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Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:28 pm EDT

IOC president should run for actual president

By Chris Chase

Forget Obama or McCain, I want a president who can deflect questions with the graceful elusiveness of Bill Clinton while speaking in circles like George W. Bush. IOC president Jacques Rogge fits the criteria (except for the whole being Belgian thing).

Speaking to reporters today about a particularly smoggy afternoon in Beijing, Rogge said:

“The fog you see is based on the basis of humidity and heat. It does not mean to say that this fog is the same as pollution. It can be pollution, but the fog doesn’t mean necessarily that it is pollution."
Got that? I think Rogge was just confused as to what the meaning of 'is' is.

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  1. Nightmare
    1. Posted by Nightmare Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:45 pm EDT

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    Basically, I think the man did a little too much free basing in his time and the basis of his argument is, in fact that basic.
  2. Patrick I
    2. Posted by Patrick I Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:15 pm EDT

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    I feel like Tony La Russa is speaking for the IOC president.

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