Obama Olympic bid
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- identity0
I think the real winner here is VSA and the pricetag Chicago paid them for their campaign...
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- ukit0
I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict at least a third of newspapers roll with a Duran Duran reference if Brazil wins...
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Rio for the WIN!
- Point50
Chicago had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support—from President Barack Obama himself. But he only spent a few hours in the Danish capital where the vote was held and left before the result was announced. Former IOC member Kai Holm said that the brevity of his appearance may have counted against him.
The short stopover was "too business-like," Holm said. "It can be that some IOC members see it as a lack of respect."
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Now wait a minute, are the Olympics not basically business driven though?
- blaw0
Fuck the IOC. That's a group that's been miles up their own asses for years and years. I'll go back to Dinky's first remark—send a representative.
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I wonder how much did that trip cost for the tax payer
- Worry about Canada.DrBombay
- I pay taxes here.********
- ...for the privilege of working here.DrBombay
- Another frog in a well********
- makes no sense in this context at all. If you don't like the taxation in this country, don't let the border gate hit ya in the ass on the way out.DrBombay
- ass on the way back.DrBombay
- Yawn, your banter bored me now. Come up with something else? More entertaining.********
- *bores********
- I wonder what Bill would do.********
- Probably had sex with Letterman's other woman. He was the best.********
- A single, non international AirForce1 flight cost in the region of $1.5million in the 90's, not sure about now.raf
- Plus the Secret Service detail. AFO escort. Equipment (cars etc). Good $5-10 mil on a trip.********
- Bollocks. They all get paid anyway so the only additional expense is the fuel.BusterBoy
- CALLES0
BTW
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- 2cents0
Enjoy the debt Rio.
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- prophet0NE0
Will Oprah still light the torch in Rio?
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"Rarely has a president put his credibility on the line on the world stage in such a personal way and been slapped down so sharply in real time."
Ouch.
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"The defeat will be used as a political metaphor and raise painful questions. Why did he invest so much time, taxpayer money and, perhaps most important, presidential prestige in a losing effort? How did he misjudge the potential vote so badly that Chicago evidently was not even in the top tier? What does it say about a leader who may be far more popular abroad than his predecessor yet has trouble converting that esteem into tangible benefits for the United States?"
- he gave it a shot... give the guy a kit kat break... or break out the political microscope.prophet0NE
- What I dont get is.. why does Obama deserve a break all the time? Moment we stop questions political heads,********
- we cease to become democratic.********
- I question Obama as much as Bush / Clinton / Bush********
- Well I'm Canadian so I actually have no clue what the hell I'm talkin' bout half the time...prophet0NE
- so is dinky, when he says we he is talking about him and the frog in his pocket.DrBombay
- i bet the frog's name is carlos.prophet0NE
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I didnt realize he has been putting this much effort.
"For months, Mr. Obama and his team approached this competition with all the intensity of the Iowa caucuses. Mr. Obama taped five video messages pitching Chicago’s bid, created an Olympic office within the White House and hosted Olympic athletes on the South Lawn. For the past couple of weeks, he worked the phones, calling some heads of state, and lobbied others at the United Nations opening session in New York and the Group of 20 economic summit in Pittsburgh last week."
- I think any president would have done this to support American sports.mg33
- No one in the media remembers Bush lobbying to get the 2012 olympics in nyc huh?TheBlueOne
- blaw0
^ + ^^ This is all rhetoric. I stand with my statement above—the IOC is so goddamned full of themselves. They EXPECT a visit from world leaders to secure an Olympic bid. Impressive volume of arrogance from an organization with such a shady track record.
- feel0
the world ends in 2012, so who cares
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blaw
I agree with you on IOC. Nothing note worthy about them.
What I question is resources and effort that was put in to this by the White House. Sending Biden would have been enough.
Also this article comes from NY Times, hardly a place where rhetoric about Obama reside.
- And I agree with the resources point. Biden, First Lady, etc. The Pres. has bigger fish.blaw
- PonyBoy0
that trip cost over $3mill in U.S. taxpayer cash
- How much did the "mission accomplished" banner cost?TheBlueOne
