George W Bush--First Pitch--When We Were Free

[wayne17700]

considering the fact that this man created the false flag incident that dragged the americans into war just for the few to get filthy rich from the oil they are stealing

[wayne17700]

this president needed the baseball bat

[DemontauruSes]

Say what you want - he nails that pitch

[strikehair55]

such a stud regardless of anything people have to say

[breener24]

ok he can throw a baseball and obama cannot. obama can play basketball and bush cannot. bush ran this country's economy into the ground, began 2 wars under false pretenses, and gave tax cuts to the wealthiest americans. Obama is now fixing that.

[centerrightpunk]

LOL

[RisingSon011]

I dare not even read the comments here but I'll just say I enjoyed the video and I remember those times very well.

[tvu86]

Man! What an emotional toss! After all the things that happened to us on 9/11 - how symbolic!

[nickcael]

Worst president??? Yeah I thought Thst too until Obama came to office. Now I'm reminded, when bush was still in office, People would say " oh it can't get any worst the bush" yeah...then comes Obama, and now countries like Iran want to test us, because they know that obama has no spine.

[goduke282]

Bush wasn't perfect, but I respected him as a man. Can't say the same about Obama.

[jcwhite]

Not many people could make a pitch like that under those circumstances.

Of course, not many people would ignore a memo titled 'bin laden determined to strike within America' using planes a month before 9/11 to allow those circumstances.

Worst president of my life.

[futurecop3100]

@jcwhite Fuck off

[jeepxj14]

@jcwhite I hope someday your eyes are opened from whatever blinds you.

[Contractnik]

@jcwhite That intel was non-actionable. There was nothing he could have done, short of shutting down all air traffic in American skies permanently, that would have prevented that attack. He did not ignore the intelligence -- but it was non-specific. If you don't have the when and the where and the how, you're flying blind. Terrorists want to hijack planes? No shit. They had been doing that for 30 years by then.

[jcwhite]

@Contractnik Whatever. Apparently Republicans prefer a President who can throw a baseball. Democrats prefer a President who kills bin Laden. And can play basketball.

[tvu86]

@jcwhite Yeah we also like a President who isn't a coward. He'll stick to his guns and not be some catering little step child to the world. Killing Bin Laden. Don't make me laugh, why's it always the Democrats think they did something big but are just picking up the work Republicans started ages ago. Obama needed the intel provided by the Bush administration.

[jcwhite]

@tvu86 watch?v=4PGmnz5Ow-o - Bush not worried about bin Laden

watch?v=mYefHfokP44 McCain stating he's too big of a coward to go into Pakistan to get bin Laden. Obama said he'd do it. He did it.

Why can't you give the man credit for ANYTHING?!

[seanmonkelien]

@tvu86 idiot

[jk1802]

David Fisher's comments at 1:30 have been my thoughts since that day. Maybe my most lasting memory of the entire 9/11 nightmare was the President standing so exposed on that mound and throwing a strike: What a fantastic message to our enemies

[Mikeyski4]

Great American moment.

[Agent1W]

I'm not a big baseball fan, but it would be a helluva thing to throw the first pitch as the POTUS.

[GamingRants]

Now theres a real president

[ciccone39]

@GamingRants Ha. Don't flatter yourself my friend. Bush was just a corporate yes-man just like those that preceded him since LBJ and just like the one that followed him.

[breener24]

@GamingRants a real president who started 2 wars and brought this country into a recession

[magnus2610]

Some misogynist cave dwellers thought they would attack the greatest Country there has ever been and turn our economy into Poppies and Porn like their leader enjoyed? Sorry no dice. Here's the new boss.... same as the old boss.

[monojazzbass]

smells like redneck here....

[akitaman101]

@monojazzbass then why dont you go to the littlepussyfaggotbitch room where pansyasspunks like you can simper and whine and smell each others assholes and chant "hope and change" at each other until you all feewel betters

[CbradyNJ]

Sadly this was the best part of his presidency

[TebowNextMarino]

@CbradyNJ well you really dont know much about politics then

[tvu86]

@tjbirm94 Goshdarn right about that one. The "dubya" stood by his convictions and I admire a man for that.

[tvu86]

at least bush hit past the plate - go president Bush

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

You know, if this dude were anything but president for 8 years, I think he might actually be a really likable guy.

[alanrdowney]

I wonder how many major league pitchers would have thrown a strike under THAT kind of pressure? Maybe half...

[jfassio]

Obama the better athlete?! Have you seen the man throw a baseball?! Athletes don't throw like that! Bush throws like an athlete is supposed to throw! This political crap is irrelevant anyway! All you people are missing the point of this video. Whether you liked the man or not, on that day he was just an American, same as the rest of us, and a proud one at that.

[Jimsake]

Too bad Obama is the better athlete.

[mandy26lez]

@Jimsake obama pitches like an anemic little girl!

[btsforever]

That brings chills. Say what you want, GW loves this country.

Obama travels the world apologizing for our great country. What an embarrassment.

[breener24]

@btsforever he loves the country? gw spent 1/3 of his administration on vacation. he also destroyed the ecomomy, while obama has improved it.

[EddieD08857]

What are you guys smoking?? That was NOT a curveball.....when you throw a 60 mph fastball from all the way out on the mound (not 2/3 the way up like in BP) it runs out of steam and and dips towards the end. Trust me I threw fastballs from a mound before and you have to have some serious zip on it for it to stay straight.

[EddieD08857]

Its funny how most Bush supporters dont even care how dumb he really was, only that he made for a good figurehead for an american president: a white red blooded mid-western man from a political family. Thats about it.

[hennylo68]

Now that is a pitch, how a real man is supposed to pitch.

[0ChocolatCakeMix0]

I'm a Boston fan, but I gotta say that was awesome.

[Joscelyne15]

PLease ...dont be blind

[CaddyWilliamsTheFlex]

Goosebumps.

[Oxford2014]

He had some nasty curve on that pitch.

[mattyslicks]

can anyone tell me what this scene is from

[mattyslicks]

What is This scene From??

[alexwilsonNC]

@mattyslicks 9 innings from Ground Zero. Twas an HBO special.

[vRandyAndy]

So if 9/11 never happened I bet he would have been a great president.

[nnix]

Nothing more American than baseball, apple pie, and some imbecile.

[9ner]

Should have been a baseball player, not a president.

[glessnerdawg12]

I dont like GWB, HOWEVER, this was an unbelievable moment. Awesome how united america was after 911

[aviator147]

I love the Yankees... George Bush and America!

[MrPresunto27]

if you can make cheer NY fans USA USA ! like in Texas then you know 9/11 inside job was a success...

[lowgeemudbone]

every time i see GW i think of will ferrell

[lethe56]

@lowgeemudbone that's ok. If you also get a boner, then that's disturbing.

[RMRproductions]

One of the best moments in Baseball history!!!

[jmh30us]

This is the most he did in 8 years..This guy was a loser

[steve900jsj]

Bush, quite likely the most clueless President we have ever had. I truly believe he had no idea what to do half the time.

[ripwtc91101]

@steve900jsj im no bush fan but as far as incompetence nobody can hold a candle to carter

[davekuhn85]

If Iraq and Afghanistan hadn't been the failures that they were, this would have been one of the greatest presidents in our nation's history. Unfortunately for us all, it was not the case. Despite that, this man gave our country strong leadership when we needed it most.

[CARDUELIS999]

@davekuhn85 Afghanistan seems to be a failure. (Americans died to allow sharia to prevail?) Iraq was not a failure. Hussien is gone, and the current government is far less digusting than the previous. Was Iraq worth the loss in lives and treasure? Yup.

[lethe56]

@CARDUELIS999 Hmmm. Look at what's happening now in Lybia. the UN is because Gaddafi's gone loopy (he was always that way, mind you, he's been the leader of the nation for years and STILL only made himself Colonel...) and everyone there is cheering for the USA and France for helping to liberate them.

Iraq was a different story, if the US had waited for the Iraqi people to actually say something about it, as they did in Tunisia and Egypt and now Lybia, Americans would have been heroes.

[CARDUELIS999]

@lethe56 And everything is working out fine in Egypt. Let's hold hands and wish ourselves silly that Egypt is becoming a Jeffersonian Democracy.

[lethe56]

@CARDUELIS999 Whoever said anything about Egypt being fine? I'm saying america's help is welcome in those parts now, because the people has decided to overthrow the dictators. Irak was the other way around. A sovereign people welcomes the help of another country, a forced help is not welcome, and ends inevitably in a sinking conflict.

[MrBullfrog9876]

@CARDUELIS999 Nope.

[x2nrx]

viva Bush forever bitches

[wannabestudd]

I am a libertarian and dont like 90% of his decisions, but this was an unbelievable moment for america. I do miss unity our country felt the following year after 911. President Bush showed great leadership and this moment is easily my favorite GWB moment. You can call that cheesey or stupid, and I dont like GWB but he seems like he would be an awesome guy to go to a bar and have a beer with

[speedymarvin]

perfect pitch with a bullet proof vest on. GO MR. BUSH!!!

[bjworters]

u cant but hope his brother is like him

[darkdaysification]

Thats one mean Texan he was the perfect man to have in office during that time.

America hears you the world hears you and soon those who knocked down these buildings will hear from us all.

[mynameisgyw]

How much it meant for the nation to have our president come out of the dug out fearless, and ready to roll after 9/11.

That was awesome

[DTRAVELZ]

This is the only thing that joke of a president ever did that he didn't fail at. That was a great pitch !

[CROOKbros13]

@DTRAVELZ stfu what has obama done better than him, lead us into another great depression?

[DTRAVELZ]

@CROOKbros13 You are joking me right? Seriously? Let me guess , You MUST be from Texas, to be on GW's nutsack so hard. Take a look at the Wall Street charts for 2010 , then come back to me. Obama has taken a nose diving plane destined directly to the ground , stabalized it, prevented it from crashing , and is slowly taking us back higher. If McCain wouldve won , we would be in 1929 right now with American fams living in the streets. Obama is not perfect but he prevented our demise.

[mrsbilliejoemargera]

@CROOKbros13 " lead us into another great depression?" Wow.....really? If I'm not mistaken, President Obama inherited the debt former Pres. G.W. Bush left us with

[bill33john]

@mrsbilliejoemargera lol - obama tripled the debt and doubled unemployment!

[oC00nz]

@mrsbilliejoemargera congress controls the power of the purse. i seem to remember the democrats taking control of congress in 2006 and remaining in control until 2010 (they still have the senate of course). i also recall that the economy crashed in 2007, so yes, you are mistaken.

[CROOKbros13]

@mrsbilliejoemargera thats what every liberal says, if he were a great president his political party wouldnt have to make excuses like that for him.

[CROOKbros13]

WHAT HAS HE DONE?!!! please tell me, because I really want to know, and I am from Texas, you MUST be from the Northeast... and kiss all this liberal shit goodbye because republicans will be in office for a long time now that everyone realizes how bad Obama is.

[TheCappy3519]

@TheDirtball69- If u wanna leave then its very very simple, GTFO!!!!

[harmfisher35]

back at ya!!!! what happened in November was no accident!

[harmfisher35]

bachk at ya!!!!!

[h8thesox620]

how can you people seriously say Bush was a good president??? Accompanying his incredibly low end of office approval rate, his trillions of dollars of debt are still haunting the US today. You all need to get real

[lilcez3]

@h8thesox620 THANK YOU!!! this faggot Bush, just destroyed our country, and left a mission impossible for Obama.. smh

[harmfisher35]

HEe always did what he truly felt was right to protect us and our great nation. I am glad he was in office during this terrible time and tragic time in american history. He never did what was popular and never let the media intimidate him and change his approach or decisions. He kept us safe and always had our backs even when no one else had his.

[lilcez3]

@harmfisher35 shm.. another air head.......

[allergymonk]

@harmfisher35 Amen!

[arkoe310]

well at least we finally found something he did right

[magdamagda999]

Now THAT's a man, not this boy-child that is sitting in the Oval Office right now. Sure do miss President Bush.

[TheDirtball69]

@magdamagda999 and all you idiots just ignore that fact that Bush Sr was having breakfast with Bin Laden Sr. on 9/11? How stupid some Americans are boogle my mind and make me want to leave this country.

[TheApostle344]

WELLL DONE MR PRESIDENT!!

[Avarice176]

Gives me chills every time.  Even if u dont agree with his policies or some of his actions as president, you can't deny that he showed some of the greatest leadership ever after 9/11

[DesolationoftheDolls]

@Avarice176 well said!

[uber418]

@Avarice176 amen.

[MrBullfrog9876]

@Avarice176 He did not protect us on 9-11! He did not pay attention to memoes saying that BinLaden was to attack in the USA, He stated that "no one in his administration had ever thought about planes being used as weapons" When the pentagon was doing a drill on the very morning simulating planes flying into the pentagon! He sat in that school for a long time then claimed later that he was the one to give the shoot down order, I guess he did not want to disturb the children.

[Avarice176]

@MrBullfrog9876 Well, even though I specifically said leadership, I guess I'll talk about this anyway. First of all, congrats on repeating the same lines we've been hearing for 11 years. Now then, the Aug. 6 PDB that ur referring to makes no warning of the 9/11 attacks and was "largely on background information about past terrorist attacks conducted by al-Qaida and general threats from the late 1990s." And what would you propose he do about the suspicion of planes as weapons?

[Avarice176]

Shut down the airports? Spare me this rubbish. Everything you've stated here are examples of the benefit of hindsight as you sit at your armchair 10 years later. At the time, there was no way anyone could have stopped 9/11 based on general theories and non specific threats. I dont get why fools try to slam Bush over this of all things, when there's so much more legitimate things to slam him for.

[mandy26lez]

@MrBullfrog9876 kinda hard to protect us on 9/11 when clinton let the taliban and al queda have free rein to blow up anything they wished!

[NeilFraudstrong]

I should also add that I did NOT vote for Bush in '04, but that's just politics. This is beyond politics. This was a good thing for him to do.

[NeilFraudstrong]

Whether you voted for him or not or whether you like him or not, you have to admit that this is a classic sports moment. I mean, showing up was cool enough, but he threw a perfect strike.

[phoenixpilot85051]

@axeman7000 How's that hopey changey thing working out for ya?

[phoenixpilot85051]

@axeman7000 always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Margaret Thatcher

[phoenixpilot85051]

@axeman7000 Typical liberal here. Depressed and angry, nothing to smile about, blame someone else. You know when it resorts to name calling they are about to blow, lol

[biggd29]

@axeman7000 u r hatefilled.

[joekiddone]

Baseball helped America heal after 9/11. And President Bush played one role on the field. The nation was still in shock from the cowardly attacks on our country when the President walked out to the pitching mound in Yankee Stadium, and in full view of the world, fired a strike right down the middle. People cheered and chants of "USA! USA!" filled the stadium. The healing had begun.

[DDLzorbis]

This is a president... not the empty idiot we have in office now

[jivetome]

@DDLzorbis Well isn't that debatable.

[DiverseLA]

@DDLzorbis Okay while this is a heart-warming story and all, how does this make him a real "president", and not Obama? Is what constitutes a real president is being able to throw a pitch and reflect on it?

Wow, you must have low-standards for what makes a person a president. Nevermind the illegal Iraq War and the thousands of lives lost over WMD's that didn't exist.

[DDLzorbis]

@DiverseLA He stuck with his guns didnt bend over and flip flop 20 times while in office... all obama has done is increase unemployment but 3.5% and spend more in 2 years than bush did in 8

[TheDirtball69]

@DDLzorbis um newsflash they are both idiots. Do you know how much Bush and Cheney benefitted from 9/11. If youve ever read a history book you would know that acts like 9/11 have happened constantly throughout history to garner support for a war. The government needs the people not the other way around. So sheep like you sat in your house scared of whatever they spoonfed you and you were just content with beig your governments helpless little baby.

[lethe56]

@DDLzorbis Oh, good God. You Americans are never happy. You get the war-going douche, you're complaining. You get the pretty boy that's kinda well, not doing much at home, you're unhappy.

Think things woulda been better with Grandpa McCain? Don't think so. The truth is, Presidents have to face whatever's coming, doesn't matter if they do it well or not as long as they appear to face it. That's fine when you have something to face, as Bush had with 9/11. Obama had no such thing.

[MrBullfrog9876]

@DDLzorbis Bush and Obama are both idiots!!! He gave us illegal wars and took us to Iraq when Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11 nor were they a threat to us in any way! We went over there and destroyed a nation and killed thousands so that Halliburton could move into Bagdad and takeover the oilfields. He laid the foundation for taking away our liberties and constitutional rights with the "patriot" act. He made torture acceptable to a nation that had always rejected it. What about his bailout?

[dsunkel]

@DDLzorbis very well put

[dclaver2]

@DDLzorbis This was the best part of his presidency. He's responsible for starting a war with Iraq, causing the recession, the "patriot act" which basically means the government can be looking at this comment and track me down, and then after being elected his 2nd term, he doesn't do anything.

[Halo4Lyf]

@dclaver2 Iraq was responsible for the war with Iraq.

[dclaver2]

@Halo4Lyf But we invaded Iraq therefor we were responsible. If they attacked us first or threatened us then we had a right to invade them. Weapons of Mass destruction was the main reason, and before we invade Iraq, president Bush mentioned countries of the axis of evil which included Iran, N Korea, and Iraq. Bush wanted to invade Iraq, i just needed an excuse to.

[Halo4Lyf]

@dclaver2 Iraq provided cassus belli, therefore they're responsible.

WMDs are a moot point anyway. As soon as Iraq violated the terms of the Gulf War ceasefire, we had every reason and right to reinitiate hostilities.

[dclaver2]

@Halo4Lyf Yes we did but did we have every reason to remain in Iraq to the point where we still have troops today stationed?

[Halo4Lyf]

@dclaver2 We have troops in Germany and Japan to this day, although troops in Germany is kind of a needless relic of the Cold War and I think they should be brought home.

Maintaining a presence in Iraq is crucial, because we need it as a launching point against Iran.