Bush's first pitch: More cheers or boos?

Definitely more boos. The only cheers you can hear are individual voices near the mics.

A tip of the hat to the DC fans who booed Republican Prez Doofus last night!

It was probably the first time in at least the last 3 1/2 years that this dope has had to go out and face an un pre-screened crowd.

To bad there wasn't a rotten tomato give away at the stadium...

Given how hard the announcers worked at ignoring the boos, I think it's safe to say they were working hard to "adjust" the crowd noise.

Two years ago (?) Cheney threw out the first pitch and the broadcasting network got caught editing the crowd noise to help the cheers cancel out the boos.

I agree...more boos.

I gotta go with the boos Dave. Definitely not a dance-able number.
And that missing backbeat?
The lack of backbone to stand up to daddy's plan for a permanent war for oil.
Time to send him to the war court of the hague.

One more boo from me
BOO!

Actually the pool reporter (from the Austin American-Statesman) said there were more boos after the pitch, not more cheers.

I remember when Miller Park opened in Milwaukee and Dubya threw out the first pitch. Most of the people were going crazy that the prez was in town (hey, what can I say about Milwaukeeans?). However, my husband and I did not and would not cheer for Dubya although people around us said we were unpatriotic because we weren't respecting the prez. Yeah, I wonder how many of those people still feel the same way?

How can the American people be so deaminingful as to boo its Commander and Chief? Have the American values been lost in the negativity brought forth to this nation by the weak people who have nothing better to do than bash its President and blame any and everything on a leader who makes decisions based on the given information at the given time in order to put this nation in the best and safest position it could be in at the time? Shame on all who do not support the elected leaders of this nation and its fighting men and women putting their life on the line domestically and abroad so that all may have freedom and liberty.

Shame on anyone who thinks for themselves and does not follow corrupt leaders blindly.

I had more freedom and liberty before this disaster of a presidency.

"BUSH BOOS, OR BUSH BOOZE"

"SUCCESS" IS IN THE LAST THROWS.

"VICTORY" IS ON THE MOUND

"OUR MAJOR STRATEGIC VICTORY" IS IN THE HANDS OF KARL ROVE, HARRIET MEIRS, TOM DELAY.

HEY ANYONE SEEN "BARRY"
HAS ANYONE SEEN "THOSE YANKEES"

AGAIN, HAS ANYONE SEEN "BARRY" I DIN'T GET A CHANCE TO CALL HIM THIS MORNING.

HAS ANYONE SEEN BARRY? WE SUBPOENAED THE PHONE RECORDS, WE OVERHEARD HIS CALLS. WE OVERHEARD HIS MOST PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS.
WE KNOW HE DID WHAT HE DID, AND DIDN'T DO WHAT HE DIDN'T DO.

HEY BATTER, BATTER, BATTER!

Washington is a pure government town. Everyone there depends on government in one way or another.

The fact that a president could be booed by half the crowd, or more, tells us something very powerful.

No such word as demeaningful and it's the Commander IN Chief not the Commander and chief. But what can you expect from someone who still blindly defends this piece of excrement of a president. It was BOOs all the way. And deservedly so.

Shame on all who do not support the elected leaders of this nation and its fighting men and women putting their life on the line domestically and abroad so that all may have freedom and liberty.

Posted by: Dustin | March 31, 2008 4:01 PM

Dusty,

No one is stopping you from putting your money where your mouth is and signing up for the clusterfreak in Iraq, ya know.

' They aren't booing. They are chanting 'Moooookie, Moooookie'.

Bring him to Chicago. BOOO!

p.s. don't they have a team in Saudi Arabia yet???

They could be called The Terror Pilots!!!

Too bad it wasn't Brick Day at the stadium.

Morris,
Not Moooookie, it's 'freedooooooooom, freedoooooooooooom' they are shouting.

I did not see the pitch...but my guess would be another perfect strike from a great Prez!!! The only thing missing was Nancy Pelosi swinging and missing the pitch...you Dem's are pathetic, small people!!!!

Yet another media outlet afraid to say the Idiot in Chief was loudly booed.

More boos throughout but unmistakable cheers from much of the crowd especially during the actual pitch when the cheers drowned out the boos. The fact that DC is 90% plus Democrat I'm sure had nothing to do with the boos.

Everyone there booing should be shot! I don't care if he is the worst President in the world, which he isn't, you do not booh the President of your country.

What matters is the fact that there are finally soooo many boos recognized in a crowd that is not hand picked for a pep rally style press conference, campaign speech or town hall meeting. Wake up and smell the roses, manure makes them bright red!!

Joe,

It looked high and inside to me. Chin music from the cheerleader.

David,

Spoken like a true Stalinist....

Dave,

Is 'booing' free speech or not?

Do you think Clinton was ever booed?

There is a certain level of respect should have for those who hold public office. I am personally embarrassed by the childish behavior of the fans on national television. Just think how this is viewed around the world. How can we gain the trust of other countries when clearly our own people can't show support for their leaders. Sure, freedom of speech, write and say what you want...but booing? How silly of us to think that DC residents could act their age and show some maturity.

J-E-S-U-S C-H-R-I-S-T !!!

What's the matter with this people? What is happening in this god-forsaken society and this irresponsible depraved nation of 300 million lost souls ??? Are we so juvenile and desensitized as a people and so morally incapacitated as a nation that people resort to registering a president's approval rating by boos versus cheers on a mechanical sound meter? Do you think he cares? Do we not loudly and violently claim to be the most free society and the most advanced democracy in the whole world? Do we not have eyes to watch the daily carnage perpetrated in Iraq in our name? Do we not have ears to hear the silent screams of the victims of Abu Graib and Guantanamo Prisons and of the mangled returning veterans? Do we not have hearts that can tell right from wrong, and souls that can yearn for good and recoil from evil?

Are we down to saying NO! to a mentally handicapped president and a spiritually devoid human being through a feeble "BOO!" on an ineffective sound meter? Why not imitate the ancient Romans, and turn our thumbs down at a public event?

God help this people, and spare this nation from you wrath!!!

Firstly i'd like to say that i'm from the UK, your first and only real supporter in this so called War on Terror and I'd like to let everyone know that your current president has made the USA an international joke.

It's a sad state of affairs when your economy is collapsing and you have managed to make enemies during a time when you should have had international support after the horrific events of 9/11 but your president can find the time to guest in the booth for 3 innings at a baseball game. Who exactly is running your country or is it just a runnaway train destined to crash and kill all on board?

Also I watched the game live (your sport is so much better than your foriegn policy) and it was definatly more boos, it doesn't really come across in the video above but on ESPN it was loud and clear, i couldn't help but laugh - has the USA finally woken up to what the rest of the world has know for at least 8 years?

Boo all you want, but always remember this.

President George W. Bush is the only man on earth standing between us and "President" Dick Cheney.

Go George my President! Play a little bean ball! Clear the air my man! I support the brush back.

Matt,

After reading your remarks I can now understand why Ted Kennedy reduced the amount of immigrants from the UK we allow in.
It is obvious you are unaware of the international economy. Since you do not realize that the number 1 foreign investor in the U.S. is the U.K.. So when your fellow UK citizens suffer economically, please send them your remarks about our country and president. It is also obvious that you are young, as UK has been forever grateful for the US saving your Kingdom during WWII. So since you have no basic understanding of the relationship of our 2 countries, then next time your "Queen" is in town, be sure and boo at her. It is an old saying but "America love it or leave it". For the rest of you, I know how disapointed you are that this president did not have sex with a young interim in his office, your proudest moment. So feel free to stand up and cheer for your hero and boo our President. 12 years of a Bush Presidency. You think that will be matched by a Clinton?

The price for seats in the new stadium range from $17 to $300. I'm sure the cheaper the seats, the louder the booing was.

If it were a Democrat President, there would not be so many boos. Why? Because Republicans are not childish like Democrats. If it were Carter, the worst President in our history, I would not boo. I may not cheer, but I would never boo, just as I would not boo Hillary. Do you wonder why there are so few good choices for President? Both Bush and Cheney could have made a lot more money, and had much easier lives, but they chose to serve. Whether you like them or not, at least respect the office, and the country they represent. By booing, you are booing yourself. This is one more example of how the Democrat party has become the party of hate.

David,
Spoken like a true Stalinist....
Posted by: C.Morris | March 31, 2008 7:34 PM

You're a master, C.Morris. A knock out in 5 little words.

I bet no one in Bush's office had the guts to tell him that he was most likely going to get booed. He never wants to hear bad news. He still thinks it's 9-12.

And I think the cheer-meter registered about 26-27%.

Gee Matt, thanks for enlightening us. We ignorant, uninformed Yanks appreciate you stopping by and gracing us with your infinite wisdom. I hope we can take your enlightenment in stride, granted it is coming from the UK, a nation we all know is the bastion of successful foreign policy, and with an immaculate international reputation to boot.

J-E-S-U-S C-H-R-I-S-T !!!

What's the matter with this people? What is happening in this god-forsaken society and this irresponsible depraved nation of 300 million lost souls ??? Are we so juvenile and desensitized as a people and so morally incapacitated as a nation that people resort to registering a president's approval rating by boos versus cheers on a mechanical sound meter? Do you think he cares? Do we not loudly and violently claim to be the most free society and the most advanced democracy in the whole world? Do we not have eyes to watch the daily carnage perpetrated in Iraq in our name? Do we not have ears to hear the silent screams of the victims of Abu Graib and Guantanamo Prisons and of the mangled returning veterans? Do we not have hearts that can tell right from wrong, and souls that can yearn for good and recoil from evil?

Are we down to saying NO! to a mentally handicapped president and a spiritually devoid human being through a feeble "BOO!" on an ineffective sound meter? Why not imitate the ancient Romans, and turn our thumbs down at a public event?

God help this people, and spare this nation from you wrath!!!

Just think how this is viewed around the world. How can we gain the trust of other countries when clearly our own people can't show support for their leaders.

Why would other countries trust us if we continue to show support for Dubbya and his idiotic policies?

Too bad it wasnt Towelhead Night!!!

Hi There All, Im from New Zealand and id like to thankyou all for sharing your views on this blog its a very interesting read. Firstly i would like to say i travelled through the US and South America over xmas (a long way from home for a Kiwi boy). George Bush's name seemed to be a hot topic of conversation with many people i met and what was very interesting to me was that 90% were either very unhappy with george bush's government or completely dark about him calling him "evil and devil like". This evil concept was difficult for me to fathom and still is but what came across strong to me was that with the people that had a disliking towards George Bush were very educated and factual about what they were saying. And of the minority that did like him spoke very plainly talking about things "like we must kill terrorist".

Now this might sound stupid, or coincidental with my trip to the US but when watching the american news channels every night for nearly a month i didn't see one thing that was negative towards the Bush government however heaps of things about terror.

Now after hearing how many people were unhappy with bush i would of thought there would be something negative about bush on the news.

Can some one kindly come back to me on this. in america aren't you allowed to voice peoples views on the new, or question or criticize? or does the government over there own the new channels?

I dont know but in New Zealand we always question and voice our government/ if were not happy its all over the news.

PS its obvious the crowd is booing george bush... what a dumb qustion.

Did somebody elude to the lack of etiquette by "liberals"? Hannity/Limbaugh/O'Rilley/Coulter are the masters of being rude. They boo anybody who disagrees with them. Worse than that, they demean anybody to their face on their programs with that pleasant "your stupid" approach. Kind of like booing dubya at the game.

Antonio,
Thank you for your very well spoken posting. It is refreshing when posters use facts and examples. I do not know what news outlets you watch, however, in the most recent media poll it showed that President Bush received 65% negative reporting. The fact that you can read ridiculous comments from people everywhere even on this site answers the question of free speech. I wish to thank New Zealand for their being a steadfast ali on the war on terror.
Finally what you may wish to look for is to see if there are negative stories for congress and senate. The latest poll showed approval ratings as Bush 33% Congress 14% Senate 16%. So check out how many negative stories are reported about the lowest rated Congress and Senate in U.S. history. That will give you a good barometer on how balance the media is.

Rick N,

But we don't know the political leaning of the booers, do we? Lots of paleo-cons hate GWB.

How can the American people be so deaminingful as to boo its Commander and Chief?
Posted by: Dustin
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I'm going by memory here, so bear with me. Harry Truman, after waving cheerfully to the crowd, was asked by a reporter what it felt like to get such adulation. Harry said, "That's not for me, it's for the office of the President."

The boos Bush got were not for the office of the President, they were for him.

Now this might sound stupid, or coincidental with my trip to the US but when watching the american news channels every night for nearly a month i didn't see one thing that was negative towards the Bush government however heaps of things about terror.
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That's the right-wing media at work. Don't tell it to John D, though, he still believes in the "Liberal Media" fairy tale.

"If it were a Democrat President, there would not be so many boos. Why? Because Republicans are not childish like Democrats"

I'm going to have to assume that this half-wit was either asleep or in a coma for the Clinton years. Otherwise he's just plain lying.

The utterly irrational onslaught rained down upon President Clinton (AND Hillary Clinton, AND Chelsea Clinton) through his time in office and to this day dwarfs anything President Bush has had to go through.

Further, if the most cowardly president in American history, George Bush II, had the cajones to appear before your average crowd and not the adulation-filled love dens that he exclusively speaks in front of, you would see A LOT more of this type of reception.

And C. Morris makes an excellent point. It ain't just "lib'rals" who hate George W Bush.

The only people who still worship George Bush are neoconservative crackpots like Jerry White from Springfield and John D and supply-side, laissez-faire Know-Nothings like Trickle Down Terry. Anyone with any eye to fiscal sanity would and does reject and denounce this president's wanton abuse of the Treasury and the public trust.

To Bushman

Just a cople of points, the largest investor in the US is by far Saudi Arabia, though it is true that here in the UK we have a lot to lose in the event of your impending financial collapse. Making me all the more pissed off that your government seems to be doing nothing to avert it. Critisising something doesn't mean you want it to fail, it means you can see its being run badly - this is something the right wing in america doesn't seem to understand at all. Its not anti patriotic to critise the war in iraq, i don't want british or american soldiers to die anymore than you, i still think it was a bad idea to go there.

As for your coment about world war 2, gee thanks for that, thanks for allowing europe to be ravaged for a good 2 1/2 years before storming in only when you were attacked. Here in the UK a lot of people critise the policy of appeasment taken up by the government of the day, how many lives could have been saved had we entered the war earlier, cut hitler down before he got chance to build up his power base. Its obvious no such thoughts enter your head, not until you were attacked did you deem it necessary to get in invoved. Its a shame you don't take the same approach now.

And before you say anything neither iraq nor afghanistan attacked you on 9/11, they were mostly saudis - who happen to be the biggest investors in your economy.

democrats, the party perfect of tolerance and diversity, seems to have taken visceral hatred to a whole new level. This is a great country.

Jones,

My theory includes the real concern that some of the booers could have been undecided and independents that had been to the beer stand once or twice too often.

No one posting here has a shred of evidence to prove the booers were liberals.

We are all about the cheese, wine, and elitist refinements, not booing.

Matt,

The United States and the United Kingdom share the world's largest foreign direct investment partnership. U.S. investment in the United Kingdom reached $324 billion in 2005, while U.K. direct investment in the U.S. totaled $282 billion. This investment sustains more than 1 million American jobs.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3846.htm
January 2008

Matt,
Apparently you are just as unfamiliar with UK as you are the US. I hope the above reading provided by the Department of State 1/08 will not be confusing for you.
As for the WWII. You are right. UK has not been able to win a war or defend themselves, without the US for so long that if the first threat of a war comes your way, instead of fighting you place a call for the US to come bail you out again.

So again, thanks for the name calling "Bush man" and the usuall rambling of a foreigner who has left his country and has no respect for the new one. Have you thought about trying Russia?

Matt,

I would like to personally extend my thanks to the UK for holding out, virtually alone, against the forces of Nazism for so long. Had your small but mighty nation failed in the task we would be living in a much different world today.

Note to Americans: Give credit where credit is due. There is enough glory to share the credit.

"instead of fighting blah blah blah"

My gawd! daveyo doesn't know there were others in the fight!

daveyo!
Just the UK lost nearly 500K in WWII. Somebody was fighting. They lost 400K in combat and 100k civilians.

OldCreaky & Hussein,

Thank you for the correction. I did not realize that UK did not need the US help to win the war. I will excuse the comments because of the "OldCreaky" name and because Hussein is a flaming lib. If you ever get oiled try to actually read a comment before responding. Once again here is my comment "As for the WWII. You are right. UK has not been able to win a war or defend themselves, without the US for so long that if the first threat of a war comes your way, instead of fighting you place a call for the US to come bail you out again." Please note where I said " others did not fight in the war". No I said the fact that UK cannot win a war or defend themselves. Please adjust your tainted glasses.
UK is world famous for not winning wars. By the way, thanks for tanking in the war for the US. Too bad we could not save you from that one too.

The mighty UK. I said yes the UK does know how to fight, just not win. Lets use recent history, 1982.

UK gets overrun by Argentina on the FALKLANDS Islands. So what do they do, pick up the phone and call the U.S..

http://www.onwar.com/aced/chrono/c1900s/yr80/ffalkland1982.htm

Argentine military planners had trusted that the United States would remain neutral in the conflict, but, following unsuccessful mediation attempts, the United States offered full support to Great Britain, allowing its NATO ally to use its air-to-air missiles, communications equipment, aviation fuel, and other military stockpiles on British-held Ascension Island, as well as cooperating with military intelligence.

If you would like I would be glad to list all of the wars that UK lost. I will also be glad to list all of the wars US had to help out UK. Please do not put uninformed jibberish on this blog.

daveyo,

Uh, yeah we gave some logistical support to UK in the Falkland War, our number one ally in the Cold War.

But they did all the fighting, killing, and dying.

What is your ax to grind against our best ally? Perhaps it's the fact it was a successful, though costly, effort, and it actually lead to the eventual fall of the military junta running Argentina?

Hmmmm, success?

daveyo says,

"Thank you for the correction. I did not realize that UK did not need the US help to win the war. "

No one said that as far as I can see.

Oh, and we didn't need their help, as well as Russian help to win the war? Last I heard the tide turned in Europe in December, 1941 at Stalingrad.

My opinion is you couldn't carry a Falkland vet's duffle bag.

Dear Red Coats,

Please forgive me for using references, links and actual quotes. This issue was brought about about a person from the UK who did not know that UK is the biggest financial partner with the US and their economy is tied into ours. He further used your liberal line, why didn't we rescue them sooner. The fact is that UK has been loosing wars for centuries. They definetly need the US to keep them safe from such tough countries as Argentina. Finally this blog was about not showing respect for the President, in the same way we would to their king or prime minister. As for me carrying a UK duffle bag, that was my arguement from the beginning. They get into a war and then expect the US to carry their baggage. Thanks for the great line. Now you can go back to the "Oh Yahs and Says You". You Oxford Professor.

I agree with Reamer on one thing; The day Germany invaded Russia was perhaps Churchill's happiest day of the war. He knew this meant Germany's eventual loss.

Holding out against terrible odds had payed off.

dave, easy does it. I know England needed help.

But of course, right up to 12/07/1941 it was an open question as to what side we would go in with. There was a significant minority in this country, the USA, that supported Germany or isolationist policy. (See Father Coughlin, the Father of Right Wing hate radio, and Lindberg as a couple big players.)

Also, as you know, we didn't declare war on Germany. We declared war on Japan, then Germany declared war on us. I guess we wanted to continue the appeasement doctrine we had employed since September 1939.

My point was that you, as an individual, couldn't.

TheReamer,

Gee I wonder how you picked that name. It is obvious that educated discussion is lost on you. The simple "so is your mom" and "is not" is better suited.

Your point was "I couldn't carry UKs duffle bag".
My point was "That UK has had a long history of having to have the US come along and carry their duffle bag".
I hope you understand the difference. It is hard without being able to use stick figures to draw you a picture.

UK had to have our help in the Falkland Islands, please. Pathetic.

But I await your next snappy come back. Of "your momma wears combat boots". I just love the intellectuals.

I'm going to go with more cheers - but to be perfectly honest, who would be surprised if there weren't a good number of boos in DC... it goes 70% Democratic in every election.

daveyo,

I doubt that either you or your momma ever wore combat boots, unlike Falk. War vets.

But I await your next snappy come back. Of "your momma wears combat boots". I just love the intellectuals.

Posted by: daveyo | April 1, 2008 3:34 PM

yodave,

Take off your cheerleading skirt, put down your pompoms and march your sorry arse down to the your local military recruiters office and sign up for your Republican Prez Doofus's war on Iraq...or....shut up while I spend the next 9 1/2 months booing him and your lame Republic Party, chump.

The Reaper & John E (which look like one in the same).

Thank you for sharing what is on your mind 24/7 "take off my skirt" "put down my pom poms". I believe you need to stick to your "alternative adult" sites. This is a political blog.

I would like to again thank you for showing that when a liberal has no substantive argument, they just go for name calling, or for drinking heavily and booing. Unless of course if you are elected, then you try to seduce college age girls to do the items that you listed in your very well spoken come back. Were you formerely the mayor of New York, or Detroit, or even the former Democratic Prez?

The couch is open, please feel free to show the rest of the world what is on your perv... mind.