how about Kobe Bryant for President? He shares a lot with Bill Clinton... On 1/11/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have any star black athletes won major elective office as democrats? I am > thinking > of Lynn Swann running for governor in Penna., JT Watts as a rep. from OK. > Charles > Barkley suggesting a few years ago that he would run for gov. of Alabama. > > The white athletes have not done well either. Macmillan was a rep. from > Maryland & > we all know Bill Bradley. On the other side, we have coach Tom Osborne, Jim > Bunning, > ... and even in an earlier time Vinegar Bend Mizell. Steve Largent was > pretty right > wing. Oh yes, Gerald Ford was an all american football player. > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu >
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