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Bush: Steroids 'Sullied the Game'
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ABC News' Ann Compton and Liz Marlantes Reports: In a brief Rose Garden appearance, President George W. Bush said Friday that steroid abuse has "sullied the game" of baseball.
Bush, who was co-owner of the Texas Rangers prior to entering political life, added, "I think it's best that all of us not jump to any conclusions on individual players named," before he concluded, "My hope is that this report is part of putting the steroid era of baseball behind us."
The President said he understands "the impact that professional athletes can have on our nation's youth" and reiterated, "When they violate their bodies, they are sending a terrible signal to our nation's youth."
You can go in-depth on the steroids in baseball scandal by clicking here. Was the report worth it? And watch a video on baseball's bad boys.
Earlier this week, in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz, President Bush candidly discussed his past struggle with alcohol.
"I doubt I'd be standing here if I hadn't quit drinking whiskey, and beer and wine and all that," the president disclosed Tuesday to Raddatz during an exclusive tour of the White House residence.
The president told ABC News he quit drinking over 20 years ago -- cold turkey.
"I had too much to drink one night, and the next day I didn't have any," Bush said. "The next day I decided to quit and I haven't had a drink since 1986."
Read the full story on ABCNews.com by clicking here.
December 14, 2007 in Romney, Mitt, Vote 2008: Democrats | Permalink | User Comments (37)
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Makes me want to START taking steroids...
Posted by: RW | Dec 14, 2007 11:27:22 AM
President Bush needs to focus on gettign us OUT OF IRAQ AND REDUCING GAS PRICES and stop worrying about steriod use in major league sports. I think the players should file a lawsuit for defamation of character.
R
Posted by: Rosemary Augustine | Dec 14, 2007 11:35:50 AM
Interesting comment from a man who has "sullied" the integrity of the White House and this great nation.
Posted by: clarkalex | Dec 14, 2007 11:47:19 AM
And Bush should know all about cheating and lying. He's an expert.
Posted by: BigT | Dec 14, 2007 12:31:01 PM
Who is he to criticize ANYONE?
Posted by: zuzu | Dec 14, 2007 12:31:10 PM
This man's priorities are so messed up, its beyond belief! Never mind baseball! What about healthcare, the War, the economy! I couldn't care less what Roger Clemens was shooting in his derrière!
Posted by: April Campbell | Dec 14, 2007 12:31:24 PM
Bush sullied the Presidency.
Posted by: Eric | Dec 14, 2007 12:34:05 PM
And you Mr. Bush have sullied this country !!!You are an embarrassment to the world,along with your gang of political thugs,criminals and incompetents.
Posted by: Sharon White | Dec 14, 2007 12:45:39 PM
Baseball players may have had more love for money than had respect for the pure love of the National Past time but they didn't crap all over the Constitution, start a pre-emptive war, lied in every speech they ever gave, alientated an entire world, sold out all that was important and precious to a people for the love of money as Bush Cheney Bush Sr Rumsfled, Delay, Rice and the rest of the NEOCONS have done!
Posted by: GM | Dec 14, 2007 1:00:02 PM
The Bush presidency has "SULLIED" this country.
Posted by: dano | Dec 14, 2007 1:20:58 PM
The photo in this story shows the AXIS OF EVIL...BUSH-CHENEY-RICE.
Posted by: Joe MUrphy | Dec 14, 2007 1:24:39 PM
Sort of the pot calling the kettle black...
Posted by: Carl | Dec 14, 2007 1:26:10 PM
"Sullied"??? Isn't this the quintessential example of the pot calling the kettle black?
Posted by: JLS1950 | Dec 14, 2007 1:54:53 PM
Steroids didn't sully anything. Drugs do not forcibly inject themselves into people's lives. The players and trainers are the ones who voluntarily chose to use steroids, and a great many managers and team doctors voluntarily chose to look the other way. Baseball isn't a sport anymore, no more so than professional football or basketball. Baseball is nothing more than entertainment in which the actors are rewarded greatly for "good performances". And the powers that be don't care if "good performances" can only be achieved with drugs. As long as the money keeps rolling in, anything goes in the world of professional "sports".
True sports is dead in America, at least at the professional level and at the collegiate level, too, since college and university teams are nothing more than minor league training camps. It's all about the ONLY THING America values: money.
Posted by: windrider | Dec 14, 2007 2:11:48 PM
Bush is right and who better to make this statement than the president who restored honesty and integrity to the White House. I would urge all of our young children to walk in the footsteps of George so they can be as moral as he is so this can be a better world.
Posted by: Jujubee Jones | Dec 14, 2007 2:16:44 PM
Of all people to make moral statements,Bush is laughable. He's a horrible role model and needs to be in prison for all the misdeeds him and Cheney have commited.
Posted by: AJ | Dec 14, 2007 2:27:42 PM
All Hail King George so truthful and Righteous...go have another whiskey and line of coke you fricken moron.....You have sullied the United States of America...It's way past time to send Texas back their village idiot.
Posted by: andrea | Dec 14, 2007 2:27:50 PM
The President is Concered? Wow, it thinks!
Posted by: BronxBoy7117 | Dec 14, 2007 2:32:05 PM
If Bush is so bothered by steroids in baseball he should just look in the mirror. His Texas Rangers teams of the 90's were made up exclusively of roid users.
Posted by: Mike.D30 | Dec 14, 2007 2:42:33 PM
Not a Bush defender here, but a number of years ago he brought the steroid issue up in his State of the Union speech and was roundly criticized for it. Yes. there are MANY better things for him to be doing but he has in fact shown a concern for this issue for a long time.
Posted by: RobbyLove | Dec 14, 2007 2:45:45 PM
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