Gov. Quinn Gets Key Ditka Endorsement

By Anna Deem in News on Sep 11, 2010 7:00PM

Instead of throwing his hat in the ring to run for mayor--not yet anyway--the self-described "ultra-ultra-ultra conservative" Mike Ditka has decided to endorse an unlikely candidate, Gov. Pat Quinn. An oddly democratic choice coming from a man that once introduced Sarah Palin at a McCain campaign rally, but nevertheless Ditka refers to Quinn as "good people" and offers his support in his taped endorsement video.

"He's a good man. I think this is a great state and great states deserve great leaders," Ditka says in the ad via The Huffington Post. "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."