So I hop over to Redstate from time to time to observe the nuttiness. On the front page is this gem from whackjob in chief Erick Erickson.
Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)
Tuesday, July 14th at 10:59PM EDT
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Yes, yes, Presidents get to throw out first pitches even when they throw slow girlish balls like Obama instead of the steady, fast pitches of men like George Bush.
But one thing George Bush did not get that Barack Obama is getting from Major League Baseball is a platform to espouse his policy positions. Some of us would like a few areas in life where politics, like the Mets, get shut out. This should be one of them.
More absurd, you’d think Bush would have a leg up on MLB sucking up to him considering he had been an owner and Obama has to poll test which team to support.
Perhaps Major League Baseball wants a bailout.
As Dan McLaughlin notes, the relevant point is that George Bush showed up for a ball game and never showed up to talk policy.
Worth also noting that Bud Selig is a big Democrat and contributed to Joe Biden.
Wow, I am reading that wrong, or is that dipshit implying that Dubya was better because he threw a better pitch?
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