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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Picture of the Day - 3





It's not about winning.

It's about getting back up.

It's about fighting on.

I couldn't be prouder.






















Forward Brian McBride had three stitches on one cheek from a vicious elbow. A bandage covered where Landon Donovan received intravenous fluid. Jimmy Conrad had cotton stuffed up his nose, also the result of an elbow, and played part of the game with vision so blurry he had to ask a teammate whether he was bleeding.

posted by mikevotes at 5:45 PM

10 Comments:

  • Off topic, but here's some evidence that Jason Leopold is full of shit, deluded, or both:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061601754.html

    By Blogger Reality-Based Educator, at 8:33 PM  

  • O U C H!

    By Blogger sumo, at 9:11 PM  

  • Yeah, I saw it. True, but, I wonder about printing a "news" article by this guy who so obviously feels wronged. I would think it would've been better presented by a third party without the emotion involved.

    And, again, let me say that the whole Leopold issue is separate from what's really going on. I don't know the guy, I haven't done the legwork to really check out his history, None of that matters too much to me. If the story was wrong it was wrong, that's all that really matters to me. What's the truth, and where's the story going.

    Personally, I really do believe he reported what he was told, I don't think Ash would've stood behind him this far with Leopold's history if he didn't believe it. So, I don't know what went on, abnd because I don' attribute any malice to the story, I don't care that much. I haven't watched the investigation for years to find out about the reporters.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:16 PM  

  • That'll show those Italians that cutting-and-running from Iraq only steeled our resolve!

    By Blogger Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker, at 9:24 PM  

  • That came out harsher than I intended. Basically, my point is that all this Leopold stuff is a distraction. And to the Rove team, a welcome distraction.

    It's classic Rove. When challenged, figure out a way to attack the critic's character. And, if you work on the assumption that Leopold did report what he was told, who were his sources? People who worked at Luskin's law firm. It has the hallmarks of a setup which burned Leopold who was the only one reporting discussions of a plea deal, so, not specific to that story, the idea of a plea deal disappears from the public reporting.

    Then magically, a month later, against all probability, Fitzgerald says he "does not anticipate" indicting Rove implying a cooperation for freedom deal.

    But if a deal was struck, whether it was public or not only effects the temporary politics of it, not the impacts on the investigation. Sure Rove gets to claim innocence, but that's at the cost of the noose tightening around someone higher or someone more guilty.

    So, I don't think Leopold is central to this story going forward.

    I think that says it a little better.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:29 PM  

  • Ha! Rex.

    Funny as always. God punishes those who cut and run.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:48 PM  

  • Points taken. You noted earlier that if this whole thing was a Rovian ratfucking meant to be a distraction, then Leopold might be a perfect patsy. That could very well have happened. But the Post article, coupled with what Emptywheel at the Next Hurrah had to say about Leopold, make me wish I had known about Leopold's past before I trusted him. I don't think I would have run with the story had I known more about him than I did.

    Still, as you say, Rove got his distraction, which is what he wanted. I wonder where the Dan Rather/Mary Mapes sources were the weekend Leopold got his "scoop"?

    By Blogger Reality-Based Educator, at 9:53 PM  

  • I didn't know the Leopold specifics, but I had guessed that something had gone on to go from Dow Jones to Rawstory, and then leaving Rawstory without explanation.

    And as for the distraction, or the Swift Boat guys, or the WHIG that leaked Plame's name, or the folks who called Dana Priest a traitor all in the same words....

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:44 PM  

  • I am loving the Cup, even though the refereeing in that game was a freakin' crime against humanity! A red card for a slide tackle?

    Bastard.

    By Blogger "Ms. Cornelius", at 9:28 PM  

  • I agree, The refereeing was atrocious.

    But, I've seen every US MNT game since '92, and I've never been prouder. They fought one of the great powers, and when things went against them, they just fought harder.

    It was beautiful.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:27 PM  

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