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Post by swamp on Oct 28, 2019 14:45:50 GMT -5
Do they? I've never noticed it before. Apparently, according to DH, a baseball fan.
He says the Philly fans once booed Santa Claus, so apparently, some baseball fans are assholes.
Only the Philly fans. I'm a Yankees fan. We're known for our politeness.
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Post by dezii on Oct 28, 2019 15:32:16 GMT -5
Apparently, according to DH, a baseball fan.
He says the Philly fans once booed Santa Claus, so apparently, some baseball fans are assholes.
Only the Philly fans. I'm a Yankees fan. We're known for our politeness.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 28, 2019 16:53:03 GMT -5
Satire from The Onion Trump Mortified After World Series Crowd Starts Booing, Chanting ‘Lock Him Up’ At MelaniaWASHINGTON—As a chorus of jeers began to fill Nationals Park during Game Five of the World Series, President Donald Trump was reportedly mortified Sunday after the crowd started chanting “Lock him up!” at first lady Melania Trump. “Why would they do that? It’s so mean,” said Trump, adding that when they stood up in their box seats to wave, the crowd began viciously booing Melania, an act he claimed was extremely disrespectful to the office of the first lady, especially since he was pretty sure she hadn’t done anything illegal. “Listen, there are plenty of things about Melania that I don’t like. I’ve definitely thought about replacing her. Heck, I got caught up in the chant for a little bit there too. But she should be able to attend a baseball game in peace. Someone even pulled out a sign that said ‘Impeach Trump,’ which is silly, because I don’t think she can be impeached." Rest of article here: Trump Mortified After World Series Crowd Starts Booing, Chanting ‘Lock Him Up’ At Melania
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 28, 2019 16:57:23 GMT -5
And more satire from The Borowitz Report Trump Claims World Series Fans Want to Lock Him Up in White House for Doing Excellent JobBy Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Saying that he was “incredibly moved by their support,” Donald J. Trump said on Monday that fans at Game 5 of the World Series expressed their strong desire to see him locked up in the White House for doing such an excellent job as President. “Out of nowhere, they just started chanting,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “They really want to see me locked up for another four years.” Trump said that he was surprised by the passionate and urgent nature of the chanting directed toward him. “Despite all the things that the fake media has said about me, these people know what an amazing job I’ve done,” he said. “They really want to lock me up and never let me go.” Noting that the Constitution allows a President to serve only two terms, Trump said, “That’s a real shame, because the way those people were chanting, I think they’d like to see me locked up for the rest of my life.” Rest of article here: Trump Claims World Series Fans Want to Lock Him Up in White House for Doing Excellent Job
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Post by souldoubt on Oct 28, 2019 17:53:29 GMT -5
Do they? I've never noticed it before. Apparently, according to DH, a baseball fan.
He says the Philly fans once booed Santa Claus, so apparently, some baseball fans are assholes.
I wouldn't put it past baseball fans to do it as well but I believe the story your husband is thinking of happened at an Eagles game just over 50 years ago. The guy who was supposed to go out dressed as Santa didn't make it to the game, they picked a 19 year old kid out of the stands who went out dressed as Santa and proceeded to get booed and pelted with snowballs: www.sbnation.com/2018/2/1/16946406/eagles-santa-claus-history-booing-snowballs
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Post by sesfw on Oct 28, 2019 18:42:22 GMT -5
some baseball fans are assholes.
Yup ......... and so are some of the players ...................
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 28, 2019 20:07:33 GMT -5
On the one hand I think he deserved this, on the other hand, there is the "Sportsman like conduct". This is poor sportsmanship.
I just read yesterday, that racist acts are up in schools across the country. One of the local schools just had a team sanctioned I think b/c players were calling another player from an opposing team racist names. Trump is credited with rising racism and incivility, but we should remember Michelle Obama's words - We Go High When they Go Low!
I don't know how MLB could control actions by fans, they can try to shut it down, and I think they should - but what do they do? I suppose they could stop the game.
The jumbotron spelling out "Lock him up" repeatedly probably only encouraged them. jk - they didn't do that. 😜
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 28, 2019 20:18:26 GMT -5
Kellyanne Conway would probably say those weren't boos - they were alternative cheers.
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Post by steff on Oct 29, 2019 9:09:21 GMT -5
They would have boo'ed him in Houston too. Probably even louder since Houston is pretty much the definition of diversity. 40% of the Astro's players come from Central American/Hispanic countries. Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, & Mexico. Houston is one of several (growing) Liberal bubbles in Red Texas.
For someone who admitted they didn't watch to laugh at & try to make fun of others who didn't watch is rather ironic/hypocritical. I loathe baseball, watching baseball is only barely above watching golf on the "please shoot me instead" meter. But I watched. I'm a proud Houstonian even if I don't live there now. I know the history of Houston sports teams getting soooooo close, but not being able to get to the big show. Oilers vs Buffalo still makes Houstonians twitch uncontrollably. The newspaper from the day my kiddo was born had the headlines "Rockets~Choke City" after they blew it. The next year on the night my mother in law died, the Rockets won it all. That was as surreal moment. Driving home late that night & having people driving around screaming & honking their horns.
I'm up WAY too early today & babbling. But GO ASTROS! #TakeItBack
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 29, 2019 9:24:28 GMT -5
LOL, I wonder how many of you actually watched the game last night, or saw it on the news instead. You do realize most of the crowd is hardcore democrats and Federal workers from D.C. Not many ordinary citizens can afford those seats. No one seems to mention he was not considerd to throw out the first pitch last night in place of whoever actually did it....or did he? I did not watch it and can admit it. All federal and state government employees, all baseball fans, every member of the press, everyone that watches TV, everyone that lives in a city - they are all democrats...not "real" americans. Maybe we should let the majority party run the place.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 29, 2019 10:01:29 GMT -5
LOL, I wonder how many of you actually watched the game last night, or saw it on the news instead. You do realize most of the crowd is hardcore democrats and Federal workers from D.C. Not many ordinary citizens can afford those seats. No one seems to mention he was not considerd to throw out the first pitch last night in place of whoever actually did it....or did he? I did not watch it and can admit it. You're starting to run out of "ordinary" Americans. They are increasingly that 20-30% of deplorables that flock to the rallies, and 5-10% of other Republicans that still think the trade off of backing trump is worth having the White House. But is it still their party? I think it is. but I see a real, serious long term problem for the GOP.
will they EVER be able to run a serious candidate again?
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 29, 2019 11:08:41 GMT -5
I believe the Republicans will morph into something palatable. Neither party has been steady on their policies, so this is just detour for them. They will return.
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Post by tallguy on Oct 29, 2019 11:53:12 GMT -5
I think it is. but I see a real, serious long term problem for the GOP.
will they EVER be able to run a serious candidate again?
I think so, and I think surprisingly quickly. I look at many local Republicans who did not lose their bearings. They, and many like them are the stalwarts that will bring back some sanity to the conservative cause. Of course it is possible that the Republican party will die and something else rise to take it's place, but I bet the GOP itself will survive. We shall see. In the meantime I am guessing, and hoping, that they face a drubbing in 2020 of epic proportions. Note: "epic" ~ a word I seldom use since its epic overuse in the past few years. Okay, now that was overuse.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 12:46:16 GMT -5
Would that be the same Washington DC that went 90% for Clinton in 2016. You're surprised by this ?
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 29, 2019 13:09:43 GMT -5
Would that be the same Washington DC that went 90% for Clinton in 2016. You're surprised by this ? I would think a lot of people at the game were technically residents of one of the surrounding states. I think those are also blue, but not to the extent you say here.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 29, 2019 13:24:06 GMT -5
Booed by the deep state. I'm good with that.
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Post by steff on Oct 29, 2019 13:52:36 GMT -5
so now citizens that attend a baseball game are the deep state. Talk about losing it.
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 29, 2019 14:37:56 GMT -5
so now citizens that attend a baseball game are the deep state. Talk about losing it. The deep state apparently includes everyone and is easily seen. So, basically, a lake?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Oct 29, 2019 14:42:46 GMT -5
so now citizens that attend a baseball game are the deep state. Talk about losing it. The deep state apparently includes everyone and is easily seen. So, basically, a lake? Of course it does. You can't be only of the select few who knows "the truth" if the other 99% of the population isn't part of the deep state.
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Post by steff on Oct 29, 2019 14:48:21 GMT -5
so now citizens that attend a baseball game are the deep state. Talk about losing it. The deep state apparently includes everyone and is easily seen. So, basically, a lake? Only deep state I keep seeing is Rudy & all the other unelected toadies running around with their own/resident in the white house's secret foreign policy plans. Seems lots of things are being done in secret & without going thru the proper channels. That sure sounds like "deep state" shit.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Oct 29, 2019 14:50:26 GMT -5
The deep state apparently includes everyone and is easily seen. So, basically, a lake? Only deep state I keep seeing is Rudy & all the other unelected toadies running around with their own/resident in the white house's secret foreign policy plans. Seems lots of things are being done in secret & without going thru the proper channels. That sure sounds like "deep state" shit. Boy you guys have a lot to learn about conspiracy theories. Rudy HAD to do what he did otherwise the deep state would have stopped him by locking him up in Hillary's pizza parlor while Obama reads from the Koran in an attempt to break Rudy and learn all the state secrets so they can overthrow Trump's legitimate government and usher in a liberal dystopian future where conservatives will be forced to bake gay wedding cakes and share bathrooms with transgender people.
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Post by Bob Ross on Oct 29, 2019 14:55:29 GMT -5
Kellyanne Conway would probably say those weren't boos - they were alternative cheers. I think they were chanting "Boo-urns".
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Post by Bob Ross on Oct 29, 2019 14:57:37 GMT -5
Booed by the deep state. I'm good with that. Just so you are aware... I...am the deep state! As are many of the folks here. DEEEEEP....STAAAATE! Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on Oct 29, 2019 15:19:36 GMT -5
so now citizens that attend a baseball game are the deep state. Talk about losing it. The deep state apparently includes everyone and is easily seen. So, basically, a lake? My first mistake was reading the politics board! Now - I've got this stuck in my head.... but instead of the chorus going " the reflex "..... It is going " the deep state ".....
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Post by steff on Oct 29, 2019 15:38:17 GMT -5
The deep state apparently includes everyone and is easily seen. So, basically, a lake? My first mistake was reading the politics board! Now - I've got this stuck in my head.... but instead of the chorus going " the reflex "..... It is going " the deep state "..... arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg!!!! You can't put that into my head & not be punished for it!
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Post by steff on Oct 29, 2019 15:47:36 GMT -5
Booed by the deep state. I'm good with that. Just so you are aware... I...am the deep state! As are many of the folks here. DEEEEEP....STAAAATE! Be afraid. Be very afraid. I watched too much college football this weekend. I read DEEEEEEEEEP STAAAAAAATE like a college cheer rolling thru the stands for each kick off.
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Post by Opti on Oct 29, 2019 15:47:59 GMT -5
so now citizens that attend a baseball game are the deep state. Talk about losing it. The deep state is all Trump appointees current and former. Maybe they were hiding behind their non red baseball caps.
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Post by Opti on Oct 29, 2019 15:51:29 GMT -5
The deep state apparently includes everyone and is easily seen. So, basically, a lake? Only deep state I keep seeing is Rudy & all the other unelected toadies running around with their own/resident in the white house's secret foreign policy plans. Seems lots of things are being done in secret & without going thru the proper channels. That sure sounds like "deep state" shit. Maybe it should be a t-shirt. Trump Deep State founded 1/2017.
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Post by weltschmerz on Oct 29, 2019 15:52:34 GMT -5
Booed by the deep state. I'm good with that. Yes, dear. Everyone is the Deep State, except you, Trump, Giuliani, Bannon and KellyAnn Conway.
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Post by Bob Ross on Oct 29, 2019 15:53:05 GMT -5
so now citizens that attend a baseball game are the deep state. Talk about losing it. The deep state is all Trump appointees current and former. Maybe they were hiding behind their non red baseball caps. Shhh... The first rule of Deep State is you don't talk about Deep State. Didn't you read your Deep State Handbook?
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