Ditka describes himself as "ulta-ultra-ultra conservative"

[geek tragedy]

http://www.illinoisleader.com/quote/quoteview.asp?c=17543
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DH: ...If you decide to run, what would be your platform?


DITKA: Well my platform would be what the people want. I hate to say that, that sounds so generic, but what do people want? You talk about banning smoking. Okay, why don't we ban abortion? Let's talk about things that are really important. You know you talk about, well, you think one thing can harm your health, the other one takes a life.


Come on here, you know you're talking to a guy that is ultra-ultra-ultra conservative. So you know people who don't like that, you won't like me one bit. But I think I'm about what the majority of this people in the country are. I believe this country was founded under God. I think people who say it wasn't are crazy. But that's their biz; you know, that's me.


What you see is what you're gonna get. You're not going to like all of it. But you're gonna like some of it, and maybe you'll like enough of it to say okay this guy is all right.

[Jack_Dawson]

1. Ditka's IQ has to be at LEAST 87

Dude is an OK coach...but not exactly a nuanced thinker.

[HawkerHurricane]

29. Perfectly qualified to be a coach...

He's smart enough to understand the game and stupid enough to think that it's important.

[chaumont58]

44. Comes close to matching his Bears' number

maybe that's why he chose to be a tight end.

[Longhorn]

2. I had no idea he was this articulate!

And I don't mean it as a compliment!

[iconoclastic cat]

3. Please, Coach, don't humiliate yourself.

Just stick to your restaurant. Sheesh.

[Cha]

4. Sounds like a major friggin creep to me...

I call bullshit!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

5. OMG

he makes bush sound like a Rhodes Scholar. Run, mike, run!

Hee hee.

[Canuckistanian]

12. The unholy trifecta

Bush, Schwarzenegger and Ditka.... dumbing down America one politician at a time.

[geek tragedy]

15. I wouldn't lump Arnie in with those idiots

Santorum, on the other hand, . . .

[Canuckistanian]

18. You think the Gropenator is intelligent?

[geek tragedy]

20. Yes, I do

If you check out his history, he's had a plan beyond the weightlifting since he was very young. He's a very shrewd businessperson, and knew when it was wise to avoid running for governor and when it was wise to run.

The funny accent and cheeseball film career of late can fool people into thinking he's dumb.

[HuskerDem]

41. My cat is running for State legislature..........

Who knows how far he'll get.

[terrya]

6. Hell, let's just swear Barack Obama in as Senator right now.

If THIS is what Obama is going to be facing in November.

Terry

[geek tragedy]

10. I was nervous about Ditka, but now I'm not

Reminds me of the classic dis "You were looking real good until you opened your mouth."

[Canuckistanian]

16. Or..

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. "I'm about what the majority of this people in the country are"

Pardon me, but I have never heard of this asshole before, apparently I have had other things to do on Monday nights. However, his comments out a big problem in the US, that a jerk offs like this believe that they know the "truth" and that "a majority" feels the same way they do. The guy is full of shit.

[The_Casual_Observer]

33. But, he would probably win anyway

The citizens would vote for him because it would be "fun". Same shit as in calyfornia, trick the common man into voting for a trojan horse.

[buff2]

8. Yeah.........

another crotch grabbing hot tempered big mouth "family values" repuke. Khrist,is this hypocrisy ever going to END? To hell with them and their so called morality. They have none. :puke:

[mindfulNJ]

9. BUSH-DITKA 04!!!

What a team!:crazy:

[HootieMcBoob]

11. Ditka may be a godsend for us

And I think Obama knows it too. He's gonna act like it's gonna be a tough job to overcome the fact that Ditka is popular and a household name but you know he has to be saying "thank you God"!!!

[terrya]

14. You got it right. As long as Obama treats Ditka like a threat publically..

He can cinch it.

[Susang]

13. Can't wait for the debate!

Seriously, if he runs, I'm gonna kill myself trying to get into that thing. I'll call in every favor I have in this town. And if that's not enough, I'll make my husband call in all of his favors too. :-)

[terrya]

17. I'm hoping that there will be a spittoon nearby for Ditka in the debate.

With the tobacco juice thing and all. :-)

[Susang]

21. With hot dog & beer vendors!

Just like at Soldier Field. :beer:

We could tailgate before the debates and hit the sports bars afterwards! It would be just like the eighties all over again! :party:

[geek tragedy]

25. Maybe the William "The Refrigerator" Perry could come back

and they could do a rap video called "The Senatorial Shuffle."

Jim McMahon and Willie Gault could make guest appearances.

[Susang]

28. I'd prefer they merely perform "The Candidate Shuffle"

I don't really want him getting that close to the senate, even if it is just in name only. ;-)

Of course, they'd have to perform at the debates, or the whole thing's off! :mad:

[prolesunited]

35. LOL!

Good one. :thumbsup:

[Susang]

38. You wanna join me?

We could make giant DITKA SUX banners out of white sheets and wave them them at the debates.

BlueJay could take off his shirt and paint himself blue, wear an afro wig (after getting extremely intoxicated on bourbon, of course), and scream "woooooooo!!!!!", every time the camera panned over him.

I still have to think of something for mkuhl & XNASA to do, but I'm sure it will come to me, given time. :evilgrin:

[prolesunited]

39. Somehow I don't picture him doing

it but perhaps if you ply him with enough alcohol he would. Your description certainly has me laughing out loud.

[Susang]

43. Too bad we'll never see it

LBN has a thread saying he's announced he's not running. There go my tailgate party dreams! :-(

[Tatiana]

19. I don't get it, but in Chicago (and IL downstate) Ditka=god.

I'll never understand it. He won ONE superbowl! What else qualifies him to be a Senator?

I'm not liking this one bit. I'm having California Debacle/Ahnoldmania flashbacks. For the love of all Americans, DON'T RUN, DITKA!

[smirkymonkey]

22. What a freeping idiot!

What kind of country do we live in where imbeciles are taken seriously in their bids for office.

If this guy ends up running, that does it. I'm moving to France.

[delete_bush]

23. According to this yokel, his resume is polar opposite

of the chimpster...

"Mike Ditka would be a great candidate because he represents the average Illinoisan. He's just a decent, ordinary guy that worked hard and wasn't handed anything but made it successful"

--State Sen. Dave Syverson of Rockford, a member of the Republican State Central Committee

Would love to hear him expand on his "this country was founded under God" assertion.

[Melsky]

24. What a jerk

I can only hope the people have enough sense not to elect this moran. Every idiot celebrity is going to be jumping on the political bandwagon after arnold's win.

[fdr_hst_fan]

27. I agree-

he should stick with what he knows, and, since he's a jock, that CAN'T be MUCH! :evilgrin:

[pacalo]

26. He's a big talker with little substance...

When he was hired by the New Orleans Saints in the late 90's, both he & his out-spoken wife told reporters, "What you see is what you get."

This is what the Saints got:

There must have been something weird in the air on the weekend of the draft, as three men made monumentally bad decisions. One of the decisions I can almost understand, because it was made by a man whose judgment has long been flawed...

It was all set in motion when Saint head coach Mike Ditka traded his entire draft for this year, along with his first- and third-round picks next year, to the Redskins, moving up seven places in the first round to pick Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams.

(snip)

It was a mistake to hire Ditka in the first place, and the Saints are paying for that mistake...Ditka won in Chicago because he had great defensive players; a great defensive coordinator, Buddy Ryan; and an innovative quarterback, Jim McMahon. (It should also be noted that neither Ryan nor McMahon paid any attention to Ditka’s histrionics.)

(snip)

...Ditka has been exposed as just another out-of-touch coach in New Orleans, and now he’s been given added responsibility, which has allowed him to add another area of incompetence.

http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/draft_1998/dickey_042299.asp

[katym]

30. Ultra-ultra-ultra not voted for....

And ultra-ultra-ultra dumb. His response to the media being tipped about his running was ridiculous. Be conservative in the way you act, not the way you think.

[Disturbed]

31. ultra-ultra-ultra ?

Hmmm...
one ultra- extreme Right Wing-

two ultras- Libertarian

three ultras- John Birch Society Cult

Another nutcase, borderline moron.

[katym]

34. lmao

:yourock:

[Deja Q]

32. Founded under God? Yup, God condoned the swindling, killing and slavery...

:eyes:

The guy's a nut.

[Iris]

36. Scumbag

The very idea of comparing a woman in a crisis pregnancy who has an abortion to tobacco companies WHO MADE MILLIONS & MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (and continue to do so) by getting people addicted to their DRUG . . .

That's just disgusting.

What a fucking pig. How can any fucking human being in the world today be that flip about the topic of population control????????

[katym]

37. Does someone need to point out to him that both smoking and abortion ...

are a persons choice??? Im not really pro-either (or con either...I prefer to let someone choose what they want to happen to themselves...even though smoking affects more people than just yourself) but I sure as hell dont believe its something for some right wing senator wanna-be to decide.

[Postman]

40. Ditka must have been playing football without a helmut.

n/t

[hippiegranny]

42. and I describe him as ultra ultra ultra idiotic

this musclehead needs to stick to sports and leave politickin' to people with brains. moran.

[GreyPilgrim]

45. I'd like to know

I'd like to know how he thinks his "ultra ultra ultra" conservatism compares to the conservatism in the White House. Is Bush "ultra ultra ultra ultra ultra ultra ultra ultra" conservative, or is it only worthy of an "ultra ultra" rating?

I can't imagine this man in an actual debate. Actually, I can. I laughing.

[LittleApple81]

46. They just said that on HEADLINE NEWS that HE IS NOT RUNNING.n/t

[LittleApple81]

47. Here is the link to LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x686420

[tom_paine]

48. In other words, a perfect Imperial Clone Senator

Dumb as an ox, mean as hell, and out of his element meaning he will do what the Busheviks want him to 99.9% of the time like the other clones.