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.

[N. Theknow]

She should have changed her name to Olympia and claimed she had been named after the Olympics.

Then she could have gone for a walk on a Long Island beach and discovered a set of rings and fashioned them in the shape of the Olympic rings as she bit her lip and shed a tear in memory of her Mother, Hera Rodham, who's dying words were, "The Olympics belong in New York City."

[areafiftyone]

Yup London won. That was another plus this morning London winning over Paris!

[MadIvan]

Not quite as bad as Paris' failure...

Anyone want to buy a shirt? :)

Regards, Ivan

[oceanview]

to be honest - Sheldon Silver killed the NYC olympic bid when he killed the west side stadium.

[ClaireSolt]

9/11 was a totally 100% political event.

[DCPatriot]

In fairness, it is world wide disdain and jealousy of the USA that finds NYC rejected. Not Hillary Clinton.

I'm also glad she wasn't able to claim credit for this.

[areafiftyone]

LOL

[areafiftyone]

SHHHHHH! Don't ruin my anti-Hillary moment! LOL

[areafiftyone]

Shhhh! I'm having a "Hillary failed" moment! Which is more fun - the truth or a "Hillary failed" moment. ;-)

[Kleon]

This is no better than liberals blaming everything on Bush. It's not like Clinton was the only one pushing for this:

Bush Endorses New York's Olympics Bid

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is endorsing New York City's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. The president taped a minute-long video message last week boosting the bid, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Wednesday. An International Olympic Committee group evaluating five bids for the games is visiting New York this week.

http://ap.lancasteronline.com/4/oly_bush_new_york

[Fresh Wind]

Living in New York is like living in an Olympic Village - you have every language from every corner of the globe.

When did H*****y ever live in New York City? I wonder how many languages are spoken by the residents of Chappaquiddick (not counting those spoken by the servant classes, of course)?

[mountaineer]

She looks like a tour guide ... on a TOUR OF HELL! (Just kidding, I just wanted to sound like Triumph the insult dog).

[oceanview]

the real guy who get duped was Bloomberg - he really put his heart into this bid, pushing for the stadium, etc. Then at the end, he has to endure Hillary going to Singapore to grandstand, making it appear she had been involved.

[mewzilla]

Clinton was pulling out all the stops to bring the sports extravaganza to her constituents back home.

The ones east of the bloody Hudson at any rate...Well, at least the rest of us won't be stuck with the tab.

[Fresh Wind]

Chappaquah, not Chappaquiddick. Sorry!

[areafiftyone]

Bloomberg should have known that NYers don't want the Olympics here. Bloomberg just doesn't get it.

[Liberty Valance]

LOL! Congratulations on bringing the Olympics to London!

[mewzilla]

Bloomberg just doesn't get it.

Didn't get it, didn't care.

[TX Bluebonnet]

From Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20050706/ts_nm/olympics_final_dc
"Tireless lobbying, a superb bid and a massive charm offensive from British Prime Minister Tony Blair lifted London to a remarkable Olympic victory over Paris in the race to win the 2012 Games on Wednesday."

LOL, a charm offensive. Well, Hillary's offensive, she's just not charming!