Obama was told a trip to Olympics meeting may clinch Chicago win

LA Times ^

[Chet 99]

Reporting from Washington - In the run-up to the Olympics vote, the White House was getting a clear message from the architects of Chicago's bid: Balloting would be tight, and a personal visit to Copenhagen from President Obama just might lock in a victory.

Leaders of the Windy City's campaign to secure the 2016 Games had done some nose-counting and were convinced the International Olympic Committee might well anoint Chicago as host, according to White House officials interviewed Saturday.

"The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts," said Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House advisor. "The message was that . . . a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference."

[Chet 99]

"The message was that . . . a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference."

And it did make a huge difference... Chicago went from the frontrunner close to clinching victory to finishing dead last...

[AU72]

A personal appeal from the president did make a huge difference.

It changed a close vote to a route.

[paulycy]

As I recall, one of zer0’s favorite campaign slogans was “it’s all about judgment.”

Great judgment there, buckeroo.

[BunnySlippers]

Har, har, har ...

[SAJ]

Or a rout, even...

;^)

[mrsmel]

Well oops, somebody sure made a fool out of you then!

[stephenjohnbanker]

Methinks the IOC didn’t like being “stronarmed” and didn’t like the narcissist either ;-)

[LearnsFromMistakes]

The intelligence that we had

I knew they didn't have much 'intelligence' in the white house...didn't know how little they actually had.

[Ramius]

Apparently it was... bad intelligence...

[50mm]

[Carl LaFong]

As always, someone else’s fault. The media continues to protect and excuse it’s golden idol.

[mrsmel]

Actually, I see a subtle use of the victimisation card here “we were lied to!”

[UB355]

Losers

[NotSoModerate]

The intelligence that we had

The wording there fits a military operation. This Obama crew is a joke.

[blueyon]

So he is WRONG AGAIN!!! Or maybe the I, I, Me, Me, I, blow it for Chicago

[joshhiggins]

If I understand this correctly the vote was “very close”, and something must have tipped it away from Chicago.

Hmmmmm, Hmmmmmm, Hmmmmm, ..............

[Tarpon]

Well there is nothing complicated about the “I I I I I I me me me me me me me I I I I I I I I “ president. He thought trashing America would make everyone love him. So he goes flying over and gives one of his magic teleprompter seacnces, and the teleprompter was all out of magic smoke.

Once you have heard the shuck and jive hat and cane act a few times, it really is silly you say to yourself.

Sun Tzu — The downfall of the arrogance is always their arrogance. Such was the case here.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

said Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House advisor and chicago slumlord who will now NOT be feasting on the Olympic pie as planned

[NotSoModerate]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Always Right]

When Bush had bad intelligence, he was called a liar by Obama and the left....

[rightwingextremist1776]

Obama lied....Olympic hopes died....

[Eddie01]

Obama was betrayed by an ananomous nobody?

I knew it!!

[FlyingEagle]

Chicago Sun-Times Sept 23:
Quote
WASHINGTON — White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, overseeing the Obama administration’s drive to land the 2016 Olympic Games, met Tuesday with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in New York, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Jarrett’s huddle with Blair comes as international lobbying intensifies in advance of the Oct. 2 vote in Copenhagen and Chicago organizers are working on their home stretch strategy.
Unquote

So Valerie should be the one who gets the blame??

[antonico]

The Chairman of the IOC said 94 votes were cast in the first round and Chicago received “..the least number of votes”. Anyone know how few votes they got?

[apillar]

I can't wait to see who Obama throws under the bus for this cluster flub. My money is on Daley or one of his other Chicago friends.

[StormEye]

"Reporting from Washington - In the run-up to the Olympics vote, the White House was getting a clear message from the architects of Chicago's bid: Balloting would be tight, and a personal visit to Copenhagen from President Obama just might lock in a victory."

Bull! The LA times is just trying to lessen the embarrassment the Obama's brought upon themselves.

[Vaquero]

the ultimate arrogance of the Chitown, Daley-machine thug to think he could pull his community organizer Acorn crap,fly in and muscle an Olympics for his slimy city and think it would actually work.

[stripes1776]

"The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts," said Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House advisor.

Intelligence? So that is what the Obama administration has the CIA doing these days, spying on the International Olympic Committee. Forget about al Qaeda and the Taliban and Iran's nuclear program. So how did the Obama administration get this intelligence? Taping telephones of committee members? Hacking into their email accounts? Bugging their bedrooms?

[Sacajaweau]

‘Cept the message from a the First Lady of Chicago thugs...threatened the committee with her “taking the gloves off”. NOT NICE!!!

[hole_n_one]

Jarrett flew back home with Obama on Air Force One. She said he was unfazed by the loss.

"We have plenty on our plate to do," she said.

[null and void]

dfwgator ~ Yeah, those same anti-American sentiments that allowed Chicago to even make the final four cities, WHILE Bush was still in office.

Bush got Chicago to the Final Four,
Obama got Chicago kicked out the door...

[NotSoModerate]

LOLOL!!!

[maggief]

“The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts,” said Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House advisor. “The message was that . . . a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference.”

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This is quite a statement. “Intelligence” ... code word for the Daley Machine??? Was 0bama setup to be the fall guy?

[R0CK3T]

This only goes to illustrate how 0bama is TOTALLY void of Good Judgment (which he gloriously patted himself on the back for having every day of that fraudulent campaign) AND is totally manipulated by that cabal of sycophants that he surrounds himself with.

Good lord, that crew actually told him he was close to winning and they finish L.A.S.T.!!!!

Can you imagine how this mental weakling could also be manipulated on things Like the War on Terror and Forgiven Policy?

When you think about the STUPID policies he’s endorsed it really begins to round out a bigger picture doesn’t it?

[NativeNewYorker]

Daley will be mayor, officiating at the opening of the One Term Bozo’s library in Chicago, in a few years.

[NativeNewYorker]

Daley will be mayor, officiating at the opening of the One Term Bozo’s library in Chicago, in a few years.

[what's up]

The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts," said Valerie Jarrett

Intelligence?

She makes it seem like they were getting info from a foreign service on the eve of a foreign invasion or something.

This Jarrett bird is the same one who said Zero was going to "rule".

She's one of the closest people to Zero and one of the top people heading our country at the moment. She's got to go.

[Jet Jaguar]

I think I read 19 votes.

[Pontiac]

a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference

I wonder how many other Heads of State were there lobbying for their home town.

This just doesn’t seem like a proper use of the prestige of the office of the President of the United States to me and I would gather from the results of the vote that the members of the Olympic Committee didn’t either.

[lmarie373]

What are the consequences when an egomaniac gets humiliated in front of the world? hopefully we wont find out ...

[GeronL]

balloting was tight already.

“My country sucked until I was elected as their savior” went over real well. /sarc

[usmcobra]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

It's Obama's fault they lost.

[bytesmith]

Anyone know how few votes they got?

I believe it was 18 votes for Chicago.

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm ..?? Did the Euro weenies just set Zero up ..??

Surely Zero is more intelligent than to fall for a trick like that ..?? Hmmmmm ..??

Or was it Miss Jarrett’s GREED for Olympic dollars that caused her to press Zero into going ..??

[freekitty]

ROTFLOL

Obama has done so much damage to this country inside and outside; they would never consider it.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Wy dont people see this for what it is? Valerie Jarrett, who is a Daley disciple, send Obambi to Copenhagen to get thrown under the bus, as a reminder who he works for? Obambi better start getting sh*t done for Chicago and the Daley Disciples or the wheels are going to come off his bus back home too? Just thinking out loud.... :oP

[mrsmel]

Intelligence? So that is what the Obama administration has the CIA doing these days, spying on the International Olympic Committee. Forget about al Qaeda and the Taliban and Iran's nuclear program.

They're waaay out of their depth when it comes to dealing with global matters of importance, so they try to look relevant by going to Copenhagen to bag the Olympics. Also, they don't care about the war on terror nor our troops.

[LiberConservative]

Nations overseas know when their asses are being kissed.

[Mister Muggles]

In awarding Chicago the 2016 Olympics, the IOC would have been setting the wrong precedent of allowing celebrity politicians (sic) influence their decision. Clearly, they didnt want to do that. So, in effect, King Ray Ray’s trip had the complete opposite of the intended effect...