July 18, 2008
NO ONE HAS EVER ENJOYED THE JOB MORE:
Keeping His Eye on the Ball (Dana Milbank, July 17, 2008, Washington Post)
Yesterday's T-ball game, the 19th of his presidency -- followed by a dinner last night in honor of Major League Baseball, the third of his presidency -- brought to at least 95 the number of sporting-related events he has participated in during his time in the White House. He has done no fewer than 18 such events so far this year -- already passing his previous record of 13 in both 2001 and 2007.The 95 sports events (with hundreds of athletic teams) are more than double the number of Cabinet meetings Bush has held (45), more than quadruple the number of meetings he has had with Russia's Vladimir Putin (22). The 19 T-ball games he has held are more than twice the number of meetings he has had with China's Hu Jintao (nine). And the three dinners he has held in honor of professional baseball are nearly equal to the five state dinners he has hosted during his entire presidency.
Find me a man who prefers meetings to sporting events--Wilson? FDR? LBJ? Richard Nixon? Jimmy Carter?--and I'll show you a bad president. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 18, 2008 3:46 PM
IMAGINE HOW BAD THINGS WOULD BE IF HE HAD MORE MEETINGS AND WASN"T SO MALEVOLENTLY INCOMPETENT!!!!ONE
IF IT WASN"T FOR BASEBALL WE"D BE EATING GRUBS IN A POST_APOCALYPTIC CITY SCAPE OR WASTELAND!!!!
Posted by: Benny at July 18, 2008 5:27 PMBenny, it looks like Nancy "Nine-Percent" Pelosi is posting comment under your name again.
(Oh, and that little light on the keyboard--- pushing the one that says "caps lock" will turn if off.)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at July 18, 2008 6:21 PMIF IT WASN"T FOR BASEBALL WE"D BE EATING GRUBS IN A POST_APOCALYPTIC CITY SCAPE OR WASTELAND!!!!
Well, that's just true in general.
Posted by: Bryan at July 18, 2008 6:32 PMThere would be darn good reason to be suspicious of any male president who did not enjoy sports, particularly one who disliked baseball.
Nothing good can come of anybody whose interests like solely in politics.
Posted by: Matt Murphy at July 18, 2008 6:47 PMBush: Have I really wasted so much time with that creep Putin? I thought he was salvageable, my bad. Meetings with Hu? Make that ten, I'll see him at the Olympics. But he is so stuffy, no fun at all. State dinners, I don't like to play dress up, too old for that. Should thank me for saving taxpayers' money though.
Posted by: ic at July 19, 2008 1:15 AM
"more than double the number of Cabinet meetings Bush has held (45)"
Can someone tell me why this isn't 45 more than the number there need have been?
Posted by: b at July 18, 2008 4:02 PM