erynthered Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 you were right They estimated that around one BILLION people were watching the selections world wide. FAIL!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Hedd Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 ACORN! BIRTH CERTIFICATE! TELEPROMPTOR! SOCIALISM! ....and now OLYMPICS!!!! The far right is pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 They estimated that around one BILLION people were watching the selections world wide. FAIL!!!!! Yes, we should all laugh that Chicago didn't get the Olympics with help from the President. Anything else you want him to fail on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 ACORN! BIRTH CERTIFICATE! TELEPROMPTOR! SOCIALISM! ....and now OLYMPICS!!!! The far right is pathetic. Well, the good news is that while he was in Denmark, Obama finally took some time to meet with McCrystal to discuss Afghanistan, so the trip wasn't a total loss. Apparently Obama promised to meet with McCrystal again soon. In Rio. In 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjamie12 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Should I have said thank you for helping? I am failing to see your problem with what I posted. I guess I have a problem with the idea that you ran back to this thread to say 'Great try!' I mean, really? Is that the standard these days? I find it interesting that you undoubtedly hold the Buffalo Bills to a higher standard than the President of the United States. Honestly, when was the last time you ran as fast as you could to the board (after yet another Bills loss) to say "Great try, Mr. Wilson and Coach Jauron and staff!" I guess my big problem is that you felt the need to say 'Great try!' Of course, I have an even bigger problem with MY feeling the need to respond to posts like that, so maybe I should just relax a litle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1billsfan Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Good!!!!...and thank you IOC!!!! Chicago is a thug town, run by corrupt politicians, unions and slum lords who couldn't wait to get their greedy little thieving hands on billions and billions of US taxpayers' dollars. Maybe our ROCK STAR President can stop making grandiose speeches, fly back to the White House, sit at his desk and actually do his job, like finding how to bring real "hope" and "change" to the millions of unemployed Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I guess I have a problem with the idea that you ran back to this thread to say 'Great try!' I mean, really? Is that the standard these days? I find it interesting that you undoubtedly hold the Buffalo Bills to a higher standard than the President of the United States. Honestly, when was the last time you ran as fast as you could to the board (after yet another Bills loss) to say "Great try, Mr. Wilson and Coach Jauron and staff!" I guess my big problem is that you felt the need to say 'Great try!' Of course, I have an even bigger problem with MY feeling the need to respond to posts like that, so maybe I should just relax a litle. Why not say Great Try... was it given that we were going to get it? No. Do I hold the BB to higher standard than the President? Again, no. I have never blasted the Bills after a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 What is this, a third grade spelling bee? 'Great try'????? Is this the nation that we've become? Great try? Yes. The US is considered the NY Yankees of the world. It is a nice try when you win all the time. The US is not the BFLO Bills or the CHI Cubs... If they were the Bills or the Cubs, I may agree with you. In this case it is okay to be the beautiful loser, the world needs to see the "Yankees" fail more so they aren't so cynical. Yes, it is great to win all the time... And losing sucks... But when you are the big dog and win most of the time, it is okay to give a nice try. These concepts ar something that most conservative knuckleheadds do not understand. Humility is a virtue. Just not so much in Lou Pinella's or Dick Jauron's case! In Obama's case yes, especially when you weree preceded by a douchebag manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/33138973/ns/...olympic_sports/ Chicago had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support — from President Barack Obama himself. But he only spent a few hours in the Danish capital where the vote was held and left before the result was announced. Former IOC member Kai Holm said that the brevity of his appearance may have counted against him. The short stopover was “too business-like,” Holm said. “It can be that some IOC members see it as a lack of respect.” “To have the president of the United States and his wife personally appear, then this should happen in the first round is awful and totally undeserving,” Gosper said. Now, Chicago can only rue what might have been. And Obama’s gamble of expending his own political capital on the bid backfired. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...id=aBw1ILG0wYGc President Barack Obama’s personal appeal to deliver the 2016 Olympic Games to his hometown of Chicago was rejected in a swift rebuff that threatened to diminish his political clout at home and abroad. By traveling to Copenhagen for the final selection, Obama, who has been cheered by adoring crowds in Europe both before and after his election, put his popularity to a global test. “I think to be eliminated in the first round is very embarrassing, to put it mildly,” said Stephen Hess, a presidential historian at George Washington University in Washington. The president was informed of Chicago’s fourth-place finish aboard Air Force One, said deputy White House spokesman Bill Burton. Obama’s failed 20-hour excursion raises questions of whether his international popularity translates into concrete victories for America. The president’s overseas trip also coincided with a Labor Department report that showed the U.S. unemployment rate climbed to the highest level since 1983. “As Napoleon said, if you’re going to take Vienna, take Vienna,” said Jim Pinkerton, a Republican strategist. “Same with Copenhagen. He should not have gone unless he had it wired.” Looks like there is gonna be a lot of fodder tonite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Damn him for going and not bringing it home. HAHAHAHA!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm having a really hard time understanding why the Olympics suddenly became a referendum on the Obama presidency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Damn him for going and not bringing it home. HAHAHAHA!! Must be a big disappointment for all you 'Obama is infallible' sheep. And your Chicago mob union bosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 And any minute now Chris Matthews will suggest the Olympic committee is racist, and is responsible for the beating death of honor student Derrion Albert. It plays both ways. Always has, always will. Give me a break. Like my Yankee analogy... Even as a Yankee fan, I find it no fun when they win championships all the time. IMO, the world feels the same way about the US. Rio will be nice... It will be one hour ahead of Eastern Time... And just think of all the beach shots! Just don't show the cardboard houses up on the hills, believe it or not... Cabrini-Green, Robert Taylor Homes, and Altgeld Gardens are much more appealing... Take my word for it, I have seen both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm having a really hard time understanding why the Olympics suddenly became a referendum on the Obama presidency. it didn't have to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm having a really hard time understanding why the Olympics suddenly became a referendum on the Obama presidency. That's because it's not a referendum on the Obama presidency. The problem is (and you know what the problem is), that the media is going to beat the snot out of him, and with unemployment going up again, Afghanistan having trouble, health care on life support, and virtually everything else he's touched turning to crap, the last thing he needs (from a PR standpoint on the global stage) is to not only lose this effort, but to lose badly. That's all. You know who probably really appreciates all this on this day? Robert Halderman. And the US Olympic participants. Can you imagine being on an Olympic team and saying, "Hmmm. Let's see. Chicago or Rio. Chicago or Rio. Chicago or Rio. I just can't decide which I'd prefer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Must be a big disappointment for all you 'Obama is infallible' sheep. And your Chicago mob union bosses. Nope. Just a disappointment that the Olympics weren't here. Union bosses... another great whitty post though "union bosses". HAHAHAHAHAHA!! You are so smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 “To have the president of the United States and his wife personally appear, then this should happen in the first round is awful and totally undeserving,” Gosper said. NEWSFLASH: It is the way the voting takes place! The voting is not set up to have two front runners square off in the end. No, it is very deserving... Everybody knows how it is set up and two front runners like Rio and Chicago squaring off in the end was a long shot, a very long shot... It just doesn't happen the way the voting is set up. Anybody who has been following this knows that. I wonder why everybody is so shocked? You know why, because they don't know how these things play out. I for one expected this first round shocker... Either it was gonna be Chicago or Rio out... I would have put money on Chicago getting kicked out... Know once one was out, I would have put all my money on the other taking the victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finknottle Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 Well, the good news is that while he was in Denmark, Obama finally took some time to meet with McCrystal to discuss Afghanistan, so the trip wasn't a total loss. Apparently Obama promised to meet with McCrystal again soon. A quick talk on the plane, instead of the Hotel suite or the Embassy. Pretty demeaning. Still, it could have been worse - Starbucks, or a walk-and-talk on his way to the john. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm having a really hard time understanding why the Olympics suddenly became a referendum on the Obama presidency. Ya, me too! Maybe it is "candy" everybody wants? If lust and hate is the candy, if blood and love tastes so sweet, then we give 'em what they want. Hey, hey, give 'em what they want. So their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on, so their minds are soft and lazy. Well, hey, give 'em what they want. If lust and hate is the candy, if blood and love tastes so sweet, then we give 'em what they want. So their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on, so their minds are soft and lazy. Well... who do you wanna blame? Hey, hey, give 'em what they want. If lust and hate is the candy, if blood and love tastes so sweet, then we give 'em what they want. So their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on, so their minds are soft and lazy. Well... who do you wanna blame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm having a really hard time understanding why the Olympics suddenly became a referendum on the Obama presidency. Well, that's what the Brits are saying. "There has been a growing narrative taking hold about Barack Obama’s presidency in recent weeks: that he is loved by many, but feared by none; that he is full of lofty vision, but is actually achieving nothing with his grandiloquence. Chicago’s dismal showing today, after Mr Obama’s personal, impassioned last-minute pitch, is a stunning humiliation for this President. It cannot be emphasised enough how this will feed the perception that on the world stage he looks good — but carries no heft." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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