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Red Sox’s David Ortiz Had Unexpected Political Inspiration for World Series Pep Talk
Mediaite ^ | 10/28/13 | Matt Wilstein

Posted on 10/28/2013 6:54:13 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

...But perhaps the most striking fact buried in Reilly’s piece is the inspiration for Ortiz’s inspiring rhetoric: Former President Bill Clinton. “Bill Clinton, he makes a lot of money making speeches,” Ortiz said. “And he changes a lot of lives with his speeches. I watch him. I learn. If you can get people to listen, they will react.”

He may have cited the 42nd president of the United States as his biggest rhetorical influence, but when Big Papi made his infamous speech during the first Red Sox game after the Boston Marathon bombing, he appeared to be channeling another famous Democratic politician: Joe Biden.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: baseball
So Ortiz is a giant liberal.

Maybe he can give away 70% of his earnings...just because he has a big heart.

Another reason to root against a liberal Massachusetts team.

1 posted on 10/28/2013 6:54:13 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Just another reason why Im rooting for the Cards..plus Im in LA Im supposed to hate everything Boston


2 posted on 10/28/2013 6:55:36 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Sarah,Sarah,Sarah,that’s not nice.

Go Sox.

.


3 posted on 10/28/2013 6:59:20 PM PDT by Mears (Liberalism is the art of being easily offended.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Outside of Red England, everybody hates Boston...a cancer upon America.


4 posted on 10/28/2013 7:01:08 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

C’mpn Cards! Git r done!!!


5 posted on 10/28/2013 7:01:33 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

who’s lives has he changed with his speeches besides his own?


6 posted on 10/28/2013 7:02:40 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: who knows what evil?

No kidding, I’m rooting for the Cardinals, and I HATE the Cardinals.


7 posted on 10/28/2013 7:05:02 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
So Ortiz is a giant liberal.

In other words he's a giant, misinformed dummy and low-info voter.

8 posted on 10/28/2013 7:06:14 PM PDT by Bullish (The only real solution is to abolish liberal democrats forever)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

Rangers fans are rooting for the Cardinals... :-)


9 posted on 10/28/2013 7:07:12 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Bill Clinton’s most revealing quote: “Once you’ve learned to fake sincerity, you’ve got it made.”


10 posted on 10/28/2013 7:08:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Bullish

He’s making 102 grand per game.
A true “limousine liberal”


11 posted on 10/28/2013 7:10:47 PM PDT by nascarnation (Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Juanita Broderick is rooting for the Cardinals.
12 posted on 10/28/2013 7:45:38 PM PDT by bramps (Obama, Democrats, and Planned Parenthood: The biggest fans of chemical weapons on the planet)
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To: nascarnation

Awww...just shut up and swing your bat!


13 posted on 10/28/2013 7:46:23 PM PDT by mkboyce
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To: bramps

Somewhere, Vince Foster is rooting for the Cardinals.


14 posted on 10/28/2013 8:18:24 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: Bullish

Ortiz is not a voter.

he is Dominican. Not a Dominican priest.

Dominican as in Dominican Republic.


15 posted on 10/31/2013 11:09:59 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (WWLD? What would LaRussa do?)
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