Apparently, we all hate the French

Mike Celzic writes on the U.S. medal failures on Sunday:

And then disaster really struck. [American downhill skier Bode] Miller, who had been spotted by an employee of Reuters downing beers at midnight in a Sestriere bar, butchered the bottom of the downhill course and skied himself out of a medal, while [Miller teammate Daron] Rahlves, who had skipped his second training run because he felt so good about himself, was never in contention, finishing a distant tenth.

To rub salt into the wound, the downhill went to a Frenchman -— a very good Frenchman -— Antoine Deneriaz.

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In a couple of hours on just the second day of competition, Team USA lost its biggest drawing card, the biggest race and had to watch the French celebrate.

Can we please get over the whole "hating the French" thing? I'm sure the Americans didn't care who they lost to, they were just upset they lost. And aren't the Olympics about burying these silly grudges and meeting for friendly competition?

I haven't read many Mike Celzic columns on MSNBC before this one. Looks like I had made the right choice.