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First Lady's Olympian Effort Falls Short (Side splitting, hilarious barfer)
Washington Post ^ | Ocotober 3, 2009 | Robin Givhan

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.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; auntesther; breastbelt; chewbacca; flotusmichelle; miserablefailure; obamas; olympics; sasquatch
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To: libstripper

they are calling MO “incredibly effective”........LOL......no she wasn’t...Chicago came in dead last.


41 posted on 10/03/2009 1:26:05 PM PDT by tioga (Drip, Drip, Drip.........the ACORNS are falling.)
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To: libstripper

Actually, I have two middle names! The other is Mxyzptlk.

Dr. Bogus Mxyzptlk Ctvrtlik Pachysandra.


42 posted on 10/03/2009 1:29:28 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: greyfoxx39

mmmm....Michelle MaBelle Obama....mmmm

me me me me me me me me me me me me


43 posted on 10/03/2009 1:30:39 PM PDT by Ole Okie (American)
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To: Richard Kimball
Oh good grief. I thought this was an IowaHawk parody or something.

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.

44 posted on 10/03/2009 1:31:56 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: tioga
they are calling MO “incredibly effective”........LOL......no she wasn’t...Chicago came in dead last.

But, she and the Illegal Alien were incredibly effective at "influencing people." See (my) comment at 29.

45 posted on 10/03/2009 1:34:58 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: PetroniusMaximus

The first lady stood out like a silver dollar on a hog’s ass.


46 posted on 10/03/2009 1:38:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (Everybody knows it's a spotted dog...)
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To: libstripper

The zero family has no clue what a joke they are.


47 posted on 10/03/2009 1:39:42 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (ImpeachZero)
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To: TigersEye

A silver dollar on a hog’s ass would look better and be worth more.


48 posted on 10/03/2009 1:40:41 PM PDT by Aroostook25
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To: libstripper
Marisa Leticia da Silva left her gloves ON, and it looks like a KO in the First!!!
MaBelle is down for the count!
She's slow getting up folks. Her a$$ is holding her to the mat!!!
DING DING DING
The Winner and NEW champion, The Brazilian Bomber, Marisa Leticia da Silva!!!

"No hard feelings there, mickey. Right?"
49 posted on 10/03/2009 1:41:21 PM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I grew up fearing the belt.


50 posted on 10/03/2009 1:43:15 PM PDT by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: shiva

was that a Fool’s gold dress that she was wearing????


51 posted on 10/03/2009 1:46:51 PM PDT by Phinanceguy
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To: PetroniusMaximus
“The first lady stood out like a star in front of a backup chorus.”


52 posted on 10/03/2009 1:47:52 PM PDT by maggief
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To: shiva

Nice one.


53 posted on 10/03/2009 1:48:12 PM PDT by Tawiskaro
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To: libstripper

54 posted on 10/03/2009 1:53:48 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: libstripper

“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.


55 posted on 10/03/2009 2:00:55 PM PDT by tumblindice (Master & Blaster=Mickey and her a**)
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To: tumblindice
She stood out like Bigfoot at a malt shop.

You could do a lot of those.

56 posted on 10/03/2009 2:04:02 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: Phinanceguy

“was that a Fool’s gold dress that she was wearing????”

No. It was the white tent bedroom drapes with the tieback.


57 posted on 10/03/2009 2:06:39 PM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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To: libstripper

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.


58 posted on 10/03/2009 2:10:56 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Richard Kimball

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.


59 posted on 10/03/2009 2:11:34 PM PDT by tumblindice (Master & Blaster=Mickey and her BACK)
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To: libstripper
All money well spent for this superb BITCH SLAP, no matter how much.

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.

60 posted on 10/03/2009 2:13:07 PM PDT by Yaelle
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