Barack Obama Booed at All-Star Game
Oops, he has been president for only five months, and already he’s being booed by baseball fans. Now, the link leads to Gateway Pundit, which is an extremely partisan Republican blog, but even Yahoo! confirms the booing and adds that Obama threw terribly; like a girl, as we like to say in the Netherlands.
What’s up with that? Obama is supposed to be the most popular president in history, no? If that was the case, I am pretty sure that “the best fans in baseball” wouldn’t boo him, would they?
Perhaps we should compare the welcome Obama received (and the way he threw the ball) to the welcome Bush received back in 2001.
Conclusion: Bush was more popular back then. Among baseball fans at least.
Which leads me to conclude that baseball fans are probably quite conservative.
Below: two videos. One of Obama being booed (and throwing like a girl), and one of Bush being applauded and throwing a heck of a strike.
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to be fair, the bush one was _after_ 9/11, when his approval ratings were in the high 90s.
bush was also booed at later games. can’t argue with the throw, though.
“Obama is supposed to be the most popular president in history, no?”
His favorability has merely returned to “mortal levels”, as Nate Silver put it. He was very popular at his inauguration, unlike, say, Reagan or That Other One.
GWB used to play baseball, while Obambi was a buckets guy. And in the USA, that throw would also be like a girl’s, except Greta Van Susteren from FoxNEWS threw out a ball in NYC like a man. A strike and not a lob.
The link to the Obama pitch is missing. I have watched it a few times now on another right wing site and on YouTube and did not hear the boos. Perhaps one of you could direct me to where in the YouTube video the boos are supposed to occur.
Yeah I could hear the boos…….few if any and hardly worth noting in todays political climate.
While Obama’s numbers might be slipping It is CONGRESS that is the villians. They are the ones who can say yes or no to this outrageous spending for stuff we cannot afford.
Congress….NOT OBAMA is our adversary.
Sorry, doomed, you’re wrong. The president is just as much to blame for the economic destruction of America as the Congress and Senate. Remember Obama as a Senator voted for the first “stimulus” package, as did McCain. Remember Obama signed the huge 1 trillion deficit Porkulus package in February. You can’t NOT blame Obama. He’s a corrupt leftist.
Silly
Needless to say that there were far more cheers than jeers…WAY more! I would also argue that at least some of the boos were because of Obama’s Chicago White Sox jacket. That’s just the way sports goes. Most politicians usually go a little more neutral but I was proud to see him wear his hometown club’s logo. That shows he’s a real fan and not just playing to the crowd.
I was gonna be generous and assume he was booed for a lousy pitch that bounced before reaching the plate, but from the video I can tell that the booing began as soon as he was announced.
OK, watched the other angle that showed it clear and the ball neither reached the plate nor hit the ground. The catcher stepped way up and leaned forward to scoop it a foot or two in front of the plate, where it would have bounced if he hadn’t. Lousy dirtball lob.
Still being kind, Obama would have drawn even more boos in ST. LOUIS if he had worn a Cubs jacket. Just sayin’.
I would have booed him too. It was his cocky attitude as much as his “throw like a girl” skills. GW threw the ball like a man and shook hands with the ball team like a man. No silly hugging and schmoozing around. And no little fancy tap dance on the mound before he threw the ball. What was that about? Ugh
The boos were because of Obama’s Chicago White Sox jacket. The crowd had just got done watching a tribute to the great Cardinal players throughout history, and Obama walks out with a Chicago Jacket. If you google the pitch thrown by GW Bush, (former owner of the texas rangers and also a big baseball fan) you will see he was wearing a Cardinals jacket.
The booing was simple. He’s not as popular as he might think and that left coast/right coast wacko crap doesn’t fly in the Heartland of the USA. I was there and booed lustily and am proud of it. His administration cost me my job!
I too heard the boos start up as soon as he was announced. Not when he had begun walking to the mound, nor when he delivered the pitch, but when his name was mentioned. I sympathize with Mike Rhodes, and I hope you are gainfully re-employed or have something on the horizon. I also agree with Mike, in that when you take the left coast/right coast liberal nutjob media out of the mix and actually LISTEN to the people who make up America, you will find out he is nowhere NEAR as popular as he thinks he is.
One of the reasons the world mourns Michael Jackson’s death is that he actually accomplished some positive things during his career, whether you like him or not.
Other than ACORN, MoveOn, and other “community organizing” groups funded by billionaire hedge fund mogul George Soros (who is making billions betting AGAINST the U.S. Economy, and who by the way donated at the bare minimum over $250,000 for Obama’s Inauguration celebration), the rest of the voters who voted for Obama are now beginning to see exactly what they voted for.
The only thing Obama has accomplished during his political career is run campaigns with the help of Soros and others who want to bring their Socialist/Communist agenda to America.
The boos in St. Louis were aimed squarely at Obama’s policies, and were well-deserved.
Sorry, doomed, you’re wrong. The president is just as much to blame for the economic destruction of America as the Congress and Senate. Remember Obama as a Senator voted for the first “stimulus” package, as did McCain. Remember Obama signed the huge 1 trillion deficit Porkulus package in February. You can’t NOT blame Obama. He’s a corrupt leftist.
Sorry Jill
I refuse to get caught up in the Obama Derrangement Syndrome that destroyed the Bush presidency. I for one would actually like to see a president do well. If hes doing well then the rest of us generally are too.
I cannot contradict your facts but the facts remain that its our congress that has run amuck. They are the ones holding Obama to back room campaign promises no matter what the economic cost to the country.
No matter the price, the cost or the impact….its payday time for our Democratic congress. Pay up Obama is their motto. It is congress that is our enemy. Not Obama…..and I am a conservative who did not vote for Obama.
Check out this video. Full pitch and loud boos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAFCKmJcubU
@nevrdull I’m a huge baseball fan and I don’t EVER remember Bush being booed at any baseball game. Sounds like your partisanship has altered your memory.
Silly and pointless, but here it is.
http://ballhype.com/video/bush_booed_at_2008_nationals_home_opener/
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/8d05de4665/bush-booed-at-baseball-game-from-that-happened
Bush was booed. Obama was booed. Who really cares? The President isn’t supposed to be known for throwing a pitch you morons. If he were on a basketball court, he’d be able to shoot. We know this because he plays basketball. Bush would have looked like a fool. But again, ti doesn’t really matter.
As for the guy who blames Obama for his job loss, perhaps you don’t deserve to be working, with such short term memory loss. Remember the collapse in the economy happened in September 2008, and started in December 2007. GWB was the President then, not Obama. He’s just trying to clean up the mess.
I’m an independent. I certaqinly am not 100% happy with what the President is doing. But I also believe that it takes more than 6 months to accomplish everything the last administration screwed up. I think a little bit of historical perspective would do some good.
Im seeing wierd stuff on UTUBE….I just saw a video that shows the people cheering wildly and chanting USA…The wording on Bush’s pitch as saying
JUST DAYS AFTER 911
The allstar game is in July
911 was in september.
It had to have been either 14 months later or 2 months prior to 911. The dates dont work out.