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Posted on 08/10/2008 9:07:57 AM PDT by FearlessFreep
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No I missed the event.
There will be pictures of the event.
I didn’t notice and so far, can’t find any pics onlie. Wouldn’t surprise me, the flag was probably made in China.
The whole ceremony was a disgrace to Phelps and all Americans. IMHO
I think the President is having a great time at the olympics, he seems to be everywhere. Maybe he’ll dust off the bike and enter an event.
I didn’t see the flag, but the National Anthem was cut short at the end.
The Secret Service must be having fits.
IMHO, he should have come home immediately upon learning of the murdered American.
Not for an event, but he already rode the Mountain Bike course with a couple of our athletes on the first day.
Na.. he is getting a lot of face time with world leaders in a setting where bureaucrats aren’t interfering.
I see a pattern here. If his name where Clinton, I would worry about our female athletes, but I feel they are completely safe with W.
I was so proud of Michael Phelps, and Ryan Lochte, standing up there with their hands over their hearts during the playing of our National Anthem. Then when it quit playing at the end, Phelps looked a little confused and then just smiled. The cameras cut to President Bush, and he was standing up waving a little American flag all over the place. Made me so proud to be an American...:-)
Well, I do too. I kinda get the feeling that Bush is preparing for a nike ad campaign for when he leaves office with all the face time he’s getting at these games.
If you are discussing the 3 flags for the medalists, then yes, they were shown briefly.
The Chinese should certainly know what our American flag looks like. They make most of the flags we buy over here.
OK....I had it on DVR...it started w/a red stripe...the white that you saw across the top of the flag was the “clamp” to hold it.
Can anyone verify the story of the little boy with Yao Ming for opening ceremonies. I did a search and could not find any articles about this little boy dated prior to last week.
I think its pure propaganda.
I lost it when they showed his mom and sisters in the stands bawling. No one cries alone when I am around. LOL
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