AggieDave 6 #1 September 16, 2004 Yup, here's another group forming. You HAVE to read this, I don't like Kerry and I still have no idea why this matters. [url" http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-15-kerry-football_x.htm"]Clicky[/url] QuoteNew political group pokes fun at Kerry's football gaffes By Brian Tumulty, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has a new political attack group to contend with. John Kerry passes the ball while watching practice with the Green Bay West High School football team in Wisconsin. Scott Olson, Getty Images Two Washington-based lawyers supporting President Bush's re-election have registered an advocacy group, Football Fans for Truth, as a Section 527 organization allowed to accept unlimited political donations. They plan to publicize Kerry's recent sports misstatements such as his reference to home of the Green Bay Packers as "Lambert Field" instead of Lambeau Field. Other gaffes they hope to bring wider attention to include Kerry's talk of the Buckeyes — the nickname of Ohio State University's team — while campaigning in University of Michigan Wolverine territory. Lawyers Jeff Larroca and Dino Panagopoulos, both members of the law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, said in a conference call Wednesday they have no plans to raise large amounts of cash. Instead, they hope to get free publicity from sports talk radio and other media. "Our goal is to basically find ways to get out the political humor about John Kerry's unsuitability to be sportsman-in-chief," Larroca said. Greg Le Duc, a Green Bay native who has written a screenplay about the life of Packers founder Earl "Curly" Lambeau that he is shopping around Hollywood, indicated in an e-mail Wednesday that Kerry's mistake is understandable. "For John Kerry, it was probably just a slip since Lambeau is such a unique name compared to Lambert," said Le Duc, who would like to see Burt Reynolds play Packers co-founder George Whitney Calhoun in his movie. Larroca and Panagopoulos characterized Kerry as a "sports poser" who said his favorite Boston Red Sox player was someone never on the team. "Some people like the fact that he is an avid dove hunter," Larroca said. Asked about their involvement in the Bush campaign, they would only say, "We both have yard signs." This campaign season, both gave $1,000 to the Bush-Cheney campaign and $250 to moderate Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who had a tough primary battle in the spring against a conservative challenger. Larroca also gave $250 to Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., according to Federal Election Commission records. Meanwhile, the Bush campaign has played up its tenuous affinity to the Packers with Wisconsin voters. Last week Vice President Dick Cheney visited Green Bay, Sheboygan and Milwaukee with former Packers quarterback Bart Starr. In Green Bay, Cheney pointed out he worked 38 years ago for then-Wisconsin Gov. Warren Knowles. "And one of the privileges of working for the governor was he was a great Packer fan," Cheney said. "And we used to catch football games." The founders of Football Fans for Truth claim they came up with their idea about a week ago — neither could remember the exact day — during a fantasy football league draft when friends were laughing about Kerry's lack of sports knowledge. "As the chuckles drew roars, somebody said, 'You should start a 527,'" said Larroca, referring to the section of Internal Revenue Service code that allows political advocacy groups to receive tax-exempt donations. Panagopoulos, a former Texan who is a Dallas Cowboys fan, and Larroca, who grew up in the Washington area as a diehard Redskins fan, agreed Wednesday that Lambeau, for whom Lambeau Field is named, was one of the original Three Stooges. They were joking, right? "I'm serious," Larroca said. "I believe Curly Lambeau was one of the Three Stooges, and that's my final answer." "We know it has been named Lambeau Field for several years," Panagopoulos added. (1965 to be exact.) True Packers fans know that Lambeau is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and coached the team for 31 years, winning three consecutive championships from 1929 to 1931. So will the founders of Football Fans for Truth care if the Packers have a winning season, building on their impressive victory on "Monday Night Football" against the Carolina Panthers? "I root for the Packers when they play the Redskins," said Panagopoulos, the Dallas fan. __ On the Web: www.profootballhof.com, Pro Football Hall of Fame. Click on Hall of Famers/Alphabetically. Scroll to Earl (Curly) Lambeau for Lambeau's biography. www.packers.com, Green Bay Packers. Click on Lambeau Field/History for a history of the stadium. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #2 September 16, 2004 Has to be a joke...made me laugh a few times. But if there is a 527 for Kerry's inability to say something correctly, can you imagine how many we can create against Bush??? Maybe we canget a 527 for each Bushism._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 September 16, 2004 Nuclur activists would be going nuts, forming groups left and right!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #4 September 16, 2004 Figures... the whole 527 concept is just ripe for abuse. This one is funny, I'll give them that. Want bet we see a 527 based on "Bushism's" soon? Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #5 September 16, 2004 QuoteNuclur activists would be going nuts, forming groups left and right Left and left and left and left! Fixed it for ya Dave.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #6 September 16, 2004 QuoteYup, here's another group forming. You HAVE to read this, I don't like Kerry and I still have no idea why this matters. Because Kerry is claiming to be a "Man of the people" when in truth he does not know which end of the bat to hit the hockey puck with. He is a major poser."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #7 September 16, 2004 QuoteQuoteYup, here's another group forming. You HAVE to read this, I don't like Kerry and I still have no idea why this matters. Because Kerry is claiming to be a "Man of the people" when in truth he does not know which end of the bat to hit the hockey puck with. He is a major poser. Well, in his defence - he CAN get the puck over the net for a touchdown.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #8 September 16, 2004 QuoteWell, in his defence - he CAN get the puck over the net for a touchdown. I asked him about that amazing skill of his to get be able to hit the puck with the wrong end of a bat and still get it over the net. Kerry told me, "It's easy for me. I am naturally gifted coming from Blue blood. The mental game is easy also. I just pretend that the puck is one of my, or maybe someone elses war medals...Or maybe just a ribbon. And that the net is a the fence of the White House....Of course if I miss and hit the net/fence with my/someone elses, medals/ribbons, I just claim that was what I was trying to do all along.""No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #9 September 16, 2004 QuoteWell, in his defence - he CAN get the puck over the net for a touchdown. I thought after the scrum, he could spike the pitched Titilest pigskin over the net, past the tee and into the goal post on the sideline with his trusty hickory 12 wood for a basket in one to win the set and chukker and be able to walk the bases fully, but then he would owe a round of drinks at the 20th green. -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #10 September 16, 2004 QuoteQuoteWell, in his defence - he CAN get the puck over the net for a touchdown. I thought after the scrum, he could spike the pitched Titilest pigskin over the net, past the tee and into the goal post on the sideline with his trusty hickory 12 wood for a basket in one to win the set and chukker and be able to walk the bases fully, but then he would owe a round of drinks at the 20th green. Because his polo team did that last time.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #11 September 16, 2004 QuoteQuoteWell, in his defence - he CAN get the puck over the net for a touchdown. I thought after the scrum, he could spike the pitched Titilest pigskin over the net, past the tee and into the goal post on the sideline with his trusty hickory 12 wood for a basket in one to win the set and chukker and be able to walk the bases fully, but then he would owe a round of drinks at the 20th green. Are you making up the new game to replace hockey since it's been cancelled for the indefinite future? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
