Oh, this is too good. Mr. President Entitlement and his white hating wife went to Olympics; to basically demand that the Olympics come to Chicago.
…..and they were denied.
The Story via New York Times who is feeling is Heart-Ache:
The Olympics were awarded to a South American city for the first time, when the International Olympic Committee voted Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Games on Friday.
Rio de Janeiro was voted the winner over Madrid in the final round of voting, the I.O.C. having already delivered the an unexpectedly early knockout blow to Chicago, which was eliminated in the first round. Tokyo was ousted in the second.
I.O.C. president Jacques Rogge made the announcement the send crowds in Rio de Janeiro into celebration.
Tens of thousands of people began partying early in Rio on the Copacabana beach. Musicians played samba music from a main stage flanked by large screens, as people danced, held towering cones of cotton candy, and showed off the national colors of Brazil by donning yellow and green wigs or skimpy yellow and green bikinis. A big beach ball bounced around the crowd, marked with the words: “It’s Rio’s time.”
The scene had been entirely different in Chicago, where throngs in Daley Plaza gasped in disappointment when Rogge announced Chicago had been eliminated. It was a surprisingly early exit, especially because of President Barack Obama’s whirlwind trip to boost the bid of his adopted city. Mr. Obama was the first American president to make an in-person appeal for a bid city and first lady Michelle Obama had also come earlier this week to lobby I.O.C. members for votes.
Chicago’s bid leaders had worked for nearly four years and spent close to $50 million to bring the Summer Olympics to the United States for the first time in 20 years. Chicago had been considered among Olympic insiders as a favorite to win the Games, along with Rio.
Instead, the I.O.C. delivered a crushing blow to American hopes for the second straight time. New York’s bid was eliminated in the second round of voting for the 2012 Olympics.
United States Olympic Committee leaders appeared stunned by the news and had no comment as they left the voting hall. Mr. Obama was flying back to Washington at the time of the vote.
The In God We trust Blog reports that Glenn Beck predicted that it would not go to Chicago. Which really is not much of a surprise.
This video is just too freakin’ funny. One of CNN’s black Anchors has a breakdown because his black President got told no: (H/T AllahPundit)
Speaking of funny…. David Axlerod blames the G.O.P. Politics for Chicago getting passed over:
Top White House adviser David Axelrod says "politics" played a key role in the International Olympic Committee’s decision to reject President Obama’s appeal in support of Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
In an interview moments ago on CNN, Axelrod said, "I don’t view this as a repudiation of the president or the first lady. I think that there are politics everywhere, and there were politics inside that room." Axelrod said that a former head of the IOC was leading Madrid’s effort for the games, and others involved in other Olympic bids also had connections with the IOC. "As with any process like this, there are all kinds of crosscurrents in the room, there are relationships," Axelrod said.
Asked for details, Axelrod said, "I’m not suggesting anything nefarious…I’m not suggesting anything untoward happened. There are politics around every process, and there were here as well…There were relationships that paid off for some of the other cities."
Can you say, Heart-Ache???? The Bottom line is, you try and exploit; sometimes you get burned!
Here’s Axlerod crying in his… um, Beer:
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Boo Freakin’ Hoo. I guess the "One" isn’t as all powerful as they thought. 😛