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  • Did anti-American resentments play role in Chicago's bid losing? (BUSH'S FAULT)

    10/02/2009 2:00:55 PM PDT · by WeatherGuy · 183 replies · 7,217+ views
    Chicago Sun-Times ^ | October 2, 2009 | Abdon M Pallasch
    Some Chicago officials say anti-American resentments likely played a role in Chicago’s Olympic bid dying in the first round today. President Obama could not undo in one year the resentment against America that President Bush and others built up for decades before, they said. “There must be” resentment against America, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, near the stage where he had hoped to give a victory speech in Daley Plaza. “The way we [refused to sign] the Kyoto Treaty, we mislead the world into Iraq. The world had a very bad taste in its mouth about us. But there was...