Schilling Makes Surprise Stop for Bush

[Rose Siding]

WILMINGTON, Ohio - Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling made a surprise appearance Monday morning with President Bush (news - web sites), limping to the stage to give Bush a strong endorsement.
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Monday morning, he wore a protective boot over the ankle as he and his wife made their way to the stage inside an airplane hangar.

The ace pitcher said Bush was a commander in chief who will ensure troops "have everything they need to get the job done, a leader who believes in their mission and honors their service, a leader who has the courage and the character to stay on the offense against terrorism until the war is won."

Bush stood next to him, and they embraced afterward.

"On Tuesday, we need you to get out and vote. We need you to get your friends and neighbors out to vote — tell them you're voting for President Bush and get them on board, too," Schilling said. "I know everybody wants to be on a winning team, and there's plenty of room on this bandwagon."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=696&e=8&u=/ap/20041101/ap_on_el_pr/brf_bush_schilling

[amber dog democrat]

1. Just because one is a successful sports figure

it does not mean anything he says is necessarily valid.
Honest, if he can say Chimpy is " a commander in chief who will ensure troops "have everything they need to get the job done,", what, I wonder will he make of the
CBS 60 minutes report that aried yesterday?

Let him rant.

[Rose Siding]

2. This looks like damage control for the previous cancellation

That did not look good for Bush. I wonder if Rove had to beg?

[Sequoia]

22. What a flop flipper

[realFedUp]

3. "shilling" seems appropriate word

[dennis4868]

4. will ensure troops "have everything they need?

Do these people actually believe the crap that comes out of their mouth? They are insane!

[dennis4868]

5. Schilling....

is worried about being taxed more than he is now....HE IS A SELFISH SON OF A BITCH.....no one ever likes playing with this guy!

[liberalitch]

6. Sox front office has endorsed Kerry....

so the pitcher is going against the team?

[Shakespeare]

24. My guess is that's why Schilling went ahead with his appearance.

Spiteful and vindictive. And VERY immature.

[Morning Dew]

7. People who want to be on a winning team are voting for JK

and Curt, shut up and pitch.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

8. Schilling should ask who sent troops to Iraq without body armor

before he makes a false statement like that.

[PATRICK]

9. in war time

Is it really so impressive to tout ones broken leg or torn ligaments when thousands of our soldiers are in obscurity with missing limbs, innocent children also? In peacetime one can emote all one wants, but usually even
more credible deeds of valor and suffering(outside millionaire sports athletes) lose luster.

I am thinking of the Shackleton Antarctic expedition, one of the most impressive and harrowing tales of survival ever. The Brits had no truck with this voluntary adventure when hundreds of thousands were dying on the WWI battlefields.

Kerry tours with vets. Bush tours with a baseball star with a bum ankle.
America at war.

[K8-EEE]

10. Shut Up And Pitch

Winning Team.....year right!

[tmooses]

11. Another reason to despise wealthy right wing athletes.

Maybe Schilling should have watched "60 minutes" Sunday night before opening his trap. And since when is jumping on the bandwagon a good thing?

[noahmijo]

12. fuck that worthless piece of shit

I hated Schilling the moment he helped win the WS against the Yanks in 2001, I hated him even more when he became a Red Sox player, and now I feel like beating his worthless ass for pushing for the man who wants to destroy my future, your future, and the future for generations to come.

[cubsfan forever]

13. As a reporter in the Boston Globe said

"Curt, we won't tell you how to pitch if you won't tell us how to vote."

Professor 2

[g-money]

14. piece of shit,

shut up and play baseball

[The Chronicler]

15. MLB is a pretty Republican-infested sport.

A lot of rich, middle-aged white guys play the game.

[lakemonster11]

27. Well let's see...

a bunch of millionaires most of whom have only a high school education...

Sounds like Republican heaven to me.

It really sucks, too, because I love baseball.

[nookiemonster]

16. Schilling, you are in a union. You sellout POS! eom

[The_Casual_Observer]

17. You could see this coming with all the Jesus talk after the games

The guy is some kind of nut, and this endorsement would fit hand in glove.

[nickfaldo7]

18. no finer example of man-love

Bush stood next to him, and they embraced afterward

[DFWJock]

19. Im sure the troops

will be delighted to find out they have "everything they need." I guess that story on 60 Minutes last night was all cooked up by the librul media.

[jtb33]

20. Personally...

I could care less what any professional athlete, rock star, actor/actress or anyone else of similar status says about their political choices - it makes no difference to me - at least no more so than my neighbor, or Joe down the street. I remember what Brad Pitt said in an interview about 6 months ago... I think it was Katie Couric who was interviewing him and asked him about who he was going to vote for. His reply was "What does it matter who I am voting for or what I think; I'm just an actor."

[Redleg]

21. Schilling is "shilling" for Bush.

What a putz. On edit, I see that someone else posted the pun first. Damn!

[latebloomer]

28. Par for the course around here

You think of something witty, and someone else beats you to it. Too many smart, funny people on DU!!

[goforit]

23. The Curse may come back again!!!!

[camero]

25. He's not off the oxycontin yet apparently. n/t

[Bluebear]

26. He should enlist, take his big brawny self to Iraq

since he believes in the cause so much. POS.

[ProfessorGAC]

29. I Knew Schilling Was A Complete Tool

This confirms it. Another undereducated (didn't go to college to learn, went to the minors to picth) know-it-all. Not as smart as he thinks he is, and not educated enough to cover the deficiencies. Am i sufficiently unflattering?
The Professor