Posted on 11/02/2010 8:13:40 AM PDT by rhc2000
Amid beer and champagne flowing in the clubhouse of the San Francisco Giants late Monday, one thing was missing. The president. Not the president of the ball club. The President of the United States. Giants players and personnel thought they'd hear from President Barack Obama by telephone after San Francisco beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 in Game 5 to capture its first World Series title since 1954. But Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter tells KNTV they have yet to take that call. Slaughter says team personnel gave the White House the private line into manager Bruce Bochy's office, as well as other numbers for Obama to get in touch - but so far, nothing. The Giants, though, are used to waiting. It's been 56 years since their last series title.
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I was rooting for the Phillies (dang), but really, couldn’t he have made the call to congratulate the Giants team? American traditions are important to Americans. He sucks as a President, mostly on the big stuff and especially on the simple stuff.
The San Francisco Giants are apparently of no use to Obama in furthering his agenda, as a result, there was no point in calling.
Smoking pot? May not be the half of it.
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