Re: Black democractic althlete-politicians

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Clinton has a jump shot?  Wasn't it Wilt Chamberlain who said he bedded 1200 women or
was it 12,000.

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:18:54AM -0800, Jim Devine wrote:
> how about Kobe Bryant for President? He shares a lot with Bill Clinton...
>
> On 1/11/06, Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Have any star black athletes won major elective office as democrats?  I am thinking
> > of Lynn Swann running for governor in Penna., JT Watts as a rep. from OK.  Charles
> > Barkley suggesting a few years ago that he would run for gov. of Alabama.
> >
> > The white athletes have not done well either.  Macmillan was a rep. from Maryland &
> > we all know Bill Bradley.  On the other side, we have coach Tom Osborne, Jim Bunning,
> > ... and even in an earlier time Vinegar Bend Mizell.  Steve Largent was pretty right
> > wing.  Oh yes, Gerald Ford was an all american football player.
> >
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> > Michael Perelman
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> Jim Devine
> "The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an
> intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

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