Obama's Sochi Representatives

[nightfighter]

Really? WTF.......

[spence]

Who?
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[nightfighter]

Brian Boitano, for starters.....

[Sea Dangles]

Imagine; a homosexual figure skater?
Next thing you know Greg Louganus will come out.

[Fly Rod]

What's the big deal....2 each their own....Robin Roberts just came out too

[spence]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Imagine; a homosexual figure skater?

And an Olympic champion at that.
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[Bronko]

It's a direct FU to Putin and I love it. I despise Obama, but this is a pretty good dig.
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[fishbones]

Originally Posted by Bronko

It's a direct FU to Putin and I love it. I despise Obama, but this is a pretty good dig.
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That's exactly my thought.

[spence]

While its a nice middle finger I'd assume Putin is more concerned with terrorists blowing up the games.
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[nightfighter]

Originally Posted by Bronko

It's a direct FU to Putin and I love it. I despise Obama, but this is a pretty good dig.
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Originally Posted by spence

While its a nice middle finger I'd assume Putin is more concerned with terrorists blowing up the games.
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It is an action that I would expect from a high school kid as opposed to our POTUS, sophomoric at best. Think Reagan would have been satisfied with flipping the bird with a gay messenger corps? "Oh, hi. I'm here from the US to annoy you, just a little..." Nothing less than a "tap" and twist where the sun don't shine would have been sent by a great leader, IMO......

[JohnR]

We've seen at best, lukewarm leadership & foreign policy with this administration. So once you orientate your expectations down you can take this passive aggressive move for what it is, a mildly impressive dig at Pooty.

[nightfighter]

My firm stand is that orienting down, as you say, or the general acceptance of lower standards across the board by Americans in today's society, is extenuating the demise of America from its era of gold into rust.... I won't be around to see it, thank God, but the fall is not too far off, IMO.

[spence]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

My firm stand is that orienting down, as you say, or the general acceptance of lower standards across the board by Americans in today's society, is extenuating the demise of America from its era of gold into rust.... I won't be around to see it, thank God, but the fall is not too far off, IMO.

Wait, tolerance and acceptance of gay people is lowering our standards???

-spence

[likwid]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

It is an action that I would expect from a high school kid as opposed to our POTUS, sophomoric at best. Think Reagan would have been satisfied with flipping the bird with a gay messenger corps? "Oh, hi. I'm here from the US to annoy you, just a little..." Nothing less than a "tap" and twist where the sun don't shine would have been sent by a great leader, IMO......

So how many world championships and olympic events have you won again?

[nightfighter]

The answer is none, dip chit.... Not quite sure what that has to do with it. Being a champion was just one of the qualifications to be considered. To make the short list, there was clearly another determining factor, one which I find outrageous to decide the make up of a group being sent to represent the leader of the country.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

The answer is none, dip chit.... Not quite sure what that has to do with it. Being a champion was just one of the qualifications to be considered. To make the short list, there was clearly another determining factor, one which I find outrageous to decide the make up of a group being sent to represent the leader of the country.

So who would you suggest exactly?

What should be the determining factor? How much money they have? How many retarded plastic made in china things they've endorsed?
How many crappy piss water beer logos they have on their competition gear?

[Raven]

too dangerous to go there as many world leaders have said
nope not gonna do it...
plus i think it's an acknowledgement that Russia has been funneling the weaponry
that's killing innocent women and children

i mean Hey,
when the sniper targets the baby in the womb with his first shot
then kills the mother afterwards with the second shot
that's going to have some ramifications to be sure.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Raven

i mean Hey,
when the sniper targets the baby in the womb with his first shot
then kills the mother afterwards with the second shot
that's going to have some ramifications to be sure.

It certainly is fuel for radicalization. At that point you become so outraged you don't care who's on your side.

-spence

[spence]

Since when does being gay = smut? It sounds like that's what you're saying.
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[Bronko]

I just think it's awesome that the greatest country on earth sends a gay former gold medal winner as their representative to a country that is outwardly intolerant of homosexuality. Definitely petty, possibly childish, but i will enjoy it thoroughly.

Again, this is NOT foreign policy. This is amateur athletics.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by Bronko

I just think it's awesome that the greatest country on earth sends a gay former gold medal winner as their representative to a country that is outwardly intolerant of homosexuality. Definitely petty, possibly childish, but i will enjoy it thoroughly.

And that's all it is. Funny how some can't even stand to give O a few props without twisting it into something it isn't.

-spence

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

And that's all it is. Funny how some can't even stand to give O a few props without twisting it into something it isn't.

-spence

Yes, we should all take a page fom your book, and give credit where it's due, even to our adversaries. I asked you once about Bush's AIDS program that is credited with saving more than one million lives in Africa. You dismissed that as simply a "gesture". I remember that like it was yesterday. When Bush saves a million lives, it's merely a neocon "gesture".

Why don't you practice what you preach sometime?

[The Dad Fisherman]

I'm just as shocked as everyone else that Brian Boitano came out as Gay.....

Didn't see that coming...

[Jim in CT]

I'm sure Obama is tired of getting repeatedly out-maneuvered by Putin on the world stage (eg Syria), here is Obamna's chance to say "nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah". That's all this is.

[Bronko]

Agreed
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[spence]

Well, as you used quotes I assume I said something using that word but search is coming up empty.

As you remember it like it was yesterday, why don't you tell me exactly what I said.

-spence

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Well, as you used quotes I assume I said something using that word but search is coming up empty.

As you remember it like it was yesterday, why don't you tell me exactly what I said.

-spence

Read my post, I told you what you said. Does that not sound like one of your Marxist utterances?

I believe the context was Obama's shameful winning of the Nobel Peace Prize, for which he was nominated during the first 2 weeks of his presidency. I wondered what Obama had done for world peace that could begin to compare with Bush saving a million lives. You said something to the effct of "while Bush may have made a 'gesture', that doesn't compare to the dizzling perfection and out-of-this-world genius and leg-tingling physical beauty of Obama, who will bring the whole universe together in a group hug."

I papraphrased the second half, but you get the drift.

[spence]

No, I don't use the word "gesture" very often.

-spence

[The Dad Fisherman]

Its not like the Delegation is made up entirely of Gays. There are 10 people going....3 are gay...and 1 of them came out after being selected (thats the chance you take when selecting a male figure skater )

Of the 3 that are Gay:

Billie Jean King - the fact that she is gay should be moot considering all that she has done for Women and Women's Athletics in this country

Brian Boitano - He was the face of Men's Olympic Figure skating for quite some time and is an Olympic Gold Medalist

Caitlin Cahow - She has 2 Olympic medals in Women's Hockey.

If these 3 weren't gay, would anybody have any problem with them being selected on their own merits?

People should be more upset at the fact that the Media isn't mentioning the other 7 that are going and only fixating on, and making it about, the 3 Gay representatives.

[fishbones]

Gay = happy.