Phelps Poll!

Yay for Craig doing his homework! You're right, Michael was arrested Thursday night, released Friday (in Maryland, drunk driving is an automatic overnighter, followed by the year in jail if convicted stint) Actually, on a second thought, I think it's an automatic overnighter pretty much everywhere (never been a drunk driver, don't know for sure). The story broke Monday, after a student from the party Michael attended with his girlfriend (who goes to the university) tipped off the media to look in the police logs (apparently, said student was miffed about something). When the story broke Monday, Michael began calling reporters nationally, reading a statement he and his mother prepared. Not PR machine. Aquageek, you've taken a very staunch point of view, and I commend your disbelief in the regard that we are fooled by coverups much of the time, along with "I'm only sorry I got caught" scenarios. However, I'm also afraid you seem to think Kyra and I are condoning what Michael did. Just for the record, whatever that may be, I am not condoning Michael Phelps drinking and driving. Nobody is. That isn't even really the topic of discussion here. What we're saying (not to speak for Kyra) is that we like the way he's handling it. He's not hiding behing the PR guys, who no doubt are standing behind him saying, "Just shut UP and stay home for awhile, and everyone will forget about it." Most reps have this anti-thesis about drawing attention to the very thing that they're trying to avoid talking about. Michael is sticking his neck out, he's letting people judge him, and he's using all this negative attention to teach kids a lesson. As to why he didn't speak out against drunk driving before, this is a close as I can come to an answer: Why didn't Lance Armstrong advocate cancer research six years ago? Maybe he did. But sometimes, it takes a personal experience to make your voice louder, to give people a real reason to listen to you. I could speak out against drunk driving, and so could the guy who spent years in jail because he killed a family driving drunk, and I can guarantee that guy's message will sound better than mine. Personal experience, love. That's all from this soundbox, because she has school, work, and swim practice tomorrow (Jim's so not getting a Christmas Card from me because of these distance practices with no rest). Kisses to all, try not to stay up too late, ~Steph~

Yay for Craig doing his homework! You're right, Michael was arrested Thursday night, released Friday (in Maryland, drunk driving is an automatic overnighter, followed by the year in jail if convicted stint) Actually, on a second thought, I think it's an automatic overnighter pretty much everywhere (never been a drunk driver, don't know for sure). The story broke Monday, after a student from the party Michael attended with his girlfriend (who goes to the university) tipped off the media to look in the police logs (apparently, said student was miffed about something). When the story broke Monday, Michael began calling reporters nationally, reading a statement he and his mother prepared. Not PR machine. Aquageek, you've taken a very staunch point of view, and I commend your disbelief in the regard that we are fooled by coverups much of the time, along with "I'm only sorry I got caught" scenarios. However, I'm also afraid you seem to think Kyra and I are condoning what Michael did. Just for the record, whatever that may be, I am not condoning Michael Phelps drinking and driving. Nobody is. That isn't even really the topic of discussion here. What we're saying (not to speak for Kyra) is that we like the way he's handling it. He's not hiding behing the PR guys, who no doubt are standing behind him saying, "Just shut UP and stay home for awhile, and everyone will forget about it." Most reps have this anti-thesis about drawing attention to the very thing that they're trying to avoid talking about. Michael is sticking his neck out, he's letting people judge him, and he's using all this negative attention to teach kids a lesson. As to why he didn't speak out against drunk driving before, this is a close as I can come to an answer: Why didn't Lance Armstrong advocate cancer research six years ago? Maybe he did. But sometimes, it takes a personal experience to make your voice louder, to give people a real reason to listen to you. I could speak out against drunk driving, and so could the guy who spent years in jail because he killed a family driving drunk, and I can guarantee that guy's message will sound better than mine. Personal experience, love. That's all from this soundbox, because she has school, work, and swim practice tomorrow (Jim's so not getting a Christmas Card from me because of these distance practices with no rest). Kisses to all, try not to stay up too late, ~Steph~