Former President Bush to lead Olympic delegation

[bleowheels]

Just heard on MSNBC


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's father, former President George H.W. Bush, will lead the U.S. delegation at next month's Athens Olympics.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan on Thursday said the delegation for the Aug. 13-29 games also will include Barbara Bush, the president's mother, and the president's twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna Bush.


http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/news?slug=ap-bush-delegation&prov=ap&type=lgns

[Kolesar]

1. The collective booos will be overwhelming ... eom

[Pachamama]

39. The Collective Puking will be even more overwhelming...

I'm sick to my stomach just thinking about it... :puke:


Watch there be boos and eggs thrown at our "delegation"....

[Seabiscuit]

49. DAYAMMM!!!!

I e-mailed and posted on the Kerry blog a plea months ago for Kerry to scoop the media with an announcment that he'll attend the Athens Olympics. I noted that Dubya wouldn't dare attend since he still doesn't dare go anywhere in public (the paranoia of the guilty, ever fearful of being killed by most of the people in the world). Yet Kerry and his staff totally ignored me.

HOW DO YOU GET KERRY'S ATTENTION????

Fuck it. Dubya's Pappy upstaging Kerry? This is totally fucked!

:puke:

[Seabiscuit]

50. I JUST GOT MYSELF BANNED FROM THE KERRY BLOG

...for complaining that no one from his campaign listened to me months ago about an Athens Olympics appearance, upstaging Dubya, et. al.

Unfortunately I got really frustrated and said things like "what does it take to get John Kerry's attention?" "What does it take to get his staff's attention?" "Fuck it." "The thing John Kerry's done right recently is to select John Edwards as his VP. Too bad John Edwards didn't have the chance to choose his own VP."

I also noted: "Is Karl Rove the only one reading the Kerry blog?"

What's wrong with Kerry's people? Are they that thin-skinned?

You know what?

FUCK HIM!

I was going to contribute (along with my wife) another $1,900.00 to his campaign tomorrow. Now they can do without that money. Screw that!!!!

Yeah, we'll vote for him over Dubya anyday. But we don't like him one bit. Lesser of two evils, by now, sad to say.

[Seabiscuit]

51. Anyone interested...

in drafting Joe Wilson for President?

[onehandle]

2. He knows that's in Yurp, right?

How Un-American of him.

[peterh]

3. Chris Evert???

Never pegged her for a freeper…..How disappointing…

[chimpy the poopthrower]

15. um. I don't think this exactly makes Evert a freeper. (nt)

[peterh]

20. If not….

She’s a party of one in that delegation….and I can’t picture the twit picking her based solely on her past accomplishments….

[chimpy the poopthrower]

32. maybe you're right.

I re-read it and didn't get the same impression as I did the first time. I guess I had misread it.

[CO Liberal]

4. Will He Be On The Skydiving Team????

:-)

[TahitiNut]

5. When did Vomiting become an Olympic Exhibition Sport??

Or is DimSon hoping his dad becomes a martyr?

[Kolesar]

6. The one hundred meter hurls

[Pachamama]

43. OMG! That's it! Dimwit wants to get rid of Poppy, Mummy and the twins!

Send them all of to Athens! Get rid of the angst and bitterness towards the Father that he could never get the approval from and the cold mean distant Mother who he got little love from. The twins? Well, he hasn't exactly been the model Dad, has he? Maybe then he hopes to win sympathy from the American public for losing his "family"...and then he'll have the excuse to go after them because they killed his Mommy, Daddy and children....and hope to win the election?

:scared:

[Pachamama]

44. OMG! That's it! Dimwit wants to get rid of Poppy, Mummy and the twins!

Send them all off to Athens! How brilliant! Get rid of the angst and bitterness towards the Father that he could never get the approval from and the cold mean distant Mother who he got little love from. The twins? Well, he hasn't exactly been the model Dad, has he? Maybe then he hopes to win sympathy from the American public for losing his "family"...and then he'll have the excuse to go after the "axis of evil" because they killed his Mommy, Daddy and children....and hope to win the election?

:scared:

[hang a left]

48. Got my reynolds wrap out.

First antichrist gives cause to worship the second antichrist or however that goes. Imagine the sympathy for * if his father is assisignated in Athens.

[bushisanidiot]

7. Hmm.. Just how far will AWOL go to get re-elected?

most of his family is going, but he is staying home all safe in his bunker.

[RDL]

8. At least

Mommy, Poppy and the two little kiddies will get to see and hear first hand what the real world thinks of shrub

[bleedingedge]

9. I don't get this...

WTF do Poppy, Babs, Jenna have to do with the Olympics? And Spanos' connection to Olympic sports is tenusous at best.

Does the sitting President typically get to put "his people" in the delegation? How did this come about? What the hell is going on?

This seems like a massive campaign commercial for Bush sponsored by the Olympic committee.

[bleowheels]

10. Just like "daddy" GHWB at the all star game this week or W...

kicking off pro football last year. :puke:

[livinginphotographs]

11. When I first read the headline

"Former President Bush" my first thought was that you were referring to King W. I'll guess I have to wait until November for that, though....

[JohnnyRingo]

12. oh boy.........yippee......what else is on ?

[calimary]

13. Will that be the Intramural Plane Ditching Team or the

Sushi-Heaving Team?

[Renew Deal]

14. That's sucks.

Expect major booing

[Malva Zebrina]

16. are they going to be accompanied by the usual 600 security secret service

persons and the snipers on the roof?--maybe they will be accompanied by some mercenaries -- armed and wearing desert fatigues.

It would be so sweet if there was nothing but loud boos, over and over causing them to leave their seats--and Battleaxe Barbara to say that her beautiful mind was assaulted by boos.

I rmember this incident--1968 Summer Olympics

[Doosh]

17. oh great, another opportunity for CNN to whore there "Flyboy" documentary

[Az_lefty]

18. Will they Skydive into Athens? n/t

[geek tragedy]

19. Why don't they just moon the crowd

and have Cheney tell the world to go fuck themselves.

It's like they want the athletes to get booed.

[Kellanved]

24. Oh it is a publicity stunt

For the sake of the American public, not the world.
Anyway, neither the Twins, nor pop are hated in Europe the way Bush* is.

The Twins with their rather European adolescence and recent Eurotrips are actually quite liked.
Bush sr. never enraged the European public the way his son did; he's quite popular for allowing the wall to come down.

The one way to get real cheers is send Clinton: that would get the crowd behind the US team.

[geek tragedy]

26. Are you kidding?

The Greeks HATE every American leader. They hate Clinton like he was Hitler because of Bosnia/Kosovo.

This will bring down a chorus of boos from the locals in attendance. Too bad the athletes have to get caught up in this kind of transparent jingoism and exploitation.

[bleowheels]

21. I can just see NBC "muting" the boos and piping in cheers from..

the studio.

[devilgrrl]

45. It's moments like these that make me wish I had access to the CBC

CBC's Olympic coverage is far superior than any of the major US networks. The CBC of course focuses mainly on Canadian athletes but also does a variety of features on athletes from lesser known nations. They also show most of the sports besides track, gymnastics, swimming - they'll show archery, synchronized swimming, equestrian events, etc... And all of the closing ceremonies. Unlike the US networks, which seem to focus on athletes whose family members have cancer and show events only when there's a chance for a US medal. BORING!

[Retrograde]

22. will Jenna be back in time for school?

Since she's so keen on teaching school to poor photo-op subjects - sorry, children - in Harlem - see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=686409&mesg_id=686409

for details. I do so hope she doesn't have to cut her European vacation short in order to hurry back to prepare for her first day at school. And with the convention and the campaign coming right after that - well, I don't see how the poor dear will find the time to grade papers with her busy schedule.

[iconoclastic cat]

23. ...dragging behind him the Stone of Shame!

[WI_DEM]

25. Can you imagine the family of the most hated man in the world

leading the Olympic delegation which is supposed to emphasize peace!!

[Bluebear]

27. Babs is a late replacement for our Men's shot put champion.

She pictures all the things that rile her beautiful mind and hurls that sucker like you've never seen!

[calico1]

28. I hope the Greeks boo them very loudly!

What a disgrace to have them represent our county. Of course the Bushes like to act as though they are our Royal family!

:puke:

[tom_paine]

29. The Old original Poppy Augustus, who's 12 years of rule was the first

True Emperor of Amerika.

Hell,if his friend Hinckley had whacked Raygun he would have ruled DIRECTLY for 11.8 years (as I'm sure the intent was).

Luckily, BushFriend Hinckley failed, Raygun lived to exert what little power he had to keep the Busheviks' Totalitarianism in check.

Yet Poppy Augustus DID rule for 12 years and WAS the First Emperor of Amerika just as Julius Caeser was technically the first Emperor of Rome.

This in spite of the fact that in both cases, the Old Republics were not yet gone.

[Bluebear]

30. Watch them insist that Jenna carries our flag instead of an athlete

After all, she is a royal daughter and should have that honor, not some sweaty athlete ewwwwwww.

[DeepModem Mom]

31. Oh, dear God! Karl doesn't miss a trick, does he? n/t

[geek tragedy]

33. Note that the other members

are big $$$$ contributors to aWol.

:puke:

[progressivebydesign]

34. Oh! THIS explains WHY we're sending OUR elite troops to the Olympics!

I was wondering WHY my tax dollars were supporting the deployment of hundreds of our elite military troops to the Games. This is explains it... wonder where the free speech zone will be this time?

[bluestateguy]

35. You mean the real President Bush?

The one who was actually elected?

[jeanmarc]

36. (holding triangle) hello terrorists! ding, ding, ding!

They really seem to be saying 'bring it on'.

[LisaM]

37. Yet another reason to watch it on CBC!

As if there weren't enough reasons already.......

[midnight armadillo]

38. The leader should be...

Tommy Kono, former US olympic weightlifting champ. He set many Olympic and world records back in the 60's.

Olympic lifting is held in very high regard in Greece. This would be a popular move.

[Pachamama]

40. I think I'm going to boycott the Olympics and not even watch....

....just as the rest of the world should with the US participating....I'm sorry for our wonderful athletes that have to suffer because of this administration, but we are all suffering because of Bu$h and FUCheney....

Why should the advertisers benefit? This is sad...it will be the first Olympics in 20 years that I haven't attended (My family has gone to all of them) and I plan to go to Canada for the Winter Olympics (love Whistler) but this one I'm sitting out in protest....

[2Design]

41. this is too bad....they don't belong there...they are going for the

free passes and all expenses paid by us the taxpayer...

[LibDemAlways]

42. Maybe sitting in a bar doing shooters

until you pass out is now an Olympic event - in which case the tequila twins are well qualified. The best part of this is that the obviously clueless Poppy and Babs along with their "pain in the ass" granddaughters will get to experience first hand how the European public feels about the * family.

[Whoa_Nelly]

46. If there's a threat or attempt on Bush I's life

could open the doors for another pre-emptive strike war of, "They tried to get my daddy!"

[Jack Rabbit]

47. How are the networks going to cover their reception?

This is not going to be pretty.

[tranche]

52. boo

shortest post i've ever done.. but it's all that's needed

[Swamp Rat]

53. Bush is becoming more and more like Hitler every day.

So how will our athletes behave and be received? Will Christian and Muslim athletes befriend each other in spite of Bushitler?

BERLIN  1936
Games of the XI Olympiad

The 1936 Olympics, held in Berlin, are best remembered for Adolf Hitler’s failed attempt to use them to prove his theories of Aryan racial superiority. As it turned out, the most popular hero of the Games, even among the German people, was the African-American sprinter and long jumper Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals. During the long jump competition, Owens’ German rival, Luz Long, publicly befriended him in front of the Nazis.

Jesse Owens (USA-athletics) became a sporting hero after winning four gold medals (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump), which did much to undermine Hitler's myth of Aryan superiority. He was one of the first athletes in the United States to see his popularity cross racial boundaries.

http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1936