Steroids and the Attack on George Bush
I was just reading an article in Slate that essentially blames George Bush for the steroid era. I can blame George Bush for many things but blaming the steroid era on the President is going too far. Would I blame for Clinton for peep shows? Steroids are the culmination of a society that says bigger, stronger and faster is what we want and it’s what we received. We don’t watch Alex Rodriguez to see him bunt and I would never be too enthralled over watching a pitcher who specializes in the 70 mile an hour curveball. BOOOOOOOOORING.
Slate points out that Palmeiro, Canseco and Gonzalez were Texas Rangers during the Bush era who were named in the Mitchell Report. They also point out that Bush brought Canseco to Texas while he may have known that he was a steroid user. But one thing that Slate doesn’t point out is that Bush also let Palmeiro walk in 1993. In addition, Palmeiro and Gonzalez came up through the Texas Rangers farm system and were not recruited by Bush to Texas. So I say to Slate, good try!
