And Rickey Henderson (http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-wonder-of-rickey/) and Jim Rice(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rice) are official, fully vested, 100% prime Hall of Famers. It's a shame that Bert Blyleven couldn't make it, as a strong argument can be made for him, too. But as I did, I don't care that much about it. I'm happy that they are in.
More importantly, in Molly Ivins' felicitous phrase, the only president that we've got apparently had himself a little tantrum during his final press conference.
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/01/12/ST2009011202472.html)
Among others, the quote that kills me is this one:
"Do you remember what it was like right after September the 11th around here?" Bush asked, his voice rising. "People were saying, 'How come they didn't see it, how come they didn't connect the dots?' Do you remember what the environment was like in Washington? I do. When people were hauled up in front of Congress and members of Congress were asking questions about, how come you didn't know this, that, or the other? And then we start putting policy in place -- legal policy in place to connect the dots, and all of a sudden people were saying, 'How come you're connecting the dots?'"
No, Mr. President. Nobody objects to your connecting the dots. No sane person is going to say that they don't want you to try to protect them.
What people object to is your breaking the law, and then lying about it. Breaking known, settled, nearly one thousand year old protections in Western law, and shattering them, and then lying about it. Demonizing those who dare question your behavior, and then lying about it. Your subhuman, sneering contempt for people who don't look like you, or people who didn't grow up the son of a President.
THAT's what we object to.
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