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Tim Tebow as a politician? Seriously, why not?

About a month ago on a local talk show, in a discussion of how disappointed we all were with the current crop of presidential candidates and other politicians, we decided to ramp up the search for somebody new.

Only slightly kidding, I said, “We need somebody like Tim Tebow to get involved in politics at some level.”

OK, so Tebow and I don’t text each other or break bread together, and I’ve not really spoken to him in six years. But when he played for the Florida Gators, I saw him play every game, spoke privately to him several times, attended dozens of news conferences and was sitting six feet away when he made “The Promise.