Actually, that isn’t quite true – I don’t think she goes far enough.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Bush should consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Olympics Games in Beijing this summer to protest China's human rights record.

"I think boycotting the opening ceremony, which really gives respect to the Chinese government, is something that should be kept on the table," Pelosi told "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts in an interview to air Tuesday morning, according to the ABC News Web site. "I think the president might want to rethink this later, depending on what other heads of state do."

Pelosi said she does not think U.S. athletes should boycott the games themselves.

"I believe a boycott of the Beijing Olympics would unfairly harm our athletes who have worked so hard to prepare for the competition," she said in a statement last week.

I see no good coming in allowing the Chinese a propaganda victory via a presidential visit – especially as we are seeing allies choose not to attend. Indeed, I have stated that the IOC should consider canceling or moving the games due to the ongoing human rights violations in China.

The 1936 Berlin Olympics were a low point in Olympic history, as Hitler used the games to promote his shameful ideology. Is it too much to ask that the same mistake not be made in 2008?