More on Bonds

By no means do I believe our political leaders need to be well-versed or even interested in sports, but I still found President Bush's quotes about Barry Bonds to be quite amusing. Especially since Mr. Bush owned part of the Texas Rangers for five years and regularly attended games, which means he should know a thing about the sports and the impact of performance-enhancing drugs. My two favorite responses from the AP article:

--On whether Bonds record is tainted or should have an asterisk:

"There is a lot of speculation about Barry Bonds, and my only advice for people is to just let history be the judge. Let's find out the facts, and then everybody's opinion -- one way or the other -- will be verified or not verified... It really depends on what the facts are, and it's going to be up to them to make the determination as to asterisk, but more importantly, it will be the Hall of Fame... In the meantime, anybody who knows the game will tell you, Barry Bonds is a great hitter."

That's funny for multiple reasons. First, the "find out the facts" part because...well, you know, that whole Iraq thing. Second, the last line is priceless. Really? Bonds is pretty good, huh? We didn't know that, sir. We're thankful that you, an informed viewer of the sport, can lend such insight.

--On steroids:
"I think it's bad for the game."