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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on August 10, 2008, 07:56:31 PM

Title: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: Ptarmigan on August 10, 2008, 07:56:31 PM

President George W. Bush is being interviewed by Bob Costas on NBC.

Title: Re: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: Chris_ on August 10, 2008, 07:59:34 PM

Oh well.

I knew there was a reason I won't waste time watching the Olympics.

Title: Re: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: DixieBelle on August 10, 2008, 08:21:19 PM

Straight to the political angles.......

Sigh.

I left the room but I think he handled himself well for the first few questions.

Title: Re: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: docstew on August 10, 2008, 09:09:11 PM

bob asked W what the us should do since china seems strong and the US has problems, and W came back to say that we don't have problems

Title: Re: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: jendf on August 10, 2008, 10:03:23 PM

I think he handled himself well. He seemed relaxed and unfazed by Costas' questions. I've been really impressed with his visit as a whole.

Title: Re: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: Chris_ on August 11, 2008, 10:09:23 AM

Quote from: DixieBelle on August 10, 2008, 08:21:19 PM

Straight to the political angles.......

Sigh.

I left the room but I think he handled himself well for the first few questions.

What political angles?  I gave up watching the Olympics many MANY moons ago for all the political angles that go on within that nest of snakes.  I especially didn't have any interest in THESE  Olympics because the unstated purpose of these Olympics was to provide the Chinese pig with the Mother of all Maybelline moments, in an effort to get the majority of the thinking world to instinctively come up with any other image than that of tanks rolling over students in Tien An Minh Square when they think of China. 

And besides, there is no Football in the Olympics, so I'm not interested in being bored to hell and back for 16 days.

Add to that the fact that I don't watch the network news anymore - I will go Elvis on the friggin' TV screen the next time there's an article on how to improve my sex life on the friggin' national news broadcast.  As such, Bob Costas doesn't even show up as a blip on my radar.  Add to that my disdain for just about any position George W. Bush has taken in the past 4-6 years - with the SOLE exception of how the war on Islamofascism has been prosecuted - and I utterly fail to see what would have drawn me to this particular interview...

Title: Re: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: delilahmused on August 11, 2008, 01:01:43 PM

I love the Olympics and admire the sacrifices made by these athletes and their families. I also love that despite the fact that our government doesn't rip children from their families as toddlers and make them train 8 hours a day, we still dominate. Even in amateur sports capitalism works.

Cindie

Title: Re: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: DixieBelle on August 11, 2008, 05:16:20 PM

Costas immediately started asking Bush about China's "abysmal human rights record", etc....

Title: Re: President Bush Is On Olympics
Post by: Miss Mia on August 12, 2008, 10:48:02 AM

I saw this the other night.  *shrug*  I thought it was fine.