When former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne won a seat in Congress, I thought, "How 'bout that, a respected sports figure entered politics to try and help his state."
When Lynn Swann tried to win the Governor's race in Pennsylvania, I thought, "How 'bout that, a former football player has the freedom to pursue elected office."
When I just read that former Notre Dame head football coach Lou Holtz wants to run for Congress in Florida, I thought, "Good lord a crazy old man wants to enter politics."
It's his right to run, but the Orlando Sentinel and POLITICO are illuminating some problems, and say that Holtz could decide in the next few weeks. I know nothing about the incumbent in the district, but I suppose if she isn't getting things done, any alternative is good. The Florida GOP is mainly touting Holtz as a recognizable face that would bring in a lot of money...and as we all know, money is more important in politics than actual politics are. Holtz had a problem automatically selecting Notre Dame for every single debate held on "College Gameday" and did so on purpose to help sway college football voters.
If he's half as good at swaying a real electorate to vote for something as he is in forcing people to put Notre Dame in bowl games, Florida is in for a treat.
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Maybe ESPN can move Desmond Howard up to the table on a more permanent basis (we need some checks and balances on the Herbstreit hegemony).
Now I hate being seen as a hater or a liberal radical socialist pacifist as one Politico commenter wrote, but I this is probably not a good thing for the Republicans. Here's the checklist:
Old - check
White - check
Inarticulate - check
Record of ethics violations - check
Rejection of climate change (man-made or otherwise)- check
Associated with Notre Dame - check
This is all troubling news for Republicans (at least the ones that bother looking at demographic studies) that did not like the results of the past two national elections.
I don't know for sure, but he probably cheers for the Yankees, too.
...check
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