George W Bush has always planned on attending the Beijing Games and Beijing Olympics 2008, plans which remain unchanged!
On an interview with the BBC, he said:
“I’m going to the Olympics. I view the Olympics as a sporting event,”
Steven Spielberg however has stated that he will not be attending due to concerns about the violence in the Sudan Darfur reason. The fact that Bush said he will not use the Games Bejing to help with the overall world awareness of such conditions may have seemed as expected to some, while unexpected for others. I think the guy is just trying to view some quality sport 
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The above thoughts by Bush have been re-inforced by the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao who said that letting the Sudan issue affect the Beijing Olympics Games would be against the Olympics spirit and that sport should always be separated from politics.
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor has also wished success to the Games Beijing Olympics 2008 whishing good luck and success to everyone taking parts. Merkel said she will not be attending the Beijing Olympics, however she will be going to Beijing in the autumn for the Europe-China summit!