Meet Our Idol: Nigerian President Umar Musa Yar’Adua

The Olympian Blog has found its political idol. You can now rightfully accuse us of idolatry. Ladies and gentleman, met Nigerian President Umar Musa Yar’Adua, The Olympian Blog’s “Idol Extraordinaire”.

Why is he our idol, you ask? Because he directed/charged/ordered Nigeria’s Olympic athletes to win not less that eight gold medals during the Beijing Olympic Games.

So unlike timid national leaders who say, “We wish our country will have x medals” or “We are hoping for x medals” or the very lame “The important thing in the Olympics is to take part, its not the triumph but the struggle”, our idol raised his voice and said to his athletes: “Thou shalt win eight or more gold medals”.

Between wishy washy timid leaders and one who is like Moses, we really have no choice. We will gladly take the latter. Expectedly, the doubters are spreading their virus of doubt. According to our reliable source, a doubter supposedly said this:

“Where are the eight gold medals going to come from? Are they going to be stolen from other countries or is the minister thinking of counting the paralympic gold medals to be won by our disabled athletes?”

Ack. What’s up with the negativity, my friend? With a mindset like that, you will never win anything. The Games hasn’t even started yet and you already shot yourself in the foot. Didn’t you watch Nike’s “Impossible is Nothing” commercials? They’re too touchy-feely and too “rah rah rah” for my taste but I must admit that I still agree with them. Nothing is impossible, my friend. Now go forth and produce those eight gold medals.

PHOTO CREDIT: Korea Post