Tonight is one of those nights in which politics and sports intersect. Or in this case, collide.
You may recall that back in January, Tim Thomas, a teabagger jackass goalie from the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins, refused to be honored by President Obama at the White House. All because — how did he put it? — "government has grown out of control." The team went without him. Ridiculous.
Well, now that the Bruins are playing the Washington Capitals in the Stanley Cup playoffs, it's time for a little payback. Caps fans are wearing Obama masks at tonight's game in the Verizon Center.
We think this is great — not just because it dings Thomas for disrespecting the President, but because it may get into his head a bit. In fact, we may not have seen anything like this since 1996, when a rain of rubber rats from Panther fans drove then-Bruins-goalie Tom Barrasso to take shelter in his net. We cats PURR.
(PHOTO: Stephen Whyno, The Washington Times)
UPDATE: Whoops! Looks like the only Bruin head Caps fans should have tried to get into was hulking Canadien-beating thug Zdeno Chara's. Oh, well!
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