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Obama explains Sochi absence in interview with NBC’s Bob Costas
Politico ^ | Feb 6, 2014 | JENNIFER EPSTEIN

Posted on 02/06/2014 5:50:04 PM PST by MeshugeMikey

The president said he chose not to attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in part because he didn’t want to distract from the competition, he said in an interview airing Thursday.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2014olympics; bho44; bhorussia; snub
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To: Mortrey

Yeppers.

ALL of this anti-Sochi media hype is sourced and encouraged from an anti-gay-agenda the homosexuals “see” in Putin’s Russia. ......


41 posted on 02/06/2014 7:18:58 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Tweedle-Dum interviews Tweedle-Dumber.


42 posted on 02/06/2014 7:21:39 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I’d say he’s afraid to go.


43 posted on 02/06/2014 7:34:05 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: MeshugeMikey
"because he didn’t want to distract from the competition"

What a liar! That's all he cares about, hogging the spotlight. He doesn't like cold weather, among other things.

44 posted on 02/06/2014 8:02:09 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

He knows Pooty Poot could eat his lunch mentally and physically. (although Barry might love the physical beating, darlings....) :-)


45 posted on 02/06/2014 9:24:46 PM PST by llevrok (F the government)
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To: diverteach

He didn’t get the memo on the water at the hotel.


46 posted on 02/06/2014 9:55:09 PM PST by enduserindy (A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

This is a no brained,the Olympic committee told Obama to take a hike when he wanted the Olympics in Chicago,so Obama is doing the thing he does best,get even.


47 posted on 02/07/2014 3:21:46 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: MeshugeMikey
Michelle doesnt like the cold? Hes as arrogant as ever.

Did he say Michelle? I think he meant Reggie...

48 posted on 02/07/2014 5:25:50 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: ballplayer

ah I think THAT may be THE answer!


49 posted on 02/07/2014 6:26:18 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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To: VerySadAmerican

his fragile ego.....could not bear any sort of second fiddle reception...


50 posted on 02/07/2014 6:27:05 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Jamaican bobsledders aside, winter Olympics are a white thing.

Always remember, Obama is first and foremost a racist


51 posted on 02/07/2014 6:29:53 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: llevrok

the massive ego....that is buraq obama is not capable of surviving a public drubbing,’

Buraq cant control the international press


52 posted on 02/07/2014 6:31:16 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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To: bert

from my perspective...Id somehow managed to momentarily overlook..this vital fact.

The Unwritten Folk Rules

White Men Can’t Jump

Black Men Can’t get their Mogul On...


53 posted on 02/07/2014 6:34:35 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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To: MeshugeMikey

In 1980, we had our entire team kept from going to the summer Olympics. Did anyone ask Jimmy why he personally wasn’t attending?


54 posted on 02/07/2014 6:38:32 AM PST by petitfour
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To: MeshugeMikey

Just a thought I had

Trust me Vlady wouldn’t mind blackmail this guy


55 posted on 02/07/2014 9:24:02 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: SevenofNine
mope,.....there is no love lost between putin and the horse poot!

56 posted on 02/07/2014 9:39:45 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Now that funny LMAO


57 posted on 02/07/2014 10:09:54 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: SevenofNine
thank you

heres last years prayer breakfast incarnation...of the great buraq...


58 posted on 02/07/2014 10:16:09 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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