Will NBC say that it was all Bush's fault?

There was never a chance for chicago to get it. The intl crowd will continue to dislike us no matter who our pres is, and this just goes to show us how pompus the obamas are for even going over there. The real question is what did the MSM fail to report on while they were making olympic news out of nothing.

As a life long, born and raised, Chicagoan I could NOT be HAPPIER that Chicago did not get the Olympic games.

Also – it was very nice to see that, when confronted with an election they have no change to throw ACORN, SEIU or any of their other groups at, Daley and Obama FAIL…

RIO!

The whole involvement of Obamateur and the Olympics has been documented over at Michelle Malkins site. A lot of people closely affiliated with The One stood to make a ton off of the Olympics. Quid pro quo. In short, he went to Copenhagen to get his backers paid. Sort of like how he got GE their intro to Putin by throwing the Poles and Czechs under the bus.

I am surprised. I had assumed that Chicago had this in the bag and the WH had the early scoot which is why Obama was so busy putting his name behind it.

I'm a fan of the Olympics, but there's solid evidence that hosting the games is an economic wash or actually negative in the long run. Host cities typically wind up with some infrastructure improvements and short term job growth, but the jobs go away and the improvements are wildly disproportionate to the costs. Atlanta saw the best results of the Olympic boom but even they essentially broke even aside from winding up with a new baseball stadium and public park.

Chicago likely lost because of its status as Murderland, USA, and legendary reputation for graft that managed to sour even the famously corrupt IOC.

There was no reason for Obama to so heavily invest himself and his office in the bid, and he's likely got a lot of 'splaining to do to the Chicago machine that expected to profit handsomely. Maybe this will teach Obama that the world doesn't bow exclusively to his whim. better he learn the lesson now rather thn when lives are on the line with some war or crisis.

Clearly, all this is Bush's fault. He so poisoned the world's view of our country, it will take YEARS to repair the damage. This is just proof positive.

There, Moonbats: I just spelled out your demented talking points.

Did I mention Obama is a miserable failure at every thing he touches as "president"? Just wait until he applies his incredible, charismatic powers of persuasion to talk Iran into giving up nukes. That will be must EPIC, my friends.

Look on the bright side. Obama still has a chance to lower the seas!

ROFL!

Well, it can't be corruptiona and crime that sank Chicago because they just awarded the games to Rio. Maybe Obama just wetted the world's appetite for "historic" firsts, so the IOC handed Rio the "historic" first opportunity to host the games in South America.

The IOC is insane. First they allow themselves to paid off by the ChiComms for the 2008 Games, then they go with London over NYC for 2012 to spite Bush, then they go yet another cycle with a non-US site for 2016. The Games have never made money in a non-US site (plus major US cities have NFL, MLB, and NBA teams which will use the major venues in the long run). The primary revenue source for the Games is NBC's licensing fees, which depend on good ratings in the US, which depend on events being live in prime time in the US (I guess Rio works pretty much for that, though).

I think you folks are missing the real reason…

the IOC is choc full of raaaaaaaaacists

Posted by D-Vega

2009-10-02 13:27:25

I'd say an amount equal to the US Deficit ie. the equivalent of several trillion us dollars

Obama again shows his, and more surprising to me, his administration's utter foolish naivety. Just as a good lawyer does not ask a question to which he does not already know the answer, no head of state goes into any sort of negotiation without pretty much knowing what the other guy knows and will settle for.

Obama, first, should not have been involved at all. As President, the dignity of the office is much above this. Second, if he insisted, he should have gone there to accept the award he knew was already decided upon. Instead, he went to grovel for it and comes away with embarrassment for himself, the Presidency and the United States.

A President who was not a naïf, or a knave, would have commented on a loss through his press office at the regular White House briefing. Now what is he going to do?

Other cities around not only need an Olympics more, but its only fair that the event is shared with other countries.

Yeah, Vega, which explains why Obama went to Copenhagen to make a request on behalf of Chicago. Obmaa could have saved the trip (and the taxpayer money) and focused on Afghanistan instead.

Wait, let me guess. You'll now claim that Copenhagen was a cover to meet with McCrystal.

ROFL!

Vega, your stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Obama is a blabbering fool and you consistently cover for his idiocy.

Obama went to Copenhagen to apologize yet again for the United States. The IOC was so deeply impressed, it couldn't resist the opportunity to vote Chicago out of the first round of voting.

Think about that: they didn't even do him the courtesy of keeping Chicago in the running for one extra round. It was an utterly calculated insult. And Obama reduced himself to the roll of a traveling salesman just so he could have a "kick me" sign slapped on his back on his way out the door.

On top of that, one Obama's greatest strengths is his oratory skills and yet, he still failed.

What the hell are you talking about, King? I didn't mention Obama anywhere in my post. Your hard-on for Obama is everlasting.

If you want to know, I think it wasn't a good idea for him to go, but Presidents have made trips for things a lot less important than billions of tourist dollars for a major US city.

Well, as what pointed out at AoSHQ, at least this should put all the Hitler/Obama comparisons to rest.

Hitler got the Olympics; Bambi got the shaft.

Bush part of the reason? Might not be so far fetched…

http://tinyurl.com/wingnuts2go

Posted by Robert_Ingersoll

2009-10-02 14:27:45

Thanks Robert. You just cost my secretary $5. Been waiting on a liberal to blame bush.

What the hell are you talking about, King? I didn't mention Obama anywhere in my post. Your hard-on for Obama is everlasting.

I see. The entire thread is about Obama's trip to push for Chicago.

I never stated that you mentioned Obama's name. What is hilarious is that you're trying to downplay the issue. OK, now it's "fair" that other countries share the Olympic glory. I guess you're now sticking to that lie, huh?

If you want to know, I think it wasn't a good idea for him to go, but Presidents have made trips for things a lot less important than billions of tourist dollars for a major US city.

Then we'll discuss those presidents' trips in later threads, huh? Right now, we're laughing at the stupidity of your false prophet. Nice attempt of deflection, Vega.

Remember Vega, you voted for him.

Bush part of the reason? Might not be so far fetched…

2009-10-02 14:27:45

By blaming Bush you're stating that Bush has far more impact than Obama. You're admitting that the policies of a president who has been out of office for over nine months still has more impact than the current president. That would mean that you're admitting that Obama is incompetent.

Thank you for your admission.

On Drudge:

"The Ego Has Landed."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHaHaHaHaHaHahahahahaha!!!!!!!

MMMMMM…. MMMMMMM…. MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!

Well, remember, LampofDiogenes, Liberals practice the New Fiscal Math: The more you spend, the more you save.

"On top of that, one Obama's greatest strengths is his oratory skills and yet, he still failed."

He has other strengths?

The bright side to this is that maybe Obama will figure out there's more to Presidenting than the ability to speak with a pleasing cadence and to spend other people's money.

Yes, I did. Who did you vote for, King? McCain? No one? Nice.

Thats right. you voted for the guy that has both doubled the deficit from Bush days, he is on a roll with unemployment. He can't even get the Democratically controlled House and Senate to pass bills that THEY DON"T NEED ONE REPUBLICAN TO VOTE FOR IN ORDER TO PASS.

Nixon proclaimed him a failed POTUS a long time ago. Sure looks like time is proving me right.

No, D-Vega, actually the thread is about how Obama invested the prestige of the Office of the President of the United States in making a personal appeal to the IOC like some sort of traveling salesman, only to have them rebuff him in the most humiliating way possible.

Chicago got the least amount of votes of ANY candidate city.

The room erupted in applause and cheering when the announcement was made. Obama is an amateurish, self-centered narcissist that honestly thought his personal Oneness would make the Eurotrash love him.

Oh well, on the other hand, Obama did say he doesn't care about Victory…

Posted by CoolCzech

2009-10-02 14:11:11

Oooooh, naaassssty, Czech.

But I wonder, not being at all up on Olympics history, how DID Berlin get the 1938 summer games? I know these things are done years in advance, but Adolph and his pals were pretty well understood by the mid-30's. The Reich was not then what we think of now when talking about them, but still…

No, its not. Its about Chicago not being chosen for the Olympics. Maybe for people that are obsessed with all things Obama, it may be.

Interesting how you're trying to deflect the topic.

You addressed ma as if I was talking about Obama, when I wasn't.

I don't care. I just enjoy rubbing your face in the fact that you voted for an idiot because you, yourself, are an idiot for believing in his obvious lies.

I'm not downplaying it, I am treating it as it should be treated. Its only the Olympics, for Pete's sake. Chicago didn't have a chance. Its marginally acceptable that Obama went to Cope to pitch for a major American city. But he should have skipped it when he knew it was unlikely.

So even the mighty Obamassiah couldn't raise Chicago's chances from the dead, huh? How's that hope and change?

It's not a lie. Its the same position I took when NYC was trying to get the Olympics. The biggest cities don't really want the Olympics.

Tell that to Obama…and Oprah.

You are attempting to make this all about Obama, when its not. Stop foaming and take an Advil.

Getting bitchslapped hurts huh?

Not a deflection either. I know the right is obsessed with sniffing Obama's ass at every opportunity.

Then why did Obama go there? He hurt himself. Do you agree with that…yes or no?

Yes, I did. Who did you vote for, King? McCain? No one? Nice.

Your pathetic attempt to throw this back into my face won't work. I accepted Obama's victory back in November, why do you still talk about it as it is something new? Remember, you are the one who keeps reminding us that you won.

Obama won which means that the deficit which he increased is all his responsibility. That is hard for you to swallow.

In the real world, unemployment figures is the story of the day. No one gives a shit about Chicago not getting the Olympics, not even Chicagoans.

Then why are you here discussing this issue?

The Oprah is certainly upset.

Dumbass.

As I've read in other places: Obama spends all his foreign time running America down and portraying it as an armpit of a place. Why is anyone surprised that no one wants the Olympics to happen here?

China at least did it right. They faked all sorts of positive, happy-joy-joy stuff about Beijing. It made China look like a wonderful place just long enough to grab votes (or at least provide no clear excuse not to vote for China).

"Why is anyone surprised that no one wants the Olympics to happen here?"

They were probably afraid of getting blown up by Bill Ayers.

It made China look like a wonderful place just long enough to grab votes (or at least provide no clear excuse not to vote for China).

2009-10-02 15:42:14

Still, people should have been cognizant of the fact China is a Communist-ruled dictatorship that is systematically destroying the nation of Tibet and selling executed dissidents' body parts. But we of the West have decided to ignore all that, in return for cheap crap at Walmart. I was never a fan of the policy of trade with China… it was supposed to make us incredibly rich. How did THAT work out for us?

I think this link says it all:

http://minx.cc/?post=293135

Kingfisher and CoolCzech are on f'n fire today.

Well played gentlemen.

Interesting how you're trying to deflect the topic.

The topic WAS Chicago not getting the Olympics.

I don't care. I just enjoy rubbing your face in the fact that you voted for an idiot because you, yourself, are an idiot for believing in his obvious lies.

Its not rubbing my nose in it, because I really don’t care. And yes, you jumped to the Obama issue because of your (meaning the right’s) obsession with getting back into power.

So even the mighty Obamassiah couldn't raise Chicago's chances from the dead, huh? How's that hope and change?

No one said he definitely would. He made an attempt. The chances that Chicago would have won was nil.

Tell that to Obama…and Oprah.

Of course Oprah is supporting her home city. And Obama is supporting an American city.

Getting bitchslapped hurts huh?

Only in the wingnut world is Chicago not getting the Olyps somehow is a bitchslap.

Then why did Obama go there? He hurt himself. Do you agree with that…yes or no?

No, he didn’t hurt himself. He should not have went, though, because he could never have made the difference.

Your pathetic attempt to throw this back into my face won't work. I accepted Obama's victory back in November, why do you still talk about it as it is something new? Remember, you are the one who keeps reminding us that you won.

You were the one who mentioned voting, King, don’t get mad because your party is so pathetic. You accepted Obama’s victory because you had no friggin choice. Now you crawl into his ass at every opportunity, while your party flounders about.

Obama won which means that the deficit which he increased is all his responsibility. That is hard for you to swallow.

Not all his responsibility, but yes, it is on his watch. Not hard for me to swallow the truth.

Maybe you should be more focused on that then the Olympics.

Then why are you here discussing this issue?

It’s important to note what I said, which was truthful and accurate.

Dumbass.

Stop whining like a little bitch.

No, Vega. The real issue is that Obama personally appealed to the IOC to vote for Chicago and was turned down.

So what? A U.S. President advocating a $20 billion boost to a major US city’s economy? Good. It was turned down. Whoop-dee-doo. We can try again. Get over your imagined victory.

Dumbfucks like you have been claiming that the world will love us and that Obama will bring people together. In the eyes of the world, nothing has changed. Obama is a mere politician and his own ego (and yours) cannot accept the fact that he lost…..AGAIN!

I never said anything like that. I said the Republican President was a poor leader. And that was true.

You bought Obama's lies hook, line and sinker and reality is hurting you big time. During the campaign you couldn't even convince us about Obama's qualifications without making yourself look like a complete ass. Obama cannot succeed at community organizing, how pathetic is that?

You’re foaming again.

I'm going to continue to enjoy rubbing Obama's losses in your face. Maybe next time you'll consider a candidate's qualifications over his political affiliations.

You do that. I know you cannot help your frustration.

Whoop-de-doo, I voted for McCain. I also clearly stated that I thought Obama would be complete disaster for the country early in the campaign and I was right. Again, how's that 'hope-n-change' working for you?

Working out fine for me.

How does it feel to see that the right has to harp on every single little thing because they cannot position themselves as the better alternative?

How does it feel to your party fails at everything they do, while the incompetent Democrats get stronger & stronger?

How does it feel to see no leadership at all in your party?

To see the in-fighting?

To place all your hope on Sarah Palin, a candidate that has already lost once?

How’s the mavericking going?

Like it or not, 20 US cities could not get the Olympics and Obama & the Dems would still be a much better position than the Republicans. How's your nose feel being rubbed in the manure pile of continuous defeat?

Have a mavericky weekend.

while the incompetent Democrats get stronger & stronger?

Oh yeah, the groundswell of suport for the Chappiquiddick Care is just going thru the roof, isn't it? What is it now, 45% for it and 55% against? What is going to be funny is watching Harry Reid lose his Senate seat in 2010. Maybe you can spin that as a victory for Obama, since Reid can't get anything passed with 60 Democrats in the Senate for Obama.

Posted by D-Vega

2009-10-02 17:04:49

Jeesh, D-Vega… need to always get the last word? Much??

Did you guys hear how much this stupid stunt costs the tax payers? Apparently there were 3 trips: Hers, His and all the crap that goes with them. Unfuncking believable.

Posted by martinhale

2009-10-02 17:30:15

Oprah and Michelle, probably a rather large footprint as well.

Woo Cha Wookie, as Jaba the Hutt said.

The left is pathetic.

Posted by Christopher_Taylor

Exactly Chris and to add to the list:

UNEMPLOYMENT 9.8%: WORST SINCE JUNE 1983 … -263,000 LOST JOBS…

17% rate including laid-off workers taking part-time work or given up…

But why the hell should he care about this trivial stuff right? Tool.

Posted by CavalierX

CHEERS CAV!!!

You know, if Obama hadn't gone to pitch for Chicago, and the press hadn't been so desparate to report on something positive the man did, this wouldn't have been more than a foot note.

Instead, the president hasn't succeeded at anything, so every station was reporting on this live (even FOX) counting on having the good news of the Olympics coming to Chicago to report thanks, of course, to President Obama's masterful sales pitch.

Instead, he (and they) were very publically humiliated by this.

Because we're all a bunch of eeeeeeeeeeviiilllll racists!!

Posted by Kingfisher

2009-10-02 15:51:48

Well, you got that one right!

But, what is most telling, is how much conservatives hate the United States of America. A loss for the country is a joy to the right. Why don't y'all just go and move some place else?

Yeah, we remember when you folks on the left wanted to cut and run from Iraq. This is just the Olympics. Which one is worse?

Posted by William Teach

2009-10-02 20:27:17

"Cut and run"? We never wanted the illegal and immoral war to get oil in the first place. WTF are you an about?

A loss for the country

Since when is this "a loss for the country"? Does Chicago encompass the entire country now?

Why don't y'all just go and move some place else?

Posted by Realpolitik

2009-10-02 20:09:07

Why don't you blow unwashed winos for a nickel a pop? At least then you'd raise your stature a little.

We never wanted the illegal and immoral war to get oil in the first place. WTF are you an about?

2009-10-02 20:32:46

We kept telling Bill Clinton that bombing Iraq for the oil as part of "Operation Desert Fox" back in 1999 was illegal.

libbies always forget to tell us exactly why it was illegal and immoral

Remember the Liberal standard that once a Left-wing leader wins an election, he can do whatever he likes with no repercussions because, after all, he was elected by a democratic process.