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Michelle Obama to Copenhagen to lead Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. Health care may ground Obama
Sun Times ^
| 9/11/2009
| Lynn Sweet
Posted on 09/11/2009 7:11:08 PM PDT by mojitojoe
WASHINGTON--President Obama just phoned Mayor Daley to tell him he may not be able to travel to Copenhagen next month to help make the final pitch for Chicago to win the 2016 Olympic summer games because of his pending fight to pass health care legislation. First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the U.S. delegation, the Sun-Times has learned.
I'm told the President told the mayor he is very committed, he will continue to press the case and Michelle Obama will lead the U.S. Olympic Committee delegation's bid for the Chicago 2016 games. Obama can't, at this moment, commit to going because he cannot say where the health care issue will be in the first week of October.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; chat; flotusmichelle; freetrips; healthcare; michelleobama; olympics
This puts pressure on Mrs. Obama to deliver if she indeed ends up filling in for the president. She will be competing with the heads of state of Brazil, Japan and Spain who are going to Denmark on a high stakes sales call to secure the games for Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo or Madrid.
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:11:09 PM PDT
by
mojitojoe
To: mojitojoe
FREE TRIP!!! WOOHOO. Wonder how many family members and friends will tag along this time. Dirt bags!
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:11:59 PM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
To: mojitojoe
FO MO
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:13:09 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(George Orwell would be proud. Truth are lies, Slavery is Freedom, Oppression is Feminism.)
To: mojitojoe
First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the U.S. delegation Sweet-talkin' Michelle will glare everyone else down, no doubt.
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:14:04 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: mojitojoe
Michelle: “If you don’t give it to Chicago, I’ll call everyone of you racists”.
To: mojitojoe
It will be a hoot to see the games in Chicago.
The first event could be the thug demonstrating how to break knees. Then how about the money graft...or the bank shakedown.
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:15:53 PM PDT
by
B.O. Plenty
(Give war a chance...)
To: mojitojoe
I was wondering who pays her travel expenses when she travels for something like this? This has no relation to whatever may be considered official first lady duties.
I thought I heard that when a president travels for strictly political events, that the party committee has to pay back the federal gov’t.
I wonder if the Chicago Olympic committee will reimburse for Michelle’s expenses?
To: mojitojoe
The sleeveless dress 1,500m. Donkey basketball. Javelin toss at Sarah Palin. Great ideas Michelle!
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:27:28 PM PDT
by
Doc Savage
(SOBAMP!)
To: mojitojoe
The exhausted Chicago taxpayers don't want the Olympics, so Michelle can be a winner either way the ball bounces.
Leni
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:39:12 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Hey, Dum-Dem..........Are You Better Off Than You Were Nine Months Ago?)
To: Doc Savage
Suggest a “hammer throw” “catching contest for all obama czars - with losers moving on to “javelin catching” contest
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:43:07 PM PDT
by
VRWCTexan
(Obama-scare is the "real" Cash for Clunker Program!)
To: mojitojoe
Please. We do NOT want the Olympics here in Chicago.
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:46:02 PM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(The bigger they think they are the harder they fall, and Obama thinks he's the biggest of all.)
To: mojitojoe
come to chicago...promise drugs and child hookars
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:52:42 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: goodnesswins
FOMO indeed!
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:53:53 PM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
To: dalebert
come to chicago...promise drugs and child hookars
Oooh u bad; vvvvery bad ;)
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:54:11 PM PDT
by
Freedom56v2
("If you think healthcare is expensive now, just wait till it is free! "~ PJ O'Rourke)
To: MinuteGal
The exhausted Chicago taxpayers don’t want the Olympics, so Michelle can be a winner either way the ball bounces.
Not sure she will be a winner either way—this is Daley’s pet project. I have no idea if any polls have been conducted on this.
The City aldermen just voted that Chicago will be responsible for any shortfalls :(
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:57:23 PM PDT
by
Freedom56v2
("If you think healthcare is expensive now, just wait till it is free! "~ PJ O'Rourke)
To: dalebert
come to chicago...promise drugs and child hookarsWell, any 'visitors' to Chicago would only have to contact the local ACORN office to find the nearest child hookers.
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:59:11 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Where's this tagline thing everyone keeps talking about?)
To: mojitojoe
Who gets first choice the teleprompter?
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posted on
09/11/2009 8:36:03 PM PDT
by
shiva
To: mojitojoe
Has a President or First Lady campaigned before for a specific city (not just the U.S.) to have the Olympic games?
Just curious. It strikes me as a little unseemly because this goes beyond national patriotism to the business interests of a paticular area.
To: GOPrincess
Typo: paticular=particular
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