8 GOLD MEDALS!!!!

I can't believe it!!! WE ARE AWESOME!!! GO MICHAEL PHELPS!!!

I would be okay with this

The AP:

Ryan Lochte tried to pull off a daunting double, going against Phelps just 29 minutes after winning the 200 backstroke. He couldn't keep up, though he did hold on for bronze. Laszlo Cseh of Hungary picked up his third silver of the games - all of them trailing Phelps.

"It's not a shame," Cseh said, "to be beaten by a better one."

I would tell my grandchildren about it with pride. "I was second only to the greatest Olympian!"

I'm glad to see our President

Is keeping himself busy with current events:

Phelps swam 1.41 seconds faster than his world-record time at the United States Olympic trials in July. His face widened in surprise when he saw his time on the large videoboard. He glanced at the stands, where President Bush was vigorously waving an American flag, and gave him a nod.