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Why Lance Armstrong has my sympathy
TheDailyCaller.com ^ | 01-16-2013 | Laurie Dhue

Posted on 01/17/2013 12:08:06 PM PST by TexasCajun

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I also abused a substance to “improve” my life. Mine was alcohol, but the effect was the same. And of course there’s the denial, which most of us addicts engaged in for years before getting help and which in Armstrong’s case seems rather epic.

1 posted on 01/17/2013 12:08:13 PM PST by TexasCajun
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Many people assume that steroids and performance-enhancing drugs are not addictive because there is no “high” associated with their use. But there is, according to Dr. Bienenfeld. “Once you try it and it works, you’re expected to perform at a higher level,” he told me. “You taste success and victory and there is definitely a high that comes with it. You realize that you need to keep employing that external enhancer in order to keep winning, otherwise you’ll just be with the herd.”
2 posted on 01/17/2013 12:09:50 PM PST by TexasCajun
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POS Armstrong needs to return all of the money he took from the US Postal Service in sponsorship fees or go to jail for fraud.


3 posted on 01/17/2013 12:10:07 PM PST by jimbo123
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He had a good run. He lied. He destroyed people who pointed out his lies. He got destroyed. Karma.


4 posted on 01/17/2013 12:10:34 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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Yep Lance is an addict... now he can get his titles back under the Americans with Disabilities Act.... Maybe a nice Handicapped placard for his bike.


5 posted on 01/17/2013 12:12:27 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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Not guilty.


6 posted on 01/17/2013 12:12:41 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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Thats she’s not,,


7 posted on 01/17/2013 12:14:39 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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Lance Armstrong's Olympic medal stripped away by IOC for doping
8 posted on 01/17/2013 12:15:07 PM PST by TexasCajun
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Praying for you, Laurie.

Him too, I guess.


9 posted on 01/17/2013 12:18:27 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Palin was correct!)
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Not letting this POS hide behind Obama's gun-grabbing & Notre Dame's Manti Te’o’s Dead Girlfriend Hoax!

The USPS has spend 30 Million sponsoring Lance over the years.

The USPS is considering suing him and could get treble damages.

10 posted on 01/17/2013 12:19:58 PM PST by TexasCajun
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He doped/cheated. So did everyone else in cycling.

He lied about it. So did everyone else in cycling.

When he got caught, he denied it. So did everyone else in cycling.

When called to task for it, he used every option available to him the harass, threaten, and smear his accusers. Okay, maybe not like everyone else in cycling, but few have ever had nearly as much to lose as Armstrong did.

It doesn’t excuse him. It doesn’t make him a “good guy”. i just don’t think he’s the dastardly villain he’s being portrayed as — just no better or worse than every other cheat in the sport, who reacted in proportion to what he stood to lose. Frankly, the best punishment is for everyone to ignore him.


11 posted on 01/17/2013 12:20:04 PM PST by kevkrom (If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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Remind me again, how many Americans is Armstrong responsible for killing in Benghazi???


12 posted on 01/17/2013 12:20:54 PM PST by Delta Dawn (at)
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When I first heard about Armstrong’s interview with Oprah, I was completely shocked. Who knew she still had an audience?


13 posted on 01/17/2013 12:21:32 PM PST by YourAdHere (January 21: Lets pray for rain, bitter temperatures, cold winds, and gray skies in Washington.)
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I understand the point that Dhue is trying to make, but I think she's wandering way out of her true area of expertise.

First of all, I don't think we even know yet with certainty exactly what drugs Armstrong was taking. Secondly, I'm not aware of any research showing that things like HGH and the types of testosterone-boosters that most athletes typically take are "addictive". Comparing them to excessive use of alcohol strikes me as misleading and fallacious.

14 posted on 01/17/2013 12:24:45 PM PST by jpl (The government spent another half a million bucks in the time it just took you to read this tagline.)
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I wonder if he’s ever going to bay back the US Postal Service all the money they put into sponsoring him so that they might be able to make their retirement plan payments.


15 posted on 01/17/2013 12:25:34 PM PST by Daveinyork (."Trusting government with power and money is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys,)
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Armstrong needs to pay back the millions in sponsorship dollars he stole from the US Postal Service or go to prison for fraud.


16 posted on 01/17/2013 12:25:37 PM PST by jimbo123
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Wow. It looks like a lot of us are on the same page.


17 posted on 01/17/2013 12:26:30 PM PST by Daveinyork (."Trusting government with power and money is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys,)
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The only substance I use to improve my life is caffeine. That doesn’t mean I have tried others. They didn’t work.


18 posted on 01/17/2013 12:27:54 PM PST by Daveinyork (."Trusting government with power and money is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys,)
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He left his wife after she stayed with him through his cancer. For me that said a lot about him.


19 posted on 01/17/2013 12:28:19 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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My problem with Lance isn’t the PEDs, his whole sport does it. My problem is the character assassination he used to defend himself. That’s unforgivable.


20 posted on 01/17/2013 12:29:15 PM PST by discostu (I recommend a fifth of Jack and a bottle of Prozac)
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