AP: Olympian Carl Lewis to Run for NJ Senate

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Posted on Mon, Apr. 11, 2011 12:58 PM

AP: Olympian Carl Lewis to run for NJ Senate

By ANGELA DELLI SANTI
Associated Press

Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis is planning to run again - for New Jersey Senate. A state Democratic Party official says Lewis will announce his candidacy on Monday.

Lewis has called an afternoon news conference in Burlington County to announce his "political plans."

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However, a party official speaking on condition of anonymity so as not to upstage the 49-year-old Lewis, says the civic activist and nine-time Olympic gold medal winner plans to run in the 8th legislative district.

The seat is now held by Republican Dawn Addiego

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/04/11/2793015/ap-olympian-carl-lewis-to-run.html

[Taverner]

1. This will sound really dumb, but I thought he was Canadian?

[NoGOPZone]

2. You might be thinking of his contemporary, Ben Johnson nt

[Taverner]

5. Maybe

Never been a track and field guy myself...

[goobergoober01]

10. I THINK you are thinking of the porn star Hugh Johnson

[Taverner]

12. Is he that guy that made those movies with Hugh Dong, Biggs Weiner and Lars Zhdict?

[provis99]

19. no, you're thinking of Dick Powers. n/t

[murielm99]

4. So did I. n/t

[Hissyspit]

9. Ben Johnson. nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. He was born in Alabama:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lewis

[Auntie Bush]

7. Does he have a birth certificate to prove that?

Where's Donald Trump when when you need him?

[goobergoober01]

11. good question here about the Donald, but I have no answer, I never needed him

[roguevalley]

15. I hope his opponent doesn't run the eddie murphy spoofs of this

guy. LOL! I still love that. "I'M CARL LEWIS!"

[theHandpuppet]

16. Um, yeah.

You said it, not me.

[tularetom]

3. He won't be as good a congressman as he was a runner

However Congress should NEVER ask him to sing the National Anthem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJLvCM4j2mg

[WheelWalker]

22. George W. Bush passed eight years as POTUS. How "good"

need one be to be judged passable?

[xchrom]

8. huh. well that's interesting. jersey duers -- can anyone tell us more?

has he been politically active and visible there?

[whoneedstickets]

13. Going to run as Democrat. I'd love to see a great sportsfigure awakening

They wield such power and attention over youth but so many are like Micheal Jordan (all about the cash) or don't want to rock the boat. The ones who do speak out on the left are branded troublemakers.

[The Nexus]

14. He sings one helluva National Anthem too.

:rofl:

[annabanana]

20. Sorry. .That repeated replaying of his Anthem flub this morning infuriated me.

It was like a torpedo to his campaign courtesy of CorpoMedia©. They COULD have played clips of his Olympic triumphs but no-o-o-o. His first reintroduction to the public stage was that unfortunate rendition of the Anthem.

And it was repeated in each segment of the morning news, just to make sure that this was everyone's "new first impression".

[The Nexus]

21. And if he passed the primary hurdle....

You have no idea how much ridicule he'll get for the SSB butchering. Are there any other Democratic candidates besides Lewis on the ticket. He won't work out.

[Travelman]

17. It will be a very fast campaign!

:P

[Exultant Democracy]

18. He is a great man. Once when I was a toddler he and I were stuck in the same airport

apparently he spent a good hour entertaining me and then proceeded to give me a hand carved wooden toy car that I still have today.

[RedCloud]

23. Leave 'em in your dust Carl!