Top Ten Reasons Chicago Lost the Olympics

By Loren Heal - Posted on October 2nd, 2009

Tagged: Op-Ed • TMR-TV

10. Republican subterfuge

9. Feared our inner-city thugs could beat up their inner-city thugs

8. Disappointed that Obama did not wear his White Sox jacket

7. Railroad tie fighting not supposed to be a trial event

6. Michelle’s sacrifice too great, so the IOC could not inflict any more on her

5. Racism!

4. Disappointed that Obama did not wear a Chicago Gangster Hat

3. Concern that community organizers not enough involved in process

2. Disappointed at Michelle’s poor grasp of common Klingon idiom

And the number one reason Chicago lost the Olympics ….

1. IOC thought George W. Bush still President of Chicago

Entire Planet Rejects Obama

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Axelrod: We got robbed on Olympics because of “politics”

Submitted by Steve Foley on Fri, 2009-10-02 09:52.

Via Hot Air

Quote:

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.”

Oh poor baby!

Translation:

Submitted by David Hinz on Fri, 2009-10-02 11:06.

"We was robbed! Dair muscle outmuscled our muscle and we was robbed!"

"Miss Tagart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement."

CNN Freaks Out: "WHAT!?"

Submitted by Steve Foley on Fri, 2009-10-02 09:54.

The World Is Growing to *DETEST* Barack Obama.

Submitted by Knight_of_the_Mind on Fri, 2009-10-02 10:54.

The man is too much of a self-entitled jerk.

"Bringing in the AFL-CIO to pacify a tense situation is like bringing in the Hell's Angels to handle concert security." - Jim Geraghty

Axelrod

Submitted by Steve Foley on Fri, 2009-10-02 12:34.

Via Rich Lowry at NRO

Submitted by Loren Heal on Fri, 2009-10-02 19:44.

Found here
   10. Dead people can't vote at IOC meetings

    9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with Gen. McChrystal

    8. Who cares if Obama couldn't talk the IOC into Chicago? He'll be able to talk Iran out of nukes.

    7. The impediment is Israel still building settlements.

    6. Obviously no president would have been able to acomplish it.

    5. We've been quite clear and said all along that we didn't want the Olympics.

    4. This isn't about the number of Olympics "lost", it's about the number of Olympics "saved" or "created".

    3. Clearly not enough wise Latina judges on the committee

    2. Because the IOC is racist.

    1. It's George Bush's fault.