Mike Ditka Cuts Campaign Ad For Quinn (VIDEO)

Gov. Pat Quinn is getting a boost from an unlikely source: former Bears coach Mike Ditka.

The NFL coaching legend-- and Chicago marketing luminary-- is a rock-ribbed Republican who introduced Sarah Palin at a McCain campaign rally, flirted with running against Barack Obama for the Senate in 2004, and has described himself as "ultra-ultra-ultra-conservative." But in his taped statement in support of Quinn, he calls the governor crusading for an income tax increase "good people."

"He's a good man. I think this is a great state and great states deserve great leaders," Ditka says in the ad. "I think doing the right thing for the people that put you in office is more important than what you can do for yourself in office. That's just what I believe, and I think he'll do that. And I think he understands this is a great state and to keep it that way, you have to have good people running it. And I think he's good people."

Watch:

(h/t Capitol Fax)

Comments

[Rachellee]

06:20 PM on 07/08/2009

Im not that familiar with this but I do know that Mike Ditka is an intelligent guy and he knows his stuff. He's one of the many I can't wait to meet this Fall in the Bahamas for a poker tournament! But on a more serious note, this guy is what i call a true legend!

[mikxel]

10:25 PM on 07/06/2009

Well, he had a few.

[crookedcountyillinois]

10:12 PM on 07/06/2009

I guess I'll be boycotting Ditka's Restaurants and Wine.

[AuntiepoppyCock]

08:56 PM on 07/06/2009

Ok Ditka I'm scratching my head. You were campaigning left and right for Palin/Mccain and now this...strange, to say the least.

[BushBites]

07:36 PM on 07/06/2009

I can't figure Ditka.

He spends his playing days bitching that Halas was a cheapskate, then he spends his coaching years trying to destroy the player's union, now he spends his retirement years bitching that the owners aren't helping the old football players.

Just pick a side, man.