Post by G on Oct 2, 2009 11:25:39 GMT -5
This seems more political than sports related. But about 30 minutes ago after many thought they were the favorite, Chicago got eliminated from consideration at hosting the 2016 Olympics. They were the 1st team eliminated in the vote. This after Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey made the trip to convince the committee that we should have it. A move some say did more harm than good (might we have been a bit too showboating, underprepared and cocky about it?). This seems to be an embarrassment for the Obama administration and you can almost feel the rest of the world in a collective Laugh out Loud at the IOC's 1st round elimination of Chicago.
Personally I could care less who gets it and I don't even care about the Olympics. But to me the bigger story is the egg on the face of our administration after going to Denmark like it was a Movie Premier and making a public display of it by tagging Oprah along too and parading around in front of cameras like royalty. I think it rubbed the IOC the wrong way and in return they delivered the smack down.
Personally I could care less who gets it and I don't even care about the Olympics. But to me the bigger story is the egg on the face of our administration after going to Denmark like it was a Movie Premier and making a public display of it by tagging Oprah along too and parading around in front of cameras like royalty. I think it rubbed the IOC the wrong way and in return they delivered the smack down.
