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When Did Costas Become a Full Time Political Agitator?

Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:01 pm
Posted by Strannix
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:01 pm
Maybe I haven't kept up with him enough, it seems like he went off the edge in the past few years, he has no business at any sporting event, he needs a show on MSNBC.

During tonights opening he tried to bait IOC Chairman Bach into a political topic involving Russian human rights and gays, it is Bach's supreme mission to be apolitical.
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Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:04 pm to
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it seems like he went off the edge in the past few years,


Off the edge is a place with which you're apparently familiar. You need to chill, holmes.
Posted by Strannix
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:06 pm to
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Off the edge is a place with which you're apparently familiar. You need to chill, holmes.


Thanks for responding to the topic, move along please. The fact remains Costas is not a sports commentator who make political remarks, he's a full on leftist demagogue who uses sporting events as a platform.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:13 pm to
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The fact remains Costas is not a sports commentator who make political remarks, he's a full on leftist demagogue who uses sporting events as a platform.



He's one of the better sports reporters and commentators in the business. His career pretty much establishes that fact irrefutably. He just pisses you off because you don't like the fact that he occasionally voices an opinion with which you disagree.
Posted by Zahrim
McCamey Texas
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:14 pm to
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Costas is not a sports commentator who make political remarks, he's a full on leftist demagogue who uses sporting events as a platform.


Accurate
Posted by Strannix
District 11
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:15 pm to
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He's one of the better sports reporters and commentators in the business.


Not really, if he wasn't a democrat shill working for a propaganda driven network he would have been cast to wayside for some blonde years ago.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:18 pm to
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Not really, if he wasn't a democrat shill working for a propaganda driven network he would have been cast to wayside for some blonde years ago.



God have mercy. This board is in full bloom tonight.
Posted by KCT
Psalm 23:5
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:18 pm to
He's become a complete joke. If he wants to be a political pundit, he should get a job where that's the job description.

Then again, NBC is a complete joke, so they make a good team.
Posted by Strannix
District 11
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:23 pm to
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He's become a complete joke.


I'm a big fan of the Winter Games, watching him open has been unbearable, I am surprised the Russians haven't poisoned him yet, especially after he tried to bait the IOC chairman into a heated political topic tonight about Russian human rights issues and gays. It wasn't the time nor the place, he's a piece of shite.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:24 pm to
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I'm a big fan of the Winter Games, watching him open has been unbearable, I am surprised the Russians haven't poisoned him yet, especially after he tried to bait the IOC chairman into a heated political topic tonight about Russian human rights issues and gays. It wasn't the time nor the place, he's a piece of shite.



Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:28 pm to
Well, hes on NBC. I think that is their norm.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:29 pm to
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am surprised the Russians haven't poisoned him yet
They got him to wash his face with Sochi water when he first arrived.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:34 pm to
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Off the edge is a place with which you're apparently familiar. You need to chill, holmes.
VOR, you have to admit the coverage was out there. Hell, they did a full on expose' of Johnny Weir's wardrobe. Weir provided the clothes closet tour in full make up, lipstick, and frou-frou hair held in place with sparkly hair pins.

Meanwhile, Costas was addressing Kiev as if it was right up the road from Sochi; as if embers from Ukrainians' self-immolations were likely to waft in on the breeze at any point, and set Sochi rooftops on fire..

Just . . . not . . . necessary.
Posted by trackfan
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Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:36 pm to
I saw that. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. I wish Bach would have handled Costas the same way Nelson Mandela handled Ted Koppel when he tried to get sanctimonious with him.
Posted by trackfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:37 pm to
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The fact remains Costas is not a sports commentator who make political remarks, he's a full on leftist demagogue who uses sporting events as a platform.

I don't know about that. He seemed to be spouting off neocon talking points tonight.
Posted by trackfan
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:41 pm to
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Hell, they did a full on expose' of Johnny Weir's wardrobe. Weir provided the clothes closet tour in full make up, lipstick, and frou-frou hair held in place with sparkly hair pins

I missed that. When did that happen?
Posted by Hill Tiger
Member since Aug 2009
897 posts
Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:48 pm to
Well, props to "pink eye"! At least it kept him away for a week or so. But I see he still has a case of the "brown nose" that has not healed yet.
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:48 pm to
I think he should spend more time talking about abortion mills and illegal immigration.
Posted by navy
Parts Unknown, LA
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:49 pm to
If I'm not mistaken.... Costas had to open up his pie hole regarding the Redskins as well.

Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:51 pm to
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I missed that. When did that happen?
Around 7:30pm EST.
It made "Project Runway" look like Duck Dynasty. Near the segment's end, Weir fawned over one colorful girly ensemble and asked if it looked "Too Butch",
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