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Posted by: Mike's America @ 10:40 am in Politics

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President Bush Inaugurates New Washington, DC Ballpark!

WASHINGTON - MARCH 30: US President George W. Bush walks on the field to throw out the first pitch during the Washington Nationals opening home game against the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park March 30, 2008 in Washington, DC. President Bush attended the home opener which was the Nationals first game in their new stadium. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

President George W. Bush throws the ceremonial first pitch before a sold out crowd at the Washington Nationals season opener, as they host the Atlanta Braves Sunday, March 30, 2008, at their new home field at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

Residents of Washington who were familiar with what this part of town used to look like (photos here) can only be pleased at the change.

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Larry Sheldon

Strikes me as interesting how in this frightened and frightening world the President can stand out on the pitchers mound like that.

I am sure reasonable precautions were taken, but still. That has got to be some iron nerve.

March 31st, 2008 at 12:43 pm

Richard Romano

And the way President Bush can handle flack — he was booed, but smiled and did his thing…the guy is just great.

March 31st, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Mike's America

He’s a class act all the way around!

March 31st, 2008 at 5:48 pm

Philadelphia Steve

I was impressed by the fact that George W. Bush keeps himself in terrific shape. Too many people allow themselves the excuse of age to neglect one of their most important assets: Their body. President Bush’s dedication to preservig the body he was given is to be commended.

March 31st, 2008 at 7:06 pm

yonason

That ain’t nuthin, Jimmah Carter can “play ball,” too, if you know what I mean. (Too bad it’s for the wrong “team.”)

April 1st, 2008 at 12:17 am

Mike's America

April 1st, 2008 at 5:46 am

Philadelphia Steve

Re: “That ain’t nuthin, Jimmah Carter can “play ball,” too, if you know what I mean. (Too bad it’s for the wrong “team.”)”

Somehow we all knew that what had been a very positive stream of comments, including my own, would quickly turn into another Conservative river of hate.

April 1st, 2008 at 9:23 am

yonason

Great, Mike! That’s so much better than a link people might not bother to click on.

April 1st, 2008 at 12:31 pm

yonason

…and the caption reads — “No. No. Don’t boo the gringo just because he throws like a girl. Remember, he’s on our side in the war on democracy.”

April 1st, 2008 at 12:33 pm

Mike's America

yonason: The image was a bit too large for the window, so I resized it and put it in my photobucket:

All you have to do to insert images into these comments is use the HTML code img src=”" surrounded by the <> tags.

April 1st, 2008 at 1:36 pm

yonason

“The image was a bit too large for the window, so I resized it and put it in my photobucket:”

Nice.

And, thanks for the tip, it will come in very handy, heh heh heh.

April 1st, 2008 at 1:51 pm

DollyCali

First Post!

Great article. esp appreciate the link with the before photos.

I love the eye appeal of this forum.. classy And the dudes look like a fav of mine.. Sam Elliot

and here is another favorite of mine - the subject of this thread

April 2nd, 2008 at 5:15 am

Robert in BA

Be careful.
Showing Bush at a ballgame may remind people that he’s against taxes. Except when he lobbied to get them to pay for a ballpark for the team he owned to play in.

God is Bush ever resolute?
God’s reply: No, as a matter of fact, Bush isn’t resolute. That’s just a narrative the mainstream media likes to push on the rubes.

April 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 pm

CentFla

Robert you forgot to mention about the land he sued to take from private land owners so he could build that stadium that those individuals then paid for with their taxes.

April 7th, 2008 at 5:58 am