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| Obama will go to Denmark to pitch for Olympics |
| 2009-09-28 |
| h/t AP |
| Posted by:Whinetch Clamble8983 |
| #13 Well remember the Mayor's quote when asked "Can the Olympics run a deficit?" replied "Could a man having a baby?" Both came true. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2009-09-28 23:57 |
| #12 I'm sure the fine people of Chicago will make the same kind of excellent financial moves that the citizenry of Montreal did when they received the honor of hosting the Games. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-09-28 22:45 |
| #11 We should put the 2016 Olympics in Tehran and issue ultimatums to Chicago. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-09-28 21:38 |
| #10 Congratulations, Chicago, on being the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. President Obama isn't going to Copenhagen to lobby for the Games. He's going there so he can take credit when they announce Chicago as the winner. Do you think Obama would go if there's the slightest possibility that Chicago wouldn't get the Games on Friday? |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2009-09-28 20:31 |
| #9 In a lot of ways they are, Woozle. Just not JFK and Jackie.... Berlusconi would call them the "tanned" Kennedys. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-28 19:57 |
| #8 When you're an incompetent hack, if you're not successful at your current job you do your last one instead. Way to go Senator (Illinois) Obama! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-09-28 19:13 |
| #7 From the Chicago Tribune, Sept 10 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-olympics-city-council-10sep10,0,3785271.story "Giving themselves a standing ovation, aldermen eagerly jumped onto Mayor Richard Daley's Olympics bandwagon Wednesday, unanimously approving a measure that places the responsibility for cost overruns on taxpayers if Chicago hosts the 2016 Summer Games. The endorsement allows Daley to go to Copenhagen in three weeks and tell the International Olympic Committee that the council sent "a very strong message" of support for Chicago's bid, despite tepid public support for playing host and strong opposition to providing an unlimited financial guarantee." Assuming that, if Chicago does indeed get the games, the usual suspects get the contracts, Chicagoans and Illinoisians are going to get hellacious tax bills for overruns, and the quality of the building will be abysmal. I wouldn't be surprised if a stadium collapsed because somebody chiseled on the quality of the steel or concrete. |
| Posted by: mom 2009-09-28 18:54 |
| #6 Another chance to bask in the world press adoration, and feel the glow of being the most important man in the world. This jacka$$ and his nasty-tempered mate cannot get enough of being at the center of it all. I'm guessing he was prompted by a fear that his wife might get the attention he so desperately needs. This jerk is more needy than Bill Clinton, has no sense of the dignity of the office, and actually has been ignoring the primary duty of the office, since he cannot be bothered apparently to spend time talking to his Theater Commander in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2009-09-28 18:15 |
| #5 "Another chance for them to pretend they're Kennedys." In a lot of ways they are, Woozle. Just not JFK and Jackie.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-09-28 17:49 |
| #4 Oh, look, fugly bitch is there, too. Another chance for them to pretend they're Kennedys. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-28 17:05 |
| #3 Hello. We're broke, building an ever greater deficit at national and local levels. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-09-28 16:44 |
| #2 But not a Chicago-grade fixer. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-09-28 16:17 |
| #1 Well beneath the dignity of a POTUS. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-09-28 16:11 |