[cherry]

it was stupid of them to push it....but I think there must have been other reasons they went.....maybe just "look how powerful we are...we can spend millions anyway we want"...

Am I the only person in the country that thinks its high time a South American city got the games?....I can't recall another Olympics that far south....anyone know?

[ActrFshr]

Good point. To me it felt like Chicago politicians trying to “offer a deal the IOC could not refuse”. Having a head of state go to the IOC came across as threatening and reeked of imperialism and snobbish elitism. The same type of attitude that Obama has been apologizing for for the past 8 months.

No matter what result Chicago got, Obama was going to hurt Euro-American relations.

For the record, no South American nation has ever hosted any Olympics. North America has hosted 12 total, 6 summer; USA 4, Mexico and Canada each one.

[Mr. Silverback]

Olympics have only been held in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia so far.