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Steve Garvey’s Unusual Political Path
His sports background made for an easy transition into politics.
When you write as much as I do, coming up with new ideas is a challenge. Often as I write, I’ll be watching YouTube. And occasionally, that leads to story ideas. That was the case recently. As I was working on a story involving cartoons, a story about Steve Garvey showed up.
The story praised Garvey for not shying away from the public eye while having a lot of dirty laundry aired. The story hyped Garvey’s courage. That’s one word for it. Or is it possible that there’s a complete lack of self-awareness there?
Or is it possible that Garvey is the embodiment of today’s politics?
Just to set the stage for those of you who aren’t sports fans. Garvey was an all-star first baseman for the LA Dodgers and San Diego Padres during the 70s and 80s. At one time he had a squeaky-clean image, but the shine came off.
Steve Garvey was the subject of bumper stickers before his senate run.
The oldies among us can remember when Garvey was the butt of jokes for impregnating a couple of women he was having an affair at the same time. That led to a couple of memorable bumper stickers in the late 80s. One was “Honk if you are Carrying Steve Garvey’s Baby.” The other…
