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From: BuzzFlash
To: Claudia
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 8:29 AM
Subject: The Bush/GOP Cash Connection to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors
April 17, 2003
The Bush/GOP Cash Connection to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors
(Before reading this sixth expose on the partisan politics of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, read
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/04/10_baseball.html
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/12_baseball.html,
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/13_baseball.html,
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/15_baseball.html,
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/15-2_baseball.html)
We encourage you to send this BuzzFlash series exposing the partisan Republican politics of the National Baseball Hall of Fame to your local sportswriters. Keep writing and calling the National Baseball Hall of Fame. They aren't planning to reschedule the "Bull Durham" celebration -- and the Board of Directors is standing by the partisan political decision of Dale Petroskey, the Hall of Fame President and GOP shill. Tell the National Baseball Hall of Fame that baseball belongs to all Americans, not just Republicans. You can find contact information at: http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/contact/email_info.htm.
A BUZZFLASH BREAKING NEWS ANALYSIS
Sixth in a Series on the Partisan Scandal at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Some readers ask why we continue to write editorials exposing the partisan political bias of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while the lying and plundering of Iraq continue on.
Our answer: The opinion of the American public, in this day of omnipresent television and advertising, is swayed heavily by the manipulation of symbols. Karl Rove understands this and masterfully, in his Machiavellian manner, manipulates patriotic and cultural images to sway public thought.
That is why we have now written six news analyses on how the National Baseball Hall of Fame's cancellation of a long-scheduled "Bull Durham" festival was much more than an isolated impulsive act. It is highly unlikely that it was just an individual action taken by the Republican operative who serves as President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
MORE: http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/16_baseball.html
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