Give me a break !!!
So I guess the U.S.O.C. is stocked full of racist, right-wing, nazi, bigoted red neck fear mongers?
The beauty of liberal failure, they cannot begin to fathom that they were solely responsible for the failure. So they will rationalize the loss as someone else’s fault and charge ahead again full steam towards the cliff they know is there.
Hard to see why the Olympic Committee is supposed to be impressed by Oprah, who has made a career of sitting on a couch overstating the obvious. There’s no Olympic event that requires these skills.
The IOC chose to NOT hold its games in a filthy, crime-ridden city. Gee...go figure, huh! Rio may not be a whole lot better, but are there 30 murders each week?
I read an earlier article wherein the libRAT who wrote it said the “right-wing Obama-haters” would try to blame this on Obama. My first thought was, why shouldn’t we? The fact is had the IOC chosen Chicago Obama supporters would be crediting him for that decision. It would, of course, be all because of him. But now that Chicago has been rejected it’s not at all his fault. They can’t have it both ways.
Why are these people getting themselves all wee-wee’d up?
Saint Obama has already told us that victory isn’t important.
He has told the world that what is of importance is that the USA doesn’t try to be any more special than any other country.
But wasn’t it something out of “The Ugly American” when Obama took four jumbo-jets loaded with his staff, accoutrenments and his arrogant worshippers and tried to steamroller the IOC with their fables about growing up poor in racist America?
After all, it was their show; their day in the sun and he tried to steal the limelight.
Maybe the rest of the world is as sick of Obama inserting himself into every aspect of existence as are we Americans
People used to joke about the Clintons sucking all the air out of a room but they were small cheese compared to Obama.
OR...Rio gave a better presentation? Just a thought.
They fly in separately on two jets with an entourage that would make the mafia blush. Good grief, they even brought Daily and Oprah! For openers, Obama puts down his own country. Even if some of their audience did hate the USA, everyone disrespects a turncoat.
Then Michelle has the audacity to say how some would consider her trip a sacrifice. Can you imagine how Americans would react if the wife of a foreign head of state came here and announced that some would consider this a sacrifice on her part? I think that alone sunk the deal.
It’s really racist to not want the Olympics in Rio isn’t it?
I wonder what kind of bilge will spew forth from oprah’s pie hole on her next show??
they’ll blame MS PowerPoint if they have to.
A - The First Lady:
1. Unhidden cost of her US aircraft to and from Copenhagen?
2. Cost and detailed list of accompanying staff currently on the US payroll?
3. Cost of accompanying staffs' accommodations, food, refreshments, local travel (taxi), Official Transportation, etc. for First Lady's party?
4. Any additional aircraft for First Lady's party, for folks like family, press, dog, Secret Service?
5. Amount Opra is reimbursing the USA for her envolvement and that of her staff for #1 - #4, above?
6. Amount the Chicago Olympic Committee is reimbursing the USA for the First Lady's envolvement and that of her staff for #1 - #4, above?
B - POTUS
1. True and total unhidden cost of Air Force One for the trip to and from Copenhagen?
2. Cost and detailed list of accompanying staff currently on the US payroll?
3. Cost of accompanying staffs' accommodations, food, refreshments, local travel (taxi), Official Transportation, etc. for the POTUS's party?
4. Any additional aircraft for POTUS's party, for folks like family, press, dog, Secret Service?
5. Cost US picking for accompanying Press Corps, including travel, accomodations, food, refreshments, etc.?
6. Cost of flying the POTUS "big black car" and the accompanying Secret Service vehicles, drivers, fuel, staff accomodations, food and refreshments?
7. Amount the Chicago Olympic Committee is reimbursing the USA for the POUS's envolvement and that of his staff for #1 - #6, above?
C - Total net expense for "A" & "B" to the USA Tax Payers?
All I ask for a a true and honest (if that is not redundant!) of this "excercise" to the American Public. I'd be interested to also know who has personal vested interests in the possible favorable outcome for this adventure, specifically relating to the possible sale of real estate and other servicees should the Chicago Olympic Committee - 2016 be successful.
That's all I ask. Starting to think of the length of time a snow flake or many snow flakes can survive in Hell while I await the answer to the forgoing questions.
When will someone in the "main stream" news business address any of these questions and share the results with us.
Chicago was dispatched from the race won by Rio de Janeiro.The local garbage wrapper attributed this to (not in so many words) anti-American attitudes on the International Olympics committee. The fact is, there are those who hate the United States here and there, but the real reason for the decision is that there has never been a summer Olympics in South America. Not sure about winter Olympics, but I'm doubtin' it.
If only the IOC wasn’t racist, Chicago would’ve had the games.//sarc off
It's called "taking the bull by the horns"!
We are the government after all, aren't we as the people? /s
But I thought it was all Bush’s fault? This story flies in the face of that early claim.
In a nutshell (and buried in the last paragraph) ...
DeFrantz said criticism of the U.S.O.C. missed the larger point: that Rio de Janeiro was destined to win. “It was all about going to a different part of the world,” she said.
Welcome to Obama's Amerika.