Swiped from The Chicago Tribune:
Derrek Lee sees truth in Obama’s statement
By Paul Sullivan | Chicago Tribune reporter
August 27, 2008
PITTSBURGH — Barack Obama’s biggest supporter in the Cubs’ clubhouse is probably Derrek Lee, who won’t be changing his vote because of Obama’s description of Cubs fans as beautiful, beer-drinkers who don’t come to Wrigley Field for baseball.
“You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there,” Obama said in an ESPN interview. “People aren’t watching the game. It’s not serious. White Sox, that’s baseball. South Side.”
Lee hadn’t heard of Obama’s interview, but said the comment doesn’t surprise him.
“I mean, he’s right,” Lee said with a grin. “I think most of the fans there are just there to enjoy the experience, and, uh, drink beer. I mean, is that not true?”
In the immortal words of Lili Von Shtüpp, the Teutonic Titwillow:
“It’s twoo.
It’s twoo. It’s twoo.”
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You’d want to think that this won’t make a difference - that all us Cook County liberals would be able to laugh it off and vote with conscience - but we do live in a world where this b.s. happened [link].
I wish we lived in a world where that didn’t happen, no matter what team one roots for (or not).
That guy lost an eye from a beating. That’s crazy stuff.
And yet, William Ligue lives on forever.
Hey Chicago what do you say,
Let’s gouge out and eye today.
That was funny.
Wait, this just in…. Joe Biden is a SOX fan, too.
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