Posted on 02/01/2009 10:48:10 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana.
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Does the Dell guy ring any bells?
He’s a kid and he was having some fun after years of rigorous training. His only real sin was being stupid enough to get photographed doing it.
So he smoked pot. No different than having a scotch. Except the nanny state has deemed one naughty and the other “acceptable.” The nanny state can bite it.
It’s his family I feel sorry for. :( He’s really let them down.
You can be an Olympian and still be an idiot. Your chances are just as good as anyone else’s.
Next thing we'll see is Phelps on tv with tears, asking for forgiveness.
I don’t understand all the excuses for him. He’s 23 not 15, he’s supposed to be training for the next Olympics, it’s illegal, it’s against everything he’s trained for his whole life.
He’s a great example of what not to do when you get a little fame.
Worse part of the entire story is that now he becomes a liberal icon!
Let's move on to the more important issues of the day instead of this celebrity worship and voyeurism.
What?
He’s not a kid. He’s 23 years old!!!
He was already convicted for drunk driving in 2004.
He’s a great swimmer, but clearly a moron.
I wish people would stop making excuses for athletes and celebrities.
We all work hard. That doesn’t give any of us the right to drive drunk or use illegal drugs.
If he doesn’t pay his taxes he can join the Obama Cabinet.
Guess he qualifies for President now.
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He’s already been through this once before, when at 19 he ran a stop sign at a high speed, and was arrested for DUI.
The whole thing was probably staged for Phelps to get the publicity. These guys were looking for a huge payoff from those 8 gold medals, and from what I’ve seen, Phelps hasn’t even come close to what they were looking for. Fast being forgotten and fading from the papers, they do the sensational thing, try to create an ‘edge’ for this guy so the mainstream media will ‘embrace’ him, and he’ll be back to being an icon who can cash in. Another example of marketing groups willing to throw their clients under the bus for the extra dollars, and the dumb client not considering the long-term impact on his credibility.
Yobid, have you given any thought to what Obama’s brain is working like these days?
Worse part of the entire story is that now he becomes a liberal icon!
***Will he run for POTUS in 2012 as a Dem?***
I find out the guy is faster than me while he’s stoned out of his mind. Now I really feel bad.
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