Olympics 2008

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[Gemini Cricket]

Isn't smack talking between countries in Olympics normal? Not sure why the French comments were so highlighted. I'm sure they aren't the only country who want to beat another country in Beijing... The "smash incident" sounds contrived to me. You know, to get people to stay up, stay tuned and watch the swimming event. And there's celebrating, but the French team did come very, very close to the US time, so they should be thinking about how they almost got their tails kicked. Also, Phelps got the US off on a slow start... Oh, and Lezak is hot.

As for Bush's arm, it looked like a scrape or something. Maybe from biking? But, sheesh, cover the thing up.

There was a Bush interview by Costas during (after? I forget) the Women's Gymnastics qualification round. It totally came out of nowhere. It wasn't even announced it was coming up. All of a sudden, 'Hey, we have the president here.' I was like, 'Uh, okay.' And it was painful to watch as always. He kept repeating 'engage' over and over. It was weird. And he brought up religion 3 times during his short appearance. I'm thinking free speech in China would be the topic I'd highlight if I was him.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

There was a Bush interview by Costas during (after? I forget) the Women's Gymnastics qualification round. It totally came out of nowhere. It wasn't even announced it was coming up. All of a sudden, 'Hey, we have the president here.' I was like, 'Uh, okay.' And it was painful to watch as always. He kept repeating 'engage' over and over. It was weird. And he brought up religion 3 times during his short appearance. I'm thinking free speech in China would be the topic I'd highlight if I was him.

The interview was mentioned at the top of the broadcast.

On the topic of smack talking, apparently one of the female rowing teams (Australian, I believe) called another team (Netherlands?) fat.

ETA: Finland, not Netherlands. story

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

It was mentioned at the top of the broadcast.

Ah. I sat through the entire Women's Gymnastics section and didn't hear about it. Was it before that? I'm thinking a 'coming up next, the president of the United States' would have been in order.

They showed a clip during the Bush interview where he was talking to Putin. They were standing right in front of Laura. Laura seemed to be ticked having Putin's rump in her face.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

On the topic of smack talking, apparently one of the female rowing teams (Australian, I believe) called another team (Netherlands?) fat.

ETA: Finland, not Netherlands. story

One of my favorite 'human interest' stories from rowing.

Yes, I watched rowing.