Oh, gee, darn... Obama, I guess they're just not all that into you...
As Mike says, "IOC: Obama's Not 'All that Jazz.'"
YankeePhil supposes that Michelle Obama is now disappointed with the world *snerk*
And DJ is wondering if Jimmy Carter will condemn the IOC as "racist."
Reuters says, "Obama's Olympian Gamble Collapses."
Obama and his wife, Michelle, had taken their star power to the Danish capital to make Chicago's case, ignoring the carping from Republican opponents who charged it was a bad time to go with foreign policy challenges in Iran and Afghanistan and the U.S. Congress bogged down in a domestic healthcare debate.
"I'm asking you to choose Chicago. I'm asking you to choose America," Michelle Obama told committee members.
Her husband said, "If you do, if we walk this path together, then I promise you this: The city of Chicago and the United States of America will make the world proud."
All that was for naught as Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting, a decision that brought gasps from the Chicago contingent at the Copenhagen meeting.
Aw, darn... Cry me a river.
UPDATES:
Rick Sincere stops by in my comments - and I totally agree with him!
Chicago is the winner on this. It won't go into debt for millions of dollars...
And my dear blog-brother, Mike, let me know about Michelle Malkin's lovely mention of the Brazilians' response to the news that Rio will be hosting in 2016:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
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