New York Jets owner: Romney win more important than team’s season

[babylonsister]

Jeebus. All that kookaid...

http://thehill.com/video/campaign/259485-new-york-jets-owner-says-romney-needs-to-get-message-on-debt-business-to-middle-class-voters


New York Jets owner: Romney win more important than team’s season
By Daniel Strauss - 10/01/12 12:42 PM ET


New York Jets owner Woody Johnson said Monday that a Mitt Romney victory in November was more important to him than a successful NFL season.

"Well I think that you always have to put country first so I think that it's very, very important that, not only for us, but for our kids and grandkids that this election come off with Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as president and vice president," Johnson, the New York chairman of Romney's presidential campaign, said Monday on Bloomberg TV.

Johnson said Romney needed to target his message on the deficit and helping small businesses to middle-class and swing-state voters to turn the election.

"I think that his message has to get out to the middle class and the voters — and particularly the swing voters — that lowering the debt, smaller government by attrition — not just hacking away, but by attrition — more coherent foreign policy, freeing up small and individual sized businesses so they're able to employ people ... that message has to get out, I think, still." Johnson.

He predicted that the upcoming presidential debates would bolster Romney among swing voters.

"I think the debates are going to help. Our paid media are going to help," Johnson said.

more...

http://thehill.com/video/campaign/259485-new-york-jets-owner-says-romney-needs-to-get-message-on-debt-business-to-middle-class-voters

[uponit7771]

1. I pray the lose every freakin game now, when these idiots enter into the fray they've been warned

...of the consequences

[Bake]

27. They got their asses kicked yesterday, so they're on their way!

I knew I disliked them for a reason!

Bake

[Gal Friday]

42. Now I know why Rex Ryan was hired

Asshole for asshole.

[gollygee]

2. Well I imagine he's part of the 1%

He owns a pro sports team. He wants to pay less in taxes. I imagine that is very important to him, but it doesn't make me feel very sympathetic to his plight.

[lonestarnot]

14. You don't have to imagine. He reeks.

[Yavin4]

63. Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Heir

Big time 1%

[Tribetime]

3. same as the Browns new owner Haslam

giving out large amounts iof money to the rebublican agenda. We need to get these assholes out of pro sports...they already get the taxpayers to build them stadiums.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. Thanks for the info - gives me a better idea which games to avoid on my tv set

[pstokely]

50. Clark Hunt also

$20 mil below the salary cap, still needs tax cuts

[Cha]

4. Woody Johnson doesn't care about anything but himself..not even

his team or his country.

[Lizzie Poppet]

29. "Woody Johnson"

Jesus, no wonder he's a bitter, angry asshole...

[beac]

5. Well THAT ought to endear him to the fans!

[oswaldactedalone]

6. Just one more reason for me to continue

to ignore pro sports. College sports I follow closely. Don't give a damn about any pro team sport.

[pstokely]

51. Too much $$$ in college sports also

nt

[warrior1]

7. what a stupid thing to say Jet owner.

[TheKentuckian]

8. I wouldn't put much stock in the comments. From looking at his team

it appears that reading a Bazooka Joe comic is more important than the season too.

[eqfan592]

11. Makes me glad that my Packers have 300,000 owners.

Don't have to put up with stuff like this.

[Eleanors38]

17. Yeah, gone are the days of Joe Robbie, Dolphins owner.nt

[eissa]

12. So my Niners kicking their ass yesterday

just got a bit sweeter for me And no surprise here -- these greedy owners nearly killed a franchise because of their union-busting agenda. Fuck 'em.

[dems_rightnow]

13. If Mark Sanchez joins the Obama campaign......

..... we're doomed.

[hay rick]

38. We'll give Tebow to the Romney campaign......

.....that should even things up.

[Blecht]

15. Funny coming from a welfare queen

These leeches (owners) manipulate fan loyalty into hundreds of $millions of free money from taxpayers when they negotiate for a new stadium -- I wish I as an individual and we as a nation could shake free of our sports addiction that enables these scumbags.

[pstokely]

52. And they still get bailouts from the local TV stations when they fail to sell out

if enough saps who stay at home are still watching

[Thrill]

16. Oh goody. A filthy rich guy wants to cut programs that help the poor

.

Smaller Government= Fend for yourself

[spanone]

18. NFL owners don't live in the real world...i guess they 'built their own stadiums' eh?

if it weren't for fucking government there wouldn't be a football team in the country.

[Johonny]

23. The Dolphins owner trashed unionized city workers

then the next week asked for more city funding to "fix" his stadium. The stadium the previous owner built with his own money. The current generation of NFL owners are disgusting and cheap as the ref lock out proved yet again. No surprise to me so many are anti-union Mitt Romney types.

[pstokely]

53. How many of the them even built the teams

instead of the inheriting them?

[tilsammans]

44. Don't get me started about "who built it"!

New Jersey taxpayers are still on the hook for Giants Stadium, which was torn down three years ago. Grrr.

[ArnoldLayne]

19. Boy thats real nice to hear even though Im not

a Jets fan, disgusting!

[RiffRandell]

20. As a Pats fan, more reason to hate the Jets. n/t

[Jennicut]

25. As a fellow Pats fan, I agree.

Yesterday they were awful, weren't they?
And their owner is an asshole and so is Rex Ryan.

[RiffRandell]

31. They were shut out.

And I loved every minute of it.

[drbtg1]

62. Umm, hate to break the news to you, but...

...the Kraft family is in the tank for Romney as well.

http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/09/21/mitt-romney-paul-ryan-fundraising-massachusetts-with-high-dollar-dinners-chestnut-hill/pJIS4s3Q2lVDHPDMPTysCM/story.html

[RagAss]

21. Circus-Ass team and owner.

Fuck the Jets.

[Initech]

22. So not only do they have Jeebus Tebow, their owner is also an Rmoney supporter.

[jsmirman]

24. I believe the phrase is:

wish in one hand, shit in the other, but in this case, I think both his hands are gonna end up dirty.

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. Jay-Z Statement

"Nets could go 0 for 82 and I'd look at you like this shit's gravy."

[still_one]

28. The asshole was on Bloomberg this morning. Tell me why it is

Important what this jerks opinion is regarding the election?

[dems_rightnow]

33. His vote might throw New York to the red side?

Or maybe not............

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

39. I Think He Votes in NJ

Lives in the part of the state with the nation's highest per capita income. Douche bag. (Can you call someone that on DU?)

He'll be in good with his fellow blue bloods. You know, I've been really worried about his children and grandchildren too. Inheriting hundreds of millions of dollars just doesn't get you where it used to.

[still_one]

41. I will bet you 10k it doesn't......

[babylonsister]

35. I dunno; I was surprised he voiced an opinion, and as a NYer

and Giants fan, I was disturbed to read this. His opinion doesn't matter, that is true.

[treestar]

61. +1

He's no more relevant than actors.

[Kalidurga]

30. Whew for a second there I thought the owner of a football team was supporting Romney...

But, I did a double take and saw that it was the owner of the Jets, that was a close one.

[WCGreen]

32. Let me guess...

This ass hole got a free stadium to play his game, uses the broadcasting infrastructure that was built and maintained with public money, gets most of his players from public education universities...

How could Romney make it any better for him and his 30 or so other owners...

[babylonsister]

34. Yep. And the utter irony is he's supposedly worried about his kids and

grandkids, the ones who have lived the life of luxury and won't ever have to worry about SS or anything else. Kinda like the Romneys...exactly like the Romneys.

[JHB]

40. Awww, you know the answer to that...MORE MONEY!!!!

And invites to those sex parties his donors throw.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

36. Woody Appears to Have Pissed Off At Least One Jet Fan!

What a creep. Billionaires helping billionaires! Kind of makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. $5,000 seat license fees, $125 for tickets in the cheap seats, $50 to park. I don't think I will ever attend another professional sports event.

http://www.ganggreennation.com/2012/10/1/3440256/woody-johnson-explains-it-all

[HooptieWagon]

37. Fortunately, both are losing.

[Panasonic]

43. Tebow rot has invaded into Johnson's brain...

The Jets have nowhere to go but in the cellar for awhile.

[Dawson Leery]

45. ROFL! ROFL! ROFL! ROFL! ROFL! ROFL! The Jets were not going to win anyways.

[brentspeak]

46. Member of the Lucky Sperm club

Woody Johnson is the great-grandson of Johnson & Johnson's founder, Robert Johnson I. His entire fortune and position in life is due simply to that. Just a rich brat whose inheritance allowed him to buy the Jets.

[pstokely]

54. Clark Hunt is also a member of that club

nt

[neverforget]

47. I hope Romney loses big and the Jets lose every game.

[LeftyMom]

48. He should avoid that comparison, his team got their asses stomped into a puddle yesterday.

On second thought, he should keep comparing Romney's campaign to his sad sack team. Loudly and in front of as many cameras as he can find.

[pstokely]

49. Add Clark Hunt to that list

nt

[DainBramaged]

55. Hey Woody (snicker) ONE FUCKING SUPER BOWL WIN, ONE

fuck you asshole. When the seats are empty, you'll beg for State and Federal assistance to move your wretched team


Fuck you

[Gal Friday]

56. Obviously Not a Football Guy

There really should be a test applied before idiots like Johnson and Snyder can acquire NFL franchises.

[taterguy]

59. There is a test

Do you have lots of money?

The same test is applied to all sorts of endeavors in this country.

[sakabatou]

57. ...the fuck?

[bluesbassman]

58. Well, after the absolute spanking the Niners laid on them yesterday...

Looks like Woody will have two major disappointments this year.

Sorry fellow DUers who are Jet fans. I feel your pain.

[marmar]

60. Another billionaire welfare queen who's worried about "government spending" ......

...... unless of course it produces a shiny new stadium for his team. The hubris and hypocrisy of these assholes is nothing short of breathtaking.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

64. Most NFL Owners Are Republicans.

One exception was Joe Robbie, former Dolphins owner.

[charlives]

65. Football- idiotic

Football owners- idiotic republicans
NY Jets owner-idiotic republican loser