Bush Booed at New Nationals Stadium

By Eric on March 31, 2008

President Bush delivered the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ home opener in their new ballpark. The crowd start booing the second he stepped out of the dugout, and kept booing through the pitch until he was off the field. (Video below)

A Washington Post reader presciently asked why an Iraq War veteran wasn’t throwing out the pitch instead of the president, since “the veteran is far more deserving of the first-pitch honor than the president is.”

Tags: baseball, George W. Bush, Iraq, Washington Nationals

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