If approval ratings were based on how the President relates to athletic teams, the country would be demanding a third term for Dubya. The guy broke out all the stops when he met with the Red Sox Wednesday at the White House to congratulate Boston on their World Series win. Amongst some of his zingers, he mentioned he was happy Jonathan Papelbon was wearing pants, perhaps referring to Papelbon’s Irish Jig. But his best lines were reserved for Manny who missed the ‘05 celebration, and then Dice-K:
“I guess his grandmother died again,” Bush said to prolonged laughter. “Just kidding.”
…
Bush noted the pitching of Japanese player Daisuke Matsuzaka, known as Dice-K. His presence drew a huge number of Japanese reporters.“His press corps is bigger than mine,” Bush said. “And we both have trouble answering questions in English.”
At least the man acknowledges his shortcomings. I wonder who’s writing his material. Problem is he’ll probably be out of office by the time Clemens needs him to step in and deliver the pardon. Well done Bush, well done.
Related posts
More Hot Stories at larrybrownsports.com
This entry was posted on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 and is filed under Baseball. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Do I spy a soul shake between Big Papi and El Presidente?
His best bet would be for Clinton to be office. Its not like her old man pardoned drug dealers and tax evaders, that is if he donates to her campaign