Posted on 10/03/2009 12:17:16 PM PDT by libstripper
Before first lady Michelle Obama set off for this Danish capital to lead the charge for Chicago's valiant -- but ultimately unsuccessful -- bid for the 2016 Olympics, she joked that the last-minute lobbying effort would be "a battle." "We're going to win," Obama said. "Take no prisoners."
At a G-20 dinner in Pittsburgh, she teased Brazil's first lady, Marisa Leticia da Silva, that when the time came for the last-ditch arguments for the Olympic and Paralympic Games coming to Chicago -- over competitors Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid -- the "gloves are off."
Back in September, that all was just good-natured exaggeration -- high-level, lighthearted trash talk. But when Obama took the microphone Friday morning in front of more than 100 members of the International Olympic Committee, at a convention center here, she went straight for the emotional jugular. She did not try to sell the city of her birth based on the location of its sports venues, the logistics of transportation, amenities available for the athletes or even the long list of designer boutiques on the Magnificent Mile. She left all that -- including a discussion of Chicago's excellent shopping opportunities -- to the other members of the delegation who came with her to sell the city to the IOC.
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they are calling MO “incredibly effective”........LOL......no she wasn’t...Chicago came in dead last.
Actually, I have two middle names! The other is Mxyzptlk.
Dr. Bogus Mxyzptlk Ctvrtlik Pachysandra.
mmmm....Michelle MaBelle Obama....mmmm
me me me me me me me me me me me me
It's so hilariously over the top that I had a hard time deciding whether to put a modified barf alert on it or not. That dear, deluded Robin wrote this in all seriousness makes it even funnier than if it were a parody.
But, she and the Illegal Alien were incredibly effective at "influencing people." See (my) comment at 29.
The first lady stood out like a silver dollar on a hog’s ass.
The zero family has no clue what a joke they are.
A silver dollar on a hog’s ass would look better and be worth more.
I grew up fearing the belt.
was that a Fool’s gold dress that she was wearing????
Nice one.
“The first lady stood out like a star in front of a backup chorus.”
She stood out like a zircon in a goat’s ass. Mmmm mmmm mmmmmmmm.
You could do a lot of those.
“was that a Fools gold dress that she was wearing????”
No. It was the white tent bedroom drapes with the tieback.
Can you IMAGINE going to apply for a job somewhere, and, your voice cracking, you tell the CEO about your poor dead father and your rough childhood?
While this wrings tears on reality contest shows, engendering pity is NOT a qualification for consideration in the real world.
The Obamas live their lives this way, seeking affirmative action for perceived weaknesses, seeking to take from the worthy for the hopeless. They do not even realize that the rest of the world does not.
But I won’t. As we learned from Willie, it is impossible to shame or humiliate a Democrat; however, it’s fun to try, and it confuses them.
Yes, the part of my taxes I will pay for this trip to Copenhagen I will pay willingly. The hours of laughter yesterday were worth it.
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