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PRESIDENT BUSH JOKES SAYING
JESSICA SIMPSON IS REASON DALLAS COWBOYS LOST SUPER BOWL
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4-30-08 -WASHINGTON
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Add this to the lore of championship ceremonies at the White House:
President Bush believes in the Jessica Simpson jinx.
Bush, a
Texas guy, lauded the New York Giants on Wednesday for winning the Super
Bowl. Any football championship is big to the team and its fans, but
this one was all the sweeter because it required a riveting, comeback
effort against the New England Patriots, who were heavily favored and
had not lost all year.
The president noted that along the way the
Giants vanquished a team from his home state - the Dallas Cowboys. Many
Dallas fans pinned their team's surprise playoff loss not on the Giants,
but on Simpson. Seems the singer-actress was accused of being a
distraction to her boyfriend, Dallas quarterback Tony Romo.
Apparently, Bush bought in.
"I'm a good sport," Bush said at the
South Lawn ceremony. "We're going to send Jessica Simpson to the
Democrat National Convention."
Everything is political.
The Giants beat the Patriots, 17-14, in what was considered one of the
biggest upsets in pro football history.
Even Bush, an
early-to-bed leader, stayed up late that February night to watch the
Giants pull ahead and hang on.
He didn't skimp on the
superlatives. "It turned out to be really one of the great, legendary
football games in our nation's history," he said Wednesday.
With
players and coached gathered behind him on a comfortable spring day,
Bush praised the team for its resilience. The president gave a detailed
recap of the Giants' season, from the shaky start to the road victories
to the final game of the regular season, when the Giants lost to the
Patriots but gained confidence.
"You won the gratitude of your
fans. The New York Giants fans love these Giants," Bush said, drawing a
burst of cheers from fans in Giant blue.
Front and center behind
Bush was Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who endured enormous scrutiny
in New York and emerged as the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player.
The president, as usual, also thanked the players for their
off-the-field volunteer work.
The team visited wounded troops at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier in the day. Some star players
say that experience moved them even more than hanging out with the
president at the White House.
"To see their spirit, and the way
they reacted to us, was just very special," said center Shaun O'Hara.
"That's going to stick with me." |
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