America's transition from the Olympics to politics was oh, so smooth.
There's even overlap, curious as it is, with the news in Tuesday's Register that Iowa's gold-medal gymnast Shawn Johnson will be on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. Word is she will lead the crowd in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Republicans already are making with the jokes about the delegates needing a kid to help them with the words.
Johnson's appearance hasn't been officially announced by the Democrats, but if it comes off it'll likely be Thursday night before Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field in front of 70,000 people.
Why the 16-year-old is getting involved in a political event is anybody's guess, but she's already taking flak. Critics are screaming that she's a liberal - relax, it's allowed - and she proves it by wearing earrings with the peace symbol. She wore them during an NBC interview in Beijing and on the David Letterman show Monday night.
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