Sore Loser & Loyal Fan
Hillary got 18 million votes and Obama 18 million plus just a few. Dead heat. Call me a sore loser, but Michael Phelps didn't really win the Olympic 100 butterfly either. Milorad Cavic really won. Like Hillary, Cavic says, "Let it go," but I can't. Not in my nature.
What's 1/100 of a second? Nothing. Cavic worked his heart out. He comes from Serbia--a land the American media hates. Americans always win swimming. This was Serbia's turn.
Hillary worked her heart out, she trained, she charmed, she laughed and she cried. She worked hard enough and got close enough that she should have won. This was her turn. The media were against her too.
Anyone else suspicious of the timing by Omega and that Phelps endorses Omega? Anyone else think it isn't fair that Cavic has to swim against Phelps' disproportionately large feet? Given those huge advantages, losing by a mere 1/100 of a second can't be considered losing. I won't recognize Obama's, uh I mean, Phelps' gold. Unfair!
Bill
Winers (or rather whiners) is right. What a bunch of whiny bullshit. I didn't care about this race, or the Olympics in general, but your arguments wear thin. You wouldn't have cared who Phelps' sponsor was if he had lost, first of all, and you don't present any evidence that Omega had any influence on the judges' decision. Second, are you seriously claiming that Cavic had a disadvantage because someone else swimming made the pool all choppy? Olympic races have multiple swimmers. In the pool. At the same time. Finally, have you ever heard the phrase "Any given Sunday"? The Olympics seem important, but Phelps' by-a-nose victory does not mean that he is unequivocally and eternally a better swimmer than Cavic. The only thing I can think of that could actually determine that would be to have a series of time trials and declare the swimmer who averaged a faster time. Otherwise, it's a series of head-to-head -to-head(etc) competitions and that's the sport as it stands today.
Phelps' Utmost: Milorad Ambushed
It was Cavic's mistake. From the very first, when I saw Cavic and Phelps at the finish line I saw Cavic's mistake. Cavic and Phelps werer swimming side by side. Cavic glided to touch the wall. Phelps took one more stroke to touch the wall...and won. One more stroke! You can see it when the underwater camera show the two of them arriving to the wall. Bad judgement, or overconfidence cost Cavic's the gold medal. And that is that