[Paladin2]

"Of course it's easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere."

Uh, the Salt Lake City Valley is pretty full of people. Not too many muzzies, but still not really too much different from running a big event in London.

[Vigilanteman]

Uh, the Salt Lake City Valley is pretty full of people. Not too many muzzies . . .

And one less ever since an off-duty security guard took out one of their foot soldiers and broadcast that Salt Lake City shopping malls weren't a soft target for terrorists.

Seriously, does anybody know what Romney actually said? The only thing about these tempest in a teapot which I caught on the radio was the interviewer talking about London's preparation problems and Romney answering that none of that was going to matter once the well-prepared athletes from all over the world took the stage today.

Really? Can anyone explain how a complimentary statement on the athletes got twisted into a critical statement on London's preparations or lack thereof?