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Obama Strikes Out: Chicago Eliminated From 2016 Summer Olympics Bid (First Cut)
Friday, October 2, 2009
| Kristinn
Posted on 10/02/2009 8:29:51 AM PDT by kristinn
Headline says it all. Madrid, Rio and Tokyo still in the running.
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KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; chicago; hopeychangeyfail; obama; obamafail; olympicfail; olympics; zerofail
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To: onemiddleamerican
MSNBC is in full meltdown and cover up mode...LOL!!
Next question..Will the Chicago thugs and gangs riot? LOL!
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:46:04 AM PDT
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: kristinn
It’s a blessing - we CAN’T AFFORD IT.
CNN is freaking out - lol. Some comments: Not to even get out of the first round, etc. They said there was an audible “collective gasp”, “pandemonium” - oh my!
CNN is speculating about what’s happening on Air Force One right now. Obama used a lot of political capital, etc. CNN saying Mayor Daley must be shocked.
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:46:04 AM PDT
by
khnyny
Comment #103 Removed by Moderator
To: kristinn
DRUDGE:
THE EGO HAS LANDED
104
posted on
10/02/2009 8:46:24 AM PDT
by
texas_mrs
(Abort 0bamaCare)
To: Candor7
“RIO likely has it.”
I’d say so too.
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:46:40 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: kristinn
Drudge’s page is a HOOT! From the BBC link on his site:
...BBC News’ Adam Brookes in Chicago: “The shock of Chicago’s elimination was greater for the fact that it came in the first round. And greater for the fact that President Obama had taken valuable hours from his packed and tense political schedule to travel to Copenhagen. His legendary powers of persuasion will be said to have failed him, though in reality it will be Chicago’s bid that failed him. Nonetheless, this is a moment which allows the president’s detractors to allege waning prestige on the part of his presidency. And it will raise questions about the political advice that he is receiving.”...
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:47:17 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: khnyny
I heard one commentator opine that it might have been a blessing in disguise.
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:47:54 AM PDT
by
kabar
To: 444Flyer
RIo has it because the 2012 summer games are in London.
108
posted on
10/02/2009 8:48:21 AM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. Live free or die.)
To: kristinn
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:48:24 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Obama's Blackberry, who's on the other end?)
To: penelopesire
Don’t miss Drudge’s site- it’s a riot- also- Japan is out.
(working n lurking)
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:48:24 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: khnyny; ~Kim4VRWC's~; HollyB; mojitojoe
Oh, to be a fly on the wall in Valerie Jarrett's brain right now.
How long before her weight goes under the Obama Express?
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:49:01 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: Joiseydude
Her name IS Rio and she dances on the sand. Yaknow.:)
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:50:23 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: kristinn
No Olympics in Chicago????
What? Street fighting is NOT an Olympic sport???
To: kristinn
114
posted on
10/02/2009 8:52:27 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(You can't kill the beast while sucking at its teat - Claire Wolfe)
To: kristinn
115
posted on
10/02/2009 8:52:28 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: 444Flyer
Hubris cometh before a fall. Rush was totally wrong on this one. He thought that Obama wouldn’t be going unless it was a sure thing. Anyone with any knowledge about the IOC would know that wasn’t the case. Obama took a big risk and now he will become a laughing stock. Out in the first round. I think the world is trying to send him a message: He is not the One.
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:52:42 AM PDT
by
kabar
To: dools007
Why would the leader of any nation put his/her prestige on the line for the Olympics? Because it was all about pay back!
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:53:11 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:53:54 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Barack Obama: Just Another Wright Wing Extremist)
To: kristinn
Excellent!
Rio should get it as South America never had the games.
Go Rio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
10/02/2009 8:54:27 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
To: massgopguy
Maybe Oprah will pick up the tab for the trip.
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