[nutmeg]

BOSTON— Newly minted World Series hero Curt Schilling canceled a scheduled campaign appearance with President Bush on Friday, saying his doctors advised him not to travel because of his injured ankle.

Huh? He spent the last couple of days at Disney World in Florida and was featured in a Disney parade down Main St. USA. (see pic above)

In his e-mail, Schilling said he should have kept his opinion to himself.

"While I am a Bush supporter, and I did vote for him with an absentee ballot, speaking as I did the other day was wrong. While I hope to see him re-elected, it's not my place, nor the time for me to offer up my political opinions unsolicited," he said.

Hmmm... Methinks the Red Sox management - not his doctors - put a fair amount of pressure on Curt to cancel his appearance with Bush. :-(

[Rutles4Ever]

If it was management who did this, the players' union would be all over them like a cheap suit with grievance filings.

[Andy'smom]

Now the Red Sox management will pressure him to release another statement saying he wasn't pressured!

[roadrunner96]

Methinks the Red Sox management - not his doctors - put a fair amount of pressure on Curt to cancel his appearance with Bush. :-(

And Red Sox management may well be caving in to some Political powers above them, who would know? Owners? The Mayor? The Governor? Something like this!

Curt Schilling said what he did on nationwide TV; that's most effective when you boil it down to about anything he could do, maybe even this engagement he was suppose to be at.

[GOPologist]

Actually he has given another unsolicited support for President Bush: 1) He says he already voted for Bush. 2) He admits that he is a supporter of Bush. 3) He hopes to see Bush reelected.

I can't understand it when he says he should not have given his opinion. We all give our opinions, and please don't tell me that I'm not a Schilling.