Circlip, in the hopes of more + (POSITIVE) rep, I'm gonna keep going.
My Wife calls me a conspiracy theorist. Please keep that in mind.
Also, I do not like Republicans.
However, sadly, I believe this to be political. If Lance was one of Barrack's rapper/moviestar/rockstar supporters, he wouldn't be going through this now. The US of America has pissed away plenty of money since galloping into Viet Nam. They don't need to be wasting the USADA's cash now.
If Lance wasn't Republican. If Lance hadn't dared to ride his bike with a fallen President, who had dug his own grave. If Lance hadn't been a large financial contributor to a political party that seems borderline insane, he wouldn't be in the headlines right now.
If Lance was like Jay-Z or Eddie Vedder and had chosen a different political affiliation, he would be kicking back, sucking on an Olsen.
Let me think hard about this...
Lance's legacy paraphrased:
Great young American cyclist. Dealt a crappy, almost always fatal hand - The lung, noggen and ball cancer. Comes back leaner, faster, stronger.
Wins the World's greatest race, against an even playing field, year after year, for what seemed like my entire adult life.
My Dad had cancer. The tumour he had is still, 40 years later, wrapped around his spine. That dead piece of cancer strangled my Father's spine for so long that now he can't walk. But for years, he walked funny, skated even worse, but still coached me and half of the other hockey player's in St. John's. Barely being able to safely traverse a sheet of ice didn't keep him from parenting, or volunteering. He is a Champion too. Lance gave all of cancer's Champions a face, The Headlines, the attention they deserve.
Cancer is personal. And it is bad. It is like cockroaches, or mice, or any plague. But it is in our bodies. It comes after, and sometimes takes, the ones we love. Our parents. Our children.
Travis Tygart. You are charged with the wreckless pursuit of our hero. Our inspiration. You Obama flunky, close your eyes for a minute, pretend Lance is Beyonce, and leave him alone. You are a Democrat hitman. And you are charged with waging a war against Lance that cannot be won.
Good luck.