Fri 15 Feb 2008
The other day, congress passed a resolution commending the New York Giants on their great season.
The vote went 412-1, the once decending cast came from Democrat Patrick Murphy.
Murphy, a diehard Eagles fan who worked at Veterans Stadium as a security guard when he was 16, was the only House member to vote against it.
“As a former 700-level security guard and lifelong Eagles fan, I couldn’t, in good conscience, vote for the New York Giants,” Murphy said Thursday. “The only thing worse would have been a resolution honoring the Dallas Cowboys.”
This whole story on Philly sportsmanship is in the Bucks Country Courier Times.
February 18th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
[...] I would have done the same thing, if it were possible for me to become a congressman, or for a professional sports franchise from Philadelphia to win anything. Still, I get it, and I am amazed that there weren’t two against. Where’s the representative from Foxboro? Philly Congressman Votes Down Giants | NYGMen.com :: A New York Giants Blog [...]
March 1st, 2008 at 8:32 am
Can’t say as I blame you. I’m a die hard Giants fan and understand what it would mean to vote for another team.