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-Short Attention Span Theater-
He May Walk on Water, but He Can't Bring The Games to Chicago
2009-10-02
In a stunning development, Chicago was the first city eliminated on Friday in IOC voting to be host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Earlier, Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid made final pitches to the International Olympic Committee, with President Barack Obama and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pitting their star power against each other in emotional pushes for their cities.

Rio and Chicago's presentations were particularly impassioned. Obama and his wife Michelle both talked about their childhood, while Rio urged the IOC's members to be bold by taking the games to South America for the first time.
Posted by:Sherry

#32  Chicagoboyz' Lex Green: Does this remind anyone else of the Crowley/Gates matter? Another case where Obama really did not need to get himself involved. Yet he waded into it, made ti about himself, when it did not have to be about him, and did no one any good by doing it, and squandered credibility in doing so?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-10-02 19:26  

#31  "The One" needed the Minnesota Supreme Court, but they had other commitments
Posted by: BigEd   2009-10-02 17:49  

#30  Haha!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-10-02 17:34  

#29  
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-10-02 17:33  

#28  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2JRz8kzmZY
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-10-02 17:33  

#27  http://www.angelfire.com/il/simpsonsfun/images/Nelson.wav
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-10-02 17:20  

#26  You know, this could be a karma bitchslap -

Make fun of the special olympics.

Lose the global olympics.
Posted by: Beavis   2009-10-02 16:45  

#25  Note that Newsweek is already out saying this is a good thing for Obama.
Posted by: DoDo   2009-10-02 16:21  

#24  In case anyone missed Drudge's best headlines ever:

The EGO Has Landed
World Rejects Obama: Chicago Out in First Round

Obama + Michelle x Oprah = Zero
Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007   2009-10-02 14:57  

#23  Rio for the win; looking at the 4 choices I agree to the point of obvious.

WS7193, could be. If I were IOC, that trio with trumpets would show me up. If the fix was on and they showed up to take credit for what would be our IOC surprise victory I would be pissed. If they knew beforehand that Chicago was out but they showed up anyways to somehow change the IOC outcome, I would be pissed.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2009-10-02 14:54  

#22  "No Se Puede!"


#17: LOL, DMFD!
Posted by: eltoroverde   2009-10-02 14:28  

#21  Guy at CNN is incredulous. Get used to it buddy, Chicago came in behind Zimbabwe.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-10-02 14:20  

#20  What's Obama's childhood got to do with Chicago?
Posted by: Grunter   2009-10-02 14:18  

#19  CNN meltdown
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-10-02 14:07  

#18  Consider that he may have made the inquiry, gotten a positive response, and been double crossed. Because we can.
Posted by: Whamble Speaking for Boskone7193   2009-10-02 14:03  

#17  Obama's backup plan: when the mayor of Rio takes the podium for the announcement, Kanye West will grab the microphone and exclaim how Chicago is much better and should have won.
Posted by: DMFD   2009-10-02 14:03  

#16  The Olympics should always be held in an emerging country (if democratic, so the much better) as a way to stir those countries to make the improvements in a major city

Well, then, how about Flint, MI - might be emerging and certainly lots of Democrats.


O's ego either overcame his advisors, or his advisors are deeply incompetent. There was no need for him to put his credibility on the line, especially when a cursory inquiry would have predicted this outcome.
Posted by: KBK   2009-10-02 13:58  

#15  Would be funny if the Olympic Committee decided Chicago was just too corrupt.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2009-10-02 13:38  

#14   Doesn't the IOC realize who Obama is?

Sure they do. He's the guy with the sign draped around his neck that says "I'm stupid. Roll Me."
Posted by: Gloger Hapsburg8576   2009-10-02 13:33  

#13  > The Olympics should always be held in an emerging country

In 2012 they might just be...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-10-02 12:53  

#12  Re#11: Si! Un hombre sin cojones!
Posted by: borgboy   2009-10-02 12:44  

#11  Doesn't the IOC realize who Obama is?
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-10-02 12:41  

#10  Now if they had sent Daley over to Copenhagen instead of the saintly duo...
Posted by: borgboy   2009-10-02 12:39  

#9  The point lost in all the noise is, it would be best for the Olympics to go to Rio. The Olympics should always be held in an emerging country (if democratic, so the much better) as a way to stir those countries to make the improvements in a major city that help after the Olympics leave.

Chicago doesn't need what the IOC brings, nor does Tokyo or Madrid. Rio would benefit most. That's why Rio should get the Games.
Posted by: Steve White   2009-10-02 12:26  

#8  You have saved the citizens of this corrupt burg from years of increased corruption and millions in added taxes.

Really. I never underestimate pols capacity to do just that at anytime for any reason. I'm sure another excuse will pop up. It's only Friday.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-10-02 12:26  

#7  Ditto for this Chicagoland resident. Thank you, thank you, thank you IOC.
Posted by: Steve White   2009-10-02 12:24  

#6  Catch the chicken Baracky!

I can't do it Micky.

Catch the chicken you bum!

Dreadnought, are you saying that for the first time in your life you are proud of the IOC?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2009-10-02 12:24  

#5  Oprah, Michelle and The One, and no IOC Chicago selelction.....hints of racism coming in 5,4,3,2,1.......
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2009-10-02 12:23  

#4  As a resident of the Chicagoland area, allow me, for the first and undoubtedly last time in my life, to thank the International Olympic Committee. You have saved the citizens of this corrupt burg from years of increased corruption and millions in added taxes.
Posted by: Dreadnought   2009-10-02 12:12  

#3  "Having the 2016 Olympics is a f***** valuable thing and ... OH CRAP ..."

LMAO!!
Posted by: DMFD   2009-10-02 12:00  

#2  Tokyo's also been eliminated. Go Rio!!!
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-10-02 11:39  

#1  I guess Chicago politics don't work so well outside state lines.
Posted by: gorb   2009-10-02 11:38  

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