Hillary Clinton's Olympic Failure

NewsMax ^ | 7/6/05

[areafiftyone]

2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has failed in her first major foreign initiative - a high profile bid to bring the 2012 Olympic games to New York City.

Hours before this morning's announcement that London would host the 2012 games, Clinton was pulling out all the stops to bring the sports extravaganza to her constituents back home.

Mrs. Clinton told reporters in Singapore, where the Olympic committee was meeting, that the Big Apple "exemplifies Olympic values every single day. Living in New York is like living in an Olympic Village - you have every language from every corner of the globe."

While New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg headed up the U.S. delegation, and former boxing great Muhammad Ali joined in the effort - it was Mrs. Clinton, whose global popularity has been heralded in the world's media, who was the clear star of the U.S. team.

In comments to the Associated Press, she noted that the Summer Games have never been held in New York.

"We have lived the Olympics, now I'd like for us to have a chance to host the Olympics," she said.

In arguments before the committee, the former first lady even invoked the specter of the 9/11 attacks:

"We're standing here a little less than four years from the time when we were attacked and we're telling you that New York City is the place to bring the 2012 Olympics because people of New York are resilient," she insisted. "They're extraordinary in their capacity to pull together and plan for the future."

Before this morning's announcement, the AP called Mrs. Clinton "the top political heavyweight for New York's [Olympic] delegation."

But now that she's failed to come through, don't look for the press to spend much time dwelling on what went wrong.

[areafiftyone]

Believe me I was extremely HAPPY that NYC DID NOT win the bid just because Hillary made this a Huge photo-op and the MSM bragged about how popular she is in Europe - WELL HILLARY - I GUESS YOU ARE NOT AS POPULAR AS YOU THOUGHT! Heh Heh!

[Michael.SF.]

Watch for Hillary's name to all but disappear from the discussions of this subject in the MSM.

[SittinYonder]

the former first lady even invoked the specter of the 9/11 attacks:

I hate it when the left politicizes 9/11

[Quilla]

Why would anyone expect anything less? She failed on her first major domestic initiative as well - Hillary Care.

[since1868]

That was my thoughts as soon as i saw the announcement.
It is called a sacrifice.

[Cyclopean Squid]

And what a brilliant argument she had. "New York is a magnet for terrorism. Therefore, we should have a high-profile event with many soft targets in a concentrated area." /sarcasm

[steveegg]

Watch for Hillary's name to all but disappear from the discussions of this subject in the MSM.

Guess we need to make sure that doesn't happen. Hitlery Rotten Von Der Schlikmeister FAILED to bring the Olympics to New York City.

[areafiftyone]

She FAILED - Plain and Simple! The other day she bragged in front of all the press in her huge photo-op about how she phoned all these people that she knew and yada yada yada! WELL BULL! She's a failure PERIOD! I love it!

[Brujo]

"... the former first lady even invoked the specter of the 9/11 attacks ..."

I hate it when the left politicizes 9/11

I hate it when 9/11 is politicized--period.

[cweese]

I'm also happy for the same reason. We'd be bombarded from MSM about how SHE, Queen Hillary, was the one solely responsible for bring the Olympics to New York. She'd probably even campaign with it.

[DTogo]

What?! The Olympics have nothing to do with 9/11! The IOC didn't attack us, Osama Bin Laden did! How dare she invoke a "sacred" subject like 9/11!

Sound familiar?

[txroadhawg]

She failed because the Olympics are like the UN, it's not who you know it's who you PAY to know. Hitliary only takes bribes, she doesn't give them.

[hflynn]

Clinton was pulling out all the stops

No wonder it went down the drain.

[1Old Pro]

I'm glad they won't be in NYC as well. Plus, Hillary has extended her record of getting nothing accomplished.

[shadeaud]

So, it's ok for the thigh master to include 9-11 in her speech, but when President Bush refers to the date the media and the lefties go bananas.
New York would have suffered more than it would have enjoyed from hosting this event. Traffic and hotel space is limited on a normal basis, imagine having to lodge, transport and provide the extra security for the masses that would come.

[Magnum44]

HA HAAA!

[Red Badger]

Even the Euro-weenies recognize a Social climber when they see one.......

[reagan_fanatic]

I'm glad they won't be in NYC as well. Plus, Hillary has extended her record of getting nothing accomplished

And her popularity among New Yawkers will probably increase anyway. Go figure.