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bluestarone

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34. i also agree

Reply to onecaliberal (Reply #25)

Sun Feb 11, 2018, 11:02 PM

Feb 2018

HE got robbed

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Adam Rippon. [View all] TomSlick Feb 2018 OP

Poetry Roland99 Feb 2018 #1

I know nothing about the technical aspects of the sport. TomSlick Feb 2018 #2

Glad he opted out of the quad toe move. Esp after watching this next skater. Roland99 Feb 2018 #4

Why should I care? Who is he? nt babylonsister Feb 2018 #3

American male figure skater. TomSlick Feb 2018 #5

I hope Ohiogal Feb 2018 #12

Small correction - they are not... 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #26

Yeah. They'd be terrible actors, too. dchill Feb 2018 #57

Why on earth were they sent to represent us? Other than Fat Nixon and his family, I can't think of smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #59

Olympic figure skater. Been telling Mike Pence off, essentially. Roland99 Feb 2018 #6

Pence Ohiogal Feb 2018 #11

Actually, Rippon asked people to leave the politics at home. He just wanted to skate. nt MadDAsHell Feb 2018 #30

Did racist, bigot fake christian applaud his performance? RestoreAmerica2020 Feb 2018 #43

Doubt he is still there. If he is, he was not shown nor discussed Roland99 Feb 2018 #44

Figure skater The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #7

First openly gay figure skater. Liberal Jesus Freak Feb 2018 #9

Uh what? Weir has been out for like 7 years. nt MadDAsHell Feb 2018 #35

But Johnny was not formally out Staph Feb 2018 #40

Did he really need to be "formally" out? LisaL Feb 2018 #53

Youre right, Weird was still competing but his peak was definitely past. nt MadDAsHell Feb 2018 #64

Thank you all!!! nt babylonsister Feb 2018 #10

Adam Rippon - Pences worst nightmare, as it happily turns out!!! Leghorn21 Feb 2018 #18

I've given up on ... hvn_nbr_2 Feb 2018 #42

He was awesome! Ohiogal Feb 2018 #8

yes he was AWESOME bluestarone Feb 2018 #33

Please help me with this eissa Feb 2018 #13

Yeah, I got nothing. TomSlick Feb 2018 #16

Rippon does fewer quad jumps which are rich in points dsc Feb 2018 #17

Fewer? I don't think he did any. LisaL Feb 2018 #52

I hadn't seen his skate dsc Feb 2018 #55

I guess he decided not to, in order to get a clean routine. LisaL Feb 2018 #56

Degree of difficulty Bradical79 Feb 2018 #45

Because Canadian skater's routine was more difficult. LisaL Feb 2018 #58

It was the most beautiful artistic routine iamateacher Feb 2018 #14

Excellent performance, surprised he didn't go onto 1st place FloridaBlues Feb 2018 #15

How the hell did the Canadian skater fall twice and get 3 red squares a kennedy Feb 2018 #19

Agree. Especially after watching yesterday. Judging is not fair onecaliberal Feb 2018 #25

i also agree bluestarone Feb 2018 #34

Skaters still get points for jumps even if they fall. LisaL Feb 2018 #50

Now trending at #1! Leghorn21 Feb 2018 #20

He Was Great erpowers Feb 2018 #21

I am so glad you posted this!!! tavernier Feb 2018 #22

I know! ellie Feb 2018 #23

How did they give the Russian guy higher scores? mcar Feb 2018 #24

Tara and Johnny agree with you. LisaM Feb 2018 #49

I saw their report mcar Feb 2018 #60

How did the Canadian, Chan, right after him get a higher score? underpants Feb 2018 #51

Much higher difficulty. LisaL Feb 2018 #54

Well not to my eye underpants Feb 2018 #62

More stylistic, but the degree of difficult was much lower. LisaM Feb 2018 #63

Dave Zirin's take on Adam Rippon and Mike Pence DinahMoeHum Feb 2018 #27

Nagasu!! WOW!!! Roland99 Feb 2018 #28

I absolutely love him Lotusflower70 Feb 2018 #29

Just WOW. I was in the middle of cleaning my fish tanks and didn't realize he came on so I just Kirk Lover Feb 2018 #31

Don't worry. I bet a lot of us were talking to ourselves. TomSlick Feb 2018 #32

Actually on second thought....when they come to wheel me out and they examine Kirk Lover Feb 2018 #36

And he's from CLARKS SUMMIT, PA...so shout out to Lackawanna County!!! Xoxoxooxo Kirk Lover Feb 2018 #37

Shout out back atcha from NE Ohio! Ohiogal Feb 2018 #39

My old stomping grounds! mcar Feb 2018 #61

Then he gives an interview. TomSlick Feb 2018 #38

He was awesome! And I know nothing of figure-skating. Lifelong Protester Feb 2018 #41

On the Retrograde scale Retrograde Feb 2018 #46

I don't do sequins. As I've said above, I know next to nothing about skating. TomSlick Feb 2018 #47

It was his life story unfolding on the ice. LisaM Feb 2018 #48