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1 posted on 04/13/2008 10:01:25 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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The Olympics IS a political event and Stephen Hadley doesn't get it. The President's attendance in Beijing would be an endorsement of the regime's repression of its own people. That would be the wrong message to send to China.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 04/13/2008 10:05:47 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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President Bush should go to the Olympics in Beijing. The Dalai Lama should be his personal guest.


3 posted on 04/13/2008 10:08:25 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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the big stink should have been when China was in the running for the Olympics....now, its just a little too late in the game to be crying about it....

so all these years, if reports are true and I believe they are true, that female unborn children have been selectively slaugherted, BORN female children killed or left uncared for....political prisoners used as organ donors, and CHristians in general abused and harassed....

I am all for Tibet and whatever religion the Dali Lami is preaching...let him and his followers be....but why is his cause anymore boycott worthy than the infanticide going on for ages?

4 posted on 04/13/2008 10:15:28 AM PDT by cherry
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Quiet diplomacy has worked so well don’t ya think.


5 posted on 04/13/2008 10:28:43 AM PDT by edcoil
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Another “W” second rater speaking up. Did Madelyne Albright redux order him to do so?


9 posted on 04/13/2008 12:12:01 PM PDT by em2vn
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Bush’s stupidity continues.

Nine more months left.

We will then inherit someone even more dangerous among those three. But there is also a possibility McCain will drop dead before that…And no, I am not apologizing for my statement. I am being realistic. My country first.


10 posted on 04/13/2008 1:19:10 PM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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I just can't get worked up over this flap. I heard Laura Ingraham trying to turn this into another crusade à la illegal immigration and I don't get it. Yes, I hate communists, but the Chinese people are a hell of a lot better off than they were 20 years ago.

Capitalism is doing its job and boycotting the Olympics will just set things back by convincing the Chinese people we don't respect them. Their government can use that sentiment to cause all sorts of mischief.

11 posted on 04/13/2008 1:50:04 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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The White house can refuse to boycott the Olympic Games but I know One thing, and that is my T.V. will be tuned to something else.

If the Big three Over the air broadcast networks wish to cover it thats their business.

I won't be watching.

12 posted on 04/13/2008 2:58:12 PM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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The selection of an Olympic city is a several year event preceded by a campaign and bribes to the committee.

If certain countries are unacceptable to us it would seem the best thing to do is say, if so and so gets the nod we won't be there; not wait until the games are a few months away and then boycott. Is China worse today than last year?There has been no change or deterioration over the usual crap in China to warrant a last-minute call for a boycott. It's just grandstanding.

14 posted on 04/16/2008 3:30:11 PM PDT by purpleraine
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Second option is to say, OK China got the games, but if they're still doing so and so 6 months before hand, we're not coming.
15 posted on 04/16/2008 3:36:39 PM PDT by purpleraine
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