The White House announced Tuesday that President Obama, Vice President Biden and the first lady will not attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February, a pointed snub by an administration that is feuding with Russian leaders on a range of foreign policy and human rights issues.Read the rest here.
The U.S. delegation will be led by a former cabinet secretary and a deputy secretary of state, and will include two openly gay athletes — tennis legend Billie Jean King and ice hockey player Caitlin Cahow — in an apparent bid to highlight opposition to Russia’s anti-gay laws.
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Russia's anti-gay laws -- what is that to us?
ReplyDeleteOh yea - the most import issue of our times, wealthy western homosexuals cannot promote homosexuality to Russian school children, which makes Russian parents happy but makes Western Liberals very cross, very cross indeed
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ReplyDeleteI wish all our government officials would boycott - save the taxpayers dome money- while still allowing the athletes to compete.
ReplyDeleteHow passive-aggressive of us. That'll show 'em!
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