Posted on 10/23/2004 10:27:51 PM PDT by alydar
I guess this is true considering Hillery Clinton is a Yankee fan
:) If New jersey comes thorugh I will forever exempt them from the larger group of yankees I cannot stand.
I'm going to do my part too, out here. Bush might not get any electoral votes, but if Kerry feels uneasy enough about the state he might spend some money out here that he could spend elsewhere.
Hey, New England clam chowder is wicked good. Don't knock the chowder.
Well, I've probably had a little too much to, uh, "imbibe" after the Sox win (GO SOX!), but I think elitism of *any* fans is a given. They are promoting their team over another, sometimes in the absence of any objective fact whatsoever. But maybe it's just bad mojo from previous live threads here - I shudder at the thought of tying Kerry, the slimy cretin, to anyone's fans, be it Sox or Yankees. I think that's a generally underhanded trick.
The most rabid and unreasonable fan of whatever team is probably most like Kerry - completely ignorant of the facts, and willing to say whatever to make him (his team) look better. But that's not the majority of Yankees, Sox, Cardinals, or any realistic FReeper fan. Sports is never as important as is defeating someone as vile and dangerous as Kerry. On that, we can ALL agree.
It is going to be tough. the county I live in is very pro Bush but we live in the Western past of the state. Trying to convince the more populous part is gonna be hard.
Right... When she showed up to march in the St Patrick's Day parade when Rudy Guliani said "Gee...I hope she doesn't get lost..."
It's enough that Jersey is close--Kerry cannot win without that state. He'll have to shore it up with money and appearances during the last week of the election. That's time he could spend registering illegal aliens and convicts to vote in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin.
So do I, but I keep coming across articles like this, and, well - you already know about many of the comments on the recent baseball threads. I think this is the first article I've seen pairing up Kerry with Yankee fans... usually he's associated with the Sox and their fans.
Sports is never as important as is defeating someone as vile and dangerous as Kerry. On that, we can ALL agree.
Amen to that!
But claimed to be a lifelong Cub's fan BEFORE she became a Yankee's fan.
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As far as the baseball discussion going on here... must be nice to come close. For some of us, it's been so long, we might wish the Commish could have changed the leagues rules or if that didn't help, outright cheat for us. ;o)
GO COLTS!...? (Hehehe)
Perception is reality.....
Indeed!
Bump!
We should all root for the Cubs anyways.
I liked Bernadette's article and her feisty Irish attitude; I liked the idea she could walk the streets on the east coast stepping on the toes of Democrat dimwits. Head in the air and feet on the ground, she'll make her decision on election day and it will be the correct one.
George Steinbrenner of the Yankees has the largest sports market to serve and probably the toughest fans to satisfy. Yankee success thoughout the century is and has been driven by the market demand. Ol' George has to meet that demand, to extend the Yankee history and to do so pays the largest salaries in all MLB to get the best players and biggest box office draws. BTW, he also pays the enough to get haircuts and buy razors and demands that his players show up clean cut.
One way of looking at this is that the Yankees are comprised of the finest players from across the land and rather than being an elitist team, they are America's team.
I'm a Yankee fan but I look for upstart teams who can come in and upset the baseball kings; Remember, so does Steinbrenner.
I saw just as many ill-looking fans in Fenway during Game 3 and 4. And Fenway was less than half full at the end of Game 3, thanks to fans who couldn't take watching the carnage anymore. The same thing happened at Yankee Stadium at Game 7. I was at Game 6 and 7, and I'm sure I looked physically ill in person, and I did feel like puking. Why wouldn't I? This was an unprecented choke of epic, historic proportions. At least I stayed around to the bitter end on both nights, to support my team.
Bravo! Although I've been in a state of disappointment, disgust, and despair since the Yankees lost, I will be able to feel okay about it in another week and a half if W is re-elected!
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