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Thu Aug-24-06 03:17 PM
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OMG!!! Clinton Fell Asleep At A Mets Game! |
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Why does he hate America? Former President Bill Clinton caught the game at Shea Stadium, and a camera caught him snoozing during the eighth inning with the Cardinals clinging to a 7-6 lead. Fortunately, Clinton rose to the occasion for Carlos Beltran's game-winning two-run homer in the ninth, waking in time to high-five fans sitting around him. Indeed, Shea Stadium in this turnaround season has certainly resembled a place called Hope.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/pete_mcentegart/08/24/ten.spot/index.html?cnn=yes
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:20 PM
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enid602
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Thu Aug-24-06 04:39 PM
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He's really got that WC Fields thing going on with his nose.
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:57 PM
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31. Enid..he has rosacea. So do I. Anyone else? |
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Edited on Thu Aug-24-06 05:57 PM by ourbluenation
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Thu Aug-24-06 06:17 PM
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I believe I had a bout of it as a child, but do not remember it affecting the shape of my nose.
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Fri Aug-25-06 09:45 AM
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34. one does not have a "bout" of it...and for some after years of it the nose |
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becomes bulbous. That's what's going on with Bill. My father has the same thing going on with his nose and he's very self conscious of it. For years people thought the casue of it was an alcohol-related thing. It's not. WC Fields had severe rosacea. Bill has had laser treatments and it looks a lot better then it used to but the bulbous nose of rosacea is harder to treat.
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:20 PM
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More like why does he hate the Mets? |
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:20 PM
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2. C'mon, he's 60-years-old |
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Bush can't even stay awake past 9:30 pm and has to have a midday nap.
Clinton's earned a little old man time. He needs to start wearing shorts, black socks, and sandals, and when riding around in his limo, his chaffeur should always have the left turn signal on.
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:21 PM
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3. Of course he did. Baseball is boring! |
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Fri Aug-25-06 09:53 AM
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:21 PM
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4. I thought he was a Cardinal fan |
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Hearings must be held immediately and an independent counsel should be appointed.
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:21 PM
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5. Baseball puts me to sleep too |
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sorry. I must hate freedom or something.
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:21 PM
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6. baseball will make anybody go to sleep. |
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:21 PM
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7. Better than a VP that falls asleep at important meetings. |
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Y'know, the creep with the itchy trigger finger, the one that wields more power than any VP in our history, the one that's really running the show?
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:22 PM
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come on its baseball, many of men have fallen asleep in their lounge chair with a bud and wife beater on.
The man is only traveling and making appearances 5 day of the week. I can't believe it's even news.
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:23 PM
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9. At least he did/does not own a baseball team and run it in the ground |
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Edited on Thu Aug-24-06 03:23 PM by stop the bleeding
like someone else we know
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Thu Aug-24-06 04:10 PM
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17. Or picking his nose, up close and personal for the viewing public. |
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Such class on display. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:25 PM
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10. isn't that what baseball games are for? |
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i thought the whole point of the 7th inning stretch was to wake people up so they could see the conclusion....
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:30 PM
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11. Sleeping at baseball games is as American as Apple Pie |
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If they didn't want people to sleep they wouldn't make the game so bloody slow.
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:34 PM
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12. Better than this — "Conrad Burns' Naptime" |
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:49 PM
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13. Wow, anybody else want to mention that they find baseball boring? |
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I guess a lot of people think so, I watch my Phillies whenever I can but some games can be pretty dull. I hate the Mets though, so if Clinton falls asleep during one of their games, no biggie.
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Thu Aug-24-06 04:01 PM
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16. the beauty of the game is that it doesn't command your full attention.. |
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it's something you can have on in the background as you're making dinner, or playing around on DU. At the game, you can chat with your friends between pitches, or catch a quick catnap as middle relief is warming up.
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:11 PM
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24. That is indeed why baseball is the best spectator sport in the world |
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to see in person. You also get much more of the strategy when you go to a game. The focus on the pitcher batter relationship that dominates the way baseball appears on teevee means that you miss the careful orchestration of fielders relative to specific hitters (they show it usually only for extreme shifts, and sometimes not even then).
Best sport to watch on teevee: Hockey. Best sport to watch in person: Baseball.
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Thu Aug-24-06 03:53 PM
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14. My granddad watched his home team in Charlestown WV |
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and every other game he could., with the TV blaring and him sound asleep in his beat-up red recliner. He'd wake up every now and then and jot some statistic or score down on his TV guide, and fall back asleep with his hearing aid turned down.
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Thu Aug-24-06 04:00 PM
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15. the poor man was probably jetlagged! |
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Or up late, reading books -- and writing speeches or an op/ed piece.
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Thu Aug-24-06 04:10 PM
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18. He needs it. He certainly works harder than Bush. |
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There is no doubt in my mind that Clinton has done far more good since leaving office than Bush has done with all the power of the Presidency since taking office in 2001. Of course the bar is set pretty low due to the fact that Bush has not done a single good thing as President.
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Thu Aug-24-06 04:42 PM
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20. Can we impeach him again for that? |
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Somebody get Newt Gingrich on the line! Wait, no. Dick Armey! Hold it. Bob Livingston! Oh, he's gone, too. Tom DeLay, the Hammah! Oops, another casualty of the War on Clinton. Gee, what happened to all those guys?
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Thu Aug-24-06 04:53 PM
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Edited on Thu Aug-24-06 04:53 PM by AnneD
who was he sleeping with????
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:29 PM
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30. He was sleeping with an entire stadium full of people! |
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Were any of them wearing thong underwear? Did any of them have a cigar? I'll bet some of them even hold stock and have invested in limited partnerships. Holy smokes, where's Ken Starr?! The red light should be on at Drudge! Lucianne.com HAS to be on this! What if the flag is falling? Henry Hyde, save us!
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Thu Aug-24-06 06:20 PM
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the power of the Clenis...no one is safe from it's power.
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Thu Aug-24-06 04:58 PM
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22. Baseball...the only sport you can take a nap while playing. |
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:07 PM
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23. Not for nothing, but this was one of the most exciting games of the year |
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Albert Pujols hit two homeruns, one of which was a grand slam. That put the Cardinals up 7-1. In the bottom half of that inning, Carlos Delgado hit a grand slam for the Mets, also his second homerun of the game, making the score 7-5. Mets tacked on another, and it held in hairy defense until the bottom of the ninth, when Carlos Beltran hit a two-run walk-off homer. Not one of the 49,000+ had left.
I understand Clinton is an older guy, even though my grandfather never fell asleep at Shea when he used to take me in, well into his 80's. That's fine. I also understand that one of the great things about baseball asd a spectator sport (the best in-person spectator sport there is, in my opinion) is that you don't have to pay constant attention to the game, and can suddenly be into it when a crucial situation arises. I get that. That said, anyone who thinks baseball is boring is either 1) stupid, 2) a douchebag, or 3) completely lacking in nuance or subtlety. But that's just my opinion.
This happened NOT to be a "boring" game at all, even if you think baseball is boring. The NY Times called it one of the most exciting games of the season, too, so it ain't just me...;-)
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:11 PM
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25. If Bill fell asleep watching baseball, imagine how much trouble |
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he would have staying awake during a 5 day cricket match.
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:13 PM
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26. He's probably still on heart medication |
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Lots of medications for heart conditions can make you drowsy.
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:14 PM
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27. That's nothing to feel bad about. |
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People fall asleep at Mets games all the time. :hide:
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:16 PM
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Clinton falls asleep at a game and it's news, but Bush is wrecking the country and no one says a word, real smart.
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Thu Aug-24-06 05:22 PM
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29. I was watching that game on TV |
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and IMHO was one of the most exciting games all year...I loves me some Carlos Beltran. I remember when the camera panned on him mid-snooze and the announcers made a few silly comments like "c'mon Mr. President, wake up" nothing serious. I actually found it kind of funny. No doubt that the freepers will run with this claiming that this is proof that Clinton hates America.
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Fri Aug-25-06 09:50 AM
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35. Amazing how Westchester County folks can only find Shea one season every |
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20 years or so. I can just hear them when the idea is mentioned, "Queens? I didn't know they still had a team."
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