Bush on Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot...more Repub Political Bullsh*t...

[SaveElmer]

Caple slams it hard thank God!!!

George W. Bush is on another ballot, only this time he's going against Billy Martin, Don Zimmer and Walter O'Malley instead of Al Gore and John Kerry. Insert your own punch line.

Just as he was four years ago, the president is back on the list of owner, executive, manager and umpire candidates submitted to the Baseball Writers Association of America's 60-person screening committee. I'm honored to be on that committee, which selects the 25 former players and the 15 former owners, managers, umpires and executives who will be placed before the Hall of Fame voting members in 2007. And I'm still trying to figure out why turning an original $600,000, 1.8 percent ownership stake into a $14 million personal profit by getting taxpayers to build you a new stadium is a qualification for Hall of Fame consideration. I mean, hell, David Letterman once owned a small percent of the Mariners. Maybe we should consider him as well. He may have been part of the group responsible for the Moose, but at least Letterman never traded Sammy Sosa for Mujibur and Sirajul.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/offbase/060920

[hobbit709]

1. His only claim to infame in baseball

He was stupid enough to trade away Sammy Sosa. He botches everything he touches.

[magellan]

2. Oh good god, how pathetic

Are Republicans interested in anything but preening and kissing up to each other for a ride on the nearest coattails of power? The disgusting boot-licking that some engage in for Bush** is the only explanation for such meritless nominations.

[WCGreen]

3. If he makes the cut.....

Baseball is dead to me....

[TheDebbieDee]

8. Don't you have to put baseball on notice first?

before it becomes dead to you?

That's how Stephen Colbert does it! ;^)

[WCGreen]

10. They have been on notice since they

let Fox broadcast baseball games with all that crappy zing zang zoo that they ad to the broadcast...

[theoldman]

4. I have never read anything on how he made the money.

I doubt that the price of the stock went up that much. I suspect that someone just gave him the money.

[WCGreen]

11. Which is why he want to pass the Estate Tax

So his kids won't have to pay any tax on his ill gotten gains...

The value of the franchise went up because of the sweet heart deal with Arlington...

[muntrv]

5. Uh, what was the Texas Rangers record while he was owner?

[JohnnyLib2]

6. Pet e Rose

suddenly looks more eligible compared to this.

[C_U_L8R]

7. wasn't he like.. the worst owner ever??

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

9. "he was born on third base and thought he hit a triple."

was that molly ivins?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. Ann Richards, R.I.P.