Schilling...what a smug bastard - Democratic Underground

Neecy

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:25 PM
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Schilling...what a smug bastard

It's bad enough that Kurt Schilling spent his opening statement praising Bush & Cheney (not once but twice), but did you hear him make a crack about the congressional Democrats? I didn't catch exactly what he said, but Palmeiro turned and yucked it up with him, while McGwire looked stone-faced (but then, he did throughout).

Why in the hell would the Democrats on the committee let him get away with that? Isn't there one Democrat to remind him that he's testifying before a congressional committee, and to conduct himself accordingly? But no, they sat there and just took it. No wonder they don't get any respect.

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AlCzervik

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:26 PM
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1. Wish i had a dollar for everytime MaGuire said...

"I didn't come here to talk about the past".....mmmmmkay

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Pirate Smile

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:28 PM
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2. What was the crack about congressional Dems?

I missed it.

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Neecy

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:30 PM
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3. I only heard part of it...

It was something sarcastic about Democrats in congress...you can tell that he'd practiced the line, since he looked really pleased with himself - smirkin' and grinnin'. When the transcripts are out I'll look it up, unless someone here caught the full quote. I just know it was said in a really smart-ass way.

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rodeodance

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:33 PM
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6. what do bush/cheney have to do with these doping hearings?

why were they being praised?

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Neecy

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:35 PM
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8. good question

He brought up the big ol' thrill of meeting with Bush & Cheney with his teammates last week, and then going to Walter Reed...he said something like, "and no disrespect to our President or Vice President, but for many of us, going there was the highlight of our trip..." blah blah blah flag-waving war-whoopin' etc.

He just had to get that in. He's very proud of being a repig.

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Johonny

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:36 PM
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9. Bush

was one of the owners that concluded to ignore the problem. If Bush and Cheney ran baseball Schilling could still be using his steroids. OhI mean he's clean. Wink wink.

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Blue_In_AK

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:45 PM
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10. What does CONGRESS have to do with doping....

...for that matter? Can't the baseball people take care of this on their own? Doesn't Congress have better things to worry about?

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indianablue

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:31 PM
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4. Who wanted the hearing? Dems or Rethugs?

I mean the rethugs have complete control shouldn't he be making cracks at them ?

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chelsea0011

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Thu Mar-17-05 06:34 PM
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7. There was only one reason Schilling was there

he is a repug asswipe for Bush and speaks his mind. The repubs knew they had a schill there for them.

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