Life Imitates Presidential Interviews

Sorry if someone else has already pointed this out, but I just realized something kind of interesting. In 2008, then President Bush was asked about baseball in an interview with Politico. After all, he was the former co-owner of the Texas Rangers. Check out this excerpt:

Q: Mr. President, I know you're going to hate this, but I'm hoping that we may twist your arm and talk about baseball for just a moment. (Laughter.) Mr. President, you're a Major League Baseball team owner again. Everyone is a free agent. You have a Yankees-like wallet. Who is your first position player? Who's your pitcher?

THE PRESIDENT: That's a great question. I like Ottley [sic] from the Philadelphia Phillies. He's a middle infielder, which is always -- you know, they say you have strength up the middle -- there's nothing better than having a good person up the middle that can hit. And Roy Halladay from the Toronto Blue Jays is a great pitcher. He's a steady guy, he burns up innings.

Except for the fact that the idiots at Politico spelled Chase Utley's name wrong (the horror!), it strikes me that we now have both these players. Strange no?

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And to think, I always thought he was an idiot.

by SmilingJPhilsPhan on Feb 25, 2010 6:13 AM EST reply actions

Rumor has it...

…his dream was always to be the Commissioner of Baseball. He wanted that even more than the Presidency.

by ajay on Feb 25, 2010 8:17 AM EST up reply actions

People have written that he probably would have actually been a very good commissioner if he’d been chosen instead of Selig (and he was, in fact, discussed as a possibility back then). He clearly loves the game, and while he may not be very bright by presidential standards, the commissioner’s office doesn’t require the same rigor.

It’s amazing when you think how different the world might have been today if we’d had a Commissioner Bush.

by taco pal on Feb 25, 2010 11:22 AM EST up reply actions

I actually think Bush would have been a terrific Commissioner. His family bonafides would have given him credibility and legitimacy, and he does possess leadership skills, which I think even his detractors (like me) acknowledge..

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Feb 25, 2010 12:06 PM EST up reply actions

he does possess leadership skills, which I think even his detractors ~~(like me)~~ acknowledge..

not me unless your talking about lemings

Actually I don’t think anyone who has owned a team should be the Commish.

by j reed on Feb 25, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah

“It’s amazing when you think how different the world might have been today if we’d had a Commissioner Bush.”

Did you ever see that SNL skit from like 2006 in which Al Gore gives a Presidential Address from an alternate universe? He refers to the problem of steroids and how he plans to discuss it with “Commissioner of Baseball George W. Bush”. Weird to think how that might have actually happened. Same thing with Condoleeza Rice – she has always wanted to be NFL Commissioner.

If only we could go back!

by ajay on Feb 25, 2010 12:23 PM EST up reply actions