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The White Sox and the White House have finally settled on February 13th as the date the team will visit with the President -- an honor typically bestowed upon the World Series champs. While most of the team will take part in the Washington visit, there will be a few very noticable absences.
Sox leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik seems to be getting a free pass because he's on his honeymoon. And if you had his wife, you'd certainly want to remain in bed with her than visit with the Prez.
However, Sox manager Ozzie Guillen will not be attending, and that has Da Mere disappointed.
I'm disappointed. It's a great honor to be invited to the White House. I don't care who you are. Maybe you think you're too important.
Ozzie's on vacation or something. That's up to him. But you don't realize how precious that is. Very few Americans have ever been in the White House. To me, that's a privilege for anyone. . . . I could ask [any police officer]. If they ever get [an invitation] to the White House, they'd be walking down there. They'd get there some way.'
Ozzie will be skipping the White House because he's on vacation in the Dominican Republic with his wife and youngest son and to unwind before Spring Training begins. At least that's the official reason Guillen gave.
Some wonder whether there's any political motivation in his declining the invite. Guillen is friends with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who's not exactly a fan of President Bush.
Chicagoist is kind of disappointed that Guillen's not attending -- but not for the reasons that Da Mere or those in the media are. We're disappointed because, with Guillen's shoot from the hip demeanor, we can only imagine the ways he'd put the Prez on the spot! We've got a whole list of questions that the main stream media seems too pussy foot to ask him -- so why not let Ozzie to do it?
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Great, now the black helicopters are going to take our manager away chapelle style.
Having been in the same room as His Truthiness, trust me when I say that Ozzie won't miss much.
Bush walks into the room:
Ozzie-
"Hey, everybody, this guy's a homosexual! He's a child molester!"
Bush is probably relieved that Guillen's not attending -- he clearly hates being in any situation where there's any possibility of people saying anything negative or asking tough questions. Maybe that's why Daley's disappointed... he was hoping for someone to ask the questions he can't!
From a Cubs fan -
Good for Ozzie!!
Isn't Kenny Williams kind of anti-Bush too?
Kenny considered boycotting the white house as he opposes the war in Iraq. Instead he is going to go give George a piece of his mind.
Damn right, good for Ozzie!
Why, by the way, does the idiot Mayor have his shorts in a not over this? The only thing I can think of is that the Mayor doesn't like disrespect for dimwitted elected officials who owe their jobs to their dads.
Viva Oswaldo Guillen!!
Chinga Jorge Bush!!
Viva Las Medias Blancas!
If the mayor would remove his lips from Dubya's ass long enough, he might notice that the president's approval rating in Illinois is in the toilet--and in Chicago proper, it's surely halfway down the pipe to the sewer. Is Daley so disconnected from real people that he doesn't understand just how reviled Bush is in this city and state? He's offended Ozzie Guillen isn't going to the Sox event at the House of Dubya; I'm offended that the mayor IS going.
As long as the rest of them wear their flip flops....
I agree with Daley. Ozzie was given an opportunity that most Americans should and hopefully would take advantage of. Why was Ozzie given duel citizenship? It's obvious that his loyalties lie with his native Venezuela, and he's only using America for the cash and a brief escape from his South American hell-hole. No matter how you feel about the President, show some respect dammit!
"No matter how you feel about the President, show some respect dammit!"
Jack,
Bush is a criminal who deserves no respect. He is a torturer and someone who has no respect for the law. This country will suffer for a long time because of his incompetence and anti-democratic policies.
Who knows if Ozzie is doing this as a political act, anyway? It could also be understood as a classic Ozzie move. Just like he did all last season, he is being "controversial" to lighten the spotlight on his players, letting them concentrate on their jobs and putting the pressure on the manager.
One of the highlights of the World Series was seeing sad sack Barbara Bush and George Sr. crying in their box seats at the Astrodome(or whatever the hell they call that crappy ballpark) as the White Sox trounced the pathetic Astros.
Regardless, Ozzie is a hero and ten times the human being than George the Criminal.
South American Hell-hole? How often have you been to Venezuela? I have lived in the Chicago City Limits for 6 years and worked on the South Side for 10 and it would be naive to think that "hell hole" couldn't be appilied to come parts of our fine town.
But having said that, one thing that makes this country so great is Ozzie has every right to decline an invitation to meet the President. I didn't see anywhere in the article where he says this is anything personal or a reflection of his feelings on the current administration. So he wants to spend time with his family, what's wrong with that? The man's job keeps him from his family 9 months out of the year, let him do what he wants. By the way, after this, if you were one of his kids and he tells you to mow the lawn, wash dishes, walk the dog, etc., you better do it, he could play the whole, "Son I passed up a chance to meet the president for you" card many, many times.
What I don't get is how Ozzie always goes on and on about how great Venezula is, and how he loves it and all that. Go back and fucking live there if its so great!
The same applies to all of the "Irish" we have in Chicago. The fact your great great great grandfather immigrated from there in 1852, and you went to Dublin for a week vacation a few years back, makes you about as Irish as Yao Ming. You're American, you're white, and you're from right here. Deal with it.
Okay, Jack and "anonymous", let's set things straight without veering into the veiled racism you both seem to have no problem entering:
Ozzie is afforded the right to make his own decisions, and if that means that he gets to take his family to the Dominican Republic while the Sox visit the White House, then he has that right regardless of the country in which he holds citizenship. I must have been sick with the flu when blind loyalty to the Stars and Stripes for naturalized citizens was taught in civics. Try to remember that next month when you're drinking your green Miller Lite, decked head-to-toe in emerald like a leprechaun, and singing Irish folk songs.
And don't play this "respect the office, not the man" bullshit, either. The man currently holding the office certainly doesn't have any respect for it.
Hey, it's not like the Bush administration has never offended anyone, right?
Bush is an ass, But Ozzie's absence may be somewhat questionable.
everyone keeps forgetting he didn't win. he stole. it's well documented, too. by all standards, he's not really even the president by way of an honest electorate.
Just don't send Ozzie hunting with the VP!
Ozzie is the one who accomplished something, the way I see it, the president should be going to Ozzie's house, not the other way around.
What I don't get is how Ozzie always goes on and on about how great Venezula is, and how he loves it and all that. Go back and fucking live there if its so great!
I BET U OZZIE IS IN THE USA FOR THE MONEY. LIKE A LOT OF INMIGRANTS AND PERIOD. BY THE WAY DON'T CALL "AMERICAN" THE PEOPLE FROM US ONLY CAUSE IF THAT IS THE CASE OZZIE WAS BORN IN AMERICA TOO. "GET EDUCATED"
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