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Mike Ditka, Former Chicago Bears Coach, Wishes He’d Run Against Obama
thewrap.com ^ | October 13, 2013 | Todd Cunningham

Posted on 10/13/2013 11:34:15 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

He regrets not taking on the President in the 2004 for Illinois Senate seat: “He probably wouldn’t be in the White House”

Gruff Mike Ditka, the former head coach of the National Football League’s Chicago Bears and a commentator for ESPN, wishes he had called one more running play.

Specifically, he said this week that he regrets not running against President Obama in the 2004 Illinois Senate race and called it “the biggest mistake I’ve ever made.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thewrap.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2004; chicagobears; ditka; illinois; maobama; mikeditka
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1 posted on 10/13/2013 11:34:15 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If only. He would have creamed the Kenyan easily too.


2 posted on 10/13/2013 11:35:15 AM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I wish he had too. His decision not to run could turn out to have been a fatal blow to America.


3 posted on 10/13/2013 11:35:46 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DemocRAT Pahtay! Spending our grandchildren's future, today!)
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To: Viennacon

Evil will triumph when good men.....


4 posted on 10/13/2013 11:35:55 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Viennacon

Evil will triumph when good men.....


5 posted on 10/13/2013 11:37:57 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I wish. But the realistic side of me says maybe Mike should get checked for concussions.


6 posted on 10/13/2013 11:39:40 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Put your hands together and wish.

Now, you have a wish sandwich. hhmm, hhmm, good


7 posted on 10/13/2013 11:40:54 AM PDT by DanZ
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Great guy, but, uh....hey, I wish a very lot of things..!

Close, but no field goal, Mike.

Why is this even news...?


8 posted on 10/13/2013 11:41:43 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Famous people say stuff = news


9 posted on 10/13/2013 11:43:08 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Berlin_Freeper
WELL....HE MAY BE IRON BUT... HE AINT STEEL...

super man ted cruz

TED CRUZ:


10 posted on 10/13/2013 11:43:39 AM PDT by jimsin
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Mike Ditka, Former Chicago Bears Coach, Wishes He’d Run Against Obama

I wish 0bama's father, whoever he was, had used birth control.

11 posted on 10/13/2013 11:46:32 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
As I recall, Zero always got elected by election law trickery used to kick viable opponents off the ballot.

Ditka would have had to have the future seeing Mr. Perfect legal team to out maneuver Chicago Organized Crime DemoRat Commie politics.

12 posted on 10/13/2013 11:48:33 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Absent Zero, it would’ve been clear sailing for Hillary in 2008.


13 posted on 10/13/2013 11:50:59 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yeah. I guess when those who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living, “what difference does it make?”


14 posted on 10/13/2013 11:55:52 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DemocRAT Pahtay! Spending our grandchildren's future, today!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The fix was in, Mike would have been just another political road kill.


15 posted on 10/13/2013 11:57:02 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( The Republican Party has become the White Flag Party-shamefully surrendering daily to Socialism)
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To: gaijin; bigbob

News, as a facet of history.


16 posted on 10/13/2013 11:58:17 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The NSA would just have supplied Ubama with whatever information he needed to bring Ditka down.


17 posted on 10/13/2013 11:58:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

BO seems like someone born in a laboratory, CIA-experiment or something.


18 posted on 10/13/2013 12:07:39 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: Berlin_Freeper
If he had run Osama Obama’s wrecking crew would have concocted some drug allegation or an accusation of kiddie porn.And then Chrissy Thrills & Pals would have rum with it.
19 posted on 10/13/2013 12:09:52 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Mike Ditka, Former Chicago Bears Coach, Wishes He’d Run Against Obama

I wish 0bama’s father, whoever he was, had used birth control.

a pic of Obama’s father


20 posted on 10/13/2013 12:13:29 PM PDT by Democrat_media (IRS rigged election for Obama and democrats by shutting down tea party)
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