Bush's Olympic precedent

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 5:56 PM Share

With all the debate over whether George W. Bush should attend the Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing this summer, you might think that it's a longstanding tradition for American presidents to attend these events. Actually, as Olympic historian David Wallechinsky tells Public Radio International, if Bush did go, he would be the first U.S. President to ever attend an opening ceremony on foreign soil.

As for Passport readers, it seems that a majority of you favor some form of boycott.

(Hat tip: Marc Ambinder)

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