If you'll excuse our end-of-day dip into our other obsession, the Iowa caucuses are tonight. After our reading tonight, we're heading home to watch the results pour in. The Iowa caucus is like the BCS, but somehow makes less sense. We love America!
We thought we'd take a moment and find some prominent sports figures who contributed money to each of the major candidates. This is unscientific, but just what we could dig up. So ... for fun ...
REPUBLICANS
• Rudy Giuliani: George Steinbrenner, Brian France, Jeff Gordon, Kiki Van De Weghe, John Elway, Alex Rodriguez, Fran Tarkenton.
• John McCain: Roger Goodell, Jerry Reinsdorf, Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, George Bodenheimer, Lute Olson.
• Ron Paul: Wrestling "superstar" Kane.
• Mitt Romney: Robert Kraft, Vin Scully.
• Fred Thompson: Peyton Manning.
DEMOCRATS
• Hillary Clinton: David Stern, Bob Bowman, Rodney Peete, Maloof Brothers, James Dolan, Jeffrey Lurie.
• Chris Dodd: Bud Selig, Dick Ebersol, Robert DuPuy, George Bodenheimer, Jim Calhoun.
• John Edwards: Scott Boras.
• Barack Obama: Juanita Jordan, Jerry Reinsdorf, John Papenek, Desmond Howard, Scoop Jackson, Billy King, Stephon Marbury, Emmitt Smith, Phil Jackson.
We will certainly enjoy this more than we will the Orange Bowl tonight.
(Thanks to Rick Chandler for his help with this.)













Comments
It's nice to see Jerry Reinsdorf hedging his bets with Walnuts and Barack Hussein.
Now I understand the strange vibe emanating from the Palms Casino.
Wrestling "superstar" Kane
You could have used quotations around any of those words, and it still would have worked.
I honestly don't know which blog would have the more thoughtful insights on Iowa tonight...here or Wonkette.
Slimebag sports agent supports ambulance chaser...shocking.
Hillary Clinton: James Dolan. Of course.
Who's Rick Chandler?
• Barack Obama: Obama Girl, Oprah, Scarlett Johansson
I don't think that Peyton W Manning of Cleveland is the one with the laser rocket arm.
However, Cooper A Manning of New Orleans, a big supporter of Rudy, is almost certainly his older brother.
@Coming Into The DSPN, ♪ Jay-Z - ROC Boys ♪ #JRoc23, The Sup...: srsly?
I nominate Obama's donor list for the DHOF's Class of 2008. It's a shoe-in with Scoop, Starbury, and Emmitt.
Vote Kucinich, dawg. I ain't even bullshittin. Your kids, too.
Old people like McCain!
Think Brutus Beefcake is campaigning for Edwards?
@Dieter: Even though he's employed by the Indianapolis Colts?
Speaking of "reading tonight", is anyone going to report live from the Happy Endings tavern? Hopefully, some video (posted subsequently on YouTube) will surface...
I'm surprised Jim Calhoun didn't vote for his brother, Tim.
"My name is Tim Calhoun, and I am running for President of America."
If Kraft donates to two people, doesn't that mean he just cancelled himself out? What if Romney and McCain used the money to make attack ads on each other? Doesn't that mean Kraft is actually hurting them?
I have to say I would take the Republican donors over the Democrats. FUCK YOU BUD!
QUITE FRANKLY, I SUPPORT WHOMEVER THE CHEEZ DOODLE LOBBY SUPPORTS
@Coming Into The DSPN, ♪ Jay-Z - ROC Boys ♪ #JRoc23, The Sup...: Yo, shorten your name.
• Ron Paul: Monsters, Geeks, Nerds, YouTube, 14 year olds
@pr0ff3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: Like Totally! How could you have missed it? I mean it was like only the most popular thing on [jezebel.com] .
wow you've really let me down, Kraft.
So Kige didn't donate?
@Its The Beer Talking:
He and his wife Ashley must have some sort of "address" in Cleveland, both gave to Fred.
@SantaBarbaraWahoo:
And Dee Mirich? Whose angel wings did she pray for?
@Coming Into The DSPN, ♪ Jay-Z - ROC Boys ♪ #JRoc23, The Sup...: Don't forget the white supremacists that support Paul.
Since this is the DUAN, a bit OT...
@KidCanada,
@Gourmet Spud: [neatesager.blogspot.com] Who wants to see a Blog Fight? This is just like back in school where I liked to initiate fights.
@Lisa: Yeah, I just noticed Ashley. She does work in real estate, and real estate in Cleveland is cheap. Otherwise, I'm flummoxed.
I'm amazed Rodney Peete has money to donate.
Larry Craig has a better shot at the republican nomination than Fred Thompson at this point...
@Coming Into The DSPN, ♪ Jay-Z - ROC Boys ♪ #JRoc23, The Sup...: That Jez'bl link is totes catty.
@Coming Into The DSPN, ♪ Jay-Z - ROC Boys ♪ #JRoc23, The Sup...: well I was referring to your "who is Rick Chandler" comment...
Steinbrenner donated money to Giuliani? He must be getting used to overpaying for a losing team.
@Coming Into The DSPN, ♪ Jay-Z - ROC Boys ♪ #JRoc23, The Sup...:
I guess that in whatever part of Canada Naete's from, 'Youppi' is slang for cocaine?
Oh no he di'-int!
@crgfyb: Holly Robinson gives him an allowance.
Please tell me Obama's going to use Emmitt as a speechwriter.
@Its The Beer Talking: Hey, it could be anyone, right?
@Coming Into The DSPN, ♪ Jay-Z - ROC Boys ♪ #JRoc23, The Sup...:
And if I wasn't actually pathetic, I'd be tempted to go all Frank D'Angelo on Naete's ass...
Is looking at who donated to Obama enough to throw him out as a legitimate candidate? Other than Phil Jackson there are no intelligent doners from his list.
Barak Obama's list of donors makes Ron Paul's list look impressive by comparison.
As soon as we're finished talking politics, lets's move onto religion. Unless you're a Republican in which case we'll start talking politics as soon as we're finished talking religion.
@supermike4ever:
It's all over the news here in Nashville, he really doesn't seem to have his heart in it (I know he said his comments were taken out of context).
@SlantedAndDisenchanted:
I vote we all go to the USA Today Match Game site (graphs and pie charts and everything) and find out who our candidate could be by just answering 11 SHORT QUESTIONS.
[www.usatoday.com]
Note: Gene Rayburn, Brett Somers and Charles N Reilly are dead so don't count.
@crgfyb: You must be forgetting about all the money pouring in from Holly Robinson's Hanging with Mr Cooper residuals.
@Gourmet Spud: I think pitiful was the term, and he's from Ott a waa so forgive his IQ.
Breaking News! John Edwards has announced that he will be exercising his opt out of Presidency clause to Clinton and Obama, and will be signing with "The Other Side" for 252 million years.
If you dig a little deeper, there is another dark horse candidate with some really solid support:
Ferris Bueller: sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads.
@Lisa:
Holy shit. 1.Kuchinich 2.Ron Paul 3.Rudy Giuliani
Never mind that I loathe number 3, the bottom line is that I'm like the Kansas City Royals of American voters. It was over for me before it even began.
Does Kane get to choke-slam Ron Paul? Just throwing it out there.