RIP another corrupt republican: Steinbrenner

[itsrobert]

"GEORGE STEINBRENNER, 1989
Indicted on 14 criminal counts on April 5, 1974, the owner of the New York Yankees plead guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiring to make illegal contributions to President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign. Steinbrenner, a major Republican donor, allegedly knew the money he was donating was not going through regular election procedures. Not wanting to appear soft on crime, President Ronald Reagan would only pardon Steinbrenner if the Yankees' owner admitted to the crime."


http://www.time.com/time/2007/presidential_pardons/7.html

[trumad]

1. Tasteless

[itsrobert]

4. Yes, HE WAS.

Excellent commentary. :toast:

[auntAgonist]

8. your comments are tasteless and classless ...

and everything else that is wrong about gravedancing.

[itsrobert]

13. An old corrupt man has died

I'll dance if I want too. If it's tasteless, so be it!

[The Wielding Truth]

41. He was a large figure in the story of baseball, but his life did not stop there.

It' true everyone loves a winner, but winning cannot be everything. Fair and honest competition in sports and life improves the enjoyment of both.

Knowing this man's faults as well as his achievements let you appreciate his life. Good or bad.He was successful. It remains to be seen how mush good he has left here with us.

[Initech]

10. If the guy who plays you on TV is Larry David that really says something.

[fascisthunter]

2. he sure as hell carried himself like a big mouth "ME,ME,ME Republican"

doesn't surprise me to hear he was one/criminal.

[pipi_k]

3. Eh...he's dead....can't see why this is still an issue anyway

after all these years.

[JuniperLea]

11. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it....

Some learn by reading, some by observation, and some have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... loosely paraphrased from Will Rogers.

[malaise]

22. Well said

The truth is ultimately more important than niceties.

[sufrommich]

23. Doomed to repeat what? Wealthy republican team owners?nt

[JuniperLea]

25. Did you read the story? eom

[msanthrope]

28. Lots of Red Sox fans would love to be so doomed.....n/t

[pipi_k]

29. Remembering history has never

prevented its repeat, even if the repeat is just a shadow of the original.

And sometimes the original is just a shadow of what happens in succeeding years.


Is dredging up the misdeeds of one man going to prevent it happening again with someone else? Will it prevent even worse things from people or institutions with far more power than George Steinbrenner?

No.


It will happen again no matter how many times people want to dredge up shit from the bottom of the barrel.

We are all human beings. Not Saints.

[JuniperLea]

45. Never is a very long time... I beg to differ...

Forewarned is forearmed. When a sign tells me to watch for falling rocks, I get it. When a child molester's address is given on a website, I know not to allow my children in that area.

We can't stop all the bad things, but we can damn well prevent some. If raking this asshat's name over the coals in front of thousands of people saves one person from taking a criminal action, it's a good thing.

[pipi_k]

36. Pee Ess....

Once someone has gone, there's no reason for trashing him, or his memory, and that's exactly what the OP did.


I had a stepfather who said and did some highly inappropriate things to my two (full) sisters, and myself. I never told my half sister (my stepfather's daughter with my mom) and I don't ever intend to.

One of my (full) sisters, however, thought it was her duty/right to go and ruin my youngest sister's memory of her father, after his death, by telling her what he had done to us older girls.

I was furious with her.

He was dead. He was never going to do anything like that again, to anybody.

If it hurt my (full) sister so damned much, she should have gotten therapy to deal with her issues....not trash a guy who couldn't even defend himself, not that there would be a lot to defend, but he was still dead.

[itsrobert]

37. Wow, blaming your sister for the sins of your stepfather

You should be thanking your sister for telling the truth.

[JuniperLea]

46. That's how I see it too...

Weird.

[JuniperLea]

44. You don't see a valuable lesson in this?

That what is seen isn't always what the real deal is?

Reality bites... it stings, it hurts, and it can be brutal...

Perhaps your youngest sister will remember little hints that told of your other sister's heartache and torture... and perhaps it will save someone close to her from that same fate.

The truth will out... and it's appropriate, even if it's painful to hear.

I'm sorry you and your sisters were subjected to that. I hope the lessons learned will help others, and that you will see how necessary telling the truth is... what if you never told the truth and the unspeakable happens when it could have been avoided?

[auntAgonist]

5. I agree .. .this is tasteless.

[OhioChick]

6. No class n/t

[itsrobert]

7. Yes, he had NO CLASS

Excellent commentary.

[phleshdef]

9. Its just a shame that you stoop to the same level by giving yourself high fives over someone's death

Grow the fuck up.

[Name removed]

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[auntAgonist]

15. immature. showing your colours now. n/t

[phleshdef]

16. I might as well. It would be just as enlightening as conversing with someone such as yourself.

[flvegan]

17. I hope anyone new to DU reads your post first.

Because "Eat dog poop You republican criminal enabler" is a classic.

Oh, the lunacy.

[msanthrope]

30. It truly is. I hope the mods keep it because it is hysterically

funny.

[lpbk2713]

31. Mommy's gonna kick your ass.

When she finds out you're using her computer. :eyes:

[OhioChick]

12. I'm sure you know that I was referring to you n/t

[Renew Deal]

19. This coming from an Islanders fan

:rofl:

[Renew Deal]

18. .

[OhioChick]

20. Don't care n/t

[MrScorpio]

21. I'm sorry, but this is really unnecessary

As a life long Tigers fan, I don't condone it.

[digitaln3rd]

24. Classless and tacky.

And, yet, the OP probably got all worked up about people being classless about Senator Byrd and Kennedy.

Newsflash, you can't have it both ways.

[trumad]

32. Oh there's a huge difference between Freeperville and here...

Freeperville condones it and revels in it... Here---we blast the fuckers who do it.

Nice try though.

[digitaln3rd]

35. I wasn't comparing the people responding to this thread; I was talking about the OP.

I wasn't comparing the people responding to this thread; I was talking about the OP.

He lost his right to criticize others for doing this while doing the exact same thing he was criticizing.

I give credit to the majority of people in this thread who are being consistent.

[Name removed]

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[chrisa]

26. Unrec for tasteless grave dancing.

[msanthrope]

27. Still not over the 1998 Series, are you? n/t

[TexasObserver]

33. Never understand why people think dying improves a lifelong jackass.

Why people worship sports scum like him is a mystery.

[AngryOldDem]

39. Never understood how celebrating a death...

...ever lifted the level of discourse, either.

[TexasObserver]

42. It's not celebrating to note a deceased jerk was always a jerk.

Just a statement of fact.

Your need to have others agree with your opinion of the man is your problem.

[Javaman]

40. Me, being a life long Yankee fan...

I was sad when Phil Rizzuto passed away, george? not so much.

[kayakjohnny]

34. All I can say about George Steinbrenner is that he was a good person to me back in the late 70's.

I worked at a beautiful hotel in Tampa that he owned. People seemed afraid of him because of his hard ball management style. But I never got that from him. Though I was just a worker there, he was personable and engaging and respectful to me.

I'll always remember him that way.

Also, his wife and children were very decent people.

I hope he has a peaceful afterlife.

[CBGLuthier]

38. What Took You So Fucking Long

You almost let his body get cold there.

Sad and predictable.

[Renegades of Funk]

43. Shame on you!

Even Keith Olbermann has nothing but good things to say about Mr. Steinbrenner.
http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/07/george_steinbrenner_1930-2010.html

[TheMightyFavog]

48. Good fucking riddance.

Asshole ruined baseball.