Sox Pitcher To Appear With Bush In New Hampshire

[Tab]

CONCORD, N.H. -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, who urged people to vote for President George W. Bush on a national television show Thursday, will appear with the president on Friday in New Hampshire, a campaign spokeswoman said.

At the end of his interview about his team's World Series victory on ABC's "Good Morning America," Schilling signed off: "Tell everybody to vote. And vote Bush next week."

The president congratulated the Red Sox' owner and president by phone -- and thanked Schilling for his support.

Schilling won Game 2 of the World Series and Game 6 of the American League Championship series despite a torn tendon sheath in his right ankle that will require surgery.

He is scheduled to appear with Bush at rallies in Manchester and Portsmouth on Friday, campaign spokeswoman Maria Comella said.
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/politics/3868810/detail.html

[aldian159]

1. He's a fundy

Is anyone suprised?

[cthrumatrix]

2. it's all about the $$$$$$$$$.... athletes are part of awols' base

[jocal]

61. Tell that to Fred Smoot

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/football/nfl/10/28/bc.fbn.redskins.politic.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

<snip>
Smoot, a black from modest means in Mississippi, has decided to choose his roots over his pocketbook. He is supporting Democratic Sen. John Kerry for president.

"When you go into a higher tax bracket, all of a sudden you don't want to vote for this candidate because he's going to raise taxes," Smoot said. "I thought about it. I'm not going to solely vote for this candidate just because he's going to save me a couple of dollars and it not turn out to be the best thing for me or my country."
</snip>

[glitch]

3. The sox are more than their pitcher, who cares if this guy rallies with *?

On another note, last night at the Seattle Opera at break they announced the BoSox win and everybody roared with applause!

[Scairp]

66. As if I needed it...

...but now have yet ANOTHER reason to hate the Stinky Sox. Boo to Schilling for living up to his name, for Shrub's sake.:grr:

[Cha]

4. That's okay..curt shilling is going

to find out that he's backin' the wrong horse..God doesn't want thay murdering idiot dragging our Country down anymore.

curt is stupid..I feel sorry for him and his delusions..he didn't win that series alone.

[Hawkeye-X]

5. Everyone knows that Schilling is a sell-out.

Rent-a-Athlete.

Watch him to declare retirement this year.

Hawkeye-X

[rinsd]

21. Even as a Yankee fan....

I respect and admire what he can and does do on the field.

Sellouts don't pitch on a bum ankle most of the year.

Sellouts don't continue to pitch when severely aggravating such an injury.

Sellouts don't pitch BLEEDING from such injuires(masterfully I might add)

And before that he was active on Sox fan message boards and did everything he could to engratiate himself to the Sox nation.

Schilling may be many things; a fundie, an idiot for supporting Bush etc. But he is not a sellout. I say that grudgingly as the sob beat my team.

[joeunderdog]

58. As a Sox fan and sports talk radio listenter, I really respect this guy.

He stands on his principle and doesn't do the bidding of others unless he believes in it. Curt negotiates his own contracts, he calls out players who are screwing up, and he's a man of his words.

Yeah, he's a bit off-base on some stuff, but he's not packaged for retail. I'm somehow guessing his reasons for being for Bush are not financial, but I don't know. I don't understand it, and I sure won't agree with it, but I bet he's doing what he thinks is right. It's better than alot of these people who are doing what they believe is wrong.

And what a gamer! SOX ROCK and so do their senators.

[SquireJons]

59. I agree, sort of...

As a Yankee fan, I have to admire what he does with a baseball, particularly against the Yankees. But two things:

1) He didn't feel the ankle or tendon when he pitched against the Yanks the second time. His foot could have fallen off and he wouldn't have known cause it was numb. That allowed him to do his thing, which is to beat the Yanks.

2) He aint all that great of a pitcher, really. Most of his career has been decidedly ordinary. But he sure can pick his spots. Beating the Yanks in the Series first with Arizona, then with Boston will be what he's remembered for, not all of his .500 seasons. His two rings, particularly the one with Boston are his only ticket to the Hall of Fame, and even that probably won't do it. Stats are everything and his aren’t all that great, except for maybe 3 or 4 season (out of 17). Unfortunately for the Yanks, those 3 great seasons have come in the last 4 years and at their expense.

This bush thing is just one more good reason to hate him. All that said, I'm glad Boston won the Series, they deserve it. And I hope Pedro comes on home to daddy next year.

[graywarrior]

6. Really sad he has to rely on a baseball player to pump his base

Fuckwads.

[triguy46]

7. No surprise here...

Another wealthy, if not freaking ridiculously overpaid, white
guy protecting his wallet. Self serving. Fundy? It is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Wealth is not to be mistaken for God's blessing.

[devilgrrl]

8. BFD

Who cares what some jock thinks

[LisaM]

9. So when the World Champion Sox visit President Kerry...

Will Schilling be there? LOL.

[BeyondGeography]

12. Wouldn't that be sweet?

Then again, Schilling will probably find a way not to attend, weasel that he is.

[cubsfan forever]

29. ROFL! n/t

Professor 2

[9119495]

10. It would be great to find out how he feels about

concepts like progressive taxation, welfare, school funding, etc. He probably supports all those--and that would make him look like an idiot for voting bush. And if he's against them all, it makes him look like an idiot for not understanding the concept of the common good--and then roll footage of huge SUV, fancy suit, etc.

But we should all remember that few of us get mad when our celebrities urge votes for Kerry. This guy has a right to look stupid and urge others to be stupid. He is exercising that right.

[MADem]

23. Hey - ARE YOU PAUL BEGALA??

He just said pretty much what you did on CROSSFIRE!

I agree with you, though. All this will do is piss of the DEMOCRAT SOX fans who can't get in to the rally to see SCHILLING, not weewee.

[lastliberalintexas]

39. I agree that he has every right to use

his celebrity to shill for Shrub. And I have every right as an American to ask why he hasn't enlisted yet? Healthy enough to play ball, healthy enough to enlist.

Unfortunately, I can't get the media time to ask him my question. :shrug:

[stinkeefresh]

11. sorry Schilling

You can shill all you want, but if you really wanted Bush to win you shouldn't have helped this become the Year of Boston Rising.

Heh heh. All the words in the world won't change the image of Boston celebrating a legendary victory.

Net plus: Kerry.

[fugop]

14. Hope you guys are right

New Hampshire is pretty close. I sure hope that the idiots who can be swayed by a ballplayer are already in Bush's camp. I gotta believe that's true. Sure seems that dubya should have the rich, fundie white-guy vote in his pocket by now.

[MADem]

24. KERRY will be in Manchester that weekend! n/t

[Rockholm]

13. FU KKKurt SHILLing.

I hope the Boston fans show their support of your buddy George with Kerry/Edwards banners down the parade route. You suck.

Oh, and KKKurt, the Red Sox owners (your bosses) support Kerry. I hope they purge your sorry ass.

KKKurt SHILLing paid what, 7 million for jis house and gets paids millions to toss a friggin' baseball.

Yes, I am a big fan who attendend 25 games this season. OH, BTW, my small business has lost 75% of bookings for Saturday's parade. You Republicans are just GREAT for small businesses.

edit: Spelling (I left schilling spelled wrong. just looked better)

[Tab]

15. It's more of a Bush ploy

To take the shine off of Boston and align HIM (Bush) with the winners.

[glitch]

17. and it's pathetic

Welcome to DU!

[cubsfan forever]

27. And can you even imagine the hyperbole

if the Astros had gotten into and won the WS? It would be: "I'm George Bush, and this is America." The pukes desperately wanted a TX vs MA Series, and this is what they are left with.

Welcome to DU! even if this is a repeat welcome!

Professor 2

[THUNDER HANDS]

16. great quote about Schilling

Someone once said he's a workhorse every fifth day, the other four he's a horses ass.

[Richardson08]

52. Phillies GM Ed Wade made that statement

[Jack The Tab]

18. Who gives a shit. We would celebrate if he went to Kerry...

so now he's a P.O.S. because he votes for Bush? Who cares. Let's not get all "freeperesque" on this guy just because he supports Bush.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. Imagine that..a union worker with an airtight labor contract voting Bush

oh the irony

[BeyondGeography]

20. A wealthy "Christian" who supports giving to the rich

The irony, indeed.

[Mike Daniels]

26. Agreed

Who cares what any celebrity thinks?

Anyone who votes for a candidate (Dem) or (Rep) based predominantly on what an actor/athlete/musician/artist says isn't showing much capacity for independent thought to begin with.

[ilovenicepeople]

69. I don't let baseball player's tell me who to vote for

Thats what nascar driver's are for.:puke: :beer:

[Gardeaux08]

71. HEY!

I'm a NASCAR fan and my driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., has said he supports Bush. I still root for Dale Jr. and I still hate Bush!

BTW, he has also said on TV that everyone should go see F911. It makes me wonder if he has said he supports Bush to stop the freepers from sending him death threats.

[hyphenate]

22. Traitor!! eom

[AspenRose]

25. I saw the Bush/Benson campaign bus in downtown Manchester

about an hour ago.

:puke:

[malachi]

28. Schilling big supporter of ALS-(Lou Gehrig's Disease) Charity.

He's too stupid to realize that the monkey he supports is AGAINST stem cell research that might cure this nasty disease. What a feckin' idgit.

[orwell]

30. He's Outathere

Dear Curt,

Thanks for helping the BoSox win the WS...

A Giants Fan

-----------------------

Schilling used to mouth off about how he didn't fear Barry. He'd pitch to him in a big situation while Bob Brenly paced nervously in the dugout.

Barry would launch one over the left field fence...

The Giants Win!

He has a big ego. That's one of the things that makes him a dominant pitcher. It's also probably why he supports President Arrogant.

Birds of a feather...

He swings, he misses, he's outathere...

[mindfulNJ]

31. I refuse to let Schilling ruin this for me.

eom

[wysi]

32. Curt...

You're a great pitcher, and thanks for helping my Sox win the WS. But your politics are shit.

[Norbert]

33. They have a gimpy baseball pitcher, WE HAVE THE BOSS!!!

I like this scenerio

[KansDem]

34. So now it's back to the "bush" leagues...?

He'll be "schilling" for King George, big time!

[drdtroit]

35. Hey, everyone has a right to be

WRONG!

[Career Prole]

36. I wonder if Schilling knows

that Sox owner John Henry is a Kerry fan? Ya think?

[Sven77]

37. what a bunch of idiots

i hope kerry can get more players to stump for him in NH.
congrats to the rest of the red sox team.

[colonel odis]

38. bush traded sammy sosa to the white sox, didn't he?

what a loser.

[jugami]

43. He was also the only owner to vote against the wild card.

I could be wrong on this but I'm pretty sure he was the only owner to cast his vote against the addition of the wild card teams to the playoffs. And considering the BoSox were the wild card this year just makes it sweeter.

[0007]

51. The Cubs!

[colonel odis]

54. sosa was traded from the rangers to the white sox in '89.

he went to the cubs a few days before the '92 season started.

[0007]

55. Sorry

[Sinnerman]

40. What A Joke....

No wonder he loves bush, Bush's Tax cut gave him an extra $360,000
a year based on his 12 Mill Salary

[Zorra]

41. How fitting. Two phony christian chickenhawk hypocrites together at a

nazi rally.

[Bluebear]

45. My sentiments exactly.

[jugami]

42. He's very religous

He gives all the credit to God. He was very adamant about that after the Yankee victory.

[progressivebydesign]

47. Yah.. with all the death, God is sitting around fixing BALLGAMES! Oy! n/t

[Algorem]

44. a curt schitting to him too

[absolutezero]

46. Now I feel better

I'm a yankees fan, and this give me all the more reason to detest curt schilling

[many a good man]

48. First Brady now Schilling

Remember: these are just entertainers, whoring themselves for your entertainment dollar.

Millionaire entertainers come and go, but the Red Sox are the heart and soul of baseball history. Reversing an 86 year old curse is about as close to the supernatural as any of us ever likely to be in our lifetimes. It is the announcement of the New Age coming...

[Rockholm]

67. Brady does not support Bush

[Kathy in Cambridge]

73. Brady was at a Kerry fundraiser in March

He was at the State of the Union because he was invited.

[demokatgurrl]

49. Schilling, I hardly knew ye. I hope the Sox trade you to

HOUSTON. And your boss Francona with you.

No love from Philly. :puke:

[SOS]

50. The Repubs

could throw in Britney Spears, Bo Derek, Angie Harmon, Ron Silver and Ted Nugent and call it the "Cheney-Bush Super Celebrity Bus Tour".

:boring:

[Thor_MN]

53. HE is one of the people that I can understand supporting *, he has $$$$$$$

If I meet someone supporting Bush, I tell them I'm honored to meet a millionare. When they tell me they aren't I ask if there is someone I can call to help them get home - anyone who supports * that isn't a millionare shouldn't be out wandering the streets on their own...

[NNN0LHI]

56. When are people going to figure out we are all shitheads to a millionaire?

Buy some more hundred dollar baseball tickets to pay some more million dollar salaries..............assholes.

Don

[Bo]

57. Throw the BUM out

[Lars39]

60. He is a big supporter of research for Lou Gehrig's disease.

This just makes me ill. I am not a baseball person. I only heard this guy's name for the first time the other day, but let me tell you right now that he is the biggest jackass I've heard of in quite a while. I don't give a damn what he does to make a living, but to idolize someone this fucked up is sick. There's too much at stake in this election to overlook Schilling's politics. This kind of shit has consequences with people's lives.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

62. Thank You Lars 39! I never liked sports and took it that MOST...

sports players are politically to the Right because they make so much money. I feel very strongly that pro-athletes are just a bunch of steroid-filled monkeys!!!

Sports suck!!!

And yes, "There's too much at stake in this election to overlook Schilling's politics. This kind of shit has consequences with people's lives."

[Lars39]

65. I'm just cynical enough to believe that the sports craze

has been part of the effort to dumb us all down, and in some people, replace knowledge with ego. It's gotten too much like Roman circuses.

[DemocracyInaction]

63. Two things

A) predicted this morning that it would take Rove a nano second to sign this asswipe up on the campaign trail (and this from a Red Sox fan).

B) I know my NH neighbors. Yes, this is enough to make some of the weak in the brain who support Bush, got cold feet and switched to Kerry, to come home to da' Bush. In places like MA and Maine they would say "whatever Curt"; but NH is a bit different and could be swayed.

[misterphelps]

64. Ahhh, Fug him

He's gonna look like like a moron on Wednesday. Should've kept his mouth shut and enjoyed the glow.

[VegasWolf]

68. Hell, lets just get Tom brady to support Kerry. Football is America's

real sport!

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[artv28]

70. Hunter

Curt Schilling was born in Alaska and happens to be a huge hunter. Not sure if he's a sellout or was just born and raised a red state kind of guy. Maybe a little of both.

[Sputnik]

74. I think he grew up

a "military brat" too if I'm not mistaken.

[LiberteToujours]

72. That sucks

[maddezmom]

75. update: should read won't appear with * in NH

Bush also was getting the endorsement of freshly minted World Series (news - web sites) champion pitcher Curt Schilling. The Boston Red Sox player had planned to appear Friday with Bush, but his doctors advised him not to travel because of his injured ankle, Bush aides said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=696&e=5&u=/ap/20041029/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp


Wonder if the good DR is a Kerry supporter?? :)