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Political Analyst Craig Crawford on the political presence at this year’s Olympic Games.
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This crosses and a matter dialogue about thirty hours with.
Still it Olympics over the weekend that -- like six GW deluxe is on the momentous.
I don't know doesn't -- idea I'm going to really haven't.
I'm going for the gold in the couch potato Olympics.
-- what's odd hours -- -- Probably dinner fifteen on Saturday and another -- I watched several hours of women's archery on Sunday that was that -- actually pretty fun to watch.
They had a great sort of geo political showdown at the end because.
South Korea are flooded and about South Korean Levin but they they dominate.
Olympic archery for the last dozen years or so in China took -- but South Korea beat up by -- point.
The -- while I want some -- aren't sure coming Hunger Games single parent of that and -- -- -- cordial tone.
We took second and that -- should've won a gold bugs.
-- -- -- -- on the last night looks not so Brett for the USW talked about the relay blossomed with what -- -- himself -- -- Phelps.
I think this is actually have him -- last group.
He opened up the biggest lead on his term zip them want to look at them but then the other thing is the area our top -- this -- The met the women's -- us.
She got eliminated for them all around that they -- earliest -- -- -- A -- were ordered explain SOB if you -- you know each country can only have two people in the final.
Competition from all around so -- -- -- -- three of the top or.
Internationally but only two -- can compete so the one who's actually the defending champion of the world champion.
Got eliminated -- that's a prelude to a group then you have a final competition it's not a competition of the best competitors it's only.
The best two from each country.
Almighty god you gotta stop -- what I mean -- -- and I mean.
You show me and find.
What I don't get -- but but what I didn't like was the the water polo.
I mean that's just -- it be better you can see the horses.
Well now -- that's served.
Problem -- as -- -- credit rather vigilant -- opening.
Now.
That's that's that's how.
I don't thought that was -- was like masterpiece theatre on Ambien or subsidize this does know what was going on the whole body it -- like it was like one of Mel Gibson's worst spectacle of the apocalypse -- or something it.
Don't McClain all occurred up and then taken a -- some like one of those -- -- run on Saturday Night Live about a quarter to 1 in the morning.
You know they're completely report completely out of material.
They got time -- -- for you know of infomercials they run our god it was horrible and I.
Bowed out something kind of disturbing about report which I've always thought the torch relay was pretty cool and everything its symbol of the Olympics.
You don't you don't look who started that -- that the Olympics the Nazis.
The Nazis started -- portrait -- it was Joseph Goebbels propaganda -- was his idea.
Tonight when they did the Olympics in 1936 that's that's the the legacy of the -- And has another -- got to do stop -- to Mohamed Ali -- there's -- air on minimum.
They -- just -- same terrible why why was he there.
Guys are great story about Obama I covered the trial will was in Orlando for the Orlando sentinel are covered courts.
And I covered -- long trial for this mobster from Kansas City and until the final arguments.
In order for the prosecutors.
Not to pay it hit a further during not to pay attention to the prosecutors final arguments the defense attorney brought it Mohamed Ali and put him in the audience.
Then -- -- moved in the courtroom as a period that -- stared at Mohammad Ali the whole time it didn't didn't hero or work the prosecutor says.
Justice attorneys that was -- any -- who was the defense attorney in the Casey Anthony case.
Unfortunately -- -- -- wrestler Kurt Karl -- -- -- -- No other person who looks like travelers funnel there's there's a for a slight initial explosions.
-- heart -- -- a great.
Get her because.
You know you really can't -- the Republicans can't claim it's political or attacked him because he has -- this record now does that mean that certain issue.
Associate every reason to be there.
Or very politics for the Obama campaign that however there and -- nonpolitical.
Setting but still a minute just helped them so much that a bit that that was the only problem with lots and all these hours of -- Olympic -- -- Ready for a weekend off from politics but there were more Romney and then Obama ads on the key McDonald.
Measure wonder -- Enron make.
Why when there is being interviewed by non nozzle that -- And decisions us.
-- and provides a critique of the other British -- to turn for the Olympics on the revenues go to simply just said but just what scribbled those sober girl's call to.
He archipelago is good -- I'm adamant he he -- so much.
To remind people that he ran the Olympics one time and he's the expert on how to run the Olympics -- that's what he was -- just trying to emphasize its.
That's what all of our minds seem to me and then -- fiscal sort of stepped over it and.
Alliance and you've been about a -- -- Tommy don't wanna give him an atomic president's.
Exactly did they -- militants -- -- it down the wrong way to Dhabi the to its.
This guy's resume is shrinking -- -- the things that he can talk about a baby he's I think he's gonna wanna talk about his Massachusetts governorship because that was too liberal or conservative.
Citi -- wanna talk about.
You know bank capital so so much anymore but progress has gotten so ugly and nymex amount -- another great strictly electric.
-- is -- -- like -- -- the same position -- and the president talk about a thing he's done all it can do is go negative on Romney.
And today I think Romney's best argument as one -- sort of made herself.
It's the most simple is.
Okay DO well he might like Obama are riding the good guy good -- man but it things have not worked out so well under here so why not just try something else.
-- that let's try something else argument is probably his most powerful argument.
Does it bother you the study SP and the times and his other outlets.
Cannot wait to tell us or one -- ruin our during a -- -- nine.
Yeah I'd get one thing it it kept me off my computer and my.
And -- And my Smartphone.
All weekend which wasn't a bad thing -- afraid -- pleased to revoke.
The current.
