Warning: Blatant Bush ass-kissing below. The following comes from
http://www.mickeymantle.org/president.html; the game in question was opening day, 2000, when Bush took valuable time away from his presidential campaign to attend with Ken Lay. It's just a little reminder of who Bush's bestest buddy in the whole wide world really is.
"Last April 7, two days shy of 35 years since attending the opening of the Astrodome, Bush and his father, former President George Bush, were guests of Enron chairman and chief executive officer Kenneth Lay. It was a union made of money, politics and baseball. Enron, the largest supplier of electricity and natural gas in the United States, was the single largest contributor -- more than $555,000 through its employees -- to Bush’s political dream. Lay had personally given over $100,000 to Bush’s political campaigns, more than any other individual. He was also one of the “Pioneers” -- a Bush supporter who had collected at least $100,000 in direct contributions of $1,000 or less.
Ken Lay, who heads Enron Corp., chats with former President George Bush at a Houston Astros game. Mr. Lay is one of the Bush Pioneers, those who raised at least $100,000 for George W. Bush's presidential bid. "Critics have long claimed that Lay and Enron have had Bush and his father in their hip-pocket, pointing to favorable treatment the company has received in deregulation legislation in Texas while Bush was governor and in what may be ahead for Enron’s interests in world markets. For baseball purists, more interesting than the charges of political favoritism may be the metaphor Bush used in dismissing the allegations on the day of the Astros’ 2000 season home opener. “The governor,” said Bush spokesman Scott McClellan, “is an avid baseball fan who has attended games his entire life. And we’re not going to swing at a political wild pitch that’s low and in the dirt.”"
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