Posted on 11/09/2008 6:33:31 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
On the night of Jan. 3, 2008, little more than two weeks after the Steelers were beaten up at home by Jacksonville and little less than two days before they were to confront the Jaguars again in the first round of the National Football League playoffs, the club's normally unruffled chairman found himself unable to sleep.
Around midnight, Daniel M. Rooney picked up the phone and rang his son Jim.
"This is the greatest speech I've seen since John Kennedy," Dan said into the phone. "This guy connects with people like no one I've seen since John Kennedy. He convinced me that this is more than just a good politician. I want to stand up and say something for this guy. I want to be involved in this."
Mr. Rooney, a lifelong Republican, had just finished watching long-shot Democratic candidate Barack Obama thank voters in Iowa, where the Illinois senator returned the opening kickoff of America's overlong, convoluted presidential campaign for a touchdown against political stalwarts Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards, in a state that's more than 92 percent white.
That his father would be eager to talk politics at odd hours or that he would be moved by the triumph of an African American against systemic or raw political obstacles did not surprise Jim Rooney -- the NFL doesn't call the requirement that NFL teams with head coaching vacancies interview a minority candidate the Rooney Rule for nothing -- but Jim knew almost instantly that what he was hearing on the phone from the family's North Side home that night was more than his father's basic chord structure.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
Many Germans in the 1920’s and 1930’s were similarly moved and inspired by the speeches of a dynamic little Austrian with a bad haircut and mustache.......
Your the last Rooney at the Steelers. Conrads on your nephew's win in GOP congress.
Like illegal medication the highest heights are later replaced by the lowest of lows. ENJOY, MORONS YOU DESERVE IT!
Oops, he is. Plus his nephew is now a Congressman.
$15,600 Republican
$50,000 special interest
total: $65,600
Contributor Candidate or PAC Election
Result* Amount Date FEC
Filing
New! posted 11/02/08
Rooney, Daniel Michael Mr.
Gastonia, NC 28056 ROONEY, TOM (R)
House (FL District: 16)
FLORIDA 16 VICTORY TRUST Won $5,000
primary 09/15/08
Rooney, Daniel Michael Mr.
Cramerton, NC 28032
Pittsburgh Steelers/Scout ROONEY, TOM (R)
House (FL District: 16)
TOM ROONEY FOR CONGRESS Won $1,900
primary 07/22/08
Rooney, Daniel M.
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Pittsburgh Steelers/Chairman GRIDIRON-PAC - $5,000
primary 05/24/08
Rooney, Daniel
Cramerton, NC 28032
Pittsburgh Steelers/Scout ROONEY, TOM (R)
House (FL District: 16)
TOM ROONEY FOR CONGRESS Won $400
general 03/26/07
Rooney, Daniel
Cramerton, NC 28032
Pittsburgh Steelers/Scout ROONEY, TOM (R)
House (FL District: 16)
TOM ROONEY FOR CONGRESS Won $2,300
primary 03/26/07
Rooney, Daniel M
Gastonia, NC 28056
Pittsburgh Steelers/Scout REPUBLICAN FEDERAL COMMITTEE OF PENNSYLVANIA (R) - $5,000
primary 08/16/04
ROONEY, DANIEL M
PITTSBURGH, PA 15233
PGH STEELERS NORTH SIDE GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - $5,000
primary 01/23/04
ROONEY, DANIEL M
PGH, PA 15233
PGH STEELERS NORTH SIDE GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - $5,000
primary 05/02/02
ROONEY, DANIEL M
PITTSBURGH, PA 15233
PGH STEELERS NORTH SIDE GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - $5,000
primary 06/11/01
Rooney, Daniel M. Mr.
Durham, NC 27713
Pittsburgh Steelers/Scout Melissa A. Hart (R)
House (PA District: 04)
PEOPLE WITH HART INC Won $500
primary 03/29/01
ROONEY, DANIEL M
PITTSBURGH, PA 15233
PITTSBURGH STEELERS SPORTS INC NORTH SIDE GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - $5,000
primary 12/07/99
ROONEY, DANIEL M
PITTSBURGH, PA
PITTSBURGH STEELERS NORTH SIDE GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - $15,000
primary 10/31/97
ROONEY, DANIEL M
PGH, PA 15212
PITTSBURGH STEELERS NORTH SIDE GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - $5,000
primary 03/07/97
ROONEY, DANIEL M
PITTSBURGH, PA 15233
EXECUTIVE NORTH SIDE GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - $5,000
primary 07/12/96
ROONEY, DANIEL M
PITTSBURGH, PA 15212
PITTSBURGH STEELERS HEINZ, HENRY JOHN III (R)
Senate - PA
PEOPLE FOR JOHN HEINZ COMMITTEE Won $500
primary 11/08/84
Agreed. I’m married to an Irish girl and I used to live in Pittsburgh. Ain’t too many “Rooneys” in Pittsburgh who are lifelong Republicans!!!!
Football team for sale, quick. Please Mr. Taxman, I supported the One.
He sounds like an “Elsie Hillman” Republican, which around here means a RINO with more money than sense.
Memo to those who “fell for Obama”:
It’s going to be a long, long, long fall.
Just between you and me, I am starting to think that George W. Bush was also a RINO.
Old and feeble minded!!!
Ted Bundy and Stalin used their charisma to connect with people, too.
The Obamaconomy is going to hit the NFL and other professional sport real hard.
First, the pampered players are going to get hit with big taxes on their over-inflated salaries. Second, the fans will be staying home because they can’t afford the tickets. And last, those luxury boxes will empty our as businesses cut back.
Enjoy your brave new world, Mr. Rooney.
Yep. Rooney suffers from “ White Guilt”.
I cant watch the Steelers anymore because of Rooney’s support of Obama.
The shame is I love the Black and Gold.
When the Dem’s start nationalizing business’s may I suggest the pittsburgh Steelers as a good starting point.
Wrong! It has a lot to do with Obama. Rooney is being forced by the NFL to buy out his brothers. His brothers and he are very much aware that the Mesiah is going to drastically raise his brothers' Capital Gains taxes. Obama's election means that his brothers will come down in their offer and are anxious to buy before the law changes.
Sorry about that.
sorry again
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