Say it ain’t so, Joe…and Clyde, and Jerome…

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Say it ain’t so, Joe…and Clyde, and Jerome…

By KcM ⋅ March 20, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

(Like I needed to another reason to think less of A-Rod.) By way of my friend Mark, here’s an interesting list of campaign contributions made by sports figures since 1978. Some of the bigger Democratic donors include Hank Aaron, Andre Agassi, Michael Jordan, Robert Kraft, Alonzo Mourning, Bud Selig, Dean Smith, and David Stern. As for athletes buttressing the GOP, they include several football (Troy Aikman, Bobby Bowden, Mike Ditka, Peyton Manning, Roger Staubach) and racing (Mario Andretti, Brian and Bill France, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Richard Petty) stars, along with Jerome Bettis, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, Lute Olson, Rafael Palmeiro, A-Rod, and Marge Schott.

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3 Responses to “Say it ain’t so, Joe…and Clyde, and Jerome…”

Wow, that is a very interesting list indeed. I wouldn’t have pegged Muhammed Ali and Chris Evert as GOP donors (or A-Rod, for that matter). But how come Curt Schilling’s not on here? Doesn’t he put his money where his mouth is?

Posted by bridger | March 20, 2006, 3:37 pm

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Well, they should done that list by the amount of contribution and not alpha by last name. For me, $2000 is a significant contribution, for A Rod its the amount he gets paid for the time it takes to button his jersey for BP on a Monday.

Posted by J GO | March 21, 2006, 9:49 am

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A-Rod went GOP? I didn’t even see that. I was pretty psyched that Stern and Kraft were way Dem.

Posted by Mark | March 21, 2006, 3:24 pm

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