Palin Guarantees Win in Pennsylvania - References Joe Namath

Palin Guarantees Win in Pennsylvania
October 23, 2008 10:11 PM

ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala reports: Near the hometown of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin guaranteed a come-from-behind victory for the McCain-Palin ticket in Pennsylvania.

“This morning we were in Ohio, we were in the home of Joe the Plumber,” Palin said to a crowd of supporters packed onto the high school football field of Beaver Area High School near Pittsburgh, PA this evening. “And now we are here in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, home of Joe the Quarterback.”

Palin was referring to former Jets quarterback Joe Namath, who was born and raised in nearby Beaver Falls, and led the underdog New York Jets to an upset win in Super Bowl III over the heavily-favored Baltimore Colts, after Namath had guaranteed a win three days before the game.

“Now Joe Namath is probably a little bit before your time,” Palin said to the high school students in the crowd. “But do you remember though in the biggest game of his life, all the experts had Joe Namath and the Jets written off to defeat? They were up against the elite team that had all the money and they were held in awe by the media. And Broadway Joe replied, we’re gonna win the game, I guarantee it. And they won.”

“And I hope Joe won’t mind if I paraphrase him some in this state, his home state. Pennsylvania, with your help, we’re going to win this state. I guarantee it,” Palin said to wild applause.

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:dunce:

Heh, heh, heh,

Namath was also featured on the "Master list of Nixon political opponents." This was particularly ironic since Namath claims to have voted for Nixon in both 1968 and 1972.

http://www.answers.com/topic/joe-namath

Hilarious. She needs to concentrate on Indiana so she can salvage what's left of John McCain's dignity.

and Caribou Barbie is going to be hurting plenty when her ass is sent packing back to Moosejaw

-Joe the Plumber

-Joe Vogler, founder of the AIP

-Joe Namath


Too bad her opponent is Joe Biden

In 4 years, I'll laugh my ass off when Palin's presidential committee fails just as spectacularly as Dan Quayle's.

"Thanks for playing Really Bad Analogies!"

back in like January - and he had no shot in hell of winning the superbowl.

Let's go ahead and play a more recent game if we're gonna play... KWIM?