Comments on: McCain Would Not Attend Opening Ceremonies http://donklephant.com/2008/04/10/mccain-would-not-attend-opening-ceremonies/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:17:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Agnostick http://donklephant.com/2008/04/10/mccain-would-not-attend-opening-ceremonies/#comment-395936 Agnostick Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:12:24 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5192#comment-395936 The politicization of sports is inevitable. It's always been there, really. The presidents… the prime ministers… the senators… the legislators… what have they done, really? Were they the ones getting up at 5am every morning to go swim laps for two hours? Most every day for the past 10 years? Were they the ones who stayed at the gymnastics center two hours after school, withstanding falls, bruises, twists, sprains? Were they the ones adhering to strict diets, shunning soft drinks, candy, McDonalds's, television, video games, and all the other “kid stuff?” Nancy Pelosi recently “suggested” (more like “demanded”) that our athletes not march in the opening ceremonies. Who the frack does she think she is, telling these young people, who have sacrificed much, that they can't take place in a once-in-a-lifetime event? The decision of whether or not to march in the opening ceremonies should be left to the athletes. If even one little gymnast, cyclist, weightlifter, wrestler, or marksman chooses to march in the opening c3remonies, waving the “Stars & Stripes”… then it is only fitting that our president be there to show support and appreciation. Agnostick agnostick@excite.com http://www.uscentrist.org http://www.americanplan.org The politicization of sports is inevitable. It’s always been there, really.

The presidents… the prime ministers… the senators… the legislators… what have they done, really?

Were they the ones getting up at 5am every morning to go swim laps for two hours? Most every day for the past 10 years?

Were they the ones who stayed at the gymnastics center two hours after school, withstanding falls, bruises, twists, sprains?

Were they the ones adhering to strict diets, shunning soft drinks, candy, McDonalds’s, television, video games, and all the other “kid stuff?”

Nancy Pelosi recently “suggested” (more like “demanded”) that our athletes not march in the opening ceremonies. Who the frack does she think she is, telling these young people, who have sacrificed much, that they can’t take place in a once-in-a-lifetime event?

The decision of whether or not to march in the opening ceremonies should be left to the athletes.

If even one little gymnast, cyclist, weightlifter, wrestler, or marksman chooses to march in the opening c3remonies, waving the “Stars & Stripes”… then it is only fitting that our president be there to show support and appreciation.

Agnostick
agnostick@excite.com
http://www.uscentrist.org
http://www.americanplan.org

]]> By: Joshua http://donklephant.com/2008/04/10/mccain-would-not-attend-opening-ceremonies/#comment-395908 Joshua Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:02:48 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5192#comment-395908 The moral being in me says John McCain made the right call here. The pragmatist wonders how long the PRC's memory is for diplomatic slights such as this, and how much harder it will be for a McCain administration to deal with Beijing as a result. The moral being in me says John McCain made the right call here.

The pragmatist wonders how long the PRC’s memory is for diplomatic slights such as this, and how much harder it will be for a McCain administration to deal with Beijing as a result.

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