sports economist andrew zimbalist, a critic of the bid, said the math was unrealistic. "most of the numbers i see reflect drunken optimism." when everyone who has been to boston knows, it's a city that only exercises drunken pessimism. [ laughter ] [ boston accent ] "they're never gonna plow this street. and i'm never going to see my honda again. my honda is as good as gone." [ laughter ] another point of contention in the public debate, was the fact ioc board members would have exclusive access to special vip highway lanes that would be built as part of the bid, which did not sit well with the opposition. >> so while the rest of us are sitting in traffic, the princess of lichtenstein and prince of monaco should be having special lanes? >> seth: for a bostonian the only thing worse than sitting in traffic, would be sitting in traffic while someone from out of town drove by you. someone who, you had a sense, thought they were better than you. should also be noted, that princess of lichtenstein sounds like what a boston guy would call a girl who cut in front of him at the