John Elway to Fox News: I’m Republican because ‘I don’t believe in safety nets’

[UCmeNdc]

Denver Broncos executive vice president of football operations John Elway revealed on Sunday that he was a Republican because he doesn’t “believe in safety nets” — even though he admitted they were necessary.

In a interview on Fox News prior to Super Bowl XLVIII, host Chris Wallace pointed out that Elway was a “big Republican” who had contributed “a lot of money” to former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012.



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/02/john-elway-to-fox-news-im-republican-because-i-dont-believe-in-safety-nets/

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. Right because Football player have no unions to protect them...

hahahaha Yea right! You...Liar...

He benefitted from that system and now he rebukes it....be a republican...we don't need your ass.

[roguevalley]

49. he always looked half witted to me, dumb eyes. evil heart.

[VanillaRhapsody]

50. I agree...just a cold hearted greedy bastard.

I bet his former teammates have some stories to tell!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh, he'll believe in them, all right...

When HE needs one.

[arcane1]

3. "even though he admitted they were necessary"

How does that even make sense?

Too many blows to the head, I suppose.

[SheilaT]

15. Typical thinking on the part

of Republicans.

And people like Elway simply do not get how financially privileged they are.

[pangaia]

31. He's a (former) football player.

If he could make sense he wouldn't have had to play football.

[VanillaRhapsody]

4. Yes because when he played the game....he did it ALL by himself...

he didn't need any other "teammates" at all...He played every position himself! Why he didn't need an offensive line to protect him AT ALL!

[alsame]

5. He has a net worth of

$145 million, he'll never have any need for a safety net. He probably doesn't even know anyone who needs a safety net.

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/nfl/john-elway-net-worth/


Typical GOPer.

[Paladin]

6. I trust nobody is surprised by this. (nt)

[Dawson Leery]

7. Time to eliminate the NFL's tax exempt status.

[Historic NY]

8. +1

the money could be better spent on the people.

[Keefer]

23. That wouldn't affect ANY team...

Each team pays taxes. It is the NFL that is tax exempt. Teams, owners, players, trainers, etc... all pay taxes.

[shenmue]

9. Not all of us can become millionaire quarterbacks, you know

Yes he's a great player, but most of us will never live that way. Yet we work hard too.

[world wide wally]

10. Being from Colorado, I always loved Elway as a quarterback and just wished he would crawl in a hole

when the game was over. His politics are disgusting.
I guess that is what is called a dichotomy.

Shut up and throw the ball.

[beveeheart]

14. Whenever I put my Elway jersey on

I make myself forget about his politics ... until he says something like that.

[El Supremo]

18. Fucking horse-faced steroid-eating asshole.

Did I mention how he dumped his sick wife and got Dan Reeves fired so he could bring in his sock puppet Shanyhan?

And I've lived in Denver for 33 years.

[earthside]

46. Correcto ... El Supremo!

Twenty-seven year resident of Denver.

I'm watching the Super Bowl because Denver is in it ... but ever since we, the taxpayers, had to provide corporate welfare to multi-millionaire Pat Bowlen to build the new stadium, I have stopped being a fan.

[pansypoo53219]

11. because the Qb doesn't need any protection. what a maroon.

[Thinkingabout]

12. I bet he never played in a stadium build and maintained by the NFL, don't believe he is

Aware of the complete safety net.

[KansDem]

13. I remember when The Republican got his ass kicked by Washington in 1988

The Broncos were favored to win. All the sports reporters were giving the Superbowl to Denver.

All we heard for weeks was "ELWAY! ELWAY! ELWAY!"

It was Super Bowl XXII. At the end of the first quarter, Denver led Washington 10-0. All the sports reporters were grinning a "we told you so" shit-smile and patting each other on the back. Elway was on his way to win the Super Bowl!

"We're free, at last," said Johnson, sitting in an orange sea in the zone. After Denver kicked a field goal to go up 10-0, Washington continued to play the first quarter with a bad case of stage fright.

But Denver muffed a couple of prime opportunities and then totally self-destructed.

Williams limped of the field near the end of the first quarter after a victorious hit and was briefly replaced by Jay Schroeder. But Williams returned for the first Washington play of the second quarter and immediately connected with Ricky Sanders on an 80-yard touchdown pass.

The slaughter was on.

The next four times Washington got the ball it scored. If this had been a fight it would have been stopped at halftime.

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_25001736/super-bowl-xxii-broncos-skinned-42-10

Suddenly, the sports reporters got real quiet.

Poor, poor John! He got too caught up in reading his own press releases --



Someone who fucked up as bad as he did should have been dropped from the team immediately. Apparently a "safety net" kept Elway on the team.

Oh, and Washington's quarterback that year? --



So go f*ck yourselves Elway and all of you f*cking idol-worshiping sports reporters!

[pangaia]

34. I will never forget that game...

IT WAS PRICELESS !!
WHOOEEEE!!

[d_b]

58. and my Giants took a shit on him as well

Fuck Elway

[busterbrown]

61. Ah, that was a beautiful thing..was it not?

[d_b]

62. it certainly was

[leftynyc]

67. You took the words out of my mouth

Glad my beloved Giants kicked this loser's ass.

[blkmusclmachine]

16. Typical GOP line:

I got mine!

F*ck everybody else!

[pangaia]

36. He's a rich fascist. What did we expect..

Bet he has read Ayn Rand, if he can even read..

[RainDog]

17. What a stupid, selfish jerk n/t

[kairos12]

19. He won exactly no Championships on his own as a QB until his "safety net"

showed up in the form of running back Terrell Davis. What a complete ass. Go Seahawks.

[dionysus]

20. respect level.. dropping...

[LiberalFighter]

21. I have never liked him.

[TexasTowelie]

26. +1

[Enthusiast]

37. Me too.

[Hawaii Hiker]

22. As a 49er fan, can't forget the 55-10 pasting the Niners

put on Denver and Elway in the Super Bowl following the 1989 season...

I always hated John Elway...A diva his whole career, going back to when he said he woudln't play for the Colts had they drafted him in 1983..

[Blue_In_AK]

24. I was always more of a Joe Montana fan myself.

[Cha]

25. IOW, Elway's

a dumbfuck.

My Mom.. born and raised in Colorado and in later years got into football.. and I always remember she hated John Elway when he was a player. Not sure why.. arrogance?

Too bad his sociopathic asshole candidate lost

[lostincalifornia]

27. same thing as him saying i'm a republican because I am an asshole. Go Seattle Seahawks

[tblue]

28. Well I'll give him credit for honesty.

Dang. And I was about to root for the Broncos.

[Skeeter Barnes]

29. Peyton Manning is a right wing asshole, too.

[pangaia]

39. True but,

I would suspect a lot of football players are right wing assholes.
Could be wrong, as I have no stats...

GO SEAHAWKS,, I guess...

[Skeeter Barnes]

41. Manning helped fund a very racist Bob Corker campaign against Harold Ford Jr. years ago.

He donated money to Corker's campaign, which got national attention for it's racist tactics.

http://voices.yahoo.com/bob-corker-vs-harold-ford-jr-tennessees-dirty-senate-102444.html?cat=9

One of Corker's ads on the radio would play jungle/tribal sounding music in the background any time the spokesperson mentioned Ford's name. Manning helped make it happen with his money.

People around here worship him and name their kids after him. I can't stand the guy and I've been a TN resident and UT fan for 38 years. Piss on him.

[pangaia]

42. Doesn't surprise me one bit.

[Dawson Leery]

52. Agreed.

Most football players are jackals.

[butterfly77]

59. Yes..

I hate football but I checked in even woke up from my sleep to root for Seattle. I saw Fox commentator asking someone how Payton was taking it. I laughed out loud!!!

[kaiden]

68. Retired Bronco Ray Crockett is a Republican, too.

I will never forget him hugging Dubya at a campaign rally at Red Rocks in 2004. Stunned I was. Of course, Dubya's first cousin, Joe Ellis, is president of the Denver Broncos Football Club. You will remember Joe's brother, John, an employee of Fox News, calling Florida for Dubya on election night in 2000.

[SunSeeker]

30. Fuck John Elway. Go Seahawks!!

[Ed Suspicious]

32. Go Seahawks!

[pangaia]

33. OK. Just for that, I'm going to root for Seattle.

I'll show Elway !!

[murielm99]

35. I realize this is anecdotal,

but I have a friend whose son was just diagnosed with Krohn's disease. They are worried. But she was able to afford a doctor for him because of Obamacare. Thank God she finally has a safety net.

[GP6971]

38. Screw him. n/t

[indepat]

40. Maybe John Elway should petition for the NLF's non-tax status to be removed because its

a giant tax giveaway (safety net) for a few very wealthy individuals. How fuc*ing quaint, Herr Elway: you've just changed my allegiance from a strong Bronco fan (Peyton Manning) to the Seahawks. P.S., Herr Elway, you ain't paying nearly enough taxes, but do we hear you complaining about this egregious largess, compliments of the American taxpayer? Heil, Mein Elway.

[pangaia]

43. And I suppose he doesn't consider his former offensive line

a SAFETY NET !!

And what about the Strong Safety? What is he if not a safety net in case everybody else gets fucked?

[Warpy]

44. Rich men rarely do.

Yawn.

[2naSalit]

45. I always considered him to be

an asshole, now he's proven it for me... once again.

[Skittles]

47. what an asshole

[Stargleamer]

48. Makes me even more glad Cal beat Stanford in '82 with "The Play"

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Elway was Stanford's Quarterback. He complained about the officiating after the game, he complains about safety nets now.

Also the '49ers victory over Denver in the Super Bowl was quite nice too.

[vt_native]

51. Hey John

Suck it!

[bravenak]

53. I hope somebody Madoff's him.

Then let's see him reject a safety net.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

54. What a refreshingly candid

if not somewhat depressing admission of why one might (and some probably do) choose to be a Republican.

[Snarkoleptic]

55. Karma...it's a bitch!

[Lint Head]

56. John Elway is a Repubic con because he's a coward.

[jmowreader]

57. Yes, John, we can tell...

I can think of 35 reasons he may want to reconsider.

[flying rabbit]

60. Denver apparently didn't have one

How did that work out John?

[King_Klonopin]

63. Another member of the "Lucky Gene Pool Club" heard from,

"Fuck the disabled, the elderly, the mentally ill, the unemployed,
the 'manual' laborers, the minimum wage earners, the homeless,
the single parents, the children of single parents, the veterans,
the people left displaced and destitute by natural disasters, the
tired, the poor, the huddled masses ...

Fuck all those lazy-ass moochers!

I'm not a taker, I'm a 'maker' because I made $145 million by
throwing a football (derp) and I don't want to give one penny
in taxes to support entitlements for those low-life scum."

Self-centerred to the extreme.

[pstokely]

64. too much brain injury

nt

[DFW]

65. In other words......

I got mine, what the f*** do I care?

[Gothmog]

66. Elway is an idiot

[santamargarita]

69. Like most of that bunch, he's brain damaged...

we know he has been hit in the head too much, which doesn't explain the others.

[grahamhgreen]

70. Or safety in general, which is why he never played with a helmet or pads

[Arkana]

71. Another reason I'm glad the Seahawks curbstomped the Broncos last night.

I have ALWAYS hated John Elway and his stupid horse face.