S U N D A Y , A U G U S T 2 2 , 2 0 0 4Bizarro World: Bush Only Screws Up Baseballby Michael in New York on 8/22/2004 10:29:00 PMIn a Friday NYT column about the reign of Bud Selig (a disastrousCommissioner of baseball that columnist Murray Chass extols as oneof the best), there's a quick peek into what might have been forGeorge Bush.A failure at oil drilling, a failure at running the Texas Rangers, Bushwas sittin' around looking for something to do."No wonder George W.</p><p> Bush never got an answer when, as managingpartner of the Texas Rangers, he told Selig he was willing to becomecommissioner if the owners wanted him.</p><p> Bush kept waiting andasking, but the acting commissioner [Selig] gave no answer."Eventually Bush had to make a decision because the TexasRepublican Party was pressuring him to run for governor, and hedecided he could wait no longer for a reply from Selig."He opted for politics over baseball, and that's why today he isrunning for re-election as president of the United States."Being commissioner of baseball probably sounded like a lot more funand a lot less taxing than being President.</p><p> And, my God, if Bud Selighad relented, Bush might have only screwed up baseball instead ofthe entire country! It hurts to even think about this for more than aminute, so don't try.</p><p> Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Unclaimed Register with EschatonMonday Night Thread - I wonder if Peter will dosomething stupid on Heroes tonight.20 minutes agoFiredoglakeFDL Movie Night Welcomes John Holowach: High:The True Tale of American Marijuana - Last month,Attorney General Eric Holder said the federalgovernment would stop raiding marijuanadistributors in states where it is legal.</p><p> But lastweek H...24 minutes agoDaily KosGoons at Cincinnati "tea party" bullied, intimidatedmedia - WKRC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati,reports that in March one of their reporters wasforced to leave a so-called "tea party" protest aftera small ...35 minutes ago538.comGovernment Spending, Equality and Development -Chris Bowers has an interesting and somewhattongue-in-cheek post up at Open Left in which helooks at the amount of government spending as afraction of G...36 minutes agoThink ProgressSenate Should Ignore Nutty Glenn Beck ConspiracyTheories And Appoint Harold Koh - Our guestblogger is Henry Fernandez, a Senior Fellow at theCenter For American Progress Action Fund.</p><p> AsThinkProgress recently noted, a small number ofc...39 minutes agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Bush Furniture guideLooking to find Bush Furniture? See ourBush Furniture guide.pacificindustrial.comDid Bush Break the Law?Sign our petition to investigateBush-Cheney Administration abuses!ga3.org/campaign/btcpetitionBush Business FurnitureShop for bush business furniture We'll helpyou save money.www.pricescan.com www.erepublik.comAds by Goooooogle AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Bizar...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/bizarro-world-bush-only-... 1 of 64/6/09 8:39 PM
