Manny Pacquiao didn't make his boxing trainer, Freddie Roach, too happy last week when he announced he'd be leaving after a workout Friday to board a flight to Las Vegas.
Pacquiao, a congressman in the Philippines, had some important political work to tend to: campaigning for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
" was behind 4% in the polls before I got out there," Pacquiao told The Times on Wednesday before a workout at Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, where he's preparing for his Nov. 13 junior-middleweight title fight against Mexico's Antonio Margarito. "There's a lot of Filipinos in Las Vegas."
Population figures show an estimated 30,000 Filipinos in Las Vegas, with perhaps triple that in all of Nevada. Reid defeated Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle by 40,000 votes, with three-fourths of Asians reporting at exit polls that they voted for Reid.
Pacquiao smiled at the thought of how the assistance he provided a major Washington player could benefit his country in the future.
"I also helped Brown here," Pacquiao said, referring to the governor-elect who defeated Meg Whitman by a more lopsided margin Tuesday. "I helped him campaign. I gave a message to the Filipino community to support Gov. Brown, and they did."
Another boost to future Pacific relations.
-- Lance Pugmire
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/11/manny-pacquiao-i-helped-jerry-brown-and-nevadas-harry-reid-win-elections-.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef013485b5f243970c-500wi
Changing the course of American politics and winning other people's elections in his spare time. Sh*t is too easy :rofl:
If that statement is true, then I have lost a lot of respect for Pacquiao. I was really hoping that Reid would lose his seat or at least the Majority Leader helm.
Congrats at helping criminals. :rofl:
Pacquiao is great at helping criminals out, I mean he gave Margacheato this big fat 4 million undeserved payday. And Pacquiao also helped Harry Reid who definitely doesn't seem like he deserved to be re-elected compared to other Democrats who have done far superior jobs to him. BRAVO my man, thaks for saying it for me..
Manny did help, but he didn't win the election for Reid by any stretch of the imagination. And Reid was in a tough battle, but he was expected to pull through. Angle may have been narrowly ahead in one or two polls, but the majority I saw had Reid taking it. Props to Manny for his help with Reid and Brown!
a foreign boxer swaying US elections is BS to the tenth power! And its pretty fuking insulting to the pinoy americans. Harry Reid didnt do 90% of the shyt that they promised in 08' but he has a name and the capital and was challenged by a Palin clone!
the other candidate was an even bigger schmuck...and i consider myself moderate but reid is a tool. and manny is silly if he really thinks he helped that much.That's an understatement. She (Sharron Angle) was literally a hypocritical batshit crazy bitch.
HAHAHA, I feel like an idiot. Nevada is actually usually Republican when it comes to president. I thought because it was close to California that it would be democrat most of the time.. :rofl:
The majority of the time Nevada votes republican... Btw, if thats true how the **** did Harry Reid get re-elected when he has been doing a horrible job as Senator... Doesn't make sense to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008
the other candidate was an even bigger schmuck...and i consider myself moderate but reid is a tool. and manny is silly if he really thinks he helped that much.
he is so humble....................... :lol1:
people should stop putting this boxing guys on a pedestal.....
like hatton fans thinking he is one of the lads.....when the motherfocker refers to himself on the third person :lol1:
Prove it...
Follow the link in the OP dunce.
Manny said he helped them win..
He is delirious..
Is he though? Reid was down 2-5% if every major pre-election poll conducted leading up to Tues and he was predicted by virtually all pundits to lose to Angle. Pac gives his endorsement, Reid wins and it turns out 75% of the Asian-American population in Nevada reporting they voted for Harry.
So something happened that caused Reid to go from the loser by 4% to winning by only 40,000 votes and garnering 3/4 of the Asian vote. You put it together...
You
Are
Delirious
Just like that mutt-eating juicer you idolize.
Tell that to the LA Times, I didn't write the article.
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