Schilling Cancels Appearance with Bush

[MissMarple]

http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3120326

"I am now not medically cleared to do anything until I see Doc on Sunday, so I cannot travel with President Bush," the message read.

Schilling, who contributes frequently to online fan forums, did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.


Oops unconfirmed.

[Bake]

1. Maybe he realized he'll sell less autographs

if he keeps schilling for Smirk.

Bake

[LibertyorDeath]

2. I could not agree more with this post by demwing2

demwing2 Donating member (947 posts)
86. NO ONE is asking the government to intervene, Will!
Edited on Thu Oct-28-04 07:28 PM by demwing2


Of COURSE he has the right to speak his mind. He even has the right to be wrong! I don't think any one of would suggest that he be boycotted for engaging in a little free speech.

It's the CONTENT of his speech that offends me, not the excercise thereof.

Shilling didn't ruin my high, because I don't get high from the World Series. He threatened my peace, and the future peace of my children, by using his moment of fame to sway people towards the worst president ever selected to the office.

Let me take that a step further, Shilling isn't just supporting a bad president, he's supporting a bad MAN who stole the presidency.

Fuck George W. Bush, and fuck every jackass that tells America to vote for his fascist, idiot, war mongering ass.

Shilling has the right to speak his mind, but only if he accepts the responsibility of the consequences of his actions. After all, free speech in America isn't really free. It was paid for, in advance, by the blood of patriots past and present.

Now let Mr. Shilling pay for his speech as well.

DemocraticWing of the US - http://www.democraticwing.us/

[jChicago]

12. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT INCREDIBLE PHOTO!

Boy have I been under a rock (mom who works full time) ... where was this??

Thanks!

[rabbit2484]

13. That's Madison on Thursday

They say 80,000 people, but I swear there was 100,000+.

[jChicago]

14. Do you have the link to the photo (or more photos)

How inspiring!
thanks!

[LibertyorDeath]

15. Cheers here you go

http://gallery.johnkerry.com/

[Ilsa]

19. I heard there were estimates of another 20,000

along the side streets that couldn't get in to see Kerry.

[Thor_MN]

38. Meanwhile. Cheney speaks to a crowd of tens in International Falls, MN...

Why do they say that this election is going to be close? If * gets 40% + of the vote, there is widespread tampering going on.

[Cha]

23. Yes! I was so concerned about

that in New Hampshire!

[bushwakker]

41. great post

[Democracy Died 2004]

3. LIAR

He probably now feels stupid about even saying he supports Bush.

[havocmom]

4. Probably his agent told him to STFU

and just talk baseball

edited to add: agent probably also explained that it costs bush* nothing to attatch himslef to a baseball hero's shirttails but the ball player could end up paying dearly. bush* uses people and never gives back.

[AlCzervik]

5. i heard on AAR that he posted a message on thee Redsox

board saying he should have kept his mouth shut.

[DrWho]

7. shcilling

quite the scum

players can't stand him, reporters can't stand him

[joeunderdog]

43. I think he feels stupid for not letting the Red Sox victory be the only

story. Stealing the spotlight from such a dramatic accomplishment just seems a little selfish right now here in Boston. I think that's his reason.

I really have no problem if he stumps for Shrub. Schilling is a man of convictions and he walks his own walk whether you agree with him or not, and I respect him a great deal for that. But he didn't need to make his pitch during the Red Sox love-in and turn the focus of the interview away from the team and the accomplishment that got him the interview.

That's why he backed down...IMO

[Zorra]

6. Schill, * is nothing but a cold blooded mass murderer. He has murdered

more than 100,000 innocent people.

100,000 innocent people dead for no reason

No American should support such a monster.

100,000 Iraqi civilians dead, says study
Sarah Boseley, health editor
Friday October 29, 2004
The Guardian

About 100,000 Iraqi civilians - half of them women and children - have died in Iraq since the invasion, mostly as a result of airstrikes by coalition forces, according to the first reliable study of the death toll from Iraqi and US public health experts.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1338749,00.html

[vincent_vega_lives]

33. Extrapolation

6 Interviewers
33 neighbourhoods
988 housholds
61 deaths

[Elidor]

8. Idiots should at least have the courage of their convictions

He's a coward as well as a fool.

[bluestateguy]

9. He made the smart decision

In spite of all this flap, I do not hate Schilling. He is a fine pitcher, a great sportsman and shows remarkable respect for the game. I'm sure he remembered that the overwhelming majority of Red Sox fans will vote for Kerry. Now if he runs for office someday, that's another matter.

[freedom_to_read]

17. i agree

I don't hate him either, and I hope that most of the anti-Schilling vitriol popping up on this board is election day hysteria rather than true sentiment.

That being said I wish he had stopped with "go vote."

I wrote a letter to the Boston Globe saying how disappointed I was by the endorsement... probably won't get published but here it is:

I was disappointed to hear that Redsox pitcher Curt Schilling told viewers of
"Good Morning America" to vote for Bush. And I would have been just as
disappointed had he told them to vote for Kerry.

In this polarizing, divisive political season, baseball should remain apart,
something that belongs to all Americans regardless of their political
affiliations. Save the politics for next Tuesday, today we should all come
together to celebrate the Red Sox.

Except for Yankees fans, who can go pound sand.

That last bit was supposed to be funny, don't flame me Yankees fans!

[toddaa]

21. Good LTTE

I happen to still like Schilling. I've known about his political and religious beliefs for some time now and it doesn't really bother me. Schilling has very deep respect for the game of baseball and I suspect that he wishes he hadn't ruined the moment with a crass political endorsement. He's also a fellow grognard who happens to be part owner of a great game company and I'm not about to boycott someone because I have political differences with them.

[freedom_to_read]

24. explain please?

"grognard who happens to be part owner of a great game company"

Is this a reference to something in Everquest? I heard he was a big fan of that.

I still like Schilling too.

[toddaa]

27. Here's the company

http://www.multimanpublishing.com/index1.php

They have exclusive rights from Hasbro for publishing old Avalon Hill titles including the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War and Advanced Squad Leader. Grognard is a term for wargamer.

[12Bravo3Papa]

35. I know Schilling From ASL as well

He may be politically to the right, and he may say stuff he later regrets, but he is a good guy.
He is deep down a stand up guy. I disagree with his politics, he disagrees with mine. But I am not going to act like a Freeper and boycott him just because of his politics. He just stuck his foot in his mouth, Its not the first time and it wont be the last. He realized that it was wrong to use his new New England god-like stature to push his politics and decide not to continue with it.


*edit to correct spelling

[freedom_to_read]

36. interesting

I should've known this, b/c my big brother is seriously into ASL. Of course maybe that's why I (intentionally) don't know anything about it!

Thanks also for the lingo lesson. I know plenty of grognards, just not by that name.

[bpilgrim]

10. Schilling honored at Disney World - yesterday

Schilling honored at Disney World
By Bill Burke/ Bostonherald.com
Thursday, October 28, 2004

There’s no rest for the victorious, evidently.
Just hours after the Red Sox secured Boston’s first World Series championship in 86 years and Curt Schilling uttered the now-famous line, “I’m going to Disney World!” he found himself rolling down Main Street U.S.A. with Mickey Mouse by his side.

Following an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America, Schilling, his wife Shonda and their four children were given a hero’s welcome at the Magic Kingdom, led by a brass band playing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".

Fans lined the street as the Schilling motorcade, led by the gritty right-hander atop a red convertible, zipped down the street.

“Everything was red,” said Sox fan Carol Houle, of Salem, N.H. “There were tons of Red Sox fans everywhere.”

more...
http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=51378

i'm glad he punked out

peace

[bmbmd]

16. Seems to me

like he was "cleared to travel", if he showed up in Orlando....

[Morning Dew]

18. Doc won't clear him for travel - except to the healing waters of Disney !

lol.

What a putz.

[trueblew]

11. Bush and Schill have much in common...

Superstitious millionaires who frequently say stupid things. Both should be butch-slapped.

[DinahMoeHum]

20. Schilling = just another Born Again Asshole.

Fuck him.

:nuke:

[jcappy]

22. Kerry Factor

Kerry will be at the parade on Saturday. Schilling's appearance in NH would have been very awkward.

[MADem]

25. My two favorite bits of that FAUX article

"While I am a Bush supporter, and I did vote for him with an absentee ballot, speaking as I did the other day was wrong. While I hope to see him re-elected, it's not my place, nor the time for me to offer up my political opinions unsolicited," the e-mail read (from Schilling).

AND

Many of the people lining up Friday morning for Bush's rally said they were more excited to see Schilling than the president. That includes Republican Congressman Jeb Bradley, who was wearing a Red Sox cap and said he hoped Schilling would sign it.

Curt admitted that he should have kept his trap shut, which was a smart thing to do after a stupid blurt. And the fact that most of the supporters were there for Curt, not Shrub, was doubly nice.

Finally, weewee screwed up at the rally. The code words "GOD BLESS YOU" were supposed to signal the confetti to be deployed. Unfortunately, weewee said it TOO EARLY, partway through his speech, to that clearly confused woman whose husband died in the WTC and she gave weewee his badge--so, weewee says the magic words to her, you heard a sound that sounded like GUNSHOTS, and confetti started coming down. He kept on with his speech anyway. A complete DISASTER in terms of staging and appearance of competence!!

The wheels are coming off the weecowboy buckboard....put the hosses back in the barn!!!!!!

[yellowcanine]

26. "Not medically cleared?" How lame. He could pitch 7 innings with

a tendon stiched in place but he is not in good enough shape to sit on his butt?

[Debi]

28. On Airforce One no less....

eom

[depakid]

31. He's tipped his hand

a really stupid thing to do- from a business perspective. I'm sure that people in his entourage were none to happy about it. What makes it worse, of course is that he plays for Boston.

Talk about bad judgment.

[Brundle_Fly]

29. Not Clear

for travel?

he spends his whole baseball season travelling, what a cop out.

[fryguy]

30. he claimed doctors told him not to fly?

why the hell would he fly from Boston to Manchester?? Its like an hour's drive! More likely his friends and teammates told him not to be such a tool and use the Sox for political purposes....

....put Schilling on the list with Clemens

[camero]

32. I guess he figured out

He would be booed everytime he took the mound if he ever pitches again. He should have laid off the novacaine.

[daa]

34. He may as well go I hate his ass after he endorsed chimpy eom

[Chovexani]

37. Maybe he had acid reflux!

:P

[Sinnerman]

39. Red Sox owners pulled him aside and said you anr not going

[bushwakker]

42. I know Tom Werner did a funder for Kerry in NH last week

[KamaAina]

40. Oh, sure, now he tells me, after I nominated him for Top Ten

I guess he took Kevin Millar seriously when he (Millar) called the Red Sox team "a bunch of idiots"!

Um, wait a minute, he's not medically cleared to do anything until Sunday? Isn't there some kind of parade or something tomorrow? :-)

Maybe he'll be behind the Duck boats -- in his very own "Chickenhawk Boat" :evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

44. HAHAHAHA!!!

He spilled the beans years ahead of time. He'll never live down his endorsement nor his cowardice.

[Skittles]

45. yeah right

I bet a lot of Bostonians gave him a piece of their mind.