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NYT: For Obama, An Unsuccessful Campaign ["He Could Not Even Muster The Silver Or Bronze"]
NYTimes ^ | October 02nd 2009

Posted on 10/02/2009 1:44:08 PM PDT by Steelfish

For Obama, An Unsuccessful Campaign

By PETER BAKER October 2, 2009

COPENHAGEN — President Obama not only failed to bring home the gold, he could not even muster the silver or bronze.

A dramatic 20-hour mission across the ocean to persuade the International Olympic Committee to give the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago proved such a miscalculation that his adopted hometown finished fourth of four candidate cities.

Rarely has a president put his credibility on the line on the world stage in such a personal way and been slapped down so sharply in real time. While Chicago may have lost to Rio de Janeiro for all sorts of reasons that had nothing to do with Mr. Obama, the fact that he made himself the face of the city’s bid invariably meant it would be taken as a stinging rejection of its favorite son.

The defeat will be used as a political metaphor and raise painful questions. Why did he invest so much time, taxpayer money and, perhaps most important, presidential prestige in a losing effort? How did he misjudge the potential vote so badly that Chicago evidently was not even in the top tier? What does it say about a leader who may be far more popular abroad than his predecessor yet has trouble converting that esteem into tangible benefits for the United States?

The rejection of Mr. Obama’s plea for Chicago came at a time when he could have used a feel-good victory. After racking up legislative and policy successes in the early months of his presidency, he has entered a phase where progress is more difficult. He has run into turbulence trying to pass health care, climate change and financial regulation legislation, and his poll ratings have slipped notably since spring.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; beginningoftheend; blamewhitey; botched; bronze; chicago; choke; deadlast; epicfail; fail; flyinglipstand; loser; losers; nelsonmuntz; nyslimes; obama; olympicfail; olympics; patheticfail; patheticloser; steppedinsomething; theantijesseowens
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To: Steelfish

Diogenes, is now in Crook County still looking for his honest man.


41 posted on 10/02/2009 2:03:09 PM PDT by seoul62
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To: ncfool

OK- that means this is left up to the WSJ and FoxNews.


42 posted on 10/02/2009 2:03:36 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Only1choice____Freedom
0bama X Michelle X Oprah = 0 Guess which is is the zero that negated all the others?

How about this: Barack 0bama + Michelle 0bama + 0prah = 0

43 posted on 10/02/2009 2:05:04 PM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: Sacajaweau

thank you for the answer:) and I’m glad because it doesn’t seem very presidential to me


44 posted on 10/02/2009 2:05:41 PM PDT by Hawes
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To: Steelfish

~ ~ Pwnd President Peter Principle ~ ~

~ ~ The EGO has landed ~ ~


45 posted on 10/02/2009 2:06:35 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen ("All that's necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.")
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To: Joe 6-pack

??

The 1936 Olympics were awarded to Berlin 2 years before Hitler and the Nazis came to power.

Also:

“Jesse Owens’s participation in the Olympics was controversial because of his race, at a time when segregation and discrimination against blacks were the norm in much of the United States. However, once in Berlin, Owens was able to freely use public transportation and enter bars and other public facilities without the difficulty he would face as a black man in the United States.....”

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics


46 posted on 10/02/2009 2:14:35 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Steelfish

Losing shouldn’t be a big deal to him since he already said he’s NOT interested in VICTORY.

Oh....wait.....that was only for our troops...not for a sports event that would have further enriched his den of thieves at more taxpayer expense.


47 posted on 10/02/2009 2:20:19 PM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: Mr. Lucky

http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince17.htm


48 posted on 10/02/2009 2:21:17 PM PDT by Unlikely Hero ("Time is a wonderful teacher; unfortunately, it kills all its pupils." --Berlioz)
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To: Steelfish
He Could Not Even Muster The Silver Or Bronze

Cut the guy some slack. He got one of these:

A deluxe edition of the IOC Site Selection Home Game, and a years supply of Rice-a-Roni.

49 posted on 10/02/2009 2:28:03 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: riri

No, that is my translation of that paragraph.


50 posted on 10/02/2009 2:30:20 PM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: Steelfish

I am glad I am not a worker in the White House , that woman is going to play hell if she ever lights there again.


51 posted on 10/02/2009 2:34:12 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: autumnraine

Oh puke. No wonder he came in last. It’s not about him, though.


52 posted on 10/02/2009 2:48:59 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Steelfish
The New York Slimes published this?!!! Wow!
53 posted on 10/02/2009 2:49:59 PM PDT by kara2008 (The Answer to 1984 is 1776)
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To: Steelfish

Silver or Bronze? Shoot, he couldn’t even muster the Miss Congeniality award or one of those trophies they give the ‘special’ kids just for participating.


54 posted on 10/02/2009 2:51:22 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Stand Watch Listen

#45

They look so happy


55 posted on 10/02/2009 2:51:57 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: silverleaf

LOL! Too bad it’s true.


56 posted on 10/02/2009 2:53:54 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
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To: Steelfish

“What does it say about a leader who may be far more popular abroad than his predecessor yet has trouble converting that esteem into tangible benefits for the United States?”

Hmmm, that the media has been lying about that??? Indeed, the past four or five years Europe has elected primarily conservative pro-Bush leaders...maybe the fact that Europe has figured out that Obama is a buffoon has something to do with the insults he has been given and the slap he has received most recently...maybe???


57 posted on 10/02/2009 2:59:33 PM PDT by Wpin (I do not regret my admiration for W)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Yah!


58 posted on 10/02/2009 2:59:59 PM PDT by Poe White Trash (Wake up!)
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To: Steelfish

0bama is neither the son nor the favorite of Chicago.


59 posted on 10/02/2009 3:04:26 PM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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To: Steelfish
HA, HA!
60 posted on 10/02/2009 3:06:34 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (FUBO)
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