This was the beginning of the end of Don James at UW
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Bill and I didn't exchange autographs.huskyhooligan said:
And the Bill I spoke with (on a couple of occasions) doesn't really fit the vindictive apparatchik narrative you gals are selling. -
Not a Reagan fan, but imagine getting this "triggered" over a college football coach meeting a politicianRaceBannon said:I think Don James might be a better witness than a pathological liar like Adolph
After sharing a platform with Ronald Reagan and George Bush when they were president and vice president of the United States, I learned that football and politics don’t mix. I didn’t think I was getting that involved in politics when I did what I did. I thought I was only honoring the offices they held—not promoting the men who happened to hold those offices.
… President Reagan was coming to Seattle … They wanted to know if I would make some sort of a presentation. Possibly give him an autographed football and a Husky hat. … I wanted to do it. After all it was the president of the United States. … I talked to some people who were close to our program. … They didn’t think it would be an issue. So I did it.
… The phone about rang off the hook. People really came down on me over the incident. Really bad. Not just a few. A lot of people were upset. Democrats and people that were no doubt opposed to President Reagan and his program. I had many people who backed me, of course.
… A number of faculty called, critical of what I had done. I thought they were wrong and still do. I don’t know how a faculty member could ever criticize me after the things that I have witnessed on college campuses during the past 32 years.
… Among the mail was a letter from a guy who said that I was rich and that I didn’t know what it was like to be poor and suffer financially. I couldn’t wait to write him back and explain my childhood and how I lived in a garage for eight years with no indoor plumbing. And to let him know that I did know what poor was. I added that if I have any affluency now, it’s because of the great country we live in and the opportunity that we are afforded.
It was mind-boggling to me that people could be mad at me because I got to meet the president of the United States. I didn’t say anything. I didn’t get a chance to say anything. I just congratulated him and gave him the autographed ball. … Incidentally, I paid for the football and the hat so that no state monies were involved. -
Waiting on those repercussions.RaceBannon said:Meltdown
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I can't hear you through all the blood from the beating you took in this threadHHusky said:
Waiting on those repercussions.RaceBannon said:Meltdown
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The facts are clear no matter how hard you try to obfuscate as usual
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obvious conspiracy is obvious!RaceBannon said:Meltdown
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I can't hear you through all the blood from the beating you took in this threadHHusky said:
Waiting on those repercussions.RaceBannon said:Meltdown
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The facts are clear no matter how hard you try to obfuscate as usual
The left ruins everything they touch. Own it.
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Deflect and denyHHusky said:
obvious conspiracy is obvious!RaceBannon said:Meltdown
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I can't hear you through all the blood from the beating you took in this threadHHusky said:
Waiting on those repercussions.RaceBannon said:Meltdown
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The facts are clear no matter how hard you try to obfuscate as usual
The left ruins everything they touch. Own it.
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Deny things no one said
Ignore the proof given you
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DerekJohnson said:
RaceBannon said:I think Don James might be a better witness than a pathological liar like Adolph
After sharing a platform with Ronald Reagan and George Bush when they were president and vice president of the United States, I learned that football and politics don’t mix. I didn’t think I was getting that involved in politics when I did what I did. I thought I was only honoring the offices they held—not promoting the men who happened to hold those offices.
… President Reagan was coming to Seattle … They wanted to know if I would make some sort of a presentation. Possibly give him an autographed football and a Husky hat. … I wanted to do it. After all it was the president of the United States. … I talked to some people who were close to our program. … They didn’t think it would be an issue. So I did it.
… The phone about rang off the hook. People really came down on me over the incident. Really bad. Not just a few. A lot of people were upset. Democrats and people that were no doubt opposed to President Reagan and his program. I had many people who backed me, of course.
… A number of faculty called, critical of what I had done. I thought they were wrong and still do. I don’t know how a faculty member could ever criticize me after the things that I have witnessed on college campuses during the past 32 years.
… Among the mail was a letter from a guy who said that I was rich and that I didn’t know what it was like to be poor and suffer financially. I couldn’t wait to write him back and explain my childhood and how I lived in a garage for eight years with no indoor plumbing. And to let him know that I did know what poor was. I added that if I have any affluency now, it’s because of the great country we live in and the opportunity that we are afforded.
It was mind-boggling to me that people could be mad at me because I got to meet the president of the United States. I didn’t say anything. I didn’t get a chance to say anything. I just congratulated him and gave him the autographed ball. … Incidentally, I paid for the football and the hat so that no state monies were involved.
