Bush: Steroids ‘Sullied the Game’
EmailABC News’ Ann Compton and Liz Marlantes Reports: In a brief Rose Garden appearance, President George W. Bush said Friday that steroid abuse has "sullied the game" of baseball.
Bush, who was co-owner of the Texas Rangers prior to entering political life, added, "I think it’s best that all of us not jump to any conclusions on individual players named," before he concluded, "My hope is that this report is part of putting the steroid era of baseball behind us."
The President said he understands "the impact that professional athletes can have on our nation’s youth" and reiterated, "When they violate their bodies, they are sending a terrible signal to our nation’s youth."
You can go in-depth on the steroids in baseball scandal by clicking here. Was the report worth it? And watch a video on baseball’s bad boys.
Earlier this week, in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, President Bush candidly discussed his past struggle with alcohol.
"I doubt I’d be standing here if I hadn’t quit drinking whiskey, and beer and wine and all that," the president disclosed Tuesday to Raddatz during an exclusive tour of the White House residence.
The president told ABC News he quit drinking over 20 years ago — cold turkey.
"I had too much to drink one night, and the next day I didn’t have any," Bush said. "The next day I decided to quit and I haven’t had a drink since 1986."
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Makes me want to START taking steroids…
Posted by: RW | December 14, 2007, 11:27 am 11:27 am
President Bush needs to focus on gettign us OUT OF IRAQ AND REDUCING GAS PRICES and stop worrying about steriod use in major league sports. I think the players should file a lawsuit for defamation of character.
R
Posted by: Rosemary Augustine | December 14, 2007, 11:35 am 11:35 am
Interesting comment from a man who has “sullied” the integrity of the White House and this great nation.
Posted by: clarkalex | December 14, 2007, 11:47 am 11:47 am
And Bush should know all about cheating and lying. He’s an expert.
Posted by: BigT | December 14, 2007, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm
Who is he to criticize ANYONE?
Posted by: zuzu | December 14, 2007, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm
This man’s priorities are so messed up, its beyond belief! Never mind baseball! What about healthcare, the War, the economy! I couldn’t care less what Roger Clemens was shooting in his derrière!
Posted by: April Campbell | December 14, 2007, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm
Bush sullied the Presidency.
Posted by: Eric | December 14, 2007, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
And you Mr. Bush have sullied this country !!!You are an embarrassment to the world,along with your gang of political thugs,criminals and incompetents.
Posted by: Sharon White | December 14, 2007, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
Baseball players may have had more love for money than had respect for the pure love of the National Past time but they didn’t crap all over the Constitution, start a pre-emptive war, lied in every speech they ever gave, alientated an entire world, sold out all that was important and precious to a people for the love of money as Bush Cheney Bush Sr Rumsfled, Delay, Rice and the rest of the NEOCONS have done!
Posted by: GM | December 14, 2007, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
The Bush presidency has “SULLIED” this country.
Posted by: dano | December 14, 2007, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm
The photo in this story shows the AXIS OF EVIL…BUSH-CHENEY-RICE.
Posted by: Joe MUrphy | December 14, 2007, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm
Sort of the pot calling the kettle black…
Posted by: Carl | December 14, 2007, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm
“Sullied”??? Isn’t this the quintessential example of the pot calling the kettle black?
Posted by: JLS1950 | December 14, 2007, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm
Steroids didn’t sully anything. Drugs do not forcibly inject themselves into people’s lives. The players and trainers are the ones who voluntarily chose to use steroids, and a great many managers and team doctors voluntarily chose to look the other way. Baseball isn’t a sport anymore, no more so than professional football or basketball. Baseball is nothing more than entertainment in which the actors are rewarded greatly for “good performances”. And the powers that be don’t care if “good performances” can only be achieved with drugs. As long as the money keeps rolling in, anything goes in the world of professional “sports”.
True sports is dead in America, at least at the professional level and at the collegiate level, too, since college and university teams are nothing more than minor league training camps. It’s all about the ONLY THING America values: money.
Posted by: windrider | December 14, 2007, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm
Bush is right and who better to make this statement than the president who restored honesty and integrity to the White House. I would urge all of our young children to walk in the footsteps of George so they can be as moral as he is so this can be a better world.
Posted by: Jujubee Jones | December 14, 2007, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm
Of all people to make moral statements,Bush is laughable. He’s a horrible role model and needs to be in prison for all the misdeeds him and Cheney have commited.
Posted by: AJ | December 14, 2007, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm
All Hail King George so truthful and Righteous…go have another whiskey and line of coke you fricken moron…..You have sullied the United States of America…It’s way past time to send Texas back their village idiot.
Posted by: andrea | December 14, 2007, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm
The President is Concered? Wow, it thinks!
Posted by: BronxBoy7117 | December 14, 2007, 2:32 pm 2:32 pm
If Bush is so bothered by steroids in baseball he should just look in the mirror. His Texas Rangers teams of the 90′s were made up exclusively of roid users.
Posted by: Mike.D30 | December 14, 2007, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm
Not a Bush defender here, but a number of years ago he brought the steroid issue up in his State of the Union speech and was roundly criticized for it. Yes. there are MANY better things for him to be doing but he has in fact shown a concern for this issue for a long time.
Posted by: RobbyLove | December 14, 2007, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm
Andrea, please do not send Bush back to Texas. He is NOT a Texan. Send back him to New Haven, Connecticut from whence he came.
andrea wrote:
All Hail King George so truthful and Righteous…go have another whiskey and line of coke you fricken moron…..You have sullied the United States of America…It’s way past time to send Texas back their village idiot.
Posted by: anon | December 14, 2007, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm
Who cares what Cokey McCokerson thinks about anything anyway? If you ask me, Bush’s cocaine use sullied the Presidency.
Posted by: Dave the Dick | December 14, 2007, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm
Sullied baseball! Sullied baseball! This is one of the things that is wrong with Bush. They have shown the world that professional athletes just like big business leaders in America cheat. Sullied baseball? They stink up the country but dopey fans(just stupid not high) will continue to give these varmints their wages while bringing their kids to see these great moral role models perform. Sullied baseball-darn that is a goofy statement.
Posted by: rockychance | December 14, 2007, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm
Sullied baseball! Sullied baseball! This is one of the things that is wrong with Bush. They have shown the world that professional athletes just like big business leaders in America cheat. Sullied baseball? They stink up the country but dopey fans(just stupid not high) will continue to give these varmints their wages while bringing their kids to see these great moral role models perform. Sullied baseball-darn that is a goofy statement.
Posted by: rockychance | December 14, 2007, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm
RobbyLove – then maybe he should have run for commissioner of baseball instead of wasting everybody’s time as the worst President ever. That d-bag should just shut up and go kill himself already.
Posted by: Ann Coulter's Adam's Apple | December 14, 2007, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
Unless these players confessed to using steroids such as Marion Jones or they failed a drug test such as Floyd Landis how can these baseball players be “convicted” in this report like this? Lucky for them this isn’t the 1692 in Salem, Mass. and they are accused of witchcraft. And why are we giving so much credence to ANY politician?
Posted by: rlm6769 | December 14, 2007, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm
Put this buffoon in jail with Cheney et al. for selling out this country.
Posted by: jasper | December 14, 2007, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm
I would like to see Bush try and spell “sullied”
Posted by: Tom | December 14, 2007, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm
Bush is a war criminal who should just shut up and go away!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Bob Kane | December 14, 2007, 4:23 pm 4:23 pm
Well at least he know’s what the word means — George Bush has sullied the office of the President of the United States.
Posted by: Paulet | December 14, 2007, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm
Bush has sullied the Office of President of the United States,Bush has sullied America, Bush has sullied the U.S. Constitution, Bush has sullied the Great American Military, Bush has sullied every thing he ever came in contact with..So why don’t he just SHUT UP and go away???? 401 more days of this rat.
Posted by: Joe MUrphy | December 14, 2007, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm
This is why I’m a fan of the Xtreme sports. Those athletes actually love their sport more than they love themselves and money.
By the way, were there any Texas Ranger players named from the time Bush had ownership in the team? I know it’s unimaginable but Bush might have been part of the problem……….
Posted by: dk | December 15, 2007, 1:10 am 1:10 am
Wow, Bush used a big word. Impressive. Did Karl Rove email that idea to him? He likes the word ‘sully’ because it rhymes with the word ‘bully.’ He has both bullied and sullied the reputation of Americans during his terms in office.
The irony of him, being a huge crook, snake and slime-ball feeling qualified to pass judgment on others is quite the picture of America as a whole.
From the ‘prez’ down to the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, the whole country seems to be in the midst of an ethical meltdown. From the corporate boardroom, to the legislators’ bathroom, to the celebrity bedroom we see malfeasance on all levels of society these days. It is ironic that the bigger the piece of $hit someone is in this land, the more they feel qualified to condemn others for what they themselves are guilty of.
How do you spell blameshifting, finger-pointing hypocrite? I spell it George W. Bush. Bush should autograph their baseball bats, then send them to Iraq for use over there.
Posted by: JL | December 15, 2007, 4:57 am 4:57 am
Bush is a failure in a suit. The first thing he did when he bought the Texas Rangers was to trade Sammy Sousa…great move from the “Decider”. Go back to drinking…it suits you.
Posted by: bob | December 15, 2007, 7:36 am 7:36 am
Like Bush Sullied America.
Posted by: Rick/Sneads Ferry, NC | December 15, 2007, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
Er, “sully” and “bully” don’t rhyme, JL. Sound it out. They’re sight rhymes, nothing more.
Aside from that, I agree with you.
Posted by: Walker Yeatman | December 15, 2007, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm
Mr. President it is the responsibility of first the parents, industry and our legal system focused on dealing with the prescribers and manufacturing of illegal drugs to protect our youth. I personally could care less about some “nitwick” ballplayer abusing his body.I want to see the Victor Conte types in jail and punish for creating drugs that are harmful to society. I want to see baseball owners contrite for turning thier heads to the problem. After all it’s thier products (players), we are discussing.
Posted by: murl41 | December 16, 2007, 6:28 am 6:28 am