There are plenty of ways for politicians to embarrass themselves (getting busted for foot-tapping comes to mind), but few are as public as bouncing the ceremonial first pitch at baseball games. Yesterday President Obama announced that he would be making his first first pitch as Commander-in-Chief in two weeks when he’ll take the mound before the MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis (in 2005 he threw out the opening ball as a U.S. Senator (above) at a playoff game for his beloved Chicago White Sox).
The Prez has a lot to live up to with his toss: one of the few only things his predecessor did really well was throw first pitch strikes, and in the immortal words of baseball fan Phife Dawg (whose favorite jam back in the day was “Eric B. is President”): “You don’t want to make a pitch that’s wild.” To get a sense of how other politicians have fared on the mound, we take a look back at the History of Political First Pitches…
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In his weekly column, rapper John Brown'the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”'will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
Look, it’s only corruption if you get caught. If we threw every politician in the bing for pay-for-play tactics, we’d have no government! How is a Joe the Plumber supposed to financially compete with a Mike Bloomberg if there’s no money-for-favors options?! Sheesh. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. With that said, there’s clearly an art to avoiding the wrath of prosecution and I gotta give it up to the slime balls that stay low-pro. So lets reflect on some of the most high-profile corruption suspects of ‘08 that couldn’t stay off the paydar….
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“I hear Bristol’s got a baby, but Bristol’s barely got a brain…”
Should we be shocked that young Bristol Palin, daughter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, is preggers at 17? History has shown that powerful people'whether they be performers, preachers, or, in this case, politicians'end up with daughters who become either total prudes or total party animals.
All those hours of hard work leaves little time for proper parenting, which is why Bristol isn’t the first high-profile politician’s daughter to engage in scandalous behavior. With our exclusive Joe Francis meter, we decided to rate the misdeeds of political daughters, past and present.
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