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I'm not a Usain Bolt fan
Vanity | 08/19/2016 | McGarrett

Posted on 08/19/2016 6:46:58 AM PDT by McGarrett

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So, am I just an old curmudgeon?
1 posted on 08/19/2016 6:46:58 AM PDT by McGarrett
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He makes time for anyone who wants to interview him, and stopped an interview the other day while the American National Anthem was playing for a medal ceremony.


2 posted on 08/19/2016 6:48:40 AM PDT by dirtboy
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I consider Michael Phelps to be a greater athlete than Usain Bolt. Mostly because Phelps has won gold medals in multiple swimming styles at multiple distances in four different Olympics.
3 posted on 08/19/2016 6:49:25 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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“What really chaps my a** is the way NBC and the commentators fall all over this guy.”

Me too. It’s almost as though they are proponents of black supremacy.


4 posted on 08/19/2016 6:49:37 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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curmudgeon photo: curmudgeon nikispics3005.jpg
5 posted on 08/19/2016 6:49:50 AM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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Nope. But I didn’t like Phelps with his “give me the applause motion” in the pool after he won either. It’s like Emmitt Smith used to say: “I hand the ball to the referee when I score. Like it’s no big deal because I’ve done it so much. I act like I’ve done it before and like I’m going to do it again.”

That’s how I coach my kids.


6 posted on 08/19/2016 6:49:52 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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It sounds like your issue is more with NBC, not Usain Bolt.

NBC has really done these Games a disservice, IMO. Instead of covering them as sporting events, they have Oprah-fied them.

7 posted on 08/19/2016 6:49:57 AM PDT by simpson96
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Olympic sprinters tend to be the most cockiest of athletes. It’s been that way for a long time, well before Bolt.

However, Bolt actually has respect for the US’ national anthem and he should be given respect for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJUxQ0rvQbI


8 posted on 08/19/2016 6:50:34 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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Really?

Take a look at this video. It’s of Usain Bolt, I think a few years ago. He’s being interviewed by a reporter, and he stops the interview to listen to our National Anthem.

In my book, he has a lot of class. A hell of a lot more than the US swimmers.

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#q=usain+bolt+stops+interview+for+american+national+anthem&hl=en&tbm=vid


9 posted on 08/19/2016 6:50:40 AM PDT by nikos1121 (There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.---Frederick Delius)
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He’s a great Olympian, and his flair isn’t taken as showboating. Bolt is one of the nicest guys on and off the track.


10 posted on 08/19/2016 6:50:43 AM PDT by BruinX66
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The fastest man in the world is a devout Catholic.

For Catholic Usain Bolt, There’s Only One Gold Medal He Always Wears
http://ucatholic.com/blog/catholic-usain-bolt-theres-one-gold-medal-always-wears/

Catholics Setting Records in the Olympics
http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholics-in-the-olympics


11 posted on 08/19/2016 6:51:56 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
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No, he has gotten an awful lot of attention in the US media, mainly due to his color. If he were a white Austrian, would he get this level of acclaim? No.


12 posted on 08/19/2016 6:52:45 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Started when Jesse Owens was given more respect by the Nazis than he was accorded at home after his return.


13 posted on 08/19/2016 6:52:51 AM PDT by sagar
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Ashton Eaton became only the THIRD man to win the decathlon back to back Olympics and we don't hear SQUAT about him !

AND he won the last TWO world championships !

4 Straight Decathlon Gold Medals !

But hey, let's give more airtime to retarded swimmers who broke a bathroom door....

14 posted on 08/19/2016 6:53:42 AM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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“So, am I just an old curmudgeon?”
Yes I think so, do you also have problem with children on your lawn?


15 posted on 08/19/2016 6:54:03 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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He’s from Jamaica, mon. I find him lighthearted and fun.
(And I’m old enough to be an “old curmudgeon”.)


16 posted on 08/19/2016 6:54:39 AM PDT by sarasota
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“Ashton Eaton became only the THIRD man to win the decathlon back to back Olympics and we don’t hear SQUAT about him !”
He is on plenty of commercials for sure


17 posted on 08/19/2016 6:55:43 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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Bolt is actually a nice guy. He has huge respect for his competition and the games. His flair is just something thrown in as an added bonus.NBC sports is your problem not Bolt


18 posted on 08/19/2016 6:56:00 AM PDT by Bigtigermike (D)
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I respect him because of this. He is an exceptional athlete.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8uiYELBajc


19 posted on 08/19/2016 6:56:17 AM PDT by Flathead Catfisherman
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In other NON BREAKING news Bolt shows he has more respect for the American Anthem than the American President.

(file under true headlines you will never see)

20 posted on 08/19/2016 6:56:29 AM PDT by IC Ken
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