Bush Hates the Cubs

President Bush came to Chicago to raise money for the GOP. Considering that Illinois is a blue state, I don't know how much good it's going to do any Republican candidate who gets too close to the guy. And you would have thought the advisers who tell him what to say would have warned him to not sode with the White Sox over the Cubs:

"Congratulations to the White Sox," Bush said of the World Series champions, "all you longtime White Sox fans and you recent converts."

That drew laughter from the crowd in the Hilton ballroom, as did his subsequent friendly jab at the expense of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a Cubs fan.

"We choppered in. The speaker said, 'There's the home of the Cubs,'�" recounted Bush, referring to Wrigley Field. "I said, well, Mr. Speaker, maybe next year."

The White Sox, despite their victory in October are the third favorite baseball team in Illinois -- behind the Cubs and the Cardinals.

Perhaps Bush is like most Americans -- and was completely unaware Chicago even had a second baseball team until the White Sox made it into the playoffs.

Originally posted in Peoria Pundit