Olympic Poll #5: Favorite Part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics

[ColbertWatcher]

Olympic Poll #5: Favorite Part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics

The following are links to my four previous Olympic polls:

Olympic Poll #1: Opening Ceremonies Commercials

Olympic Poll #2: Opening Ceremonies Commentary

Olympic Poll #3: The Ceremony

Olympic Poll #4: Boycott


What was your favorite part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
Remember, if you don't see your favorite part listed, you can always vote Choice #10 (Other)

Choice #1: the Opening Ceremonies (with the exception of our drunk representative to the world)

Choice #2: Michael Phelps winning 8 gold medals

Choice #3: the American gymnastics team, especially Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Alicia Sacramone!

Choice #4: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and the Redeem Team winning the gold in basketball!

Choice #5: beach volleyball! (hurr, hurr!)

Choice #6: Usain Bolt and the Jamaican sprinters

Choice #7: the Closing Ceremonies

Choice #8: All of it, I enjoyed everything except NBC's butt-munching coverage

Choice #9: Nothing, I didn't watch any of it

Choice #10: Other (please elaborate in reply)

[RB TexLa]

1. The men's soccer

[ThatsMyBarack]

2. Other: CBC Coverage!

I saw it on vacation in Ohio. WAY Less bullshit, fluff, commercials, and Phelps! I wish I had CBC back home in Chicago.

[2Design]

3. opening, shawn johnson, dara torres, closing, swimming and winning by .01 secs nt/

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Nice picks! n/t

[doublethink]

4. Yevgenia Kanayeva

[lpbk2713]

6. Other:

I liked that shot of Dumbya being pulled out of the bleachers for being drunk and disorderly.

[Phredicles]

7. Other: US Women's soccer (prohibitive underdogs, minus their best

player who broke her leg right before the games) wins the gold medal.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Morning kick! n/t

[malaise]

9. Hard decision

As much as I loved Bolt and the Jamaican sprinters and Phelps, the Opening Ceremony was the real winner and the closing ceremony was also fabulous.

[dems_rightnow]

10. The Chinese did themselves proud

It was a great Olympics all around!

[ColbertWatcher]

11. It was a good show.

had a few scandals, but good show.

I hope now that they see what happens when you invite people over, they might get a little embarrassed by their human rights record.

Maybe.

[WolverineDG]

12. God, if I had to see one more "up close & personal" on Phelps' mom

Jeezus, that got old really fast. Yes, Phelps achieved the impossible & that's great, but did EVERYTHING in NBC's coverage have to be about him? Most athletes get only one "up close & personal" segment per Olympics; this guy got one every half hour.

dg

[ColbertWatcher]

14. Now that the Olympics are over, you think maybe she'll get her own a reality show? n/t

[Norrin Radd]

13. Nothing -- boycott.