Bonecrusher#31
04-19-2008, 04:21 PM
Steelers owner endorses Obama (http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/47379)
Posted: Saturday April 19, 2008 09:07AM ET
More than a few eyebrows were raised this week when Steelers (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/23) chairman Dan Rooney endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid." Rooney didn't have to do it. He could have kept his thoughts private and controversy-free. Politics and football can make for strange bedfellows. But considering the source, Rooney's endorsement made perfect sense. "This is not something I do regularly, but as I listen to the candidates in this race, I am struck that we continue to hear about the problems and the same challenges that we have been talking about for decades," Rooney wrote in an open letter.
Posted: Saturday April 19, 2008 09:07AM ET
More than a few eyebrows were raised this week when Steelers (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/23) chairman Dan Rooney endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid." Rooney didn't have to do it. He could have kept his thoughts private and controversy-free. Politics and football can make for strange bedfellows. But considering the source, Rooney's endorsement made perfect sense. "This is not something I do regularly, but as I listen to the candidates in this race, I am struck that we continue to hear about the problems and the same challenges that we have been talking about for decades," Rooney wrote in an open letter.