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Payback: Obama Was Told Trip Would Win Olympics
Transsylvania Phoenix ^ | 10/05/09 | Transsylvania Phoenix

Posted on 10/08/2009 1:39:05 PM PDT by Judges Gone Wild

Quote: President Obama took his chances on a high-profile visit to Copenhagen because the White House was getting a "clear message" that his presence could clinch the Olympics for Chicago, The Chicago Tribune reports. "The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts," said Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House adviser. "The message was that...a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference." President Obama first tried lobbying quietly through phone calls, and had not decided until a few days before getting on Air Force One that he would appear to make his bid in person. His failure to secure the Olympic bid has become fodder for the president's critics.

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TOPICS: Politics; Sports
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; bhovisit; bozos; doofus; emperornoclothes; idiots; jumpedtheshark; olympicfail; theegohaslanded
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To: texmexis best

I love that saying do you have any others.
rolled like a bull durham cigarette.


21 posted on 10/08/2009 1:49:54 PM PDT by mel
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To: Judges Gone Wild

22 posted on 10/08/2009 1:50:42 PM PDT by texas_mrs (Abort 0bamaCare)
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To: Judges Gone Wild

O certainly did make a huge difference.

He and his revolting wife assured the first round loss.


23 posted on 10/08/2009 1:56:36 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Judges Gone Wild
The message was that...a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference."

It did. They went from a front-runner to dead last place. His appeal definitely made a big difference. Valerie is correct here.


24 posted on 10/08/2009 1:56:51 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: texas_mrs

Classic!


25 posted on 10/08/2009 1:57:21 PM PDT by seanmerc
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To: Judges Gone Wild

Yeah that’s right throw everyone else under the bus. You screwed the pooch Valerie just face up to it


26 posted on 10/08/2009 1:57:55 PM PDT by the long march
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To: Judges Gone Wild

AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


27 posted on 10/08/2009 1:58:44 PM PDT by seanmerc
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To: Judges Gone Wild

Conclusion: He got played diplomatically by the IOC.

What makes any rational person believe he’s going to fair any better as either a CinC, or in diplomatic brinkmanship with the Russians, Chinese, N Koreans, Venezuelans, Tongans, Vanutuans, Lichtenstinians, et. al.


28 posted on 10/08/2009 2:00:30 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Judges Gone Wild

“The message was that...a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference.”

He doubled the amount of votes Chicago would have normally gotten..


29 posted on 10/08/2009 2:00:41 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info..)
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To: Judges Gone Wild

The commitee didn’t like the bam “I,I,I, me, me, me” parade. What sane human does?


30 posted on 10/08/2009 2:02:32 PM PDT by vpintheak (4-times an extremist)
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To: HamiltonJay
MMMM MMMM MMM

Barack Hussein Obama

31 posted on 10/08/2009 2:04:13 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Judges Gone Wild
Quote: President Obama took his chances on a high-profile visit to Copenhagen because the White House was getting a "clear message" that his presence could clinch the Olympics for Chicago,

Let me get this right, the "clear message" was coming from CNNMSNBCABCCBS right??? Am I right?

32 posted on 10/08/2009 2:05:52 PM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: Judges Gone Wild

Obamao announced that the Olympic Office in his administration was going to stay open - YESTERDAY.
So that explains the throwing under the bus - TODAY!

You see he called the US and Chicago Olympic Committees yesterday and said watch out for the tires tomorrow!


33 posted on 10/08/2009 2:11:27 PM PDT by ExTxMarine (Hey Congress: Go Conservative or Go Home!)
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To: Judges Gone Wild
This Administration gets everything wrong.

EVERYTHING.

Why would an Olympics bid suddenly change that perfect record?


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

34 posted on 10/08/2009 2:13:26 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Judges Gone Wild
The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close

Missed it by THAT much!

35 posted on 10/08/2009 2:19:38 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Judges Gone Wild

Please post the whole story. There is no reason to excerpt bloggers.


36 posted on 10/08/2009 2:21:14 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Judges Gone Wild

We didn’t lose because of his speeches, we lost because all of the EU environmental whackos got mad over the carbon footprint 2 jumbo jets made in order to give that speech. I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the hypocrisy of the so-called greener administration in this fiasco.


37 posted on 10/08/2009 2:22:45 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Judges Gone Wild
"The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts,"

But Bush told "lie after lie after lie" based on the intelligence he received. I think Bush's intelligence was much more consequential than any "intelligence" that Obama is receiving.

-PJ

38 posted on 10/08/2009 2:23:23 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
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To: madison10
"Pelosi’s crystal ball must have been lying again."

hahahahaha!

I wonder which democrat gave him some magic beans before he got onto the plane.


39 posted on 10/08/2009 2:25:42 PM PDT by GI Joe Fan (GI Joe represents Real American Heroes, not a bunch of globalist drones.)
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To: Judges Gone Wild

Gov. Daniels of Indiana made a comment to the effect that times are bad when there is an election Illinois can’t rig.


40 posted on 10/08/2009 2:28:00 PM PDT by isom35
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