oil company gets the world cup and not united states. why can't the united states get any respect? here to talk it it over is christine brennan and in new york cnn contributor, former sports radio host, all around sports guy max kellerman. why can't the united states get the respect of the world? is that the wrong wrong questi? >> i think the u.s. has the respect of the world internationally and certainly politically and in sports. i think the issue is that these international world leaders, basically it's a bunch of european guys, 75 and older, they run the olympics and other sports and they love to stick it to the united states. they love american money and want american corporations to support these events and when it comes to time to giving the united states that big prize, they just don't want to do it. they actually enjoy watching the president fly over, try to win the olympics and then snubbing him. that's an interesting group at that. >> we cover politics on this show a lot. it fits perfectly. is that what it is that these