George W. Bush sucker-punches a rugby opponent at Yale(hysterical)

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[Pikamax]

August 10, 2004

Desperation...

How desperate are the Democrats when confronted with Kerry's possible lying nuance about Cambodia? Enough so to run this picture from the Yale yearbook showing Bush playing Rugby:

Our intrepid partisan then notes:

As long as we're re-examining the 1960s, looking for signs of character, trying to decide if a man who volunteered for combat and was decorated five times was more or less courageous than a guy who didn't even show up for his own medical exam... here's George W. Bush during his college days, hitting a fellow sportsman in the face.

Bwahahaha. Sorry. I am laughing too hard to type.

[Pikamax]

http://www.thismodernworld.com/weblog/mtarchives/week_2004_08_08.html#001687

August 10, 2004

George W. Bush sucker-punches a rugby opponent at Yale (Note: this entry posted by Bob Harris)

As long as we're re-examining the 1960s, looking for signs of character, trying to decide if a man who volunteered for combat and was decorated five times was more or less courageous than a guy who didn't even show up for his own medical exam... here's George W. Bush during his college days, hitting a fellow sportsman in the face.

The above photo, credited to the Yale yearbook (the caption is in the original), appeared in yesterday's Los Angeles Times, alongside a story on the appeal of "bad boys" in American politics. It's not in the Times' online version, and the rest of the country should see it, I think.

Incidentally, while rugby is a contact sport, every player knows that tackling above the shoulders is a foul. So is leaving your feet during a tackle. Either of these is serious enough that the other team is immediately awarded a penalty kick, often directly resulting in points for the other team.

So even without throwing a punch, Bush is already well outside fair play.

Grasping an opponent by the back of the head and punching him in the face is beyond the pale -- I've watched rugby avidly for years, and I've never seen it during an open-field tackle like this, honest -- and will typically result in a player being immediately sent off.

I'm sure by next week Karl Rove will have a collection of rugby players claiming that John Kerry was even worse...

posted by Bob Harris at 06:52 PM | link

[Milligan]

Rugby is a rough game.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Rugby is worthless unless you both give and receive a few bloody noses.

every fool nose this...
gouge his eyes W...

go fight, makem bleed.

[Howlin]

These people are beyond pathetic.

And look at this:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:JSgxIxgWJfUJ:www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040809upriver.html+george+butler+john+kerry&hl=en

[Bogey78O]

So? My dad would sometimes spit in the earhole of his opponents helmet. He also stepped on toes while fighting with pugil sticks.

You push as far as you can get away with. Just keep it on the field and don't make it personal.

[Robert_Paulson2]

and of course we never see in the picture the preceeding moment, when this lout w is punching... kicked him in the face and the nuts...

[Prime Choice]

Oh geez louise! Rugby is a rough-and-tumble game. When are these namby-pamby Leftists going to get used to reality? Sakes...

[socal_parrot]

Rugby, like Moose bites, can be very nasty.

[sayfer bullets]

But was the other guy French?

Notice he has headgear on...

What a GIRLIE-MAN.

[notforhire]

Devastating! Can you imagine the consequences this could have for a man like this to be in charge of our National Security?

[Eva]

Rugby is a little like hockey or lacrosse, fouls are expected as long the ref doesn't see them.

[cyborg]

That's my president! Perhaps he can be recruited for the Springboks at the last minute. They've been a bit dispirited lately *LOL*

[XenaLee]

I knew the age of Orwell had come when the Clintonistas slimed the White House with their 'pc' bs and their trailer trash morals, but I had no idea the Dems would continue to be this transparently propagandistic even AFTER the master liars left.

Amazing! Amazingly stupid, that is.

[Soul Seeker]

ROFL

They really think we're bothered by this? I wouldn't mind seeing him direct that Right at a few certain Senators.

[armymarinemom]

ROFLOL. Cheap Rugby plays verses Lying before congress, filing false reports, war crimes, and treason. If that is all they found....Bring It On!!

[FairOpinion]

Well, compare this in gravity with this:

[notforhire]

Hey! What happened to my sarcasm tag?

[MJY1288]

LOL, I'm surprised Drudge doesn't have the Siren out for this :-)

[socal_parrot]

IT'S ALL NIXON'S FAULT!!!

[So Cal Rocket]

[cyborg]

This further cements in my mind that Dubya isn't a WHIMP. Yeah I'd love to see him give Kerry a walloping.

[Howlin]

There is absolutely nothing these people won't do to get the White House back. Nothing.

And we have people on this very site who are going to sit home because they don't like a couple of things Bush hasn't or has done.

[Plutarch]

Doesn't rugby take pride in its rough play? "Soccer is a gentleman's game played by houligans, Rugby is a houligan's game played by gentlemen." There is also the slogan often found on bumper stickers (below). Doesn't sound to me that too many rugby players would be shocked, shocked by George Bush's play. Maybe we could check to see how many of Bush's Yale rugby Band of Brothers support him?

[dfwgator]

Must be a Texas thing.

[So Cal Rocket]

Ah yes... and Nolan Ryan is a big Bush supporter... don't know about Robin Ventura, though

[TwoEyesOpen]

What we really need is a good picture of Bush lighting his opponent on fire with a Zippo...

*lol*

[vbmoneyspender]

Who says that it is illegal. If no penalty was called, no foul occurred.

[jerry639]

I wouldn't mind seeing him do that to John Kerry. He deserves it, for all the lies he has told about Our President.

[jerry639]

I wouldn't mind seeing him do that to John Kerry. He deserves it, for all the lies he has told about Our President.

[SeaWolf]

Mr Harris is obviously unfamiliar with the phrase "Give Blood; Play Rugby!"

[Edit35]

RICK-EM, RACK-EM, RUCK-EM, RIGHT!

W can really fight.

Dick-em, Dack-em, Duck-em, Doos.

Kerry Boy is such a Wooos.

Goooooooooo Yale!!

[GoforBroke]

went to a prize fight and a rugby match broke out!

[isthisnickcool]

My president's prostate can beat your Democratic candidates prostate. Or whatever is left of it.

[Razz Barry]

"Rugby is a rough game."

I saw a bumper sticker that read "You have to have leather balls to play rugby."

[Wycowboy]

It might be illegal but it is certainly no "sucker punch"

[aruanan]

"I'm a shaggy hippy freak dishonoring my military uniform."

[FairOpinion]

...not to mention betraying his fellow military "brothers" still fighting.

[metalcor]

Thanks dude, this is funny ohn so many levels.....................

[NotQuiteCricket]

RNC needs to get that picture on T-shirts.

[tobyhill]

Thsi is the best they can come up with? What kind of hockey player was Kerry?

[Carolinamom]

Proof that Dubya is no wimp. Go Bush!

[paul51]

George Bush yells, 'Next'.

[Sloth]

[aruanan]

The above photo, credited to the Yale yearbook (the caption is in the original), appeared in yesterday's Los Angeles Times, alongside a story on the appeal of "bad boys" in American politics.

Hmmm, then Kerry has no chance. He was never a bad boy, just a pretty sad one.

[landerwy]

Worthy of a double post!! LOL

[TexanToTheCore]

Well shoot. I am impressed with W even more than before. Although a potential foul, that is one righteous hit. Specially on a panty-waste who is wearing helmet. Used to play, would do so now if my knees would take the beating.

Love that game. Absolute mayhem.

[NonValueAdded]

Holy scrum, Batman, someone got hit playing rugby?

[Diddley]

Bring it on!

[jjames001]

WHOA! President Bush punched somebody in a full contact sport lonnggg time ago... That just convinces me to give my vote to sKerry... /sarcasm

Do these liberals think sKerry won't get elected? Ah, that is why they will stop at nothing to get rid of Bush. <:)

[Porterville]

I've been known to clothline a winger or two.... too small for football but bigger than most of the college rugby players.... I loved destroying them, just loved it.