I thought people might like to discuss this aspect of the GOP convention:
From sports there is Mr. Tebow,
Update. Sorry to bigfoot Tim F, but this was too important to wait.
by DougJ| 70 Comments
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I thought people might like to discuss this aspect of the GOP convention:
From sports there is Mr. Tebow,
Update. Sorry to bigfoot Tim F, but this was too important to wait.
Comments are closed.
jon
Is he going to show up so Trump can call him a loser?
Paul in KY
He’s a dick, but he is rich, so he does have a ‘legitimate’ reason to be a Republican.
Unlike the losers who support them, as the real bosses of their party seek to keep them in servitude.
dmsilev
And Tom Brady stayed away.
That’s got to be a cosmic message of some sort, but I’m not sure what.
Trentrunner
I see someone else had horse for breakfast!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
with Gingrich and Cruz speaking on the same night, we might just see a repeat of The Night Of The Two Pats from ’92
dmsilev
The Times’ summary of the days is classic:
A focus on the economy, brought to you by UFC, a former Attorney General, and a governor who’s state has badly lagged its neighbors in economic metrics since he took over. And _two_ Trump children.
LAO
I love how Tebow is “saved” for night 4 — the big kid night! This is going to be a tremendous shit show — I may actually have to watch.
dedc79
Tebow : NFL Quarterbacks :: Trump : Billionaires.
Elizabelle
Not interested in Tebow, but glad that Timothy’s son, Luke Russert, is shuffling off the NBC airwaves.
Does anyone believe it was Luke’s timing? Although maybe he’d mentioned leaving, and network moved the timetable up. Didn’t watch much of him, but he did not seem competent. (All the more reason to be an NBC hire.)
ArchPundit
You know he was cut by several teams. I like quarterbacks who weren’t cut. Sad #tebowwtf
Mnemosyne
We need a bingo card for Tebow’s speech. I’m sure it’s going to be all about how his career flopped because he loved Jeebus too much and was persecuted for his faith, not because he was overhyped and mediocre.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Elizabelle: he mentioned in his statement he’s turning thirty, maybe that’s when the strings fall off the trust fund, though considering his mother’s twitter handle is something like “LukesMom” (and she’s an accomplished writer, Maureen Orth), I can’t imagine Little Lord Luckysperm was denied much.
eric
@Mnemosyne: I have never gotten that vibe from him. I would bet it is about hope and love and community. Campy no doubt, but i doubt too heavy on the god bothering.
father pussbucket
I’ve read that Eileen Collins is on the speaker list. That’s just sad.
laura
I’m crossing my fingers that Tebow will deliver his special brand of mansplaining love for the fetus. It’s what I look for in a not so successful athlete!
Watching him connect that message with the cheeto-faced shitgibbon is going be the yoogest, classiest cluster-fail. Bigly.
Splitting Image
@Paul in KY:
Fixed that for you.
LAO
@Mnemosyne: Tebow is the perfect, textbook example of the delusional “Christian Persecution Complex” — he was a horrible quarterback, totally unsuited for the NFL, his stats were atrocious — but obviously, nobody gave was willing to give him a fair shake because of his religious faith. As if, faith and Christianity is a bar to playing professional sports. Tell that to Russell Wilson.
eric
@LAO: But Wilson had all the advantages that come from being black in america…..oh wait.
MJS
One cannot be a true “Christian” and a supporter of Trump. The two are mutually exclusive. So it seems Tim will be renouncing his religion at the RNC. Very strange.
Feathers
@dmsilev: And if Tom Brady is smart enough to stay away…. Really says something about the rest of them.
Ridnik Chrome
I guess that means Newt isn’t going to be Trump’s running mate.
Paul in KY
@Splitting Image: Excellent fix! Should have seen that.
eric
@Ridnik Chrome: there is enough of Newt’s ego to fill two speeches at the convention
Booger
Best song reference ever, Doug!
gvg
Tebow is a sincere Christian who was a really amazing college quarterback and beat a lot of teams in the very partisan SEC. He was slightly more religious as a player than usual but not terribly so IMO. I am a Gator fan and saw him play. I also saw that the fans of the teams that the Gators beat didn’t like him and reacted angrily to him which eventually included mocking his faith. Tebows style was a very bad fit with the NFL and the knowledable Gator fans said so. Some unusual college talents manage to adapt to the NFL, but mostly not and I wasn’t surprised that he didn’t make it. I will also say that the opposing fan reaction is not that unusual in the SEC nor is it just one team. All the big hyped stars get anger from the opponents fans, but most fit NFL styles better. It has kinda gotten on my nerves, not about Tebow, about all of the venom collectively. there is usually one in the League at a time that gets the attacks and yes it almost always goes on past the college carreer.
Tebow has been raised by his parents telling a story that they were told he as a fetus was probably not well in some way I forget now and they were encouraged to get an abortion but they didn’t. So he really is anti abortion. His parents were missionaries not in the states and it sounded like they got bad info but I can’t really judge.
I think Tebow is letting a crook use him and a sincere Christian ought to run away from Trump. I also think it’s pathetic for Trump to have to get a football player as a speaker at the convention. It looks to me like Trump can’t get many speakers. It may also be that he doesn’t actually know the normal type of political party speaker.
raven
@gvg: He’s an asshole, fuck him.
maya
Tebow is speaking in hopes that it will drive up the value of that helmet dRumpf bought with other people’s money at the Susan B. Komen charity fundraiser awhile back for $12k. It hasn’t been seen since
raven
Here he is with Hernandez.
Doug!
@Booger:
Thanks
Bob2
The guy died btw.
http://christiantimes.com/article/tim-tebow-prays-for-dying-man-on-plane-gets-criticized-for-getting-in-the-way/58353.htm
Quicksand
@gvg:
Heh indeedy
VOR
The Guardian called the lineup a “Rogues Gallery”. Seems appropriate.
“The Guardian confirmed that quarterback Tim Tebow, who shot to fame in the NFL for his religiosity more than for talent, will appear although his name was not on the list. Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship who once tweeted “lol Hitler wasn’t a hater”, is also named as a speaker.”
JPL
I want Sarah!
Frankensteinbeck
An entire night devoted to Benghazi. I know they’re fucking insane, but they can’t be THAT fucking insane. Nobody outside the Beltway cares. The conservative base itself barely cares anymore. Outside that base, it’s going to look like a whole night of paranoid schizophrenics explaining what the photo collage on their wall means.
JPL
@raven: Nice!
Face
Huh?
Oh. Unbiased, natch.
LAO
@gvg:
I understand Tebow was raised by parents who told him he was G-d’s greatest miracle but he’s an adult now and is responsible for the decisions he makes and actions he takes. Why Gator fans feel this need to give him a lifetime pass and accept the premise he is merely a tool misused by those he trusts, boggles me. Maybe he’s just a tool?
Villago Delenda Est
Tebow? What, Manziel wasn’t available?
Villago Delenda Est
@MJS: Sort of like you can’t be a fan of Ayn Rand and be a true Christian. Which tells us all we need to know about the zombie eyed granny starver.
CONGRATULATIONS!
@father pussbucket: Heard that on the radio-device this morning and damn near popped a blood vessel. If the GOP had their way, she’d have never gotten near the controls of an airplane except when bringing the (male, of course) pilots their dinner.
SiubhanDuinne
@maya:
This made me flash back to an episode of Monk in which the OCD clean-freak detective is in the office of an incredibly rich sports fan. One of the priceless treasures on display is a helmet (or it might be a football or basketball) signed by the MVP. Monk can’t stand the sprawly disfiguring autograph, so he rubs it off. The look on the rich guy’s face when he realizes is one of the most classic takes I’ve ever seen.
manyakitty
@father pussbucket: Yeah, this makes me sad. Way to tarnish an otherwise respectable career.
Kylroy
Between Dana White and Tebow, Trump has lined up sports figures who embody both what he thinks he is (ruthless businessman) and what he actually is (big-talking incompetent).
gogol's wife
You guys are going to have to live-blog this for me so I don’t have to stare directly into the sun.
liberal
@CONGRATULATIONS!: Well, picking her is definitely consistent with the GOP’s complete disdain for anyone who’s worked for the Federal government. Not.
Gator90
@Face: I suppose I am as biased as my screen name would suggest, but TT was one of the greatest players in college football history. I believe he is, among other things, the only 3-time Heisman Trophy finalist. I don’t think anyone has reason to believe he is not a sincere Christian, in his own way. On the other hand, I can’t deny he is a preening right-wing douchenozzle who (like many other great college players) couldn’t hack it at the next level. It is what it is.
liberal
And here’s the f*cking idiot calling for mo’ big guvmint spendin’!
Gator90
@raven: Yeah, like you wouldn’t worship him if he’d played at Georgia. Puh-leeeze.
low-tech cyclist
Doug, you’re evil.
As an antidote to that godawful earworm, here’s Fallon being Tebowie!
MJS
@Gator90: Speaking at the convention that will serve to nominate as President someone who has promised to round up and deport millions of people is all the evidence I need to doubt that he’s a “sincere Christian”. No, not “doubt”. Know that he’s not a sincere Christian.
Villago Delenda Est
@MJS: He is, however, a sincere Christianist.
SenyorDave
@gvg: Tim Tebow will turn 29 in August. He’s not a 22 year old kid who is being used. He chooses to speak at the convention which will officially nominate a bigoted fascist as POTUS. Must have skipped Jesus’ messages when he was reading his bible.
gindy51
@Gator90: He was only great because of the whole team built around his talent. Any other team… he’d have done zip.
Barb2
@Ridnik Chrome:
women don’t have a first name?
TriassicSands
Tebow may suck here on Earth, but he’s first string on God’s football team.
It sounds, creepily, like Trump is planning something that would be at home in Las Vegas — not at one of the premier casinos, but rather at a smallish dive that is struggling to exist.
CONGRATULATIONS!
@Barb2: No, just the surname of the man who owns them, as Jesus and Allah intended.
Booger
@low-tech cyclist: There’s a GREAT story behind that song, which was written by the ‘Pina Colada Song’ dude.
TriassicSands
@ArchPundit:
My understanding is that Tebow failed as a professional because his fingers were just too short for the pro game.
TriassicSands
@Ridnik Chrome:
Miss or Mrs. please. Proper Republican woman don’t use the Ms. prefix.
Barb2
@CONGRATULATIONS!:
Oh? OK? Thank you.
And Catlyin Jenner tells us that Trump will take care of us. She’ll be in Cleveland to explain things.
shortribs
@gvg:
That’s a plus for the GOP base. They don’t believe any normal poltical party person should even be President. It wasn’t too long ago a plumber was all the rage in GOP circles.
Jeff H
@Booger: I forgot all about this wonderful pop song about cannibalism until just now –
C.S.
So lemme get this straight . . . Tim Tebow — a guy who was instrumental in Florida’s January 2007 whalloping of Ohio State in the BCS Championship game, and a guy whose last college game was Florida’s absolute destruction of Cincinnati in the 2010 Sugar Bowl — has been asked to speak in a featured spot . . .
. . . at a convention . . .
. . . in Ohio?
ETA: Yeah, I know they’ve forgiven Urban Meyer, but c’mon.
low-tech cyclist
@Booger:
That might be so, but by the end of 1970, I’d already heard that song enough times for one lifetime.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Barb2:
Just the surname on second and subsequent references in an article. House style. In contrast, that is the first time Gingrich and Cruz are mentioned. Nothing sinister.
C.S.
@gvg:
Assumes facts not in evidence. Both as to the knowledgeable part and the saying so part.
Shalimar
Why are we making fun of future Senator/President Tebow?
Be very wary of Tebow. He will beat Bill Nelson if he runs against him in 2018. Tebow isn’t a joke in Florida. The Florida fans worship him. And all he has to do after that is avoid scandal to be a hell of a lot more credible presidential candidate than anyone who ran on the Republican side this year.
edit: The fact that they put Tebow speaking on the final night is a tip-off. It means he will definitely be going into politics soon.
misterpuff
The Bouys are back in town!
That title made me LOL, Doug! !
Berial
Tebow is saying he didn’t know anything about being a speaker at the RNC.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH3MbqnDyIJ/
Looks like it was just a rumor.
Shalimar
It turns out that scheduling Tebow for the final night says nothing about his political intentions since the Trump campaign failed to actually speak with him first. Classy.