Thank the gods!!! Ditka obeys his wife....(know what's good for him)

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Sources: Ditka's out of the game

By Rick Pearson
Tribune political reporter
Published July 14, 2004, 7:14 PM CDT

Ending the brief daliance of despairing Republicans with fantasy league football, former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has told leading Republicans that he does not intend to seek the U.S. Senate nomination that is being given up by Jack Ryan, sources said Wednesday.

Ditka's discussions with Republican leaders came as former campaign aides to Ryan, the winner of the March 16th GOP primary, said he had sent to the State Board of Elections on Wednesday his formal notification that he was withdrawing from the contest. Ryan had said he would give up the nomination at the end of last month in the aftermath of the court-ordered release of his divorce-related documents.

Republican sources said Ditka notified various leading Republicans of his decision throughout the day on Wednesday. His decision came after a 2-hour meeting Tuesday night at his restaurant with State GOP Chair Judy Baar Topinka and U.S. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the son of the man who helped draft Ditka to the Bears.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-040714ditka,1,4436809.story?coll=chi-news-hed

[fearnobush]

1. Funny how none of the media whore's are reporting this yet.

I guess they want to whore it as long as possible.

[Bullshot]

2. Republicans are having a fit about a recent Hollywood fundraiser

for John Kerry, saying that the Democrats are beholden to all of those out-of-touch actors and actresses. Name me one former Hollywood celebrity who holds or recently has held a national elected office. On the Republican side, you have Ronald Reagan, Fred Grandy, Fred Thompson, Sonny Bono and a slug of others if I'd take the time to recall.

Then, there are the sports celebrity names, such as Tom Osborne, Jim Bunning, JC Watts, Steve Largent and others who benefited from their relatives' sports names like Connie Mack and George Allen.

In a way you can add Charlton Heston to that list, too.

It seems to me that the Republicans are more beholden to the Hollywood/celebrity mentality because their supporters are holding the elected offices.