POTUS and FLOTUS blew Chicago out of the race.
Their speeches had a negative rather than beneficial effect because of their self-centered, egotistical views of the world.
I bet early on when POTUS decided to fly over to seal the deal that Chicago had no chance to win.
Olympics has to be separated from politics. It was Michael Jordan who should have been there. Pele was there for Rio. People were right: POTUS had no business going there – we have too many problems for the POTUS to work on here.
The IOC could not vote for Chicago to avoid appearance of favoritism to the Obamas, as if they were the golden couple and could win just by sacrificing some time for the trip. The IOC made their stand clear by dropping Chicago first. When Obama spoke later about the loss he was not able to admit failure: “You can play a great game but still not win.”
Obama FAILED, Hitler at least got Berlin selected for 1936.
Hail to Obama the Great Player.
Michelle Obama’s IOC speech shined with self-righteous glorification of her family while making anecdotal references to Chicago and to the Olympic Games.
Michelle started with “I am honored to be here.” At least she did not say “I am proud…” And then she talked about herself, her father as her hero who had MS, and he would have been ”so proud to witness these Games in Chicago”. About 90% of her speech was about herself and her father.
Why should any of that information help the IOC to vote for Chicago? Selling her dead father’s story to the IOC? For them to make her dead father proud? What did her precious life in Chicago have to do with Chicago hosting safe and exciting Olympics in 2016? It was meaningless to say their home was so close to the proposed Olympic arena. The Obamas could not just walk down the road to the stadium. If anything, their proximity created more security problems with tens of thousands of people near their home.
Michelle and her story are not as important as she thinks. There are tens of thousands of people like her each year getting into a great career after a childhood spent in poverty. Her case is “special” because she ended up being a FLOTUS due to the mass hysteria created by Obama’s campaign force and with 100s of millions spent to pave the road to the White House.
“It’s about our responsibility as Americans not just to put on great Games, but to use these Games as a vehicle to bring us together; to usher in a new era of inter-
national engagement; and to give us hope; and to change lives all over the world.”
The day before she said this trip was similar to a campaign stop in Iowa. But how idiotic is it of her to use the same slogans?
“Usher in a new era of international engagement” is just a lame old cliche the Obamas use as frequently as they use HOPE and CHANGE.
“HOPE?” Why does she think there is more HOPE in Chicago, the city of crime and corruption, than in the other cities? And she has a clearly delusional notion that Olympics in Chicago would “change lives all over the world.” WOW-really?
I’m sure if the IOC believed in what she said they would have picked Chicago right away to save the world. And the other cities would have backed out of the race to allow this miracle to happen. LOL Why put such obvious lies and nonsense into a speech by the FLOTUS?
Was her speech written by an 8th grader? That is how bad it was: not addressing the subject but wandering into personal memory lanes. Was she really sitting in her father’s lap as a 20 year old to watch the Olympics?
They fooled most of the people in 2008 to vote for HOPE and CHANGE but where are those promises now? Her speech should have been about the Olympics in 2016 and why Chicago – what could this crime infested, ugly old city offer to the world community? They both should have explained the dollar had decreased by 20% since spring against the Euro – and a trip to USA was basically 50% off for the Canadians. Of course they could never say that out loud in public or Forex trading would grind to a nasty stop for a sanity check of the dollar.
Obama’s speech
President Obama’s speech was more on topic but it was mostly about Obama ”I” and “we” the American people. He also referred to his father which was unnecessary. It seems the Obamas LOVE to talk about themselves and their super amazing best-in-everything families. As if we have not heard all that before. Instead of talking about themselves they should have raved about Chicago.
I personally think USA is not ready to provide adequate security for the Olympics in any city.
The Obamas walked in beaming like they only needed to show up for IOC to choose Chicago.
On the IOC stage
Michelle wore an unprofessional yellow dress for her speech to the IOC. There was inappropriate hugging, whispering, and sniffing by the Obamas to a point it looked like foreplay. They should have done all that in private, it was embarrassing. But the Obama lovers live to see this romance, and they see nothing wrong with that. To them, the Obamas can’t do anything wrong. The IOC thinks they can and proved it in DK.
This was an official international event of great importance – not created to showcase the Obamas love life..
Michelle wore a shimmering dress (AGAIN), a yellow loose sheath with an ugly fat belt between her breasts and waist, with a huge bow tie of some kind to one side.
This event was during the day, a working day for the IOC. Michelle should have worn a professional looking outfit. She looked overdressed even for cocktails.
Her heavy false lashes made it difficult for her to keep her eyes open. But most annoying was the smacking sound she made during pauses. When did she start that bad habit?
And she looks pregnant again – do you know why? Click here for the answer.
(Michelle Obama blog posted by newsbird for entertainment only)
