Posted on 10/02/2009 10:10:28 PM PDT by kingattax
CHICAGO — Talk about short parties.
As word arrived that Chicago had been eliminated from consideration for the 2016 Olympics in a first round of voting, stunned silence fell over thousands of residents who had gathered in a plaza in the heart of this city’s Loop, for what nearly everyone here seemed certain was to be a victory party.
Some people gasped, others gave frowns of astonishment, and then, still carrying their CHICAGO 2016 signs and wearing the orange Olympics T-shirts they had just been handed, people began to leave.
“It’s unbelievable,” said Janie Carter, 55, staring up at a now empty stage in Daley Plaza, where Chicago bid leaders seemed not sure what to do next.
“Everything seemed so good for us, and everything seemed to be going our way. I don’t know. But we can still hold our heads up. We’re still here.”
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Curious——where was ACORN and the Chitown mobsters? What happened to the Chicago dead vote? Stunning outcome.
NO MORE HOPE AND CHANGE FOR YOU!!!
Good practice for 2012, for those bastards that gave us Obama.
I love it! Today was a good day!!!
Maybe Obama can get Burger King to turn Joseph “Joey the Clown” Lombardo’s old Chicago machine shop into its corporate headquarters.
How many of these “thousands” had jobs? Maybe they were all city workers?
Tears by me out the heart.
It looks like Tawiskaro found some “frowns of astonishment.”
LOL
Two words
EPIC
FAIL
Obama be thy name.....
Yeah, few things were more hilarious than seeing those hundreds of Hussein Cult devotees, ready to sing the praises of their Lord Obama...being dumbstruck.
Their little tin god struck out.
LOL Now that’s a blast from the past.. I can still hear his whiney blubbering in my head.
That was one election the Daly machine couldn’t fix.
A good addition might be the famous photo crashing squirrel.
Or Acorn.
There go more jobs at Learjet and Bling Bling Wheels.
LOL! That’s funnier than that squirrel thing. Good one!
I'd be content that Oprah should get to drop the soap in prison. I'd like to see a picture of the ObamaBots the day he's impeached for treason.
More SEIU lazy hacks calling in sick for work...
im 100% convinced gerald celente is what happend. the committe hire him for his trend research and he says obamageddon is coming!! thank you gerald. poor valerie jarret wont get to unload her slums!!
Great picture. hahahahha. I have posted the Frenchman in my office since Nov 2008.
The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.
Oustanding, the bozos. Of course, the guy on the far right (physically, not ideologically) is photo-shopped in from a picture in 1940 when the Krauts marched into Paris.
The Messiah forgot to bring the union thugs to the negotiations.
What an adorable Pug! They always look sad, don’t they?
Great pix. Did you get Mayor Shortshanks in there? I don’t see his face.
Where can I get one of those shirts?
I have to feel sorry for the useful idiots who put their faith in the snake oil salesman.
Is that real or photoshopped? Michelle said that getting the Olympics would inspire some child to be the next Oprah, Barack Obama, then actually threw in Nadia Comenici.
On the other hand, Oprah has never competed in the Olympic Games. I think most torchlighters have been former athletes.
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