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[Dr. Maserati]

Will Lance cry?

Armstrong will appear on Oprah next Tuesday.

Armstrong's appearance is only because Oprah is interviewing Nike owner Phil Knight.

 

[Trailzz]

Will Lance cry?

Armstrong will appear on Oprah next Tuesday.

don't get everyone worked up. I'm sure you know that's not the reason he's on Oprah (this time)

 

[Oldman]

Will Lance cry?

Armstrong will appear on Oprah next Tuesday.

Good lord! My predictions have been falling like dominoes and me without a lotto ticket! Wait a minute...he's not on to cry yet, is he? He has to suffer a complete fall from grace to qualify as a couch cryer.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Good lord! My predictions have been falling like dominoes and me without a lotto ticket! Wait a minute...he's not on to cry yet, is he? He has to suffer a complete fall from grace to qualify as a couch cryer.

I personally thought he would go for the tearful crying on something like Larry King.

We might get a lot of tears about cancer and all the good work he's done, rather than a Jimmy Swaggart style tearful confession.

 

[MacRoadie]

I personally thought he would go for the tearful crying on something like Larry King.

Larry went and bolloxed that by retiring and leaving Piers Morgan in his place...

 

[Andynonomous]

Just all part of the campaign.

Just watched some of it. It was on today (not next tuesday).

It had the appearance of "damage control". It was an attempt to pull the audience's emotional strings, in order to get sympathy for Lance.

Of course, "I am doing this all to fight cancer" was the message.

Nike uses endorsements from more than one doped up cheat, and it is disappointing that Opera's "positive" message includes people who have CHEATED to win.

 

[Oldman]

Larry went and bolloxed that by retiring and leaving Piers Morgan in his place...

Piers doesn't seem that sympathetic either. Actually my prediction will go unfulfilled if he doesn't cry this time because Oprahs' retiring. He'll have to boohoo to Oprah's replacement. Will that count?

 

[Cimacoppi49]

Will Lance cry?

Armstrong will appear on Oprah next Tuesday.

This tells me that the Lance camp is crapping in their pants--assuming he answers any questions about the investigation. Oprah will be expected to throw softballs (pun intended), but you never know what might possess her to squeeze his remaining ball. He'll be well prepared, but it's still a very big risk that, for me, underlines how deep his handlers think he is in the quagmire. Wonder if the audience will be live or if the interview will be taped and edited.

 

[Oldman]

This tells me that the Lance camp is crapping in their pants--assuming he answers any questions about the investigation. Oprah will be expected to throw softballs (pun intended), but you never know what might possess her to squeeze his remaining ball. He'll be well prepared, but it's still a very big risk that, for me, underlines how deep his handlers think he is in the quagmire. Wonder if the audience will be live or if the interview will be taped and edited.

Lance doesn't have anything better to do with his time but twitter, so he could be live but Phil Knight is a busy guy. I would guess the tape route because Phil needs to make sure he doesn't end up looking like Lance's schmuck apologist, either. Either way there won't be a single question asked that hasn't been pre-approved. Unless Lance wants to start jumping up and down on the couch we will hear exactly what he wants us to hear.

 

[Granville57]

Wonder if the audience will be live or if the interview will be taped and edited.

It already happened.
http://www.current-movie-reviews.com/previews/2011/04/26/the-oprah-show-today-michael-douglas-phil-knight-and-lance-armstrong/

Here's a look back at her 2005 interview with him for her magazine:
http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Oprah-Interviews-Lance-Armstrong

 

[python]

note that a hardball is singular.

oprah knows nothing about how to play it

 

[Oldman]

It already happened.
http://www.current-movie-reviews.com/previews/2011/04/26/the-oprah-show-today-michael-douglas-phil-knight-and-lance-armstrong/

Here's a look back at her 2005 interview with him for her magazine:
http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Oprah-Interviews-Lance-Armstrong

Oh, it looks like Lance is still adored by middle-age women cheering in hope for set of car keys taped to the underside of their studio chairs. Wonder if they'll settle for a Radioshack 10% off coupon?

 

[Granville57]

Oh, it looks like Lance is still adored by middle-age women cheering in hope for set of car keys taped to the underside of their studio chairs. Wonder if they'll settle for a Radioshack 10% off coupon?

"And YOU get a Trek Madone, and YOU get a Trek Madone, and YOU..."

 

[mewmewmew13]

Looks to me like Lance needed some ego-fluffing and adoration and O is the perfect place to do that. Never in a million years would she ruffle his feathers, and same with LA tears----can you even imagine? no way.

All feel-good stuff....
last ditch I hope.

 

[Berzin]

"And YOU get a Trek Madone, and YOU get a Trek Madone, and YOU..."

More like this-

"...and YOU get a backdated TUE, and YOU get a backdated TUE, and you..."

 

[Hampsten88]

Not trying to be too nit-picky, but all I see are a bunch of unsupported "quotes" mixed in with a healthy dose of subjective narrative.

A few links or cites would go a long way.

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[JMBeaushrimp]

More like this-

"...and YOU get a backdated TUE, and YOU get a backdated TUE, and you..."

Nicely done, Berzin! That was a good chuckle...

Hey, based on the track record, a well-timed back-dated TUE is worth a whole lot more than a sh*ty compact car. More like a Wonka Golden Ticket, or getting the lotto numbers beforehand...

 

[MacRoadie]

"And YOU get a Trek Madone, and YOU get a Trek Madone, and YOU..."

So THAT'S where they all went...

 

[JMBeaushrimp]

So THAT'S where they all went...

That might even be better than Berzin's...

 

[Granville57]

From the Rocky Mountain Collegian
http://www.collegian.com/index.php/article/2011/04/sylte_is_lance_armstrong_a_cheater

Probably the narrative that, more of less, is the desired outcome of the recent campaign, including the Oprah appearance.

It’s also sad to see Armstrong’s unprecedented accomplishments tainted by the scandals. He may have been a doper, but the Livestrong foundation has also raised more than $400 million for cancer survivors –– that’s got to count for something, right?

Anyway, even if he was taking performance-enhancing drugs, pretty much everyone else in the Tour de France was too. At least it was a level playing field.

But what makes Lance fantastic is that he is already one of the best, even without drugs. If he had just settled for doing the hard work and not stooping to the low level of some of his competitors, he would have won fair and square.

From the comments:

If Lance says he’s not a doper, then that’s the truth.

Yup. That's good enough for me.

 

[Stingray34]

Allison Sylte: the voice of a new generation and a gift to journalism.

Ms Sylte's childishly partisan op-ed piece is woeful. But good for a laugh.

 

[JA.Tri]

AS's Uni article

I believe Allison is conflicted:

She feels she "owes" LA big-time for inspiring her, however disappointed to observe large feet of clay.

Therefore Allison steps over backward to excuse LA on all possible points. All understandable (but regrettable ).

I suspect Allison is echoing the voice of those previously devoted LA fans faced with an unpalatable picture. In time maybe Allison's view will become further jaundiced as she grapples with this new image.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

I believe Allison is conflicted:

She feels she "owes" LA big-time for inspiring her, however disappointed to observe large feet of clay.

Therefore Allison steps over backward to excuse LA on all possible points. All understandable (but regrettable ).

I suspect Allison is echoing the voice of those previously devoted LA fans faced with an unpalatable picture. In time maybe Allison's view will become further jaundiced as she grapples with this new image.

I agree - she is stuck in the middle of trying to rationalise and excuse, I thought her question, "it's got to count for something, right?" was a revealing comment.

Hopefully, when more information comes out (or better still if she seeks it) she can see wxactly what Armstrongs career was, a fraud.
At least at 20 she has the ability to question what she believed - unlike Strickland.

 

[JA.Tri]

I agree - she is stuck in the middle of trying to rationalise and excuse, I thought her question, "it's got to count for something, right?" was a revealing comment.

Hopefully, when more information comes out (or better still if she seeks it) she can see wxactly what Armstrongs career was, a fraud.
At least at 20 she has the ability to question what she believed - unlike Strickland.

I took the opportunity to post some relevant, constructive (IMO of course) thoughts on her article site.

 

[StyrbjornSterki]

I agree - she is stuck in the middle of trying to rationalise and excuse, I thought her question, "it's got to count for something, right?" was a revealing comment....

It probably will weigh into the parole board's decision ...in about 2024.