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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
So, I'm watching the game last night and we're inside the final three minutes. Great game. Very exciting. The Colts are about to take the lead when James fumbles on the one yard line, turning the ball over.
Now, I'm used to John Madden making no sense. He sounds like a stroke victim who's had one too many drinks most of the time. But after James fumbles he says, "That was a flip-flop." Al Michaels jumps in with, "Well, we're in the right state for it." (The Patriots were at home.)
Did anyone else catch this? What the fuck? Since when did football games become the proper forum for sportscasters to air their personal political views? Madden's comment on its own makes absolutely no sense, so it seems pretty clear to me that Madden and Michaels set this up before the game so they could slip that in at a point when the most people would be watching. Unbelievable.
I can't wait to hear Slave's rant on the proper forum for political commentary since my ears have finally stopped bleeding from his tirade over Moore at the Oscars.
How about equal time? When they interview one of the athletes who has no chance at articulating a coherent thought, Michaels can say, "Was that a Bushism?"
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In the 1980 election, at a debate, Carter said that he asked his daughter Amy what she feared most, and she told him the bomb, and he used this as an example of why he wanted to eliminate them. It was widely panned (unfairly) as a stupid place for him to be getting information to make policy decisions. Whatever.
A few weeks later on MNF, someone (Staubach?) is asked what the one team fears about the other "The bomb Howard." But he did it in a way that was clear he menat it as a snide comment on ole Jimmy.
Maybe football announcers are mostly republicans. You guys still have the network news announcers.
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How about equal time? When they interview one of the athletes who has no chance at articulating a coherent thought, Michaels can say, "Was that a Bushism?"
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I would have thought you have gone for a "Bush" being when a team tries to score at the end of the half, when maybe they should have just stalled, and then they get burned by the other team. You know, an ill-advanced offensive series.
