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| 2005-07-12 | |
 THE Mayor of Paris last night accused London of using âcorruptionâ to win the 2012 Olympics. Bitter Bertrand Delanoe claimed that Tony Blair and bid leader Lord Coe had âcrossed the lineâ in campaigning. And he vowed to fight to prove that the French capital has the âmoral rightâ to stage the games. In a shameless display of sour grapes, Delanoe said: âThey have not respected the rules established by the International Olympic Committee.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 It certainly couldn't be that Chirak peed in the IOC judges cornflakes, when he made those disparaging remarks toward Finnish food. If I were voting I would have given it to someone else as well. |
| Posted by: SCPatriot 2005-07-12 15:58 |
| #13 ah, the french....accepting defeat with sublime graciousness. no wonder they consider themselves the superior arbiters of morality. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-07-12 14:28 |
| #12 What an ugly little troll of a mayor. A sad and nasty midgit eijit nutter of a man to be sure. I'm sure people in the UK are delighted to hear the heartfelt support and sympathy of their EU partner in France. Le EU Ecole d' Charms never managed to open the remedial adult education classes in Paris I suppose. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-07-12 14:04 |
| #11 Sometimes I wonder how history will treat all of this. W. Bush will no doubt become the next Tailgunner Joe in Liberal mythology and I'm thinking Karl Rove will be elivated to replace Machiavelli in terms of shrewdness and amorality in the eyes of the left. It took them 20 years to accept that Reagan, perhaps, had something to do with the end of the Cold War. It'll take 200 years before they accept W Bush did anything worthwhile. Very sad. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-07-12 12:09 |
| #10 is the mayor of Paris aware of the bombings in London? did he see those as an opportunity to attack? |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-07-12 12:06 |
| #9 I'm telling you that Karl Rove has his fingerprints all over this one. Bert sounds just like a Dhimicrat. "The election is over and now I am going to whine for the next seven years." Boo hoo Bert. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-07-12 11:40 |
| #8 "Another obvious Bushitler/Zionist conspiracy." Well, I've seen some Paris 2012 supporters reacting on teevee, and the very first thing one of them said learning Paris lost was "it's Bush"... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2005-07-12 11:24 |
| #7 Another obvious Bushitler/Zionist conspiracy. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-07-12 10:52 |
| #6 Now, now...if you had thrown in a night with your daughter He can't. He as no daughters. He is gay. While we are at it he was elected despite losing the popular vote but he won thanks to districting(1) A bit like Bush in 2000 but since this benefitted the left (1) Paris, Lyon and Marseille are unique in France because for town elections they are divided in districts due to an adhoc law voted in the 80s by the socialists in order to weaken the right who controlled two of those three cities and specially the jewel of the crown: Paris |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-07-12 10:50 |
| #5 NO! Corruption in the IOC's selection process? Say it ain't so, Martha! /sarcasm |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-07-12 10:40 |
| #4 Now, now...if you had thrown in a night with your daughter along with the all expense paid trip to paris and the $1 million, they would have voted for you Mr. Mayor. The English just made a better |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-12 09:28 |
| #3 âThey have not respected the rules established by the International Olympic Committee. I'm pretty sure corruption is an accepted part of trying to get the games. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-12 09:01 |
| #2 Care for a bit of Cheshire or Stilton with your 'whine', Bert? |
| Posted by: GK 2005-07-12 08:08 |
| #1 Well, I guess we know who would win if there was a gold medal for whining. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2005-07-12 01:26 |