Olympic rejection?

[cwo_ghwebb]

"Who knew the Olympic Committee was a bunch of racists?" Limbaugh joked at the start of his program, saying he was waiting on official confirmation from former president Jimmy Carter, before turning to the gravity of the nation's embarrassment.

"When you stop to think about it, folks, doesn't it make sense?" Limbaugh asked. "Our president, Barack Hussein Obama, has been running around the world for nine months telling everybody how much our country sucks.... Why would anybody award the Olympics to such a crappy place?"

Calling it the "worst day of his presidency," the nation's number-one conservative talk show host said Obama "has failed" and "wasted his country's time, and his prestige."

"Obama demeaned the office of the presidency, going on this sales pitch," Limbaugh said.

Chicago's loss, despite Obama's in-person plea, is a "metaphor for weakness," Limbaugh told his millions of listeners, one that reveals Obama's naivety about the impact of his personal popularity on the world's impression of the United States.

"[Obama] doesn't realize that the hatred for this country has not abated. There may be some love for him, but their certainly is no respect for him," Limbaugh said.

"He doesn't understand how delighted the world is to make him look foolish in order to take a swipe at our country," Limbaugh said of the president. "We've got a two-year-old manchild with a Mars-sized ego, which today crashed and burned."

The IOC's rejection of Chicago's bid was a "#####-slap," Limbaugh said. "Upside the head."

Limbaugh: Obama "Failed" in Copenhagen, Unmasking Weakness and Ego - The Note

The last line of the article is spot on!

[BuddyLee]

Rio deserved it.

Throwing it in Obama's face was just icing on the cake for me.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by cwo_ghwebb

Axelrod: 'Politics' sank Obama's Olympics effort | Washington Examiner

No!! Politics??? In the Olympics???? Say it ain't so!



Perhaps Americans are so stupid that they think Obama is God's gift, but this little #####-slap proves he's not ready for prime time on a global level.

At least Ax didn't blame it on the VRWC. But I'm pretty sure at some point the Dems will remember to Blame Bush.

[This_person]

The vast majority of Chicagoans didn't want it.

Rio citizens did.

Sounds like a win win situation.

[Tilted]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

But I'm pretty sure at some point the Dems will remember to Blame Bush.

Senator Roland Burris (IL) has already blamed him.

[Alexa]

Originally Posted by TurboK9

I guess he couldn't ask.

Age is a demographic. It can explain a lot about how you think and feel towards things, perhaps?

A wise old woman once told me that in her life time she had met twelve year old boys and twelve year old men.....

So....perhaps...no

[Alexa]

Originally Posted by TurboK9

It'd cost us a lot of $$ to put it together, and it's likely we wouldn't recoup the expenses... we are having a financial crisis... they don't go well together. How's that for a reason?

That is a valid point and argument. My initial thought is that it would bring great revenue to the host city, which would be a great plus during trying economic times. However, I maybe wrong. I will be researching whether or not this this is a viable thought or not.

[Alexa]

Originally Posted by Baz

The majority of the regular posters in this forum represent the lunatic fringe of the right. While they fictitiously portray themselves as being about issues over politics, that's pure crap. They don't even bother to hide the fact they want bad things to happen just so Obama (or any other Democrat, for that matter) doesn't get any credit for something good.

They are far uglier with their rabid partisanship than any of the few "Bush bashers" on this site ever were. They're the kind that make reasonable Republicans cringe.

By the way, half of them think Obama had something to do with Chicago making the list of finalists. So you'll need to dumb it down.

While I agree with most of your statement, I do have to interject to say that both fringes of the party are equally to blame for the partisan ugliness. What frustrates me the most is that neither side can look at themselves in the mirror and see what hypocrites they all are. There is always and if or a but that somehow miraculously, in their lame minds, absolves them from acting in the same deplorable behavior they denounce.

This poll is just one of many prime examples.

[BirdDogg]

Originally Posted by Alexa

I can appreciate your dissatisfaction with the POTUS and his job performance. Being happy that the U.S.A. lost out of hosting the games because Obama lobbied the committee for it, is another animal altogether.

I agree with you 100% Alexxa.

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

At least Ax didn't blame it on the VRWC. But I'm pretty sure at some point the Dems will remember to Blame Bush.

We know them so well!

Tonight, they showed that substitute Senator from Chicago -Roland Burris. HE blamed Bush! *He said the country had such a bad rep from the past 8 years, that even Obama couldn't overcome it.



*I paraphrased from what I saw earlier. This is the only link I could find to it
Chicago Out Of Contention For 2016 Olympics Senator Rowland Burris Blames Bush | CMR