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Gov. Ed Rendell Calls Delay Of Football Game “A Joke,” Argues With TV Weatherman

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Gov. Ed Rendell thinks we’re becoming a “nation of wussies” for delaying the Eagles-Vikings game because of the blizzard not “in any way, shape or form a blizzard.”

The Pennsylvania governor went on FOX’s Philadelphia station, saying it was a “joke” that the football game had been scrubbed, saying that football fans were smart enough to make their own decisions about getting safely to the stadium–and, he believes, for braving a few inches of snow:

“I was looking forward to this. It would have been a real experience. This is what football is all about. We’re becoming a nation of wussies.”

When Fox 29′s weatherman John Bolaris tried to correct Rendell’s snow totals, things got testy, with the two men debating who said how many inches when–and then Rendell declaring the storm was “in no way, shape or form” a blizzard.

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  • Just4thefax

    Fact: I agree Ed Rendell is a urban idiot! No arguement with that!

  • ImNotBlue

    Ugh… what happens to politicians in Pennsylvania when it comes to the Eagles? Yikes!

    Remember when Arlen Specter demanded investigations into the NFL after “Spygate?”

    Intense.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Despite my libertarian leanings, and while I agree about Spygate, I do think it’ll take legislation to get a college football playoff, and I am all for it. They’re public institutions, and it’s the right thing to do.

  • Critic46

    Reminds me of the many times I have driven to work, only to learn that work was called off because the weather was too bad to bring people in. Huh? So why was I there? Wusses.

  • ImNotBlue

    Publius

    Well, some are public, but most aren’t. Either way, I think the playoff idea is good, but I also think our government has better things to worry about.

  • http://www.realtvcritics.com RealTVCritics.com

    Thank goodness his term is almost up. Cause Governor Rendell done lost his mind! First off ‘Fast Eddie,’ let’s think about the dozens of lawyers that would sue the City of Philadelphia and the state if someone went to the game and got run over by a snow plow driven by some unaware, uneducated city employee that wants to get the job done and go home with no concern with other human existence. You’d see lawsuits in the millions. Then think of some drunk fan slipping and falling at the Linc. Yeah, Eddie, more lawsuits and now you’ve got Lincoln Financial, the NFL and the city along with the state all liable. Yes getting back to those lawyers. Finally, since no one would have actually gone out to the game on such an awful night, think of the revenue lost by the Eagles, the city and the state from concessions. Hundreds of thousands of dollars would have been lost by the city, a city that’s currently broke along with a state that’s broke as well. Oh yeah, that’s right Eddie, you ran the state in to the ground during your eight years as Governor. Let’s all remind ourselves of the fact that this complaining clown of a public servant spent so much tax money that Pennsylvania now has a Republican taking over the state after eight years of Democratic ruin.

    Ed Rendell needs to call it quits completely. He’s too old school. The game should have been canceled for all the above reasons of liability, period. And he is definitely old school and beyond any further political involvement if he doesn’t understand that. Which it seems he doesn’t. We live in a litigious society Eddie. Never forget that.

  • Nachi

    ImNotBlue said:
    Ugh… what happens to politicians in Pennsylvania when it comes to the Eagles? Yikes! Remember when Arlen Specter demanded investigations into the NFL after “Spygate?” Intense.

    Another tiny right-wing goon has returned here! Ugh.

  • ImNotBlue

    Nachi said:
    Another tiny right-wing goon has returned here! Ugh.

    Actually, I’ve been back for a while, Nachi.

    What’s wrong… they’re still not letting you write on the Howard Stern site? Bummer!

    But I guess that means you think they should have played yesterday, and it’s the government’s role to tell the NFL what to do?

  • Nacho

    I agree, Philadelphia sports fans are wussies.

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  • Just4thefax

    Nacho said:
    Philadelphia sports fans are wussies

    Fact: They Boo Santa Claus!

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