Iron Mike on Mike Steele
Boxing champ Iron Mike Tyson spoke out for his friend Michael Steele this week in an interview with The Post. The story is in today's Metro section.
Tyson spoke by telephone from a hotel room in Youngstown, Ohio, where he's training for the "Mike Tyson's World Tour," a series of boxing exhibitons. Here's some of what he had to say about his friend, U.S. Senate contender Michael S. Steele (R).
"Michael Stele is a wonderful man. I love his relationship with his family. The way he treats my kids. I'm just ecstatic for him. I always considered him a brother. He's a remarkable human being.
"I would do anything to help Michael. I would box an exhibition for him. I would even fight again to help Mike. I would do anything."
"I get angry sometimes hearing Democrats saying Mike's an Oreo or an Uncle Tom. People who know me know I would never associate with someone like that."
Asked about Steele's support for him when he was facing assault charges in 1998, Tyson said: "I was just overwhelmed by that. I didn't want him to jeopardize himself. I have my own demons. I don't want him to jeopardize his career for me. I just love him as a person. He's just such a moral person. Boxing attracts scum. Being around him was a breath of fresh air."
Asked when he last saw Steele, Tyson said: "I saw him not too long ago. He came to visit me. He came with some of his strategists. It was amazing seeing him. It was at the hotel in Las Vegas. He was in town for political reasons. It was remarkable seeing him at this state of his life. When I first met him in 1995, and then to see him now, in this political sphere. He always had opinions, but I never knew to this extreme. I'm so proud of him and his accomplishments."
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October 18, 2006; 11:13 AM ET
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Posted by: Marylander | October 18, 2006 11:52 AM
I know Steele is pro-life, but what is his position on eating children?
"My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!" - Iron Mike Tyson, Michael Steele supporter.
Posted by: What... | October 18, 2006 12:11 PM
""I want to rip out his heart and feed it to him [Lennox Lewis]. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children." - Mike Tyson
Posted by: Iron Mike | October 18, 2006 12:12 PM
Some real tough girlie men have responded to this blog. I bet none of the above has ever spent even one second in the ring. They not only have flappy jaws, they have glass jaws.
Posted by: Boxing Fan | October 18, 2006 12:38 PM
I've never run for office, but I think if I did I wouldn't want a convicted wife beater for an endorsement.
Posted by: vienna local | October 18, 2006 1:24 PM
Hey Boxing Fan,
I have spent time in the ring, as an amateur kickboxer and mix-martial arts fighter. My jaw is anything but glass.
So what's your point? That the commenters here wouldn't dare say those thing directly to Mike Tyson or that they just don't know what it's like in the ring and can't judge Iron Mike?
I've never been prone to these comments in or out of the ring. I've never had anything by the highest respect for my opponents, win or lose. And I sure as hell never hurt or threatened to hurt a woman. Much less try and revived my career by offering to fight them in some boxing side-show.
Steele is welcome to advertise his latest endorsement from the convicted rapist/alleged human flesh connoisseur at his own peril. And the people who read and comment on this blog have every right to point out the obvious.
Posted by: A real fighter | October 18, 2006 1:40 PM
this has made my day. "Girlie man" what does that even mean? and I would think someone with a glass jaw would be smart to stay out of the ring
Posted by: Flappy glass jaw | October 18, 2006 1:46 PM
Correction, not convicted for wife beating but for rape. My bad lol
Posted by: vienna local | October 18, 2006 1:58 PM
Russell Simmons also backs Steele. Kwesie Mfume's son as well.
Looks like blacks are leaving the democrat plantation.
Posted by: Russell | October 18, 2006 2:31 PM
Good old che with his off topic blogging. Get yer own page, slacker!
So leftist folks want Steele to run far away from a member of his family as well as the Republican Party, eh? Probably because they know he will be the next Senator from the state of Maryland.
And Tyson's gonna get ya, too!
Posted by: Rufus | October 18, 2006 3:15 PM
I had to post this link to blogger Oliver Willis who sums this whole debate up very nicely.
http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/michael_steele__2.html
My favorite line: "I wonder - was OJ busy?"
Posted by: A real fighter | October 18, 2006 3:45 PM
Why isn't Paul Sarbanes campaigning aggressively with and for Ben Cardin?
Posted by: Anon | October 18, 2006 4:56 PM
Senator Sarbanes and Milkulski do aggressively support Ben Cardin.
I'm off to go bite off a chunk of ear, bring my armed body guard to the local health club, and go start a fight after a traffic accident. Who doesn't like Mike?
Also who stays friends with their sister's ex? Yuk. I'd be furious at my brother for that.
Posted by: abusers anonymous | October 18, 2006 5:19 PM
http://preview.kmartin52.photosite.com/~photos/tn/5343946_348.ts1161204109000.jpg
Here's the MD Dems latest ploy, calling Michael Steele Maryland's Clarence Thomas for Senate. All they have is animus for a Black man who won't stay on their plantation.
Posted by: Rufus | October 18, 2006 6:36 PM
These are Steele's endorsers? Mike Tyson? Kwesie Mfume's SON??? I've got a fourth-cousin twice-removed who supports Ben Cardin! And who the hell is Russell Simmons anyway!?
Posted by: WR | October 19, 2006 10:59 AM
... who yesterday said that Steele was being endorsed by a convicted rapist and a convicted murderer.
Will someone who actually lives in Maryland endorse Steele? I mean, Russell Simmons is in New York, Don King is in Vegas, and Mike Tyson is between shelters.
MICHAEL STEELE, YOU ARE THE BAMA OF THE WEEK. WEEK. WEEK.
Posted by: Huggy Low Down | October 19, 2006 2:45 PM
Great. So out-of-state tax cheats (King), quitters, rapists, cannibals, road ragers (Tyson), and hip-hop moguls (Simmons), who happen to be black support Steele. Do they really think I'm that stupid to see through all that? A bunch of irrelevant men whose collective prime has passed (with the lone possible execption of King) and...the Steele campaign thinks this is gold?
Are you kidding me?
Look, I get that the guy's supposedly family and all, but you really have to question the wisdom of welcoming the support of a man who has a half-tatooed face, and is liable to snap at any point. What, was John Mark Karr not available? Look, I'm not convinced about voting for Steele yet, and I won't be until I see Bobby Brown and Wesley Snipes show their support for Steele.
Let's recap: Steele is supported by convicts, tax evaders, rapists, mysoginists, and puppies who were probably shipped in from Delaware.
Posted by: vcthree | October 20, 2006 12:18 PM
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Perhaps Charlie Manson or Mark Foley are also available for endorsements.