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09 Jan 05:55am

Filed under: Cycling, Lance Armstrong, Politics, Potus, Sport, Usa

We all know the truth about Lance Armstrong now, and everyone seems to have an opinion on the subject. That’s all in the past; let’s take a look at the future… at least, a future which might have been and is now lost to us.

I did not have intimate relations with those drugs… Pic: Digitally altered

You may not know that among Republican powerbrokers in Texas, lying Lance was spoken of as a future Governor of the Lone Star State. Rich, handsome and famous, it was more or less assumed he would be unbeatable, whenever he decided he was ready to run for office.

With the benefit of hindsight, it seems clear that Armstrong was waiting for the investigation into his drug-taking to peter out and be forgotten before he made his bid. Instead, he has been discredited for all time. There’s a limit, after all, to how much lying even a politician can get away with.

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OzTrucker says:

05:37pm | 09/01/13

Just a couple of points. I wonder why we don’t just have sport where the athlete can use whatever they want to be the best they can be? What would be the problem with that? I mean who cares what they do really? I could not give a rats personally.… Read more »
Zack says:

05:09pm | 09/01/13

I’m surprised the carbon tax isn’t stopping the fires stephen. I’m spending the next few days working hard in a NSW public hospital as usual. Read more »

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