Governor Armstrong in 2010?

Is Austin hero and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong mulling over a possible gubernatorial bid? Some folks seem to think so.

After championing last month's pro-cancer research bill, Prop 15 (which passed almost unanimously, despite the fevered efforts of some vocal neocons), and hobnobbing with the likes of President George H. W. Bush, Armstrong seems well-positioned to run for political office in the next few years.

Both State Sen. Kirk Watson and former Gov. Richards aide Cathy Bonner have already given him a public thumbs-up, with Watson claiming that Armstrong "transcends" party politics and Bonner likening him to a "rock star."

While Armstrong hasn't publicly discussed any political ambitions, his spokeswoman, Katherine McLane, stated last week, "For the coming year, his focus is on making cancer a national priority and a front-burner topic in the presidential election. What happens after that, who can say?"

Meanwhile, Armstrong maintains that he's "strictly friends" with Ashley Olsen ... much like former lover Sheryl Crow maintains that she wasn't completely disgusted by the disputed relationship.

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I will vote for Anita Perry to be the govenor before I vote for a celebrity politician, and I don't do Republican.

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a week after the ashley story broke, i spied lance with another blonde out in west texas. i would categorize their 3 women/2 men vacation as awfully friendly. TAGTEAM LANCE!

Won't somebody think of the CANCER!!!???!?!?!?!?!?!

You don't have to be a Neocon to not appreciate the Western style of fighting cancer. Pummeling a body with radiation seems quite cruel, especially in light of the Eastern way to handle cancer cell proliferation via Qi-gong and other like-minded approaches.

But, hey, Lance looks great, even after all of those pills he popped. Which alone qualifies him to be our very own version of the Guvanator. Just smile and look pretty, Lance, and say what the people standing behind you want you to say.

Why doesn't he just run for President and have Breakfast Taco as his running mate?

"Eastern way to handle cancer cell proliferation via Qi-gong and other like-minded approaches"

Yeah. That stuff works great. Care Bear Stare!

Who the whatsis is Breakfast Taco?

money + celebrity + testicle = political talent

shouldn't that be money + celebrity - testicle?

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