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1 posted on 10/02/2009 1:44:08 PM PDT by Steelfish
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Waterloo!

30 posted on 10/02/2009 1:58:43 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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““Nearly one year ago, on a clear November night, people from every corner of the world gathered in the city of Chicago or in front of their televisions to watch the results of the U.S. presidential election,” Mr. Obama told the committee. “Their interest wasn’t about me as an individual. Rather, it was rooted in the belief that America’s experiment in democracy still speaks to a set of universal aspirations and ideals.””

‘One year ago, the world rejoiced in my election, I was applauded, I am adored, you must send the Olympics to this city because they were so happy I was elected’.

Good grief.


31 posted on 10/02/2009 1:59:52 PM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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Yo, Barackski. That gooey stuff you’re chewing on is called a CRAP SANDWICH. Get used to the flavor.


34 posted on 10/02/2009 2:01:29 PM PDT by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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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.

Four of the five co-chairs of Obama’sinaugural committee continue to have unpaid leadership roles in Chicago 2016, including Pat Ryan, the chairman and CEO of Chicago 2016; John Rodgers, the treasurer and director of Chicago 2016; Bill Daley, the former Clinton administration commerce secretary and brother of the Chicago mayor; and Penny Pritzker, the Chicago businesswoman and Hyatt hotel heiress who led Obama’s meteoric presidential campaign fundraising.

Pritzker’s family also owns or manages a handful of hotels singled out by Chicago 2016 as accommodations for Olympic workers, press and family members.

Ryan and Priztker each contributed $100,000 or more to Chicago 2016, as did White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, an Obama family friend, who also served on the Chicago committee. It still counts Obama confidant and vacation companion Eric Whitaker among its members. Jarrett was replaced as vice chair by Martin Nesbitt, the treasurer of Obama’s campaign and another Obama family insider.

ASK Public Strategies, the Chicago-based corporate public relations company founded by Obama political guru David Axelrod and owned and run by some of Obama’s top presidential campaign consultants, was paid “in the tens of thousands” of dollars by Chicago 2016 to do “communication management [and] communication planning,” said former Axelrod partner Eric Sedler, who did not work for the Obama campaign but is in Copenhagen, along with Pritzker and Jarrett.

“ASK has worked on the bid for three years and for two thirds of that time our work has been pro bono,” said Sedler, who would not speculate on whether the company would be in line for more Olympic work if the IOC picks Chicago.

37 posted on 10/02/2009 2:01:40 PM PDT by ncfool (Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
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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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~ ~ 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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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HA, HA!
60 posted on 10/02/2009 3:06:34 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (FUBO)
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The IOC must be racist!
68 posted on 10/02/2009 3:17:29 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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Obama - First in socialism, First in nonsensical rhetoric, last in common sense ...


69 posted on 10/02/2009 3:32:05 PM PDT by Lmo56
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IOC is racist. Who knew? Probably something to do with the tea parties, Joe Wilson, or rumors of Muslim-ness too. If only we listened to Ass Bumstain and banned fishy speech.


70 posted on 10/02/2009 3:33:13 PM PDT by M203M4 (NEW New Deal: A pot through every window!)
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Un-Presidential Poll Results

1. Barack Obama
2. Jimmy Carter
3. Bill Clinton


71 posted on 10/02/2009 3:42:11 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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Why did he invest so much time, taxpayer money and, perhaps most important, presidential prestige in a losing effort?

It was all about how the Chicago Machine was going to rip off as many people as possible.

Kick backs, graft, theft, etc. Typical Chicago gangland business as usual. That's all it was ever about.

73 posted on 10/02/2009 3:45:05 PM PDT by csvset
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Wow, this was in the times! Wait, does this mean that Mobelle is not going to be in the Shot Put event?


76 posted on 10/02/2009 4:14:39 PM PDT by Batman11 (Obama will dispatch skittle $hitting unicorns around the world to bring peace and prosperity to all!)
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