[OFN] Dubya was a cheerleader.

In 1961 Bush left Texas and went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, a boarding school that his father had also attended.

At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader and commissioner of an intramural stickball league.

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Originally, male cheerleaders (or "rooter kings") patrolled the sidelines at college football games, trying to organize the yells of spectators. The male cheerleader was something of a campus eminence, regarded as an up-and-coming entrepreneur and future captain of industry. In 1911, The Nation declared that "the reputation of having been a valiant 'cheer-leader' is one of the most valuable things a boy can take away from college. As a title to promotion in professional or public life, it ranks hardly second to that of being a quarterback."

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IamDrunk said:

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Clu said:

in 1911 saying "he's a dandy" meant "he's a pimp"

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jahman said:

so while kerry was patrolling rivers in a gunboat, our president was doing the splits and hopping around and holding hands with other men?

nice!

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jahman said:

so while kerry was patrolling rivers in a gunboat, our president was doing the splits and hopping around and holding hands with other men?

nice!

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JuggerNaught said:

no..while kerry was patrolling in a riverboat, our president was keeping the south safe from vietnamese attacks in a jet

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