I'm very upset that the organizers of Big Shoulders decided to politicize the event. Having an image of Barack Obama on the t-shirt and the medal is very unwelcome.
I brought this up with the organizers who simply dismissed my complaint by calling me a Republican. I am not a Republican. I would be just as upset if they had an image of John McCain on the t-shirt and medal.
Don't politicize my sport. Swimming is my small getaway from the crazed ravings of politics.
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It was absolutely lame. They had to have known that it would spark a controversy.
How about a caricature of a swimming great? You know, since it's a SWIM MEET?
Well, now that I've seen the picture, I kind of get it: put goggles on a famous person in a suit and tie. But there had to be someone else they could have used who was less controversial (Lincoln, for example).
It was absolutely lame. They had to have known that it would spark a controversy.
How about a caricature of a swimming great? You know, since it's a SWIM MEET?
Well, now that I've seen the picture, I kind of get it: put goggles on a famous person in a suit and tie. But there had to be someone else they could have used who was less controversial (Lincoln, for example).
