Lance, Lance, Lance, Why Why Why??

Interesting Esquire piece. And as for all the smug moral superiority shown in most of these comments, they just illustrate why Hansen took the rap to try to keep the incident quiet. Isn't it just a little bit condescending to assume it wasn't her idea? Is it because she's a woman that she has no will of her own? And they didn't just run away. She went to the homeowner and owned up to the damage. Fender bender stuff. Only in Texas would you be required to call the cops. As for throwing the book at Lance for drunk driving, um, rules of evidence, anyone? Utterly trivial event. People want to show how great they are, though, by calling out Armstrong for a liar and a cheat. Yawn. Old news. Get a life. One that includes a proper gauge of morality, not some stark, black and white teenaged version.

dial it up wrote:

If one of you were as famous as Lance, and your girlfriend agreed to take the fall, wouldn't you do it? I sure as hell would. Why attract tons of media attention and douchebags on message boards for something so trivial when you could just avoid it

I don't disagree with you. No one was hurt, just some damage to a car or two. Someone like Lance it going to make the news for minor accidents like this. He didn't want the attention.

It kinda backfired though.

spade detector wrote:

dial it up wrote:

Better than a liar

I know this is hard for you Texans to believe or understand, but some of us actually have this thing called moral decency, and we would just fess up to the minor infractions instead of lying and hiding behind our girlfriend.

You never have and never will be in a situation where you are successful enough to make that call, but I have no problem letting you think whatever your small mind wants to

kdkd wrote:

pop_pop! wrote:

Powerful people don't get busted. Lance is the embodiment of that.

I don't know which statement is more ridiculous. That powerful people don't get busted or that Lance is a powerful person.

He's got money to fund lawyers to defend minor charges. The DA will take one look, offer an easy plea, and move onto the case he can win against the chump with a public defender.

Here's the link I meant to post earlier. Spot on in so many ways. Comments are fun.

I'm not sure why there was an AOL link there as I don't visit AOL.

Dial it up wrote:

spade detector wrote:

I know this is hard for you Texans to believe or understand, but some of us actually have this thing called moral decency, and we would just fess up to the minor infractions instead of lying and hiding behind our girlfriend.

You never have and never will be in a situation where you are successful enough to make that call, but I have no problem letting you think whatever your small mind wants to

Nice, completely vacuous comeback.

No seriously, how old are you?

I'm grateful there are still Lance defenders in the same way I'm glad there are people who think Sarah Palin should be President.

The biggest issue of this news is why does he have a girlfriend? I mean, who would be with this horrible guy at this point?

He is still worth tens of millions and famous, leads a pretty luxurious lifestyle, seems to treat her well plus she is the mother of one or two of his kids so she has no reason to leave.

Duck Down wrote:

He is still worth tens of millions and famous, leads a pretty luxurious lifestyle, seems to treat her well plus she is the mother of one or two of his kids so she has no reason to leave.

Haven't we heard stories about Lance going broke? People who are legitimately broke don't spend time in Aspen in the peak of ski season. So, I guess that's another sham to add to the list.

about that... wrote:

Duck Down wrote:

He is still worth tens of millions and famous, leads a pretty luxurious lifestyle, seems to treat her well plus she is the mother of one or two of his kids so she has no reason to leave.

Haven't we heard stories about Lance going broke? People who are legitimately broke don't spend time in Aspen in the peak of ski season. So, I guess that's another sham to add to the list.

Don't worry, if the Feds win he'll be "broke." He and his lawyers promise. Just like all those other claims he made.

Until then, he's living a really tough life in Aspen doing nothing and paying legal bills. Why NOT dope when that's the outcome?

Duck Down wrote:

He is still worth tens of millions and famous, leads a pretty luxurious lifestyle, seems to treat her well plus she is the mother of one or two of his kids so she has no reason to leave.

Having her take the fall for a hit and run, or attempting to, is not "treating her well".

runDirtyrun wrote:

about that... wrote:

Haven't we heard stories about Lance going broke? People who are legitimately broke don't spend time in Aspen in the peak of ski season. So, I guess that's another sham to add to the list.

Don't worry, if the Feds win he'll be "broke." He and his lawyers promise. Just like all those other claims he made.

Until then, he's living a really tough life in Aspen doing nothing and paying legal bills. Why NOT dope when that's the outcome?

Technically he still lives in Austin, golfs about 5 times a week when hes here.

What do you suggest he be doing? Sitting in a hole somewhere thinking about doping all day? He was sponsored by Nike and won the tour 7 times....do you honestly expect him to be poor?

A lot of people like Lance. He won 7 TDFs, and he has inspired many people who suffer from cancer. A great individual.

And Nixon carried 49 states in 1972, with 61% of the popular vote. No other president won by as large a margin.Lots of people liked Nixon too. But he was evil incarnate.

Lots to like wrote:

A lot of people like Lance. He won 7 TDFs, and he has inspired many people who suffer from cancer. A great individual.

LeadvilleNative wrote:

And Nixon carried 49 states in 1972, with 61% of the popular vote. No other president won by as large a margin.

Lots of people liked Nixon too. But he was evil incarnate.

Lots to like wrote:

A lot of people like Lance. He won 7 TDFs, and he has inspired many people who suffer from cancer. A great individual.

If people didn't like the Devil he wouldn't be much of a problem.