Olympics 2008

[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