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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Breakfast of Champions.
so true
The president should be held to a higher standard.
However, look at the last 3 presidents.
All of them have used illegal substances at some point.
That shows what people think about using these substances.
(ie not a big deal)
You can see the direction things are going in, and thats a good thing.
All along he kind of came across as a stoner to me. Not that it particularly bothered me, it didn’t detract from what he accomplished. But still, I had him pegged.
Dude smokes pot..well now he can run for President of the United States, he has something in common with Obama
Doing what kids do these days ...
It also reminds me a bit of Oksana Baiul. Although she wasn't arrested for drugs, she was in a car accident as the result of a DUI. The charges were eventually dropped after she completed probation requirements.
Still, it's an example of an Olympian who couldn't handle the pressures after Olympic life. This does surprise me a bit, since Baiul came from nowhere to win, while Phelps has a prior successful Olympics behind him even before this last one.
-PJ
He better if he wants his endorsements not to be pulled. He is now banned from the next olympics.
Nanny state aside, fun aside,,this was an incredibly stupid thing to do and tells you what poor judgement and what a dork he is. He is not so bright and has the maturity of a 14 year old....a lot of freepers are like that.
He could be President!
he is a high functioning addict my hat is off to him
Guess what Barack Obama and Michael Phelps have in common?
What a moron.
Sad, that President is held to such low standards, no birth certificate, dope smoker, not even able to get a job with FBI! (Ears probably couldn’t get a job with FBI and low level at that.)
He won’t need to worry about the 2012 Olympics now. Might as well light another bong - he’s done. Assumng of course the Olympic Committee follows its own policies.
Yep Michael, you are 23 and you had a youthful indiscretion. Hope it was worth the consequences.
Well, I didn’t know about his drunken driving conviction, but I still say this is much ado about nothing. The guy worked incredibly hard for many years. He accomplished quite a bit at a very young age. But smoking dope at 23 is not a big deal- I mean, you guys sound like Joe Friday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Twre6ItGEI
“However, look at the last 3 presidents. All of them have used illegal substances at some point.”
You got proof of that?
I think it’s the fact that after having to discipline himself so much, no one gave him any guidance for when he was able to kick back and relax.
Now he’s running wild and while I think he’ll settle down, getting involved with drugs and a DUI is showing him starting on a downward spiral.
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