Bush LOST the Freepers BIG TIME with Palmeiro comments

[Cocoa]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1456590/posts

3.makes no sense, why would the President associate himself with a cheater?

5.I love Bush but there are times that he should keep his mouth shut.This is one of them.

7.Yes, what is the worth of doing this? Stupid to comment on this.

10.Totally agree. It's one thing for Bush to stand behind Rove in the Plamegate investigation, but I don't see how Bush can say he believes Palmiero after he tested positive and Canseco outed him in his book, claiming he shot Palmiero in the butt himself.


14.
It takes conviction to stand up for a friend when everyone on the planet it pointing a finger at them.

Or maybe it takes arrogance. Or stubbornness. Or an unwillingness to admit you have a friend who is a cheater, a liar and a steroid user.

He could have easily abandoned him to the sharks but W isn't the kind of man to cast off someone when the whole world is against them.

Has Bush invited Kenny-boy Lay to any barbecues lately?

15.So a practicing Christian must be supportive of a "friend" who cheats, lies and uses drugs? That's not the Christianity I'm familiar with. Maybe it's the new brand of Billy Graham/Billy Clinton Christianity that's so fashionable these days?

If Bush really is a friend, he ought to call up Plastic Palmeiro and tell him to shape up. And while he's at it, the President should tell his "friend" to stop doing those creepy Viagra ads that show up during baseball coverage, causing 7-year-old kids to ask awkward questions of their dads when the dad is just trying to enjoy a ballgame with his child.

Just how many pills does Palmeiro pop on an average day anyway? He has 3,000 hits, but how many pills?

16.It's pretty sad when someone like Jose Canseco appears to have more credibility than the President of the United States.


18.

Palmiero was a friend before W was President. If he burns he burns, but that does not excuse a friend who abandons him.

Bush doesn't have to abandon him, but he also doesn't have to kiss his ass by saying he believes Palmeiro's denial even in the wake of a positive drug test that held up under appeal and is causing Palmeiro to be suspended for 10 days. If Bush is really Palmeiro's friend, he's doing more harm than good right now. Palmeiro needs to come clean. Palmeiro needs to start being himself instead of trying to turn himself into someone he's not. He could be in serious trouble if he lied to Congress.

A true friend should not just nod along with Palmeiro like a bobbing-head doll. A true friend should level with him about the self-destructive path he's on and the troubling long-term health consequences of steroids.


21.I would rather have a president who instinctively stands up for a friend than one who has to take a poll to decide what he believes. It was very Trumanesque of him to do that.

If Bush and Palmeiro were best buddies, I might understand Bush rushing to his defense despite a growing mountain of evidence. That would be human instinct. That would be the emotion of the moment. However, this is the first time I've ever heard of Bush being friends with Palmeiro. I imagine Bush had literally hundreds (if not thousands) of "friends" connected to Texas Rangers baseball. Is Bush prepared to blindly rush to each one's defense anytime they do something wrong?

As far as Bush's comment being "Trumanesque," Bush would've been wiser to simply say, "Mr. Palmeiro is a friend of mine, so I don't wish to comment on this until I have a chance to talk to my friend and learn more about the details of this developing story."


22.Surely the Prez has more pressing business to attend to?


28.It just struck me that I think Bush made more specific comments about Palmeiro than he did about each of the 14 individual Marines who were killed yesterday by the I.E.D. What's wrong with that picture? Bush is Commander in Chief during wartime, not Friend in Chief and not Baseball Commissioner. When asked about Palmeiro, a "no comment" would've done just fine.

29.Hearing you loud and clear, FRiend.

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. So they're more worked up about that than about a war based on lies...

But still, if it gets them cheesed off at the criminal traitor asshole, I'm not gonna try to dissuade them from hating the man.

:-)

[Cocoa]

16. see posts #28 and #29

he's losing them...

28.It just struck me that I think Bush made more specific comments about Palmeiro than he did about each of the 14 individual Marines who were killed yesterday by the I.E.D. What's wrong with that picture? Bush is Commander in Chief during wartime, not Friend in Chief and not Baseball Commissioner. When asked about Palmeiro, a "no comment" would've done just fine.

29.Hearing you loud and clear, FRiend.

[Raiden]

18. Wow, I couldn't have said it better myself!

Some freepers do have a brain. I really can't believe it!

[merh]

2. Is that all of the comments?

How long is the thread? :shrug:

How can you stand the place? :freak:

[achtung_circus]

5. 29 posts

My favourite

To: presidio9

Thanks, I would rather have a president who instinctively stands up for a friend than one who has to take a poll to decide what he believes. It was very Trumanesque of him to do that.

12 posted on 08/03/2005 10:48:50 PM PDT by flying Elvis
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TRUMANESQUE??

[madeline_con]

7. They like to make up words....

it makes them appear more intelligent than they actually are.

[FreedomAngel82]

13. Or creative

:shrug:

[Moochy]

15. Thats very scrumtrulescent of the poster

[AlCzervik]

3. They had me here------

3.makes no sense, why would the President associate himself with a cheater?

Freepers have no sense of irony at all.

[Old and In the Way]

8. He's either a brilliant troll

or he's taken a hard fall off the turnip truck. I'd have to seemore of his posts tofigure whch.

[madeline_con]

11. "... no sense of irony ..."

"Irony" is aluminum that has screws in it when you take it to the recycling center. They pay less for "irony" aluminum. :D

[aquart]

4. I like this one:

16.It's pretty sad when someone like Jose Canseco appears to have more credibility than the President of the United States.

Yes, indeedy, fellas. Think that some have begun to make the connection?

[Initech]

6. Holy crap, a freeper just said something very unintentionally gay here!

Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I think you can draw your own conclusions:

"10.Totally agree. It's one thing for Bush to stand behind Rove in the Plamegate investigation, but I don't see how Bush can say he believes Palmiero after he tested positive and Canseco outed him in his book, claiming he shot Palmiero in the butt himself."

[chalky]

10. LOL! Would be a sight to see if one of the sheep pointed that out to him

:evilgrin:

[Initech]

21. Think I should try it?

:evilgrin:

[madeline_con]

9. "Surely the Prez has ...

more pressing business to attend to?"

Yes, there are still live Iraqis to "deal with".

"What's wrong with that picture? Bush is Commander in Chief during wartime, not Friend in Chief ..."

OOPS! Do I hear dissention in the ranks? (gasp!)

[ObaMania]

12. Hey... they got that cool FRiend thing going on!

.. maybe we can do like DUde or something neat like that?

[Cocoa]

17. hey DUde

let's party! :-)

[Pam-Moby]

14. The rethugs are

now eating their own baby. argggggg

[The_Casual_Observer]

19. "I love Bush" - Can you imagine what kind of shit-for-brains

are attracted to the black hole web-site?

[staticstopper]

20. not like i'm

hugely invested in a belief or a stance, like some may be leary of being swayed by some fancy rhetoric. I was once a FRiend myself and really wanted to stay in that camp, they just lost me with all the arrogance.

But having said that, how can we liberals even watch TV or go into chat rooms like theirs? It just is too offensive for me. And sad that our media is swarming with the likes of these people.