Posted on 08/09/2008 8:27:07 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Beijing - A smiling, flag-waving and cheering United States President George W Bush was on hand to cheer on Michael Phelps and the rest of the US team at the first finals of the Olympic swimming competition on Sunday.
Phelps said after his 400m medley win in world record time that the first thing he saw as he put his head out of the water was the president waving a flag.
'That was a very emotional moment,' the seven-time Olympic champion said.
Bush was expected to watch the basketball match between the US and China, but also paid the Olympic competition a morning visit in Beijing's impressive Water Cube.
Surrounded by a group of bodyguards, the US president sat amongst a host of other dignitaries. He soon took his jacket off and opened the top buttons of his shirt to feel more at ease in the hot arena.
Bush was then given an American flag, which he soon started waving as Phelps set a world record in the irst final of the morning.
When the American anthem abruptly ended during the flag raising ceremony for the 400m medley Bush was the first to start waving his flag and became involved in his own personal 'flag-waving-contest' with American fans sitting in the stands opposite him.
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Am I the only one who caught our Flag being raised????? I swear the flag used was incorrect. The first stripe was WHITE. Anyone got a pic to confirm???
I know they are not. It was tongue in cheek. Lighten up.
This was during Michael Phelps GOLD medal ceremony. The President of the United States was in the audience. It was a HUGE moment and the feckless, evil red Chinese cut the song on purpose. Imagine NBC an American company arranging the schedule so more Americans could view it! Imagine that! As I said, there’s a mole in every hole.
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