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| Olympic Chiefs Ask Bush to Pull Election Ad |
| 2004-08-26 |
| Hat tip to Barking Moonbat EWS The U.S. Olympic Committee has asked the campaign to re-elect President Bush to pull an ad that refers to the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. The ad has angered Olympic officials because they feel it hijacks the Olympic brand -- a registered trademark -- even though it does not display the Games logo. Apparently you're not even allowed to utter the word "Olympics" without permission from these asshats The U.S. Olympic Committee had asked the Bush election "campaign to withdraw the advertisement they are running," International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Giselle Davies told reporters. The television advertisement, ahead of the presidential elections in November, does not feature the five Olympic rings -- one of the world's most recognizable images -- but an announcer tells viewers that at "this Olympics there will be two more free nations," referring to the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq under Bush's presidency. Afghanistan returned to this year's Games after its Olympic Committee, controlled by the then ruling hard-line Taliban regime, was suspended in 1999 and missed the 2000 Sydney Games. The IOC reinstated Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The IOC said no official request had been made for the use of the reference to the Games. "We own the rights to the Olympic name and nobody asked us," "Nobody asked us! Whaahhh! WHAAAHH!" FOAD Gerhard Heiberg, head of the International Olympic Committee's Marketing Commission had said on Wednesday. A new low for the Olympic committee, which is saying quite a bit. Yup, giving the Olympics free advertising and making reference to the newly free Iraq and Afghanistan is wrong - especially if you're the man responsible for liberating those millions of people. No doubt the Iraq athletes would rather go back to being tortured and murdered for failing to win their events as they were under Saddam Insane. Why not ask THEM, Gerhard? Gerhard Heiberg - Olympic Champion Idiotarian. |
| Posted by:Chris W. |
| #10 Certainly Bush should pull the ad and go on international TV to do so. And at the same time announce that all the money we normally give the IOC, will instead be used to ensure our athletes have the finest training facilities and programs in the world. Oh and all that money you got in the past? Pony it up. NOW. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2004-08-26 5:34:22 PM |
| #9 OOO 00 That's what really bugs 'em. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-26 4:48:25 PM |
| #8 OLYMPICS OLYMPICS OLYMPICS Sue me. But look up free speech before. You OWN the rights to the Olympic name? Be careful, Zeus might hear you! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-08-26 4:43:28 PM |
| #7 W's campaign sez they'll quit using it when the Olympics are over. Win-win, right? *snicker* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-26 3:33:55 PM |
| #6 They should pull it once the Olympics are over, but not before. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-08-26 3:32:14 PM |
| #5 Apparently you’re not even allowed to utter the word "Olympics" without permission from these asshats Eamonn Fitzgerald found that the Athens Organizing Committee has a linking policy, which insists that you request permission from them before you link to their website. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-08-26 12:36:55 PM |
| #4 So sue me. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-08-26 12:17:31 PM |
| #3 No - Everybody has it wrong. These IOC jokers are some of the foreign leaders Kerry met in the New York restaurants. They are bitter about Bush using the word Olympic for that reason. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-08-26 12:06:28 PM |
| #2 Supposing that the Bush Campaign did pull the ad--when the Olympics end, it would no longer be timely, anyway--what of it? You can't unring the bell. The message is already out there. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-08-26 11:56:34 AM |
| #1 I think the USOC and the IOC are hoping that this will give the Olympics some very badly needed Publicity. Much like Kerry's whining about the SwiftVets have given them tens of millions worth of free publicity. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-08-26 11:54:31 AM |