If you watched the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics on NBC (whose coverage sucks by the way – I think there’s more commercial time than actual event time), you may have noticed NBC continue to pan over to President Bush as he and Laura sat in the stands. At times, he looked almost bored during the parade of nations, slouching back in his seat, rolling up his program, and acting like… well, one of us.
But then, when the USA team poured into the stadium, the President and the First Lady lept to their feet and waved their U.S. flags.
The President got a little more into the action yesterday and today, as he attended women’s basketball, caught some cycling, and even hit around a few volleyballs with the U.S. women’s beach volleyball team.
Read more here, with a full slideshow of President Bush sportin’ it up in Beijing.
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George appears to be really enjoying himself. Why not? He has the best seats and access nobody else has – practices, team meetings, riding the bike course.