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ACTION ENDORSEMENTS.
McCain may have Sly Stallone, but look who Obama got:
It makes sense. The Hulk has long been on record loathing the politics in Washington, and he's a famed movement builder. From Wrestlemania III:
I felt the fury. As I ripped. As I tore this shirt. As I headed for the sunset, man. I looked down, brothers. And as the sun beamed off the golden eyes, I realized that sooner or later, you gotta live and die and you gotta face the truth. And for you, Andre the Giant, it's time to face the truth, brother. Because when I think about what you and I have to do man. What I have to do is nothing. All I have to do is merely beat a seven foot four 550 pound giant. But Andre, you've gotta face the truth brother. In its purest form man. The purest truth there is man. The training, saying your prayers, eating the vitamins. And to beat me man, You've got to beat every little Hulkamaniac, every little Hulkster in the world. Everyone that plays it straight. All the ones that don't take any shortcuts brother. And they usually say "If the dirty air don't get you, the politicians will." But in this case, it's going to be Hulkamania. And the reason it's going to get you man, it's the purest form of the truth there is. And I can't wait to see you go down at the feet of Hulkamania in front of 90,000 plus in the Silverdome. What you gonna do Andre The Giant when the real truth, the 24 inch pythons and Hulkamania runs wild on you?
COMMENTS (23)
Problem with Hulk is that his family life just disintegrated with his son nearly killing his friend in a car accident, and his wife finally moving to divorce him.
Of course, with the Hogans, you never know--it just might be Part of the Show.
Posted by: MNPundit | January 30, 2008 4:24 PM
I've seen an episode and a half of his show, and I expected his freaky paternalism to end up with a McCain or even a Romney endorsement.
Just goes to show that despite his age, Hogan knows what his audience likes, regardless of who amps up the nonsensical jingoism like he did back in the day with the Iron Sheik. He might be desperately fighting for some kinda pop culture recognition a la Mr. T, but he's definitely way smarter than The Ultimate Warrior.
Myself, I'm waiting for that crucial Undertaker endorsement.
Posted by: Tim | January 30, 2008 4:41 PM
I think Rick Flair endorsed Huckabee.
Instead of an election, there should just be a cage match.
Posted by: LeChuck | January 30, 2008 4:42 PM
The Hulkster is clearly a Democrat. Has everyone forgotten the time he rejected the attempted payoff from the Million Dollar Man? Take that, monied interests.
Posted by: Anonymous | January 30, 2008 4:46 PM
But what is The Rock cookin'?
Posted by: Andrew | January 30, 2008 4:49 PM
I'm pretty sure Hogan once went on a late night show pretending to run for President and supported nothing but the flat tax. B-b-b-bandwagon.
Posted by: Glenn Fayard | January 30, 2008 5:15 PM
I have it on good authority that Mr. Barack Obama's shit doesn't stink. The man is practically an angel.
Posted by: ObamaSupporter | January 30, 2008 6:11 PM
Yeah, Ric Flair endorsed Huckabee a while back. Hogan and the WWF is fine for locking down the liberal northeast corridor, but unfortunately for Obama's super tuesday strategy, the south was NWA territory. Or something.
Posted by: Other Ezra | January 30, 2008 6:33 PM
Mic Foley's endorsement is what I'd like to hear.
In real life he's a liberal.
In professional wrestling he formed The Union to fight the Corporate Ministry, an oddly named group combining evil businessmen and evil religious nuts... so I guess he's a liberal there, too.
Posted by: Aaron | January 30, 2008 6:46 PM
So what the heck are we doing with so many WWE (WWF when Hogan was involved) endorsements?
Seems like these people got beat into a post a few times too often to really be taken seriously about politics. At least Oprah has a (attempted) intellectual side to her entertainment. ..but wrestlers?
So wheres George Foreman leaning? With his grill empire I would think republican, but with such a large family it might go back towards the dems. ..theres the question.
Posted by: david b | January 30, 2008 7:11 PM
I don't think much of Hogan's diss on André. André stared in Princess Bride, what did Hogan ever do that was as close to as cool?
Posted by: rtaycher1987 | January 30, 2008 7:43 PM
Best. Post. Ever.
Posted by: Jimmy James | January 30, 2008 8:28 PM
I had been getting fairly pessimistic about the prospects of an Obama-McCain matchup, but considering the beating Thunder Lips gave to Rocky in Rocky III, I think this bodes well.
Posted by: Anthony | January 30, 2008 9:12 PM
Words like blunt instruments. Who writes his stuff?
Posted by: Colin | January 31, 2008 2:50 AM
we also have to take into account the fact that andre the giant has a posse.
Posted by: belle waring | January 31, 2008 5:28 AM
"Eating the vitamins." How innocent we were in those days.
Posted by: JBJ | January 31, 2008 10:05 AM
I wish Schwarzenegger had had endorsed Romney. Then we could have just locked Stalone, Arnold, Chuck Norris and Hulk Hogan in a ring and let the 80s action icons fight it out. As it is, McCain's got two, and it's just not fair.
Posted by: Anthony Damiani | January 31, 2008 11:08 AM
Hogan also knows the importance of freeing us from foreign oil. Remember that he was the first man in history to escape the Camel Clutch!!
Posted by: hulkster | January 31, 2008 11:31 AM
I'd love to put the Hulk into a cage with Stallone and Walker, Texas Ranger in a fight to the death and see who walks out alive...Hulk would kick both of those bad boy Republican's phony asses.
Posted by: wagonjak | January 31, 2008 1:58 PM
"McCain may have Sly Stallone"
Regarding his attitude towards drug use, as established recently in an interview, where's the difference between Sly Stallone and Sly Stone? Such a guy is supposed to be a support for a campaign???
Posted by: Gray | January 31, 2008 5:39 PM
Obama doesn't have Hogan anymore. Hogan already came out on The View and stated that he made a mistake on Jimmy Kimmel and that he is not endorsing Osama Obama. And that he changed his mind! The other poster is correct about Hogan supporting the flat tax.
Posted by: Bryan | March 7, 2008 12:06 AM
Just goes to show that despite his age, Hogan knows what his audience likes, regardless of who amps up the nonsensical jingoism like he did back in the day with the Iron Sheik. He might be desperately fighting for some kinda pop culture recognition a la Mr. T, but he's definitely way smarter than The Ultimate Warrior.
Posted by: club penguin | May 18, 2009 4:21 AM
Just goes to show that despite his age, Hogan knows what his audience likes, regardless of who amps up the nonsensical jingoism like he did back in the day with the Iron Sheik. He might be desperately fighting for some kinda pop culture recognition a la Mr. T, but he's definitely way smarter than The Ultimate Warrior.
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