Dan Rooney just thanked Obama

[fishwax]

:woohoo:

on edit: whoops, it's Dan Rooney, not Art, who passed away twenty years ago ...

[AlinPA]

1. I loved that!!

[fishwax]

20. Good stuff!

And the Cardinals' owner Bidwell was a McCain backer, too :)

[Renew Deal]

2. That was a little weird.

What was that all about? They must really like him.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. It's just proof that Muslin extremists have infiltrated the NFL. n/t

[Sydnie]

5. Obama had said he was a Steelers fan and thought they would win

It was a shout out for the faith he had in the team.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

18. Rooney is a life long Republican that endorsed President Obama

During the 2008 Election, Steelers owner did what was right and endorsed Obama after hearing one of his speeches on TV. He made a phone call to his son I believe it was because he had to tell him about what he heard Obama say.

[fishwax]

21. I didn't know that back story -- thanks for sharing

:toast:

[RamboLiberal]

28. Yeah Dan Rooney made that call back in January of 2008

Prescient guy. And coach Mike Tomlin is a big Obama supporter as well. He mentioned to KO that he also watches Countdown.

[truebrit71]

4. That was AWESOME!!!

..

[virgogal]

6. Who on earth is Art Rooney?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

7. One of those extremely wealthy criminals everyone here hates.

Except me of course.

David

[napi21]

12. Who here hates the Rooney"s? I'v sure never read anything like that!

The Rooney's are great people and are and have been great for Pittsburgh!

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

15. Just referring to the many threads here about how evil all wealthy people are.

[flyingfysh]

25. Definitely not all wealthy people are evil.

For example: Warren Buffet: He is wealthy, and thinks that his taxes are far too low.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

26. I agree but I feel we are in the minority here.

[ellenfl]

27. my bf works for the rooney's. they get a big thumbs up from me.

from what i know, i think they are good employers.

ellen fl

[virgogal]

16. I just read a post where someone was not happy about millionaires

running around with leather in their hands.. It took me a while to figure out what the poster meant.

Obviously I'm not a football fan but I did watch the last 3 minutes of play,great 3 minutes and thanks for your reponse.

[madeline_con]

8. here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Rooney

[virgogal]

11. Thanks!

[Catch22Dem]

9. Steelers owner and Obama supporter.

[virgogal]

13. Thank you.

[napi21]

10. Owner of the Steelers! You obcv-iously aren't from Pgh!

The Rooney family has alkways owned the Steelers!

[virgogal]

14. Thanks.

[hootinholler]

19. I hope Art didn't thank him...

His son Dan did I hope.

:P

-Hoot

[mnhtnbb]

17. Wasn't that great?

:applause:

[hootinholler]

22. Wouldn't that be Dan Rooney?

Art died in like '88

-Hoot

[fishwax]

23. d'oh! thanks for the correction

:toast:

[hootinholler]

24. He looks like his old man

I mix em up now and then too.

:cheers:

-Hoot