Quotes of the day
posted at 9:48 pm on October 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
“‘The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts,’ said Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House advisor. ‘The message was that … a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference.’”
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“To hear Obama insiders discuss it, the president was just too competitive not to make the trip. ‘Whether we tried or not, we owned it,’ said one senior White House aide. ‘But you know how competitive he is. If we got a shot, he wanted to take it. The Chicago folks definitely made it known that they wanted him to come. But the decision was his. He felt if he could go and make the case and promote the country and Chicago, he was going to do it.’…
Within a week, that position was beginning to change as Mayor Daley pressed his case for a presidential pitch, which would put the country’s leader alongside his global counterparts. But according to White House officials, there were two factors even more important than the influence of Daley: the White House was already engaged, and the president himself liked the sporting challenge.”
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“Arrogance. Good ol’ American arrogance.
Instead of dedicating three days and nights working the IOC members, as we hear Tony Blair did for London in its successful bid for 2012, President Obama figured all he had to do was show up for a few minutes here at Bella Center after an all-night flight on Air Force One.
He had normally blasé media types pressing their noses against the windows of this sleek convention center just to get a glimpse of him stepping into his flown-in Cadillac. His very presence shook down the tight schedule the IOC usually likes to keep. His very name peppered the cacophony of unfamiliar languages all over town with little hints of recognition.
But Obama was long gone by the time his ripple factor had flattened out.”
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“Here’s what I would like to talk about in all this: The First Lady and her husband made terrible presentations to the IOC! In retrospect, it makes complete sense that they got the boot in Round 1.”
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Why do I get the feeling she’s moving to the lower 48? Todd quit his job yesterday.
Hmmmmmm…..
Knucklehead on October 3, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Knucklehead: Maybe he wants more time in the saddle,oops,
crap,I mean’t more seat time on his racing
snowmachine sled!!
Or,SarahCuda is conducting PSYOP Operations to
confuse those sneaky and ever pesky Leftys!!:)
canopfor on October 3, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Hey, Hawk. Someone needs to compensate for Hannity being nice to liberals on his show.
I’ll tell you, sometimes, when Hannity has some stupid liberal on the phone, and talks nice to them, I just go into a rage and want to reach through the radio and rip their lungs off.
Levin pretty much does that for me.
“Gwan! Get outta here!”
Lanceman on October 3, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Obama and Michelle O. should have done a three-legged race into the IOC Hall to show how really plucked up they were.
profitsbeard on October 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM
I’ve said repeatedly that Barry is the classic hothouse genius whose met with acclaim and acceptance for marginal performance his entire life. He’s reasonably articulate (and clean too! – Biden) and he knows enough about Kant, Hegel and Camus to talk a good game. (Frankly, you don’t have to know too much to pull this off, since most Lefties can only recognize the names.) Oh, and did you hear he’s half black?!!
These qualifications will cause tingles to run up legs all over academia and the Left in general, and that’s how Barry rose in political society at such a stratospheric rate without accomplishing a single thing of substance. The guy didn’t even write his own autobiography, and probably couldn’t have turned out anything that wasn’t hackneyed sophomoric hash.
Now he’s in a job where he can’t fake it, and he’s in the bright glare of publicity 24/7. The slew of gaffes and errors he’s made so far only highlight the fact that he is in waaaay over his head. It will only get worse.
The big question? How will Barry handle it when his ineptitude becomes so patent that event the MSM can’t avoid commenting on it any longer? That’s starting to happen, and the possibilities are quite scary.
Cicero43 on October 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Michelle looks arrogantly dorkey and is classless, and spoke a bunch of nonsense. Both spoke about “I, me, us”. Scrooom ‘em. They deserve this. Pillow talk must be somethin’ in the WH.
Schadenfreude on October 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM
All of you want America to fail. You racist red neck hicks. Why don’t you show some compassion for a couple that want to remake our terrible nation into something that they can be proud of.
/SARCASM
shick on October 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM
It was Chalkie 2016 who defeated Barry, Michelle, Richie Daley and saved us all that money. Another win for the little guys.
Knucklehead on October 3, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Obama and Michelle O. should have done a three-legged race into the IOC Hall to show how really plucked up they were.
profitsbeard on October 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM
profitsbeard:With all the glowing op-ed pieces on Michelle
Obama OMama’s guns,she could of challenged them
to a standing Barbell Arm-Curl Competion!!hehe
-:)
canopfor on October 3, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Yeah, I can’t stand Hannity. Very little intellectual depth to his arguments. That, and he’ll harp on one little talking point for weeks on end.
BadgerHawk on October 3, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Nice.
BadgerHawk on October 3, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Have you seen that picture of them in the New York Daily News?
Is it just the picture, or is her posterior that fat?
Liberal broads are just so hideously ugly.
Lanceman on October 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM
This is scary. If they can’t get this intelligence right what else are they screwing up?
Mojave Mark on October 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM
My thoughts exactly.
Lanceman on October 3, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Shouldn’t Jug-eared Jesus, the uncontested King of Apoligies, be offering the city of Chicago a little bitty “I’m sorry I got your hopes up for no good reason, and then completely dropped the ball.”?
Another apology is in order to the rest of the American people for embarrassing us all with his tone-deaf display of towering hubris, especially after repeatedly scolding the United States for not being humble enough on the world stage.
Yes He Should.
For the first time in my adult life, I am mortified by our President’s lack of decorum and humility.
hillbillyjim on October 3, 2009 at 11:27 PM
I picture a “Stepford wife” type nation, with arugula in every garden and white paint on every roof**
**Obama logo optional.
unwashed minion on October 3, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Levin is great.
How easy it is to despise the pampered pair and rejoice in their humiliation at the royal ball.
They are like the evil characters in a fairy tale.
He, the narcissistic prince who plots the demise of his own kingdom.
And she, the princess who has been told by her handmaidens all her life that she has unbounded wit and beauty, but knows in her dark heart that she is but an ugly stepsister.
Mmm mmm mmm.
justltl on October 3, 2009 at 11:28 PM
I don’t think the US was ever in the running for this olympics. I think these people believe they can shape reality with hope.
Buddahpundit on October 3, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Where have the trolls been???
Lanceman on October 3, 2009 at 11:28 PM
If he was that arrogant, then he’s that angry now. The problem is that Obama can convince some people that he’s that awesome, and I’m a little worried about what his revenge will look like.
therightscoop on October 3, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Dude ya got it all wrong Liberals do not apologize for their own screwups they blame them on someone else.
they only apologize for what they percieve as screwups by others! Namely their enemies/Republicans
dhunter on October 3, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Hey Saturday night live is doin a spoof on Pinnochio and his non accomplishments calling them Jack and Squat.
sat Night Live is dissin the pres!
dhunter on October 3, 2009 at 11:32 PM
You got there too late Barry, the IOC had already smuggled its WMDs into Sweden. ;o)
infidel4life on October 3, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Wow, SNL just ripped the One to shreds!
VanPalin on October 3, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Promote the country? PROMOTE it? All this man has done is denigrate this country all over the world.
LOL! as I write this, I am listening to Levin who just made the same point. Oh well, it can’t be repeated enough.
TheBigOldDog on October 3, 2009 at 11:37 PM
`…And we totally know what we’re doing on Iran, too.’
calbear on October 3, 2009 at 11:37 PM
It’s about time. Maybe the IOC Epic Facepalm is the tipping point comedians need to finally feel comfortable cracking some jokes at President Obama’s expense.
BadgerHawk on October 3, 2009 at 11:37 PM
The guy didn’t even write his own autobiography, and probably couldn’t have turned out anything that wasn’t hackneyed sophomoric hash.
Cicero43 on October 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM
And yet the elites, living in their own ghetto, are wailing and bemoaning about Palin using a ghost writer. Oh, and one of those unintelligent Christian, evangelicals writers, at that. Never mind that Hussein’s Dreams not only wasn’t written by him, but was written by a radical terrorist. The double standard is impalpable to them.
It is one thing to not want people to know who your ghost writer is. It is quite another to take credit for work you didn’t even produce!
texgal on October 3, 2009 at 11:38 PM
I thought I read that the Obama’a didn’t stick around for the formal announcement. If this is true, how undiplomatic. Wouldn’t the polite and correct thing to do be to warmly congratulate the Rio delegation for their triumph and graciously accept defeat right there on the spot? Every time they go out, they embarrass me to death.
betsyz on October 3, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I wonder how many elevator passes she bought in HS.
Dusty on October 3, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Hell has officially frozen over.
betsyz on October 3, 2009 at 11:41 PM
She should say something like, “unlike some other high profile politicians I am not ashamed to admit I had help.”
TheBigOldDog on October 3, 2009 at 11:41 PM
The first time? I’ve been ashamed ever since 2007. I will not feel proud of my country again until these two arrogant/narcissistic clowns are off making billions, spitting such nonsense in universities and at other paid gatherings. At least then it will be their despised capitalism and they will only represent themselves.
Schadenfreude on October 3, 2009 at 11:42 PM
What’s that hmmmmmm for? Think she’ll move to Iowa?
JeffWeimer on October 3, 2009 at 11:43 PM
I’ve wondered if the reason Barry picked Biden was to make sure the guy who offended him had to call him ‘boss’.
Vashta.Nerada on October 3, 2009 at 11:44 PM
If this sort of thing continues I think we are going to start seeing a very different side of Obama’s personality and it’s not going to be pretty.
TheBigOldDog on October 3, 2009 at 11:44 PM
I’m tellin ya, ya heard it here first from dhunter on Hotairon Oct. 2, and 3, 2009 it was Hillary!
She gave the the intelligence knowing the Won would fall flat on his ass makin a fool of himself and his crack team.
its’ the start of Hillary’s return!
dhunter on October 3, 2009 at 11:45 PM
If this sort of thing continues I think we are going to start seeing a very different side of Obama’s personality and it’s not going to be pretty.
[TheBigOldDog on October 3, 2009 at 11:44 PM]
Yeah I mentioned that first off wrt foreign affairs. I think he’s going to have a big chip on his shoulder the rest of his only term.
Dusty on October 3, 2009 at 11:48 PM
If he was that arrogant, then he’s that angry now. The problem is that Obama can convince some people that he’s that awesome, and I’m a little worried about what his revenge will look like.
revenge will look like.
therightscoop on October 3, 2009 at 11:29 PM
It’s gonna be a full-frontal assault in jamming through his health-care bill no matter who he has to or how he has to threaten. The woman scorned factor, although it is an equal gender reaction.
betsyz on October 3, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Mark Levin’s clip was very good. Michael Savage’s on YouTube regarding the Chicago voted out first is worth a search, too.
QOTD to me though is the Zero stating “Our economic recovery is completely dependent on health care reform” today. The man is a loon.
Marcus on October 3, 2009 at 11:53 PM
I’m surprised that Obama didn’t have them turn Air Force One around when he heard the results, figuring that the IOC just didn’t get it, and needed another speech from The One.
PackerBronco on October 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM
BigOldDog
The Anointed, I think, has a cold and cruel personality, and that, combined
with narcissism, malevolence, and incompetence, is going to cause some sort of complete meltdown in the future.
Dhuka on October 3, 2009 at 11:56 PM
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-04-oct04,0,7508152,full.column
This guy claims he lost the olympics for Chitown.
dhunter on October 3, 2009 at 11:56 PM
[dhunter on October 3, 2009 at 11:45 PM]
LOL. Possible, but then again it’s possible Hillary didn’t know any better, either. Do you think she listens to the peons that work for her in the State Department?
Jarrett didn’t mention the State Department, either. I got to think on this one. Very interesting.
My feeling had been that Obama and his team think their politics is superior to anyone else’s. Further, I think they got some good advice but ignored it because of this attitude about their way of doing things.
Dusty on October 3, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I wonder if the Olympic vote were in December, January or February if the IOC would have still been in love. I bet they would have.
Marcus on October 3, 2009 at 11:58 PM
He was born with a chip on his shoulder. I don’t envision a new. awakened Barry by this incident. Rather, a nursing and nurturing of that said chip. This is all part of his mental make-up to begin with. I don’t think there is a cure.
betsyz on October 3, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Read some Danish newspapers online, the consensus is that Obama HURT Chicago’s chances.
Note to Ogabe: The whole world is sick of you.
Norwegian on October 4, 2009 at 12:00 AM
/lips moving out of sync with words…
My
Kung FuPolitics is very strong…Romeo13 on October 4, 2009 at 12:02 AM
My favorite from following the links above to 2nd City Cop.
fred5678 on October 4, 2009 at 12:02 AM
That would be John Kass and “Chalkie 2016″ I posted the link to Chalkie in this thread somewhere. But here’s a story about Chalkie again.
LOL
Knucklehead on October 4, 2009 at 12:04 AM
[Romeo13 on October 4, 2009 at 12:02 AM]
Yeah, something like that. Obama probably thinks his politics is akin to The Buddhist Palm technique. (Via Kung Fu Hustle)
Dusty on October 4, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Yea too bad for him he had a great t-shirt idea Chicago 2016 on front Terre Haute 2020 on back
Cause it would take the grand juries that long to round up the gangs of corrupt politicians contractors etc and send them to the Federal Pen!
LOL
dhunter on October 4, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Well I hope there is because if there isn’t he’ll leave office a severely broken man.
Dusty on October 4, 2009 at 12:13 AM
I know. I’ve read the newspapers from several different countries. Too bad most of the U.S. press keeps these nasty little secrets all to themselves.
betsyz on October 4, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Truthfully, I’ve been mortified since the evening of Nov. 4, 2008 that my countrymen were naive and unserious enough to vote this fraud into the White House, but I really wanted to spoof Michelle-of-the-Awesome-Arms and her goddamnamericaesque quote. E-gads.
hillbillyjim on October 4, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Wow there partner, this guys already broken!
I could give a rats rear end how this tool leaves office!
he finds no redeeming qualities in and hates his country and is convinced that only by destoying capitalism and the profit motive can he alone save America!
Its the country I fear for because with that chip on his sholder his domestic terrorist associations and academic America hating indoctrination he is way to close to the nuclear trigger for my peace of mind. Seems bent on allowing Iran to have nukes even to the point of stopping Isreal from stopping them, perhaps!
Theres’ psycological issues here perhaps abondonment issues from having had parents desert him or something he is dangerous IMHO
dhunter on October 4, 2009 at 12:20 AM
mmm mmm mmm
Barack Hussein Obama
He said we could
Of course we should
all supporters made of wood
mmm mmm mmm
Barack Hussein Obama
In Copenhag
came Hopenchange
and IOC did rearrange
mmm mmm mmm
Barack Hussein Obama
with the Oprah there
and Michelle’s new hair
picking Rio just ain’t fair
mmm mmm mmm
Barack Hussein Obama!
This is fun, I am finding indoctrination to be downright liberating haha!!
alohapundit on October 4, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Kind of pathetic yet humorous that a gaggle of international Olympic officials could immediately see through the bull$hit that 52 percent of the American voters apparently missed in November of 2008…
D2Boston on October 4, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Since when was it the President’s job to indulge himself in “sporting challenges”?
Sharke on October 4, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Baz is going to leave office with the face he deserves.
Sharke on October 4, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Mark Levin. Hammer, meet nail.
long_cat on October 4, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Since January, any ol’ spin will do, since the lamestream media accepts everything positive about Jug-eared Jesus unquestioningly, without batting an eye.
Of course, anything negative about His Oneness is blasphemy, unAmerican, and the result of race-based hate.
hillbillyjim on October 4, 2009 at 12:42 AM
Mark Levin kicked ass in that clip. No one likes arrogance. But apparently the drones that voted this narcissist in office were too stupid to notice.
I would like to see that SNL clip of the diss on Obama. Frankly it’s hard to believe if I don’t see it. SNL has been a shill for liberals for the longest time.
cubachi on October 4, 2009 at 12:44 AM
Now if only the Obama administration was putting as much intelligence effort into the war in Afghanistan wherein its citizen soldiers are being killed.
But maybe that’s asking too much.
Spc Steve on October 4, 2009 at 12:46 AM
I wish that we could get some psychologist on here and give an opinion on these two, ’cause I think it is rare indeed, to have a man and a wife, who both fabricate and prevaricate to the extent of the Obamas’. Is it the common ground that drew them to each other? Would they really trust one another, knowing the lies that can spew out of their mouths to the world, and then think that they are honest and trustworthy to each other?
The few times I’ve bothered to listen look at, or listen to either of them, I’ve noticed that if Michelle was around, she would keep an eagle’s eye on her husband. So intense was the stare, that you could see that she was trying very hard to telepathically get him to get through his speeches without screwing up.
Is she the brawn and the brains in this presidency? I don’t know, she doesn’t seem that bright either, only seethes with a brewing hatred of the world. No Eleanor Roosevelt, but then that marriage was suspect, too.
betsyz on October 4, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Very little intellectual depth? Yeah, like 0. He’s a broken record when it comes to talking points. Drives me nuts when he responds to an opening a mile wide with a damn talking point. Other than that he’s a big-hearted guy who’s done some really good things to expose the loony left.
Gang-of-One on October 4, 2009 at 12:50 AM
You know…
You can only fart in a room for so long before someone points to you and says, “You stink!”.
… Obama, his Administration, and the corrupt political machine of Chicago has reached that point…
… World Wide!!!
Seven Percent Solution on October 4, 2009 at 12:51 AM
His pitching prowess should have given us a clue.
Considering he could only bounce a hardball to a catcher straddling the plate, everyone should have known how well Obama would perform in a sporting challenge.
fogw on October 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Yeah, that’s true but then again, who is John Galt?
;)
alohapundit on October 4, 2009 at 1:00 AM
:O)
Seven Percent Solution on October 4, 2009 at 1:03 AM
Be gentle. More than a million Americans made their way, at their own expense to Washington D.C. They made their intentions known, and left the place cleaner than they found it.
It’s a pretty cool country.
applebutter on October 4, 2009 at 1:07 AM
Mark Levin nails it as always. He’s definitely my favorite talk show host.
Yakko77 on October 4, 2009 at 1:07 AM
New QOYD from Obama, via Powerline.
Got that? He won’t accept any effort to block it. So what exactly is he going to do about it?
lowandslow on October 4, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Allahpundit,
Why are you quoting without attribution Ron Flatter’s piece in Real Clear Sports, “Arrogance Dooms Olympic Dream”?
“Instead of dedicating three days and nights working the IOC members, as we hear Tony Blair did for London in its successful bid for 2012, President Obama figured all he had to do was show up for a few minutes here at Bella Center after an all-night flight on Air Force One.”
http://www.realclearsports.com/articles/2009/10/03/arrogance_dooms_olympic_dream_96494.html
Stepan on October 4, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Me, too. What’s worse is that he hasn’t been impeached from about the second week of Feb. BUT we keep getting glee-club updates on his brilliance and awesomeness!
I don’t care if I’m the last person on earth who has complete and total contempt for the the man, I would not walk across an alleyway to even try to get a glimpse of this Obama person. He is not even Hollywood bad or worthy.
And that’s a difficult standard to flunk.
Work-wise: I could feature him on some island, such as Jamaica,
in some bamboo shack, mixing up pina coladas as the third in line bartender manager because, although congenial, always forgets to re-order the coconuts and cocktail umbrellas, PLUS he has a very difficult time making change.
betsyz on October 4, 2009 at 1:25 AM
Is there any way we can recall the POTUS, if he is so shameless as to not resign ? Like we did in CA?
macncheez on October 4, 2009 at 1:29 AM
But Betsy,
The problem with that is that Obama couldn’t even handle that without him trying to make even that about himself.
He MUST be the center of everything.
Sapwolf on October 4, 2009 at 1:38 AM
Not American arrogance. Just Obama transnational arrogance.
Connie on October 4, 2009 at 1:45 AM
Oh the horror. He’ll probably threaten to give another speech.
That’ll show’em.
hillbillyjim on October 4, 2009 at 1:55 AM
I had not watched the speeches by the Obamas before.
I now really wish I had not.
For smart people they really did condescend horrifically to their audience.
Anders on October 4, 2009 at 2:11 AM
Jarrett also predicted that after Michelle’s speech “there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the house.”
Get a grip! You can hear two, three people clapping after that over the top rehash of her stump speech.
Face it, they need Acorn to win anything.
PattyJ on October 4, 2009 at 2:24 AM
We figured out Michelle would have been 20 years old when she “sat on her dad’s lap and watched Carl Lewis win!”
What’s up with that?
Neither Mishell nor Barack said anything about the city of Chicago itself just “I..I…I” and “me…me…me…”
Of course, they forgot to mention the murder of black teens going on in the streets of Chicago while they were talking, too.
Jenfidel on October 4, 2009 at 2:30 AM
It is attributed. You need to review the post before you start making accusations.
elduende on October 4, 2009 at 2:38 AM
…And?
Hawkins1701 on October 4, 2009 at 2:51 AM
lanceman, it can’t be that this is the first time you noticed how massive her derrière is? (wonder if those vegetables from the WH garden are to blame :-)… why do you think the tabloids focus obsessively on her arms, to distract from the largesse of her rear…it’s all spin with this admin :-) including the first dudesse’s ‘end’ :-)
jimver on October 4, 2009 at 2:57 AM
Perhaps you are new here, and don’t understand how the every-night “Quotes of the Day” works. Each quote (and there may be several in the post; the separate quotes are delineated by asterisks) contains a link to the article from which it is drawn. The attribution is never direct, but is indirect via the link.
The intent is for you to guess who wrote the quote, and then click the link to learn whether you were right or wrong.
The tone of your accusation is one of plagiarism. Such is far from the mind in “Quotes of the Day”, given its format.
unclesmrgol on October 4, 2009 at 3:01 AM
There are so many on point posts on this thread I’m at a loss. I especially like “Jug eared Jesus” Ha, ha.
I detest these people in the white house more than any prior occupants, but some of you post with more eloquence and humor than I could. Thanks
chewydog on October 4, 2009 at 3:10 AM
The explanation is @ 3:30 onwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TrXE7NbYpU
macncheez on October 4, 2009 at 4:00 AM
There’s just so many ways to write that.
Kini on October 4, 2009 at 4:36 AM
It certainly did make a huge difference. Just not in the way they’d hoped.
Jim Treacher on October 4, 2009 at 5:50 AM
Only an idiot would of thought that just being a President of the US, and giving speeches with a first lady, was going to work. With this President, he does not understand the idea of setting precedents.
The Olympic Committee ended up doing the only thing they really could do, vote Chicago in at DEAD LAST, because Obama was trying to set a precedent that a leader of a country, could just hop on a plane at the last minute, after years of supposed meetings and negotiations, and with a quick speech or two, effect a committees decision. There’s NO WAY they could allow that to happen.
Jeff from WI on October 4, 2009 at 5:52 AM
Hubris
Kini on October 4, 2009 at 6:25 AM
The world is laughing at the arrogant one.
The White House must have believed that just by Michelle givingher teary-eyed speech about (being 20 years old and) sitting on her father´s lap watching Carl Lewis or hearing the golden, magical voice of the worldly Barack (with a father from Kenya and B. himself spent his childhood in Indonesia) would sway the IOC jury to give the Olympics not to Chicago, not to the USA, but rather to Obama.
A huge bucket of cold water in the face for the One. The first of many to come.
albill on October 4, 2009 at 6:27 AM
One good thing, it’s great to get them lout of the country. Next time they go, let’s move the country so they can’t find us.
Jeff from WI on October 4, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Fixed it for them, seeling the country, literally.
Indeed, hbj, again, and again…what a dummy he and they are, media too.
Arrogant dummies never get it. On the “intelligence they had”, if they’d have smarts they’d have known. If he and Michelle wouldn’t have held those horrid speeches, with all those “look at us, see how far we’ve come? we are deserving” Chicago would have come in 2nd or 3rd. The speeches nailed the initial BIG finger. They can spin this all they want – this was not GWB’s fault. It’s all on video, plain to see for those weith eyes.
The others, just open yours before your country and your children are destroyed. If the beginnig isn’t obvious to you, the middle will make it irreversible.
Schadenfreude on October 4, 2009 at 7:24 AM
I’m worried that conservatives will overplay this. Did Obama come off looking like a naive rookie? yes. Did he handle it all wrong? yes. Is there a case to be made that Obama and his wife injecting themselves into the Olympics at the last minute might have cost Chicago its chance to get the Olympics? yes. As a rule I would say that its not wrong for the President to lobby for the Olympics. I think Obama did it to help his cronies in Chicago and distract from his problems with the war and the falling jobs numbers. It didn’t’ work out for him. Conservatives should use this as an example of Obama’s inability to lead due to his inexperience as a real leader as well as his over-active ego to make everything about him, but I don’t think they should rub the dems faces in it. Most people don’t think there is anything wrong with the President lobbying for the Olympics to come to America including myself. We shouldn’t argue that he shouldn’t have tried but rather that he blew it.
Dollayo on October 4, 2009 at 7:29 AM
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