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Rio Win 2016 Games as IOC Rebuff Obama [NY Times: "Stunning Rebuff" to 0]
NYTimes ^ | October 02nd 2009

Posted on 10/02/2009 11:12:27 AM PDT by Steelfish

Rio Win 2016 Games as IOC Rebuff Obama

By REUTERS October 2, 2009

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro will stage the first Olympics in South America in 2016, the International Olympic Committee decided on Friday, delivering a stunning rebuff to U.S. President Barack Obama and favorites Chicago.

IOC President Jacques Rogge announced the decision to give the Games to Rio after three rounds of voting which produced a landslide victory for the Brazilians in a final showdown with Madrid.

Chicago, despite a speech to the IOC by President Obama, who had put his credibility on the line by flying in to address the IOC just before the vote, went out as fourth and last in the first round of voting, one of the biggest shocks in an Olympic ballot.

Chicago had started as front-runners and most Olympic observers had expected the Obama factor - first lady Michelle Obama spent two days lobbying in Copenhagen and also addressed the IOC session - to be decisive.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: olympics; rebuff; rio
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To: A CA Guy

21 posted on 10/02/2009 11:21:11 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: TXnMA

LOL - Awesome!


22 posted on 10/02/2009 11:21:46 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Steelfish

It seems the NYT did not read the fax that NewsWeak read - loosing the Olympic bid is good for bammy. Wow, I guess TOTUS didn’t get all the faxes sent fast enough. Warning, discrepancy of opinion among self described opinion makers. Danger.


23 posted on 10/02/2009 11:21:48 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Steelfish

24 posted on 10/02/2009 11:21:53 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: Steelfish

25 posted on 10/02/2009 11:22:48 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: Steelfish
...most observers had expected the Obama factor...to be decisive.

Apparently it was.

26 posted on 10/02/2009 11:23:07 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Steelfish
Look out Obango!....
27 posted on 10/02/2009 11:23:16 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Steelfish

Just in case....</ Sarcasm>

28 posted on 10/02/2009 11:23:39 AM PDT by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: seawolf101

Re: “MMMMMMMM.....MMMMMMMM.....MMMMMMMMMMM.....”

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I want a new bumper sticker: “Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm — LOL!!!”


29 posted on 10/02/2009 11:23:46 AM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: 11th Commandment

The Women’s Beach Volleyball champions will be defending with home court advantage!


30 posted on 10/02/2009 11:24:15 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: I see my hands

Maybe just the Obama's apparently.

31 posted on 10/02/2009 11:24:26 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Steelfish

Waterloo!

32 posted on 10/02/2009 11:25:07 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Huck

33 posted on 10/02/2009 11:25:26 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (If You have a Right / To the Service I provide / I must be a Slave)
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To: TXnMA
Hmmmm... Center-mass doubletaps are usually followed by one to the head...

...but not this time...

34 posted on 10/02/2009 11:26:07 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: Steelfish

FINALLY, Obama gives us something to celebrate!

I don’t drink anymore because of the meds I take, but I might find an old empty bottle of Dom Perignon, fill it with some cheap stuff and give it to my neighbor as a gift, he’s a lib.

MMMMMM........MMMMMM.......MMMMMM


35 posted on 10/02/2009 11:26:26 AM PDT by Gator113 (Obamba, Reid, Pelosi, the socialist triad.)
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To: Steelfish

The more he talks, the less people listen.

They still haven’t figured it out.

The more he talks, the less people listen.


36 posted on 10/02/2009 11:27:55 AM PDT by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be RE-distributed?)
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To: Haiku Guy

Not for nothing, but isn’t that GWB as The Joker on that guy’s hat?


37 posted on 10/02/2009 11:29:38 AM PDT by Huck ("He that lives on hope will die fasting"- Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
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To: Steelfish

“Chicago had started as front-runners......”

So Chicago had it in the bag, UNTIL THE ARROGANT OBAMA’s BLEW IT.

LMAO


38 posted on 10/02/2009 11:29:48 AM PDT by Gator113 (Obamba, Reid, Pelosi, the socialist triad.)
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To: Steelfish

39 posted on 10/02/2009 11:31:15 AM PDT by Utah Binger (Mount Carmel Utah, Where Thunderbirds Soar and Protect)
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To: Haiku Guy

Is that a guy?


40 posted on 10/02/2009 11:31:30 AM PDT by Huck ("He that lives on hope will die fasting"- Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
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