More bad news surrounding the 2010 winter Olympics.
I'm beginning to think this year was cursed.
We already discussed these:
1. The Luge guy is killed.
2. The women skiers are worried about their track being unsafe.
3. NBC coverage wtf thread
Now there is this:
Romney Assaulted on Flight Leaving Olympics
Updated February 15, 2010
FOXNews.com
A passenger became "physically violent" when the former Massachusetts governor asked him to move his seat upright for take-off.
Mitt Romney, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, was physically assaulted Monday by a fellow passenger on a flight from Vancouver, Canada, to Los Angeles.
Romney, a 2008 presidential candidate, asked a passenger who was seated and reclining in front of his wife, Ann, to move his seat upright during take off.
"The passenger became physically violent. Governor Romney did not retaliate, but instead let the airline crew respond to the incident." Said Romney Spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom.
Romney was not injured, but those familiar with the incident tell Fox News, "there was physical contact with Governor Romney." Ann Romney was not touched in the incident.
The plane returned to the gate and the passenger was arrested by the police.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/15/report-romney-threatened-flight-vancouver/
A couple of days ago this:
Biden's Motorcade in Vancouver Accident, 2 Hurt
Updated February 14, 2010
AP
Figure skating great Peggy Fleming and former bobsled champion Vonetta Flowers sustained minor injuries in the accident Sunday.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Figure skating great Peggy Fleming and former bobsled champion Vonetta Flowers sustained minor injuries Sunday in a traffic accident while riding with hockey Olympian Mike Eruzione in Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade at the Vancouver Olympics.
Biden was in a different vehicle and wasn't involved in the accident.
Fleming said she was in a van with Flowers, Eruzione, as well as White House and Secret Service personnel. The motorcade was heading to a hockey game when the van was rear-ended.
Fleming said Biden had a physician traveling with him who tended everybody on the scene. They also were checked at a hospital as a precaution.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/14/bidens-motorcade-involved-vancouver-accident-injuring/
What next? Maybe the gods of Mount Olympus are mad on account the world didn't give Barry the next games for Chicago.
