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Stunned at Daley Plaza as Chicago loses the Olympic bid [YouTube]
YouTube ^ | October 02, 2009 | redeyechicago

Posted on 10/02/2009 1:05:05 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

RedEye social media intern Ernest Wilkins was on the scene.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; chicago; daley; nelsonmuntz; olympic
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To: alecqss

I too, like CBS, blame Jimmy Carter


21 posted on 10/02/2009 1:20:07 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Natural Law

Usually the president only shows up for the signing photo op AFTER the agreement has been reached.

He obviously thought he was going to win. Either he was double-crossed, played like a sucka, or those speeches he and Michelle gave convinced a whole lot of people to vote Rio


22 posted on 10/02/2009 1:20:24 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Thank YOU//WOW I want to go to RIO!!!

Think they need a nurse?


23 posted on 10/02/2009 1:20:43 PM PDT by Texas4ever (God is in control!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Good day to be alive!


24 posted on 10/02/2009 1:21:49 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Tawiskaro

LoL!


25 posted on 10/02/2009 1:25:30 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (It's a Girl!)
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To: Texas4ever

You are very welcome. Rio is looking real good!


26 posted on 10/02/2009 1:27:03 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (It's a Girl!)
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To: laconic
Come to think of it - yes, I wish I would be able to see faces of those Tony Reskos.
27 posted on 10/02/2009 1:35:27 PM PDT by alecqss
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To: Natural Law

Why would the well oiled Obama machine allow the president to publicly fail? Usually the president only shows up for the signing photo op AFTER the agreement has been reached.”

Feeling pretty smug here- I predicted Rio, and everyone said- NObama would not have gone if it wasn’t a done deal.

I contend that his trip was a Hail Mary pass.

It failed, and time ran out on the game.

Favre is a much better quarterback......


28 posted on 10/02/2009 1:35:36 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Tawiskaro

Love dat photoshop! Perfect for the current occassion.


29 posted on 10/02/2009 1:36:57 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Tawiskaro

Awesome


30 posted on 10/02/2009 1:41:03 PM PDT by MattinNJ (Palin-I cannot spare this woman. She fights.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Two things I noticed about that video:

1. There were a bunch of women in front of the camera wearing hijabs. Diversity, baby.

2. As soon as the announcement was made that Chicago was eliminated, the feed was interrupted—somebody pulled the plug like a child having a tantrum! Listen and you’ll hear the IOC guy’s voice keep repeating over and over while they’re trying to get the video feed back up.

Deep-dish schadenfreude. Mmmmmmmm, tasty.

}:-)4


31 posted on 10/02/2009 1:48:35 PM PDT by Moose4 (Ted Kennedy: "If they bring up Camelot, we get to bring up the lady in the lake.")
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To: Tawiskaro

Best one yet!


32 posted on 10/02/2009 1:50:47 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (Bureaucratic healthcare is bad medicine.)
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To: Tawiskaro

Looks like alot of mouth breathers in that pic.


33 posted on 10/02/2009 1:59:16 PM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Two seconds after the announcement.

34 posted on 10/02/2009 2:07:08 PM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Tawiskaro
Ha! Love it! My take...


35 posted on 10/02/2009 2:10:26 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Moving the President and his entourage to Copenhagen - 7 million dollars, Michelle’s new Versace outfit - 25 thousand dollars, Potato chips and Twinkies for Oprah - 4.8 trillion dollars, Watching them get their buts handed to them by Rio’s Olympic committee - FREAKIN PRICELESS!!!!!!


36 posted on 10/02/2009 2:13:15 PM PDT by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I am so glad Hussein/Chicago lost it. We don’t need for Hussein to have even this as a “triumph” for his presidency come November 2010.


37 posted on 10/02/2009 2:13:36 PM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: Natural Law

Because Mr. and Mrs. Zero owed an all out effort to Valerie Jarett and Axelrod, et al whose former firms had so much riding on ringing the Olympics to Chi Town. Locals say it was all about Daley.

Here it is in a nushell, thanks to Michelle Malkin:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/30/all_the_presidents_olympic_cronies_98509.html

And they say it was “for the kids” and “an economic benefit for America”. Bull.

More personal greed and politics as usual at the expense of the U.S. taxpayers. Anyone get a good estimate on how many millions this boondoggle cost us taxpayers?


38 posted on 10/02/2009 2:20:02 PM PDT by justapicker (I don't want the cheese, I just want out of the trap)
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To: justapicker
How fitting since both the Olympics and hubris have their origin in ancient Greece.

Hubris (/hjuːbrɪs/) (ancient Greek ὕβρις) is a term used in modern English to indicate overweening pride, haughtiness, or arrogance, often resulting in fatal retribution or Nemesis. In ancient Greece, hubris referred to actions which, intentionally or not, shamed and humiliated the victim, and frequently the perpetrator as well. It was most evident in the public and private actions of the powerful and rich. The word was also used to describe actions of those who challenged the gods or their laws, especially in Greek tragedy, resulting in the protagonist's downfall.

Hubris, though not specifically defined, was a legal term and was considered a crime in classical Athens. It was also considered the greatest sin of the ancient Greek world.

39 posted on 10/02/2009 2:25:43 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Stunned at Daley Plaza as Chicago loses the Olympic bid

This is definately a big blow - you know they already had big plans for the money they were going to scam and steal.

Obama and his Chicago thug cronies will have to come up with some other scam to screw taxpayers out of $5 or $10 billion to line the pockets of his pals.
.

40 posted on 10/02/2009 2:39:51 PM PDT by Iron Munro (You can't kill the beast while sucking at its teat - Claire Wolfe)
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