# Mike Ditka for Senator????? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 13, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976 "2004-07-13T23:13:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/1 "2004-07-13T23:13:23Z")
I don’t live in Illinois, so I have no stake in this election. Still, I’d like to know if anybody knows anything about Coach’s politics. Or does that no longer matter in a post-Arnold world? * * * Yes, I know Governor Schwarzenegger is hardly the first person elected to a major political office on the basis of his/her celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/2 "2004-07-14T00:10:04Z")
“If Dikka was runnin for Senate against a Demmacrat, who would win?” “Dikka.” “OK, but…what if it was a Demmacrat NAMED Dikka?” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/3 "2004-07-14T02:00:43Z")
I take it he’s running as a Republican? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/4 "2004-07-14T02:23:31Z")
I can see it now… “a vote for Ditka is a vote against erectile dysfunction”. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/5 "2004-07-14T03:04:50Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I take it he’s running as a Republican? If he runs, yes but as yet he hasn’t announced that he’s running at all. At the moment there is nothing more than a [petition to draft him](http://sg.news.yahoo.com/040713/1/3lnm6.html) as the Republican candidate to replace the ousted Jack Ryan. [quote] He has not been formally approached by the GOP and apparently there are some issues about the reality of a Ditka candindacy. > [@](#): > > There are still some hurdles left: Ditka’s wife has said she will divorce him if he throws his hat in the ring, and he is not apparently even registered to vote in this state. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/6 "2004-07-14T03:14:17Z")
Speaking as a lifetime Chicagoan and lifetime Bears fan, Mike Ditka has descended into buffoonery over the past several years. His political views can be categorized as neanderthal at best. Sure, he would bring some energy and entertainment to the race, but he would easily lose to Obama by 25 points . But then again, so would any other Republican in Illinois right now. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/7 "2004-07-14T03:18:46Z")
good evening friends, here in nebraska we have sent retired coach tom osborne (nebraska cornhuskers football team) to the house of representatives for the last two terms. last election he received something like 93% of the vote. the governor is precluded by state term limits to run for another term, so the discussion is that coach tom will be our next governor. i guess we get the government we deserve ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/8 "2004-07-14T03:34:04Z")
“Ok… so how 'bout Ditka against da entire House 'Propriation Committee… who’d win dat?” “Ditka.” “Yah… defnitly Ditka.” ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/9 "2004-07-14T03:34:54Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Speaking as a lifetime Chicagoan and lifetime Bears fan, Mike Ditka has descended into buffoonery Here’s a [cite](http://risinghegemon.blogspot.com/2004/07/dear-republicans-given-debate-going-on.html) that’d double as a nice campaign poster for him. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/10 "2004-07-14T12:37:19Z")
“So, Coach. You are ready to make the tough decisions that have great bearing on our common future?” “Oh, sure, you betcha.” “Your decisions are sound?” “Yah.” “… Ricky Williams?” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/11 "2004-07-14T15:11:13Z")
Is that a full-size Ditka or a Mini-Ditka? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/12 "2004-07-14T15:17:48Z")
Okay, so s’pose Ditka ran against Jordan? Who’d win then? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/13 "2004-07-14T15:28:14Z")
I’m pretty sure even Mini Ditka could beat the late Barbara Jordan. Not too sure if Ashcroft could do it, though. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-ditka-for-senator/254976/14 "2004-07-14T16:22:47Z")
I just keep picturing Coach Mike giving his opponent a forearm shiver to the jaw during a TV debate, and I’m wondering if his poll numbers would go up as a result. :dubious: