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Wrestling fans ‘hate George W. Bush more than the sledgehammer molester.’

bushweb100.jpgPeter Rugg, a blogger for The Pitch, a local Kansas City arts and entertainment newspaper, wrote yesterday about his experience the previous evening attending WWE’s Monday Night Raw. Rugg noted that during the show, “there were two touching tributes to the military men and women serving in the Middle East,” one of which came from former President Bush. And according to Rugg, once Bush appeared on the arena’s television screens, he received “thunderous boos“:

The mere sight of Bush elicited thunderous boos — even more jeering than the maniacal [WWE Wrestler] Randy Orton, who dropped Triple H’s wife, Stephanie, on her head and kissed her while a handcuffed Triple H could only watch. Then Orton hit him with a sledgehammer. I’m going to repeat that again, just to be clear: To wrestling fans, George W. Bush is worse than a sledgehammer molester.



32 Responses to “Wrestling fans ‘hate George W. Bush more than the sledgehammer molester.’”

  1. DRxJ says:

    Exley?
    “Those weren’t jeers, they were most certainly cheers, drowning out the maybe 5 or 6 fans sporadic boos. Come TP, stop being so disingenuous, and stick to facts!”

    (How’d I do?)


  2. misshusseinmolly says:

    Fact usually trumps fiction…


  3. DRxJ says:

    …and if I may, for one quick second.
    Although the point is to show how unpopular former president Bush is, I’m not really sure I like the quoted “Sledgehammer molester” in context.
    Sledgehammer wielding abductor, maybe.
    But not the former.
    Too violent.


  4. konchster says:

    Damn I would have thought you would be in 23% country with the WWF fans. Maybe the “Bush was great” revisionist tour isn’t going that well


  5. krystalviews says:

    Pew Research Institute conducted a Global Poll. Results:
    George W. Bush is THE MOST HATED HUMAN BEING ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET

    Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!


  6. Hoodathunk says:

    Konchster, it appears to be a very short tour. Sort of like walking from the urinal in the men’s room to the stall.


  7. Hoodathunk says:

    krystalviews Says:
    Pew Research Institute conducted a Global Poll. Results:
    George W. Bush is THE MOST HATED HUMAN BEING ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET

    Well, he made number one finally.


  8. Keith H. says:

    GIVE HIM ‘THE BACK-BREAKER’!!! YARRRRR !!


  9. Daddy-O says:

    All I can add is this:

    Mickey Rourke wuz ROBBED at Oscar time, baby! See “The Wrestler” next chance you get. Best Picture 2008, in my professional opinion.


  10. spencers mom says:

    No no no! How can this be? Haven’t you been listening? Bush/Cheney kept us safe for 7 years!

    Too bad for us they were in office for eight.

    PEACE


  11. P.D. says:

    It’s gotta be pretty bad if wrestling fans aren’t buying the Bullsh** Bush and Co. are trying to shovel out. Who would have thought?


  12. the brown acid says:

    They weren’t booing, they were saying “boo-ush, boo-ush”


  13. the brown acid says:

    DRxJ Says:

    When I first read the post I thought it was referring to someone who molested the actual sledgehammer. Boy was my face red when I read on..


  14. avchavis says:

    Bush is lucky that no one broke a chair over his back! ROTFL


  15. WAYNEBRO says:

    They weren’t booing him when they were helping him get re-elected.

    Oh well. Guess better late to the party than never.


  16. Rich H says:

    “I’m going to repeat that again, just to be clear: To wrestling fans, George W. Bush is worse than a sledgehammer molester.”

    Oh my… this is too good (I have a huge smile on my face).

    Maybe this footage can be kept in the Freedom Institute.


  17. Ms_Joanne says:

    Oh boy…when you’ve lost the wrestling crowd, how far before NASCAR pukes on ya? And then you are truly, royally screwed.

    Priceless.


  18. spencers mom says:

    Well, there goes the pro-wrestling wing of the Bush Library!

    I’m picturing a large room with floor to ceiling book shelves and a single copy of “My Pet Goat”. What else can he include? Kinda sad for someone married to a sedate(d) librarian.

    PEACE


  19. Trollspotter says:

  20. hanshiro says:

    …and if anyone knows a phony poseur when they see one, it’s a wrestling fan.


  21. sectionop92 says:

    konchster Says:

    Damn I would have thought you would be in 23% country with the WWF fans.

    Careful. It’s the “WWE” now since the World Wildlife Fund won the right to be called the WWF in that legal battle royale.

    They might send their panda after you to make you submit to their authoitae.


  22. WaltTheMan says:

    I would never have believed that wrestling fans could be smarter then our resident trolls.


  23. tombaker says:

    They weren’t booing him when they were helping him get re-elected.

    Oh well. Guess better late to the party than never.

    Think how long it took for the mullet to die out. Heck, you can still spot one here and there in the right locales.


  24. fletc3her says:

    Oh come on, wrestling fans know that the guy with the sledgehammer is just an actor, while Bush is among the worst Presidents this nation has ever had. The boos for Bush are genuine. The boos for the sledgehammer character are in fun.


  25. wiley says:

    I’d like to hear the thunderous boos. If anyone finds a link to audio, please post here.


  26. dixie blood says:

    #24 tombaker,

    Hey, I see a mullet and I think, “Somebody’s got to cook up the meth…”


  27. Buckie Boy says:

    If Bush wants to hear some cheers, he needs to turn himself in for WAR CRIMES, and a great number of people around the world will cheer…loudly.


  28. buzzbomb says:

    tombaker Says:
    Think how long it took for the mullet to die out. Heck, you can still spot one here and there in the right locales.

    Go to a WWE event and you’re at mullet ground zero my friend.


  29. buzzbomb says:

    I would love to see Cheney and/or Bush powerbombed through a table. Yeah, that would be sweet.


  30. Another Chris says:

    This is the one and oly time the left will ever agree with wrestling fans. If they had cheered the left would have denounced them as stupid rednecks.


  31. Max-1 says:

    .

    You know you sh!t’s stanky when your emotive base boos you.

    .


  32. Wang111 says:

    Wrestling fans have good reasons to hate George W. Bush.

    “A ‘fatty cyst’ was removed from Bush’s chest in 1960.”

    “At some point, Bush has had surgery for sports-related back injuries.”

    “Bush had a hemorrhoid during the period of his National Guard enlistment (1968-1973).”

    “In 1999 Bush was jogging on a path in Austin, TX when a truck trailer overturned nearby. As chunks of concrete and wood dumped behind him he dove for cover, scraping his right leg and hip.”

    “As of November 2003 [Bush] could lift as much as 215 pounds, but due to a torn meniscus he has decreased his running, with a consequent increase in his per-mile time from 7 minutes to 9 minutes.”

    “Actinic keratoses are pre-cancerous sun-induced skin lesions. Three such lesions were removed from Bush’s face on August 4, 2001 using liquid nitrogen.”

    “On December 14, 2001, Bush had four noncancerous skin lesions removed from his face. The Press learned of this only when Bush appeared before cameras with dark red spots on his face.”

    “On January 13, 2002, Bush lost consciousness while sitting on a couch in the White House, watching a football game. His head hit the floor, resulting in an abrasion on his left cheekbone and a small bruise on his lower lip. The incident was blamed on a combination of (a) Bush not feeling well in previous days, and (b) an improperly eaten pretzel. Their combined effect was to slow the President’s heart.”

    “Time Magazine reports Bush has had to curtail his workout routine in November 2003 ‘thanks to a torn meniscus in his knee,’ but does not say which knee or how it happened. X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging in December 2004 found damage in both knees.”

    “The picture on a November 2002 book’s dust jacket clearly shows prominent creases in both of Bush’s ear lobes. Comment: The significance of ear lobe creases has been controversial. They were proposed as a marker for increased cardiovascular risk in the 1970s.”

    “In July 2004, and again in July 2005, serious-sounding stories appeared on the Internet claiming that Dr. Richard Tubb was medicating Bush for psychiatric difficulties.”

    “On May 22, 2004, [Bush] fell from his mountain bike during the 16th mile of a 17-mile course. . . . Bush suffered ‘scrapes and scratches on his chin, upper lip, nose, right hand and both knees.’”

    “On July 7, 2005 Bush was bicycling fast in Scotland, about 45 minutes into his usual one-hour ride, when his mountain bike skidded out from under him on slick pavement. . . . He suffered minor scrapes and bruises of the left hand and arm.”

    Doctor Zebra. Retrieved December 16, 2008, from http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/g43.htm

    “His friends told him that he must be guilty of some sin against God and that his misfortunes were a punishment of God for that sin” (Retrieved November 26, 2008, from http://www.christianinconnect.com/misfortunes.htm).

    Through George W. Bush’s comparatively recent health problems, maybe God has cursed and/or punished Bush for his hate crimes and/or racial prejudices and/or fabrication of information leading up to the illegitimate Iraq war and/or murders of U.S. service members and/or etc.

    Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang, J.D. Candidate
    B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
    Messiah College, Grantham, PA
    Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993



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