: The following contains graphic language that may be disturbing to readers who don’t hate America.
Josh Riley, a Democrat running for Congress in New York, published a vehemently anti-American op-ed while attending the College of William & Mary in August 2002.
He’s a liberal nerd and lawyer who previously worked for Al Franken, the disgraced former U.S. senator of Minnesota, and Boies Schiller Flexner, the law firm best known for defending Hollywood rapist Harvey Weinstein.
Riley is running against Rep. Marc Molinaro (R., N.Y.) in the state’s 19th Congressional District. It’s a rematch of the 2022 race that Molinaro narrowly won by less than 2 percentage points.
Published in the Press & Sun-Bulletin of Binghamton, N.Y., Riley’s 731-word abomination urged Americans in borderline treasonous fashion to “abandon baseball and indulge in a new pastime.”
No, it’s not. And you know what else?
New York’s 19th Congressional District borders Cooperstown, site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Probably because he hates America. Why else?
Riley explained (correctly) that unionization had corrupted Major League Baseball, which at the time of publication was in the midst of an ugly negotiation over a collective bargaining agreement. Greedy unions and rampant steroid use were among the reasons “baseball is no longer the embodiment of American virtue,” Riley wrote.
I really don’t want to say. It’s too upsetting. Do you really want to know?
Believe me, it’s bad.
Fine. Riley suggested that “professional soccer may be the best new candidate to provide therapeutic diversion.”
Okay, calm down.
I know, it’s egregious. I tried to warn you. He wrote that soccer should replace baseball as “the premier national sport” in America.
I’m afraid not.
Riley praised soccer as “a sport with great potential” in the United States and touted its popularity in lesser nations around the world. He argued it was “laughable” to suggest soccer is “too slow” because baseball isn’t exactly fast-paced either. He neglected to mention that no professional baseball game has ever ended in a 0-0 tie.
I know. Americans should like it because the rest of the world does. Who cares? If soccer was a legitimate sport, America would have the best team.
Obviously.
He said another reason to like soccer is that “the basic rules … are easy to understand.”
I know, right? What is offside? Just kick the damn ball in the goal.
Agreed, it’s total nonsense.
No argument there.
Pretty much. Riley goes on to suggest that, compared with baseball, soccer is a purer sport uncorrupted by greed.
I know. International soccer is one of the most corrupt enterprises ever devised by the human race. The last two World Cups were hosted by Russia and Qatar, for crying out loud.
For sure. It might even be a little bit worse, to be honest.
Yeah.
Anytime!
You and everyone who loves this great country.
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