Bush Attends World Series Despite New Threats

Reuters ^ | Tuesday, October 30, 2001 | Patricia Wilson

[The Drowning Witch]

Der Shleikmiester never would have shown the same cojones....

[hole_n_one]

....spokesman Ari Fleischer said in announcing Bush also would throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

I trust it will be thrown from the stands and not the mound.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Der Shleikmiester never would have shown the same cojones...."

Actually he showed his cojones once or twice... To an intern for polishing...

[Moonmad27]

I'm glad he's going to the game - but I'll be even gladder when he's safely back home.

[Fixit]

Not to mention that President Bush can likely throw a ball all the way from the mound to home plate.

I doubt slick could throw a ball all the way from the counter to the fryolater at Mickey D's.

[CarolAnn]

I like it that he's doing this, and I hate it that he's doing this. I'm not watching. Someone tell me when the game's over or he's out of the park---

[Jay W]

About Bush's "ceremonial first pitch": The Yankees ought to count it as a real pitch. They need all the help they can get!

[The Drowning Witch]

Exactly what is a "fryolater"?????

LMFAO.....

[Fixit]

I suppose technically its a Fry-O-Lator, a brand name deep fat fryer.

Here's a link to a picture. The picture would slow the thread down too much, so:

Link to picture of a fry-o-lator.

[hole_n_one]

I would be shocked and dismayed if were permitted to toss that pitch from the mound.

[rmlew]

Despite the traffic, I'm glad President Bush is in town. He is taking a real risk. The anthrax letter have come from the NY metropolitan area and there are Islamist groups here. In the back of my mind, I have a horrible thought- what if the terrorists pull a "Sum of All Fears?"
Tom Clancy's novels have been precient at times. In Debt of Honor , a pilot uses his 747 to take out the Capitol building. In Sum of All Fears , Islamic terrorists (Hamas?) use a recovered nuke to bomb a football game where the president is a guest.
Perhaps I'm just a nervous nilly, but I woke up with a cold sweat thinking about that last night.

Seriously, though, I hope Bush takes advantage of his visit to help out some Republican candidates in the region. Mayor Schundler is the best politician I've seen from the region. Unfortunatley he is 10 points down. A Bush endorsement in NJ could make the difference.
While in NY, Bush could also met with Bloomberg. Bloomberg may be a DemocRat is sheeps clothing, but he is better than Mark Green. Green is a Jewish David Dinkins without the charm or mustache. If Green gets elected, NY will burn. I already have a betting pool on what neighborhood will go up first. (If we're screwed anyway, I might as well make a buck.)
As a New Yorker, I suppose I could buy a shotgun and hunker down at home. Unfortunately, we are about to lose that right completely, thanks to a Charter provision effectively banning guns within 4 blocks from any school.
Please excuse me while I return to the relatively sane world known as the Students Revolutionary Republic of Morningside Hts, otherwise called Columbia.
Ron

[Howlin]

Bump!

[hellinahandcart]

Here we go, game beginning...please don't let me see Clintoon sitting anywhere near Bush tonight.

Matt Williams talking about going to Ground Zero today.

[Howlin]

If he's brave enough to go, you should watch to support him. But I know JUST how you feel.

[prognostigaator]

As a precaution, even George Steinbrenner was made to go through the metal detector ...

[Howlin]

She wouldn't dream of showing up there........and he's suppose to be in Spain......unless he had a rocket up his butt to get here for face time.

[hellinahandcart]

Heard HE was going to be there, naturally without her. Would be happy to be wrong, because we lost the last game he showed up at. Grr!

[hole_n_one]

I can't imagine that he would be allowed to walk out to that mound, alone, surrounded by 50,000+ people, with the nearest physical protection several yards away.

[hellinahandcart]

Green is a Jewish David Dinkins without the charm or mustache.

Heehee...