Posted on 10/02/2009 4:45:48 PM PDT by Hube
Gee, what bummer -- all the force of the mystical Obamas couldn't get Chicago the 2016 Olympics. Which, in my view, makes sense if the IOC really wants to be fair. After all, South America has never hosted a Summer Olympics and thus Rio de Janeiro is the logical -- and fair -- choice. Even FIFA -- the governing body of soccer -- recognized fairness and put next year's World Cup in the African continent for the first time.
But check it -- even Michelle Obama isn't immune from telling a tall tale:
"Sports were a gift I shared with my dad, especially the Olympic Games," Obama said in her portion of the U.S. delegation's final presentation to the International Olympic Committee. "Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga [Korbut] and Nadia [Comaneci], Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection.
Carl Lewis?? Michelle Obama is 45 years old. Carl Lewis first ran in the Olympics in 1984. That means Michelle was 20 years old, then. 'Ya think she was "sitting on her dad's lap" at age 20?? Even the Nadia Comaneci bit is a stretch. Mrs. Obama was 12 in 1976, which was when the Montreal Olympics took place (when Comaneci nailed those first-ever "10s" in gymnastics). I know when my own daughter was 12, sitting on my lap became more along the lines of horsing around, not the "endearing" quality it had of the earlier childhood years.
Her hubby Barack stretching the truth has become legendary (just scroll through here), and most recently The Messiah has been caught offering up whoppers on the healthcare debate.
It’s not WHAT they say, it’s HOW they say it... *SMIRK*
Haha, sitting on her dad’s lap, age 20. You gotta love it! I bet that hurt his knees, too. She’s a BIG girl, that Michelley.
Mrs. Obama’s “I have a dream” Olympic shakedown fell on deaf ears. Ms. Obama we knew MLK, you’re not even close.
Yes even at 12 she was a big girl. Even Dad would have had difficulty holding that amount of weight on his lap for any length of time.
All Barry's croneys can't sell off their slum holdings at huge profits ....GOOD!!!! I hope they all lose a bundle just like the rest of us. < /rant >
If it were not for the Internet, and Fox news, their lies would simply never reach the light of day.
Sad situation, but true.
Michelle Obama cites an Olympic role model in her BS story?
Lewis: ‘Who cares I failed drug test?’
Duncan Mackay The Guardian, Thursday 24 April 2003
Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover-up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but claiming he was just one of “hundreds” of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans.
“There were hundreds of people getting off,” he said. “Everyone was treated the same.”
Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials, which under international rules at the time should have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games two months later.
The admission is a further embarrassment for the United States Olympic Committee, which had initially denied claims that 114 positive tests between 1988 and 2000 were covered up. It will add weight to calls by leading anti-doping officials and top athletes for an independent inquiry into the US’s record on drug issues. snip
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay
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