Froomkin: Bush used injured soldiers as human shields

[Cocoa]

against Nationals fans...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/04/06/BL2006040600902.html

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This time around, Bush's approval ratings are in the mid-30s. Cheney's are even lower, in the low 30s -- and his favorability rating hit 18 percent in one recent poll.

So it could get ugly.

How does Cheney feel about this? Well, it's hard to imagine that the unathletic, cantankerous, notoriously private vice president actually volunteered for this duty.

Rather than face the Nationals crowd himself, Bush threw out the first pitch in Cincinnati on Monday. And although he received scattered boos there, he insulated himself from the worst by walking out to the mound accompanied by two injured American soldiers and the father of a soldier who was killed in action.

Cheney's best bet would be to do something similar -- or have the Secret Service be particularly finicky about letting people in. After all, last year, many fans were late to their seats because security lines at the metal detectors installed for the president's visit were still 20 deep when the game began.

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[fooj]

1. OMG!!!! This is beyond disgusting........

What a fucking coward. I can't stomach the vile SOB! May he rot in perpetual hell.

[rodeodance]

2. i don't know if i wnated to know that. --that this was allowed to occur

[Pirate Smile]

3. He ends the part on Cheney in a good way : )

Of course, Cheney's presence rather than Bush's raises a singular new question: Will he bean someone by mistake?