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Obama Olympics- Vanity
Vanity

Posted on 10/02/2009 7:33:20 AM PDT by Poopyhead

Does anyone think that Obama would have taken a chance on the trip if he didn't already know Chicago had won?

"US President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen to support the bid by the city of Chicago to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the White House says."


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To: Poopyhead

Your commenmtary belongs in the first post after the article, not as part of the article. This was very misleading. You made it appear as if the BBC were asking your question. Coming from the BBC that would be very interesting, coming from you, not so much.


21 posted on 10/02/2009 7:49:45 AM PDT by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: Overtaxed Patriot
The fix is in.

So then BO didn't need to go to Copenhagen in the first place, and all this time he could've spent making the important life and death decisions and studying the important issues that have been waiting to be attended to????

22 posted on 10/02/2009 7:49:53 AM PDT by uncitizen
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To: concerned about politics

Will ACORN have a bob sled team?


23 posted on 10/02/2009 7:50:14 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Poopyhead
I still say we should all write the olympics committee and tell them what a bad choice Chicago would be; how it would displace 1,000's of poor people whose homes would have to be razed to make room for venues, and so that slumlord obama suck-up valerie-what's-her-name could make a fortune.

We need to tell them that we can't afford an Olympics, that our economy is in the tank, and people can't afford to attend it either.

Mention Chicago's crime rate and graft and corruption; mention that the U.S. is not safe for the olympics, remember there was a bombing at the Atlanta olympics.

The world needs to see we don't like our president going off to secure gaming while our troops are dying in Afghanistan because of his sophmorish penchant for attention and to help his campaign contributors.

It would also show Daly and his ilk that teaming up with zero for your favorite project is the kiss of death for the project...no public support.
24 posted on 10/02/2009 7:51:42 AM PDT by FrankR (To Stimulus recipients: You are only enslaved to the extent of charity that you receive.)
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To: frogjerk

Not from the BBC. The poster inserted his question improperly.<p<In answer to the question though...I’d say yes. I can believe that obama is narcissistic and arrogant enough to believe that he can force a decision for Chicago based on his personal charisma alone irregardless of what the committee may already be thinking. Any other President would’t bother unless they knew it was a done deal. Obama posseses a degree of arrogance we’ve never seen before.


25 posted on 10/02/2009 7:52:58 AM PDT by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Will ACORN have a bob sled team?

No. ACORN is in Copenhagen to be sure that, "Every vote is counted."
26 posted on 10/02/2009 7:54:02 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: Crim
Arrogance...that SOB might just think if he just goes over and waves his septor they will give Chi-town the olympics

yep. That's what I'm thinking.

27 posted on 10/02/2009 7:54:34 AM PDT by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: Nick Danger

Conventional wisdom is leaning to “the fix” being in....

I aggree with rush on conventional wisdom...


28 posted on 10/02/2009 7:55:22 AM PDT by Crim
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To: marstegreg
No he didn't. What article did you read?

Does anyone think that Obama would have taken a chance on the trip if he didn't already know Chicago had won?

This sentence appears no where in the article.

29 posted on 10/02/2009 7:56:10 AM PDT by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: Poopyhead

I suppose they are right about the decision already being made. However, I have to wonder if the Europeans, whom the Obambi crowd adore as being so enlightened, really will be blown away and bow down to the crowd of ‘black folks from Chicago’ trying to impress them.

Also, wouldn’t the committee have some concerns about Chicago being a prime target for terrorists? But perhaps that is the case with any location, as the Olympics are such a symbol.


30 posted on 10/02/2009 7:58:26 AM PDT by Happyinmygarden (Yes, actually, I have pretty much seen and heard it all before...)
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To: pgkdan

He didn’t say that it did. The part from the article is in quotes, He also posted a link to his article so you could read it yourself.


31 posted on 10/02/2009 8:06:27 AM PDT by marstegreg
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To: uncitizen
So then BO didn't need to go to Copenhagen in the first place, and all this time he could've spent making the important life and death decisions

But hey. He got people to look up at him from the audience. Isn't that what matters most? Gee. What a great president (not).

32 posted on 10/02/2009 8:07:37 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: concerned about politics
He got people to look up at him from the audience. Isn't that what matters most?

Always!

33 posted on 10/02/2009 8:09:33 AM PDT by uncitizen
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To: Happyinmygarden
really will be blown away and bow down to the crowd of ‘black folks from Chicago’ trying to impress them.

If they don't, they'll all be labeled "racists." See how that works?

34 posted on 10/02/2009 8:11:11 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Poopyhead
YES, the fix is in! The JOKER and Oprah WOULD not have risked it if they didn't know he was awarded the Olympics in GANGLAND! SO be prepared to hear the mediaPUKES go 24/7 with nothing but the JOKER! OBTW, simple give away, LOOK AT THE SMILE he gave the reporters at the top of the steps as he enters Air Force One...DEAD GIVE AWAY...it's in the bag!!
35 posted on 10/02/2009 8:11:39 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Poopyhead

I hope the fix isn’t in, and I hope the Olympics don’t come to Chicago.

I think he had to go. Other heads of state/government were there. If he goes and Chicago gets it, then he gets some of the credit. If he doesn’t go and Chicago gets it, he gets no credit. If he goes and Chicago doesn’t get it, he can say he did his best. If he doesn’t go and Chicago doesn’t get it, he gets blamed for not trying hard enough.


36 posted on 10/02/2009 8:12:06 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --Orwell)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

“Acorn...bob sled team...”

lolololololololol!


37 posted on 10/02/2009 8:14:04 AM PDT by gigster
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To: concerned about politics
... and while this goes on, 43 soldiers have died since the report was put on his desk in the Oval Office. Don't you wonder what a soldier is thinking over there this morning when he's told to "mount up and head out" ... (uh, why?)

(Cartoon by Rimirez at Townhall.com)

38 posted on 10/02/2009 8:19:01 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (The Patriot's Flag at http://www.thepatriotsflag.com/ - Democrat Hypocrisy)
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To: surrey

They may be right. But it could also be a sign of Obama’s arrogance. He seems to think that anyone who meets him will melt at his feet. I’m sure that hands have been greased for Chicago’s victory. But that doesn’t mean that the international committee will play by the rules Obama assumes they will. I hope, regardless of the winner, that someone will write and publish the back story after 2016.


39 posted on 10/02/2009 8:21:21 AM PDT by twigs
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To: Poopyhead

I think he thought it was in the bag. I now have my doubts due to several reasons.

- that horrible video of the kid being beaten to death outside his school

- news dribbling out of Chicago that many locals are against this (despite attempts to suppress)

- the unfolding ACORN scandal and high likelihood that some Friends of Barry will profit from shady Olympic deals in Chicago (IOC has gotta wonder do we want to be holding the bag when the next shoe drops?)

- His speech was nothing more than another self-serving, arrogant campaign screed. I can’t imagine it impressed anybody.

- South America has never had the games and Brazil has gone much further to placate the global Green crowd


40 posted on 10/02/2009 8:24:10 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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