Monday, July 10th, 2006...5:10 am
One Political World Cup Observation
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So, I was watching the World Cup Final over at a bar on 6th St. Needless to say, the bar was quite, shall we say, sectarian. It wasn’t quite a Glasgow Old Firm Derby, but emotions were running high, and the place was definitely split between the Azzurri (The Blues) and Les Bleus (The, um…Blues). Up on the screen pops a shot of one of the skyboxes, and there is President Bill Clinton watching the game.
The place errupted with cheers. It was as if a goal got scored. I tried to crane my ear to hear a single dissent and got none.
I have a feeling that our current president would not have gotten the same reaction from the place.
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July 10th, 2006 at 9:47 am
Do you think it was Chelsea’s idea to go or Bill’s? I can’t decide.
July 10th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
Our current President? Heck, when he goes to Europe, he is now so paranoid that he even has his poop collected, classified and flown back to America, and has a food taster.
He must have some inkling of how he is perceived over there if he feels he has to go to those security extremes.
July 10th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
*sniff*
i miss bill
July 10th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Funny thing Eli…I wasn’t talking about the German crowd reaction…I was talking about the reaction of the folks here in the bar.
July 10th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
So, what is your prognostication on the impact of the World Cup on the CD 8 race?
I hear that one of the campaigns is in a panic over that French guy getting red carded.
July 10th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
That “French Guy” is the great Zinédine Zidane. Sheesh.
Avoir du Pois! or something to you…MoFo.
July 10th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Wow Tom, even I know who Zizou is and what a great player he is/was since he is retiring.
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