Obama's Olympic pitch draws Republican complaints

Wednesday 30th September, 06:45 AM JST

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Sarge at 10:39 PM JST - 30th September

"Olympics are a short-term boost to any city that then leave the winning cities and their taxpayes with a costly white elephant around their necks for decades to come"

I wonder if that has anything to do with over half of the people in Chicago against having the 2016 Olympics there.
seijichuudo9sha at 10:41 PM JST - 30th September

I was so proud and so happy when Obama dissed Gordon Brown and Angela Merkel and Sarkozy, but I worry that all the European weight on the Olympic Committee is gonna hurt his chances to win Chicago the Olympics.
smithinjapan at 11:56 PM JST - 30th September

RomeoRamen: "What would TV viewers around the world rather see: the surrounding beaches and where the world famous party 'Carnival' is held, or where street fights and murders take place in Chicago? My vote is for the girl from Ipanema."

If you're for Rio, just say it. Most people are, I think. But you'll NEVER convince me that you're for Rio because you want them to win and not because you want Obama to lose. THAT is why the Republicans got so badly slaughtered in the last election, and why they will continue to be beaten until they grow up.

I want Rio to win because it would be an amazing party, and because SA has never held the games, whereas all of the other countries have.
Taka313 at 01:35 AM JST - 1st October

I was so proud and so happy when Obama dissed Gordon Brown and Angela Merkel and Sarkozy...

Color me shocked that you would be proud of a negative act done by someone else.

Taka
zurcronium at 01:53 AM JST - 1st October

Wow, how low can the republicans go? Next if Obama supports flag day the just say no republicans will spin the American flag as communist as it has red in it.

Well, if Chicago wins then Obama can outsource the whole event back to China. That will make the nutty republicans happy as that is basically what they want to do with everything in America, outsource it.

Fun to watch the republicans slowly implode. The party with no ideas will soon be the party that does not exist.
biglittleman at 09:11 AM JST - 1st October

Unfortunately, I think Republicans are gaining momentum because people are stupid. They also seem to have a selective memory.
PepinGalarga at 11:41 AM JST - 1st October

yes, i think he could have sent someone else. he's go too much on his plate.

However, i do think there's more crazies out there protesting Obama then in all of Helmand province put together.
zurcronium at 01:10 PM JST - 1st October

Can you imagine someone from the LDP, they are still around I think, jumping on Hatoyama for going and pushing for Tokyo? No, it would not happen. As backward as the LDP is, its has nothing on the lying liars and shallow fools who drive party policy on the just say no republican party.

Its always if America loses, they win. That is why they are rooting for Rio now. Amazing. They will not be happy until the USA is like Iraq, a failed state.
Madverts at 06:03 PM JST - 1st October

Do republicans ever do anything that doesn't involve complaining?

Since the mockery the bush administration made of America's highest office, it's high time the party disbanded or at least changed it's name much like a shipping company does after a sunken ship....
McC72 at 05:41 PM JST - 2nd October

can someone please tell us what Bush was doing at the 2008 olympics for which he spent 4 days. The last time i checked, he was tapping some nice girl's in bikini at the back. Did the wars in Iraq and Afg paused for him to make that trip? Or was the economy so good that he could afford to make that trip?
McC72 at 05:42 PM JST - 2nd October

And compare that with Obama's 4 hours. Lets have honorable debate not just any debate
Blue_Tiger at 03:03 PM JST - 3rd October

While the GOP does have a point, the fact of the matter is, every other candidate city's country's president or leader was there. President Da Silva of Brazil, PM Hatoyama of Japan, and PM Zapatera of Spain all gave pitch speeches; why not the US President too?

Madverts, we could ask the same of the Democrats just one year ago....

McC72 - I distinctly remember Democrat opposition to President Bush's trip to Beijing. If I remember correctly, I believe the Honorable Speaker of the House had soem choice words for President Bush and his trip to Red China...

biglittleman - The Republicans are gaining momentum because the President and his Democrat colleagues on the hill cannot take a hint: the American People DO NOT WANT socialized medicine, which is what this plan by President Obama and his allies basically boils down to. The fact that he and they are trying to ram-rod this through congress and get it passed into law is the reason why the GOP is ganing momentum....not because people are stupid and have a short attention span or memory....and certainly having NOTHING t do with President O's trip to Copenhagen...
jbro888 at 07:32 PM JST - 5th October

actually he's not ramming it down everyones through. Not like bush did when he passed everything he wanted under the sun
lunchmeat at 04:33 PM JST - 6th October

Chicago became a finalist for the Olympics, the 2016 Olympics on June the 4th of last year, while Bush was in the Oval Office. Hillary Clinton conceded the presidential race to Obama on June 7th. Is that when all of the anti-American sentiment really started, when Hillary dropped out? Because Bush was still in the White House. Also, all these people conveniently blaming it on Bush all forget that Chicago was named by the IOC as one of the four finalists on June 4th, 2008 while Bush was still president.
RomeoRamenII at 05:07 PM JST - 6th October

Obama spends the last nine months traveling the globe and trashing the United States of America to the international community. He then decides that all of a sudden this same United States of America is worthy to host the 2016 Olympics, so he goes back to the international community and begs them to pick USA as host. Then, when the USA is not chosen, it is now Mr. Bush's fault?

LOL.