Though it's not a widely appreciated fact, we right-winger sports nuts have long known that the sports press is among the media's leftiest precincts. So I suppose we shouldn't be surprised at how little was said (as in nothing at all) about the reception President Obama received last night when he came out on the field to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the baseball all-star game in St. Louis. It was a packed house (over 50,000 in attendance), and the jeers were easily discernible.That's the most disingenous, self-serving sack of crap I've read all week. Acting all shocked that the Right would be full of disrespect for this President? Please. Yeah, Bush got booed. A lot. All the damn time. Maybe McCarthy didn't hear that. Being Preaident doesn't insulate one from jeers...that is unless like Bush, you put up Free Speech Zones and kick out all the folks who don't like you out of the public event.Don't get me wrong: There was more cheering than booing. But that's to be expected: It was a festive national occasion, and most of us who disagree intensely with Obama's policies would be more apt to stand and cheer our president respectfully. That's what made the booing all the more noticeable to anyone — other than a sports journalist — who heard it.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
In Which I Call Shenanigans On Andy McCarthy
McCarthy, on Obama throwing out the first pitch at the All-Star Game last night:
StupidiTags(tm):
Obama Derangement Syndrome,
Sports,
Village Stupidity,
Wingnut Stupidity
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