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from Slate....By Bill Gifford

Is Lance Armstrong running for something? Had you shown up for the prologue of the Tour of California back in February you might have thought so. Thousands of fans crammed against barricades to see Armstrong's first race on American soil in almost four years, a 2.4-mile loop around the state capitol in Sacramento......

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The analogy seems.. extreme isn’t the right word… limited maybe that the guys has to choose a political person.

Other than that, yeah: 75%.

by ursula on Jul 8, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think Palin was a "person in the current news that I dislike" comparison

Which makes it quite random. At least Armstrong’s elevator makes it to the top floor.

Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.

by TheFigurehead on Jul 8, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah I agree with Figurehead’s take.

I liked the article on the whole, I wish it were a bit less of a rant, I think there are enough of those.

by plinytheelder on Jul 10, 2009 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh by the way

did anyone click on the George Carlin link? Funny stuff.

by plinytheelder on Jul 10, 2009 1:56 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't understand why people make a big deal of LA appearing to have

political aspirations. He has a right to be in political office as much as any of the people already in them. He seems like the perfect match for politics. He’s already deeply involved in politics and “coming back to fight cancer” doesn’t mean he doesn’t have other reasons.

by ZoeRochelle on Jul 8, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think it's just

an easy way of being dismissive/portraying him as insincere. It’s not really specific to him. People dislike politicians, so to get them to dislike someone, hold that person up as a politician. Easy peasy.

by Sui Juris on Jul 8, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Politics!

YYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Run away!

Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
Roll on Columbia, Roll on!

by Chris... on Jul 8, 2009 5:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ignore him folks

he’ll be gone shortly.

by Sui Juris on Jul 8, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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