Comments on: McCain Threatens Baseball Over Drugs

By: Slightly Off Center

Slightly Off Center — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 22:59:24 +0000

McCain begins use of Bully Pulpit
In the Dec 06 issue of ESPN The Magazine (pg 14), in an interview with Columnist Peter Keating, Sen. John McCain had this to say in regards to Congress having the inability to anything about the Steroid controversy in baseball, the owners and the players

By: Accidental Verbosity

Accidental Verbosity — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 21:37:56 +0000

She's a grouchy Jedi.
This is a good example of why I can't stand John McCain. I never liked him, but I was willing to consider him right up until I watched him

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:25:38 +0000

Oh, Please
Sen. John McCain has threatened to intorduce legislation forcing baseball to test its players for drugs. He can claim all...

By: kappiy

kappiy — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:29:03 +0000

Once again McCain is grandstanding in his long pattern of seeking publicity for publicity's sake--he is pretty much the right wing Jesse Jackson, latching on to whatever issue is prominent in the news and putting forth ill-conceived "solutions" to perceived problems (e.g. McCain-Feingold--a fraud of a law, if there ever was one). "I agree with McCain and the president that steroids in professional sports is an important issue, if nothing else because of the trickle down effect on the rest of society." If this was really one of the more important issues facing society, I would be extremely happy. Unfortunately, it has absolutely no bearing on anyone's life. The whole "trickle-down" argument is specious. It is the same argument that superstitious shamans like Jerry Falwell and Bush use to talk about the "gay agenda" and that if people are exposed to a frank discussion of sexuality, birth control, or other issues, they will "turn gay" or be promiscuous. This whole standpoint is insulting to people's intellegence and a failure to recognize individual rational capacities. But this elitist posturing shouldn't be surprising given the discounting of reality that guides what passes for "thinking" by many of our political leaders.

By: Jeff Quinton

Jeff Quinton — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 13:37:33 +0000

I would think at the very least Congress had some input into MLB because of the anti-trust exemption - so the appropriate thing Congress could do if they were concerned would be to vote to lift it.

By: Accidental Verbosity - Yay!

Accidental Verbosity - Yay! — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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By: Arguing with signposts... » How to threaten baseball

Arguing with signposts... » How to threaten baseball — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] r notes that John McCain is threatening baseball with legislation to require drug testing (Outside The Beltway : McCain Threatens Baseball Over Drugs), I think a more sensible legislative a [...]