Does Tim McGraw have his eye on the Tennessee governor's mansion? The New Republic speculates that the country singer is considering a run for governor in 2010."He's been floating the idea for a few years now," reports the political magazine. "Tennessee Dems have been casting about desperately for a high-profile Democrat not named Harold Ford to take on Bill Frist, who is almost certainly going to run."
A spokesperson for McGraw had no comment on the rumors.
If he ran, McGraw would not be the first country star with political aspirations. Sammy Kershaw ran as a Republican for lieutenant governor of Louisiana last year, losing to the Democratic incumbent. The late Roy Acuff ran unsuccessfully for governor of Tennessee in 1948.
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KyleTat 12-11-2008
Good luck Tim, even though you should try Louisiana. help a Cajun out. ;)
jestamkrat 12-12-2008
and the idiots in this country would elect him. Look at the video on howobamagotelected.com and see just how much the stupid people in this country don't know about the people they put in office. This guy is one of my favorite singers, but I wouldn't vote for him for GOV but millions will just because he sings a good song. Look at the Senate race in MN that is FRANKEN for gosh sakes..people will vote for stars just because.
Kristineat 12-12-2008
jestamkr...
And you would not vote for him just because he is a country star? Have you researched any of his political views? Do you know for sure that he would be a good or bad governor? How could you say that if he did get elected it would only be because he is famous? I take personal insult to the fact that you would consider me an idiot because I would vote for him. He is a very intelligent man and I think he would do a great job in politics.
Geoffat 1-06-2009
yes, just look @ things here in California with Govenor Arnold S, state's in deubt here!!!!
Lisaat 12-12-2008
Sorry,but if that low life UNAMERICAN Tim McGraw runs for Governor,and ACTUALLY wins? I would MOVE OUT OF TENNESSEE PERMANENTLY!! He has berated and slandered the PRESIDENT,(which is,in MY book,the MOST UnAmerican thing a person can do), He keeps using his CELEBRITY STATUS to get his way. I am so sorry, but Obama pretty much did the same thing. He used his Race Card to get elected. And of course, Obama lied to get elected. He ran on the premise of CHANGE, but A MAJORITY of his cabinet is now CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. Sorry, been there, DONE THAT, and I am NOT for his STAGNANT ADMINISTRATION. Since Obama DOESN"T know how to be a President, he had to fall back on SOMETHING to help him. That is why he has all the Clinton-ites back in his office. All the people that vote Democrat, are the ones who have NO idea what they are doing. I forecasted all the job layoff's IF a democrat was elected. I told all my friends that if a democrat got elected that the day after the election layoffs would be EVERYWHERE. Sure enough, day after election when Obama was elected,my husband's job layed off over 850 workers nationwide (La-Z-Boy),and the reports of layoff's across the USA are phenomenal. The ONLY reason I KNEW that would happen, is because it happened when Clinton was elected.My ex husband (we were married at the time) had been at his job for nearly 15 years, made good enough money that we didn't have to worry about feeding our children, and as soon as Clinton was elected, my ex's job was eliminated. Putting us in a severe financial bind we never recovered from.We lost our home, our 2 vehicles, had to rent substandard housing. It was horrible!! For 8 years we had nothing. Then when Bush was elected, the money was much better. We had jobs, we were able to get a vehicle, we never bought another home, but we were able to rent a nicer place and we could feed and clothe the kids properly without assistance! Now I see it all happening all over again.So, I hope Obama makes me out to be wrong. But I feel it in my bones that we are headed for the end of the end.I feel sorry for those who voted for someone who has NO experience in the political world.At least McCain would have known how to properly handle the war in Iraq,and he has years of experience in politics. McCain may not have been the best candidate, but at least he was better by far than Obama. Now that Obama has been elected, I have to support him. I am not UnAmerican, so when he is inaugurated, I will be faithful to my country yet again.I don't foresee this being a good thing with Obama. But now we are stuck with who YOU elected.
slamy13at 12-12-2008
You are kidding, right ? Do you honestly believe that these kind of things happen overnight ?
When Clinton was elected the Republican party had held the presidency for 12 years, and when Obama was elected this year it was after 8 years of Bush,
obviously long enough to damn near bring the country to its knees with his policies.
Just because " y " happened does not mean " x " caused it, anyway. Faulty reasoning.
Also, it seems as if you are not going to have any problem with berating and slandering a new PRESIDENT, huh ?
Wrong party, wrong color ?
It's only the most unAmerican thing a person can do, if it's done against someone YOU support, right ?
I'm betting you're a dittohead.
msayed2at 12-12-2008
I like Tim Mcgraw. I hope he wins. The ones in TN that are mad are red necks.
Ms Lisa,people voted democrat in the white house because Bush screwed us up. Your husband's workplace laid off people not because Obama was elected(he is not the president yet), its because of Bush's deeds, economic decline, policies and killings he is responsible for in Iraq that we have been paying $10 billion a month for past few years.
Ms Rose, Killing kids, women, innocent people is bad anywhere, not just when it happens in the USA or UK. Bush lied about the war and demolished a country and killed about one million in Iraq. Bin Laden is still alive. We voted for Bush twice, a moron with low IQ, just because we wanted a "republican", a "christian" no matter how bad he was.
We should be proud of this country and the freedom we have here, anyone can run for any post, black, white, country singers, janitors, or idiots like Bush and win.
ccyrusbat 12-12-2008
this shows what ignorance and a computer can create
J.A. Rodriguezat 12-12-2008
Ahm...since you are critizing our president elect, does that make you UNamerican???
just wondering
Steve Freemanat 12-12-2008
You ARE truly a moron
TBeam RE Incat 12-12-2008
It couldn't be worse than than last 8 yrs...Look where this president took us -ran the country to the ground & made all his fellow Texan oil people wealthy beyond the imagination..
Kaylee Litsonat 12-14-2008
Seriously, stop creating faulty reasoning for why Obama got elected. The media were the ones who started in on his background and race, not him. He got elected because our country is in a bad economic situation. It's happened in history many times before. When the stock market crashed in 1929 (under a republican president) a democrat was elected in '33 to "improve" the economic situation. It's the same thing again. We have blamed all of the situation on the government, and we are trying to fix this situation by "changing".
Joeyat 12-12-2008
Obama BOUGHT the Presidency with funny money. Governor Blagojevich was willing, then, to sell Obama's senate seat, for funny money. That is the way it is done in the democrat party. The only qualification that Tim McGraw has is his ego. He is so selfish that he WILL NOT attend the CMAFest since the performer's do it on their own dime. That is the way democrats are, they want to spend your money and rake in more for themselves'.
lifeboat31at 12-12-2008
Not a good idea to use the gov. of IL to make arguments against democrats. After all, the last gov. was republican and where is he now? Oh yeah, serving a 6 year term in prison for corruption! It's partisan crud like yours that will continue to keep this country divided.
premiumlatinat 12-13-2008
What? What is your basis for making such a comment? Nobody bought the American people's support of President Elect Obama, including mine.