Posted on 09/28/2009 7:03:38 AM PDT by STARWISE
Updated 7:30 AM CDT, Mon, Sep 28, 2009
President Obama will travel to Copenhagen to make a pitch for Chicago’s Olympic bid, White House officials have confirmed to NBC News.
Obama will leave for Denmark Thursday night, hours after his wife Michelle departs for the vote. The president made the final decision Saturday night after returning from the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.
The announcement ends months of speculation of whether the president would lend his considerable fame to the pitch. The president has dropped hints all month long that he may attend the event.
Last week he sent an advance team to Copenhagen just in case he could make it ...
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...
The ONLY accomplishment of Osama’s administration has been to drive gun sales through the roof.
Let’s say Chicago does receive the go ahead for the Olympics. What if no one attends????
“As predicted”
Indeed!
Hope Rio gets the nod.
1896 - Athens, Greece
1900 - Paris, France
1904 - St. Louis, Missouri USA
1906 - Athens, Greece*
1908 - London, England
1912 - Stockholm, Sweden
1916 - Not held**
1920 - Antwerp, Belgium
1924 - Paris, France
1928 - Amsterdam, Holland
1932 - Los Angeles, California USA
1936 - Berlin, Germany
1940 - Not held***
1944 - Not held***
1948 - London, England
1952 - Helsinki, Finland
1956 - Melbourne, Australia
1960 - Rome, Italy
1964 - Tokyo, Japan
1968 - Mexico City, Mexico
1972 - Munich, Germany
1976 - Montreal, Canada
1980 - Moscow, Russia
1984 - Los Angeles, California USA
1988 - Seoul, South Korea
1992 - Barcelona, Spain
1996 - Atlanta, Georgia USA
2000 - Sydney, Australia
2004 - Athens, Greece
2008 - Beijing, China
2012 - London, England
2016 - site not yet awarded
Murdoch hates to be threatened. He will now trash Chicago.
Why should the US host the games three times in 32 years? It makes no sense. Tokyo has not held it since 1964 and there has never been an Olympics in South America. I hope either Tokyo or Rio gets it.
Our role is to PAY THE BILLS, not receive any benefits. I guess Obama didn’t read the entire NWO memo.
No conflict of interest there, is there? /sarc/
I can imagine any number of Oboomba cronies have bought up adjacent properties. Is Rezko in for any $$$? Mozillo? This administration are the dirtiest people in public office, ever.
I think that the fix is already in and that Chicago has it in the bag.
You think that Obama is going to travel all the way over there to not get the win?
Watch....
The only thing this guy does is community organizing.
He really can’t “DO” anything else.
“Obama Heading to Copenhagen”
Does anyone else see the irony in this?
“The Emperor’s New Clothes”
by Hans Christian Andersen
(Hans Christian Andersen was born on 2. April 1805 in Odense (Denmark)...When Hans Anderson was the age of 14 he ran away to Copenhagen...)
http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/Emperors-New-Clothes.htm
Obama Heading to Copenhagen,guess you can’t do the pay off by telephone now days.
Mitt Romney can get the rest of the country to bail you out.
Besides, you think Chicago is picking up the tab? Heck no, it’s BOHICA time for national taxpayers.
OMG!! How is he going to give up his GOLF GAMES to go to Denmark?? Wow....what a SACRIFICE!! WAR??? WHAT WAR???
If Bush had done this for say... Houston or Dallas, can you imagine what the SRM’s reaction would have been?
Yeah, I know...
And Montreal hosted it in 1976, and they are still paying off the debt.
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