A Pattern of Lies.
August 3rd, 2005 by JoshBecause the media just loves a bleeder, this year’s sports coverage, when not obsessing over T.O., has focused on steroids in baseball. Congress, taking quite seriously its mantle of the world’s most deliberative body, decided that their time would be best spent investigating these media rumors. Nevermind that whole illegal war thing.
Rafael Palmeiro, the Baltimore Orioles’ first baseman and owner of a 3000 hit career, testified in front of this Congressional committee and angrily shook his finger at the chairman, saying he never took steroids in his career. At the time, most everyone was impressed and convinced by his forceful testimony. Well…Turns out that’s not true as he was suspended 10 games on Monday for violating MLB’s steroid policy.
But wait, it gets richer. Because you see, Raffy and our dear leader, George W. are actually old drinkin’ buddies from their time together with the Texas Rangers. Palmeiro played for the Rangers while Bush owned the team. Despite Palmeiro’s positive test and ensuing suspension by an organization that W. was once a part of, Bush said “He’s testified in public, and I believe him.”
As The Daily Show’s Rob Cordry paraphrased last night, the president just seems to be saying, “LALALALALALALA,” while he covers his ears and holds his breath. The pattern of lies continues.
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Oh yeah, and the President of the United States, the leader of the free world, and the man that this nation has at least once voted into office, also believes that the “theory” of intelligent design should be taught in schools. BAH!
August 3rd, 2005 at 12:32 pm
“The arbitrator did not find that I used a banned substance intentionally — in fact, he said he found my testimony to be compelling — but he ruled that I could not meet the heavy burden imposed on players who test positive under the new drug policy.”
Palmeiro could leave baseball and land a job right now in the Bush administration. Talk a whole bunch, and don’t really say anything.
August 4th, 2005 at 8:35 am
Josh, I was hoping you would take up the issue of intelligent design. For more about it see this article in the New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050530fa_fact
Bush has shown time and again that he’s anti-science (as well as anti-truth, with the whole Iraq war thing). This is just one more example, although perhaps the most insidious.