Just a thought:
IIRC the Olympics was going broke in 2002. Then Romney was put in charge of the Olympics, and turned it around.
Seems to me Romney is a wheeler dealer, and makes deals with the Devil as he finds necessary to achieve the ends he desires.
My point is this read indicates to me that Romney made a deal with a Rep. of the Devil, and the Boy Scouts were knocked out of the running in favor of funding for the Olympics by whomever that Rep. of Devil’s was, and Romney protected his/her identity.
Who most of all gained from that event? A Leftist for certain with a case against the Boy Scouts, and their Conservatism, but who?
I don’t know.
No, this is consistent with everything Romney said or did before he decided to run for President. It’s silly to assume he was doing this to “appease” someone who helped fund the Olympics, especially since it sounds like the only way he turned the Olympics around was by securing federal earmarks.