Holyfield for Senate?
Written by Benaiah on February 21st, 2007Our favorite leftists over at Daily Kos are busy handicapping who will oppose Senator Saxby Chambliss in 2008. All the expected players are mentioned. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Congressman Jim Marshall of Macon, and former Secretary of State Cathy Cox. But the most interesting is former Heavyweight Champ and Dancing with the Stars contestant Evander Holyfield.
Holyfield has given money to the Democrats before (and, according to newsmeat, only to the Democrats), would probably have the ability to self-fund (in addition to his boxing career he owns a record company, a piece of The Black Family Channel, and I’ve heard that he is co-owner of the Atlanta cable system). Having said that, I believe Holyfield has been found to have had a large number of illegitimate children which would probably hurt him.
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I understand Holyfield became something of an evangelist late in his career, which would probably undermine him more than anything else in D circles.
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Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield!
Seriously though, he was a great boxer but he has zero chance of getting elected. Some people have no political six sense.
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If only he could lose two legs and an arm, then he’d be as unpatriotic as Max Cleland is.
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Senator Cleland failed to represent his constituents. That is why he lost. His values and ideas were out of step with the Georgians that voted him out.
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I doubt Chambliss has much to worry about.
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Chambliss will win with no problem. There is another Dem looking at this race that will be a much bigger challenge Saxby if he runs. He is loaded out the ying-yang and is saying if he runs he will put 15 mil of his own money into the race. Still don’t think there is anything to worry about.
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Is that the lawyer from Columbus?