Gibbs: Obama 'disappointed' at losing Olympics

Associated Press ^ | Oct. 2, 2009 | JULIE PACE

[Free ThinkerNY]

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Barack Obama is "disappointed" Chicago missed getting the 20016 Olympic Games but doesn't regret putting so much on the line to argue for it, his chief spokesman said Friday.

Talking to reporters aboard Air Force One as Obama and his wife Michelle flew back to Washington, Robert Gibbs said Obama "feels obviously proud of his wife for the presentation that she made." Mrs. Obama had gone to Copenhagen ahead of her husband and had lobbied hard for the Summer Games to be brought to her hometown and his adopted hometown.

[Ann Archy]

Message to the dog Bo.....you’re gonna get KICKED when Bammy gets home!

[Maumee]

Would Obama and his Mama feel better if Cleveland gave Chicago the Gay Olympics? UMM UMM UMM.

[SparkyBass]

As the old saying goes...

Ooh, THAT'S gonna leave a mark!

[Ann Archy]

Who is Bammy’s Main Squeeze but HIMSELF??

[Ann Archy]

As another Freeper said....”If you rearrange “Hope and Change” it spells COPENHAGEN”!!! LOL!

[demkicker]

ROTFLMAO!!!

[Recon Dad]

aboard Air Force One as Obama and his wife Michelle flew back to Washington

Anyone want to know what happened to the other plane that Big M flew over on it? Did they give it away for votes?

[UncleVanya]

Ping, blog comment:
THE REAL ISSUE IS THIS, PRESIDENT OBAMANITE … WILL TEHRAN WIN THE NUCLEAR TERRORIST OLYMPICS? Now that you have jacked off the U.S. economy to the highest unemployment since 1983 (thanks so much for all the Dumb-ocrats who made sure there was no reform of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, while paying Obamanist political rake-off money, so you could inherit the economy from yourself); accelerated bank failures to the point where the FDIC will have no money to cover deposits; made the natonal debt skyrocket so our children and grandchildren will be slaves to it; made sure that by 2010 most homeowners will owe more on their houses than their houses are worth; stacked your Administration with a-holes like Rahm Emmanuel, plus Communists, Euthenasists, Reverse Racists and Chicago Slumlords … WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT YOUR PALS THE ISLAMISTS WHO ARE PREPARING TO KILL US? Sure, we can’t give you all the credit. Billy Clinton gets a pat on the back for letting the North Koreans get the bomb, so they and the Pakistanis could help the Iranians along. And sure, the “Shadow Masters” and Nazi-collaborating Soros-ites successfully pumped illegal foreign contributions through Islamic and other sources into your campaign to make sure we have a so-called “president” who will BOW TO THE KING OF SAUDI ARABIA. But you get some of the credit, Barry Soetero. Doing the “moon walk” with your sequined glove waving while procrastinating and ignoring your commanders in Afghanistan … playing kissy-face with Iranian-buddy Chavez in Venezuala … making narcissistic-disordered speeches at the UN as part of your comedy duo with Quaddafi … sending Secretary Hilly-the-Witch to continue the job she had Billy doing earlier … telling the Israelis to stuff it … WHILE MAKING SURE IRAN BECOMES A NUCLEAR TERRORIST POWER. Your Palestinian college roommates who ran your web contribution machine that raked in all those millions from Saudi Arabia, Iran, other Middle East countries and China … thank you. The amalgam of Communists, Islamists, Anarchists and Kenyan Cousin Butchers who mentored you from youth, financed your travels on your Indonesian passport to meet with revolutionaries, pulled Islamic strings and funnelled Middle East money to you so you could get low grades at Harvard, and funneled money to you from Sadam Hussein supporters so you could buy your million-dollar mansion in Chicago (while you funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to failing Chicago slum projects with your Syrian buddy Rezko) … thank you. The Iranians who you and Hillary Clinton are helping to delay and dither until they have nukes ready to launch … thank you. The chip-on-the-shoulder, we want no ejucashun but we got ya taxes, VoteFraud-R-Us ACORN chapter, the “Maxine Waters Gangbanger Honor Guard” … thank you. The Demo-Corrupt Coven led by Nancy “Priestess of Lies” Pelosi … thank you. The Mexican Drug Gangs of America and all their settlers occupying the United States (Israeli self-defense settlements you don’t want, but Mexican and Central American illegal settlements you embrace) … thank you. WE, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE HONEST, HARD WORKING, TAX-PAYING CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, WHO THINK THE CONSTITUTION IS FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN … DO NOT THANK YOU.

[DoughtyOne]

From the movie, "Alien 2010"?

[Joe 6-pack]

"What exactly did he “put on the line” in order to go beg for the Olympics to be hosted in Chicago?"

Much of the presidency and politics are image. Call it what you want, political capital, cache, face, clout, etc. the big O invested heavily in the *hope* that his personal appearance would be enough for Chicago. Not only did it not put Chicago over the top, but Chicago was the first city rejected out of hand.

Because O chose to go there in person, it makes the rejection of the bid personal. Trust me, other world leaders have taken note.

[griswold3]

His speeches must have convinced our critics they were right all along.

Rio is a good pick. Is it true that the ‘0’ didn’t offer congratulations?

[Vigilanteman]

My brother worked to help promote Nagano's bid against Salt Lake City. No funny business, he was just a low level staffer to prove that NOC hired foreigners. He told me that the competiting team from Salt Lake City handled the loss with such dignity and class, he was sure they would get it four years later.

We all know how that turned out, don't we?

[cajungirl]

Iguess Michelle is not proud to be an AMerican anymore.j

I never thought I would root against the US getting the games but this makes my day,,snort.

[Doogle]

What exactly did he “put on the line” in order to go beg for the Olympics to be hosted in Chicago?

...all the "insiders" who invested millions buying depressed land where the Olybamapics village were going to be built and then handed over to government financed apartment dwellers living there. Those people (Valarie Jarett etc)were going to make oddles

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Well,,,, Cleveland just was awarded the Gay Olympics! Maybe we can give them to Chicago?

[the long march]

All those shovel ready projects that can’t be done....priceless

[raybbr]

"How dare they turn me down?
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the greatest of them all?

[ncfool]

 

 

Blame it on Axelrod!

Because his former PR firm did all the work and was paid millions for the project of presenting Chicago’s bid.

Follow the money trail!

This needs to be investigated.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And his slum lord cronies and kick-back contractors who expected to make million$ on the Olympics are even more disappointed that their Obama-god didn’t come through.

[Oldpuppymax]

“Disappointed?” With all that graft down the drain! Suicidal is more like it. And Valerie might even be forced to spend a few bucks on her slum properties, now that she won’t be able to sell them for an obscene profit to the Olympic organizers in Chicago. And consider poor Shortshanks and his stable of thug cronies. Nope. There is no joy in Mudville. Mighty Hussein has struck out.