Lance Armstrong about to say he lied

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:53 pm

I get so tired of this. Lie for years and years and

THEN come clean, it just seems so pointless.

The interview with Oprah is supposed to be on

the OWN network this coming Thursday.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:44 am

Yeah, I don't get it. He must be benefiting from the confession in some way, he sure isn't doing this to cleanse his guilt away.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:40 am

I don't know what it is he would or should feel guilty about.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:48 am

Cheating to win fame and fortune and then lying for years that he didn't cheat would be a good place to start.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:04 am

He might feel embarrassed about all that. But guilty? Not that he doesn't feel guilt, he very well might. Regretful perhaps, but then he'd still be a nobody anyway.

There's a line in the story A Bronx Tale where the main character does something his mother wants him to feel guilty about. The father says something to the effect of "ah, leave him alone, he took a shot". Armstrong took his only shot at what he coveted. He broke the rules and got caught. Big deal.

It isn't like Armstrong falsely won the US presidency and then bombed some countries killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people and then got reelected. Now that's something a lot of people should feel guilty about. This? Nah!

Plus, if it got him laid, who's gonna condemn him for that?

halfway · Post by **halfway** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:00 am

He looked us in the face for year and pleaded his case. He swore.

At what point do you call the man a liar and stop justifying his actions?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:46 pm

SnoozeAgain;1416712 wrote: Yeah, I don't get it. He must be benefiting from the confession in some way, he sure isn't doing this to cleanse his guilt away.

Apparently it's a route back into the sport :-

BBC News - Oprah: Armstrong 'did not come clean in expected way'

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:04 pm

Yeah, I didn't think he'd be doing this for his spiritual growth and cosmic harmony.

halfway · Post by **halfway** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:28 pm

I feel almost as betrayed and sick to my stomach as when I heard these words....

Clinton, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman... - YouTube

Sad state of affairs.