.

nt

[spooky3]

25. it's not true in tennis either

[spanone]

18. piss off lou...i couldn't care less what your political thoughts are

[Ilsa]

22. How dare that bastard use The 12th Man to promote hisbullshit agenda!

No more espn programming with Lou Holtz.

[Zoeisright]

23. Lou Holtz is a pig.

I've hated him for years, and now I hate him even more. Talk about projection! Everything he blames the Democrats for is what repukes do. EVERYTHING.

[Morning Dew]

29. That figures

Lou's legacy is one of quitting, circumventing rules and weaseling out on obligations... very Republican values.

[mistertrickster]

31. Notre Dame wasn't for shit when he was there either. He refused to let his QB's pass the football.

Lou Holtz is not quite a "has been" . . . more like a "never was."

[GeorgeGist]

32. He left Notre Dame under a cloud ...

and he's a Republican.