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King likes Bush
I guess crooks need to stick together.
From Salon.com
Boxing promoter Don King stumps for Bush
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By Michael Rubinkam
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June 2, 2004 | PHILADELPHIA (AP) --
Don King, the wild-haired boxing promoter, is touring the country with Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie to tout President Bush's re-election.
"Only in America," as King often says -- and he did at a stop in Philadelphia Wednesday.
"People understand that George Walker Bush is the man with the plan to make America better," King, sporting an American flag tie and plenty of diamond-encrusted jewelry, told a group of black business leaders at a downtown jazz club. "Sometimes, just sometimes, it ain't too bad to be in the Bushes."
The latter line is the flip side of Jesse Jackson's warning at past Democratic conventions for Americans to "stay out of the Bushes."
King's rap sheet makes him an odd choice for Bush front man. He was convicted in the 1967 beating death of a man who owed him money and spent nearly four years in prison. In 1954, he killed a man who was robbing a numbers house he operated in Cleveland, but it was ruled self-defense.
King also has beaten tax evasion and fraud charges, faced numerous lawsuits from boxers and their handlers and endured three grand jury investigations and an FBI sting operation -- all while cementing his status as one of the world's top boxing promoters.
Republicans see King as a way to reach the ever-elusive black vote. Bush managed just 9 percent of the black vote in 2000, matching Ronald Reagan's percentage in 1984 and faring just slightly better than Republican Barry Goldwater's 6 percent in 1964.
"I said to him, you know they are going to come after us, they are going to attack us, and they are going to try to smear us," Gillespie said Wednesday. "But the fact is, I know the man, he is a friend of mine, and I'm proud to stand with him today."
Republican National Committee spokeswoman Tara Wall, who called King a "patriot," said the GOP supports "those who support us. Don King has come out to support us and he supports President George Bush. That's something he chose to do on his own and we're glad to have him."
In May, King attended a Republican fund-raiser in Washington and shook hands with Bush.
King and Gillespie, who began their "Economic Empowerment Tour" in Detroit last week, also plan stops in New York and Miami. The duo was joined in Philadelphia by Miss America 2003 Erika Harold, who is black.
"Where have you see a Republican chairman standing up with us in the heart of the ghetto? We're going to talk about how we can make that change, to educate and uplift and enlighten our people," King told reporters.
The Democratic National Committee avoided commenting on King, instead saying that blacks in the city have been hurt by Bush's economic policies.
From Salon.com
Boxing promoter Don King stumps for Bush
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By Michael Rubinkam
print.htmlprint.htmlemail.htmlemail.html
June 2, 2004 | PHILADELPHIA (AP) --
Don King, the wild-haired boxing promoter, is touring the country with Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie to tout President Bush's re-election.
"Only in America," as King often says -- and he did at a stop in Philadelphia Wednesday.
"People understand that George Walker Bush is the man with the plan to make America better," King, sporting an American flag tie and plenty of diamond-encrusted jewelry, told a group of black business leaders at a downtown jazz club. "Sometimes, just sometimes, it ain't too bad to be in the Bushes."
The latter line is the flip side of Jesse Jackson's warning at past Democratic conventions for Americans to "stay out of the Bushes."
King's rap sheet makes him an odd choice for Bush front man. He was convicted in the 1967 beating death of a man who owed him money and spent nearly four years in prison. In 1954, he killed a man who was robbing a numbers house he operated in Cleveland, but it was ruled self-defense.
King also has beaten tax evasion and fraud charges, faced numerous lawsuits from boxers and their handlers and endured three grand jury investigations and an FBI sting operation -- all while cementing his status as one of the world's top boxing promoters.
Republicans see King as a way to reach the ever-elusive black vote. Bush managed just 9 percent of the black vote in 2000, matching Ronald Reagan's percentage in 1984 and faring just slightly better than Republican Barry Goldwater's 6 percent in 1964.
"I said to him, you know they are going to come after us, they are going to attack us, and they are going to try to smear us," Gillespie said Wednesday. "But the fact is, I know the man, he is a friend of mine, and I'm proud to stand with him today."
Republican National Committee spokeswoman Tara Wall, who called King a "patriot," said the GOP supports "those who support us. Don King has come out to support us and he supports President George Bush. That's something he chose to do on his own and we're glad to have him."
In May, King attended a Republican fund-raiser in Washington and shook hands with Bush.
King and Gillespie, who began their "Economic Empowerment Tour" in Detroit last week, also plan stops in New York and Miami. The duo was joined in Philadelphia by Miss America 2003 Erika Harold, who is black.
"Where have you see a Republican chairman standing up with us in the heart of the ghetto? We're going to talk about how we can make that change, to educate and uplift and enlighten our people," King told reporters.
The Democratic National Committee avoided commenting on King, instead saying that blacks in the city have been hurt by Bush's economic policies.
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Damunk: That your idea sounds so crazy it might be true. Think about it, the sight of The Kingster endorsing Bush is enough to turn off (pun probably intended ) many white Americans.
Here's a King joke:
When Tyson fought Buster Douglas, a woman bet big money on a Tyson win. Tyson then lost and she was really upset. So she decided to drown her sorrows in drink.
She got drunk and decided to get some tattoos done. She then told the tattoist she wanted Tyson tattooed on her left thigh and Douglas on the right thigh. After the work was done, she looked at it and said: "This don't look like Tyson, and the other don't look like Douglas". After arguing with the tattooist she wanted a second opinion.
The first person she saw was a wino in a street corner. So she lifted her skirt and said: "Tell me, does this look like Tyson, does that look like Buster Douglas?" The wino said: "No, that don't look like Tyson, that don't look like Buster, but that in the middle looks like Don King".
) many white Americans. Here's a King joke:
When Tyson fought Buster Douglas, a woman bet big money on a Tyson win. Tyson then lost and she was really upset. So she decided to drown her sorrows in drink.
She got drunk and decided to get some tattoos done. She then told the tattoist she wanted Tyson tattooed on her left thigh and Douglas on the right thigh. After the work was done, she looked at it and said: "This don't look like Tyson, and the other don't look like Douglas". After arguing with the tattooist she wanted a second opinion.
The first person she saw was a wino in a street corner. So she lifted her skirt and said: "Tell me, does this look like Tyson, does that look like Buster Douglas?" The wino said: "No, that don't look like Tyson, that don't look like Buster, but that in the middle looks like Don King".
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cic old boy wrote:Damunk: That your idea sounds so crazy it might be true. Think about it, the sight of The Kingster endorsing Bush is enough to turn off (pun probably intended
Here's a King joke:
When Tyson fought Buster Douglas, a woman bet big money on a Tyson win. Tyson then lost and she was really upset. So she decided to drown her sorrows in drink.
She got drunk and decided to get some tattoos done. She then told the tattoist she wanted Tyson tattooed on her left thigh and Douglas on the right thigh. After the work was done, she looked at it and said: "This don't look like Tyson, and the other don't look like Douglas". After arguing with the tattooist she wanted a second opinion.
The first person she saw was a wino in a street corner. So she lifted her skirt and said: "Tell me, does this look like Tyson, does that look like Buster Douglas?" The wino said: "No, that don't look like Tyson, that don't look like Buster, but that in the middle looks like Don King".
Damn! So King has killed two people? Kai!!
Wha choo looking at?!