George Bush--Once a Wuss Punk, Always a Wuss Punk

[BlueNomad]

George Bush the Jock?
Fox News is known for promoting books by its own employees and it did so today (Sept. 28), when Fox and Friends gave a big push to one on sports called The Games Do Count. Even in sports, Bush's Friends had to twist the truth to favor George Bush.

One of the things that's most surprising about this book is that it was written by Brian Kilmeade, the former sports journalist posing as a co-host of Fox and Friends. Wonder how many crayons and Big Chief tablets he went through?

Apparently, Kilmeade interviewed major figures about the importance of sports in their lives, including George Bush and Senator John Kerry. Kilmeade mentioned that Kerry was "huge in sports" and that in Bush's case, sports had a "major impact on him. He says that his enthusiasm outdid his talents, but he was a heck of a rugby player, baseball player." Kilmeade did not mention Bush's years as a cheerleader. He also wasn't specific about what point in Bush's life he was talking about, but the Kitty Kelley book, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, discusses his athletic career at Andover and Yale with interviews from other members of his class. (Some of you may have issues with the section of the book dealing with George's drug use, but Kelley has multiple sources for the discussion of George's athletic career.)

Bush classmate Conway Downing told Kelley that at Andover, he and Bush spent a lot of time warming the bench in junior varsity basketball. "He could only dribble with his right hand, so he was useless on the court and I wasn't much better. The only time he ever started in a game was when a regular got sick and the coach put George in. He only lasted about a minute and a half before he lost his temper and smashed the ball in a guy's face. The coach yanked him, and that was the end of ole George's basketball career." Bring'em on....

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