Obama: Copenhagen-bound for IOC

[jefferson_dem]

Obama: Copenhagen-bound for IOC
Posted September 28, 2009 7:15 AM

by Mark Silva

President Barack Obama, who initially planned to let First Lady Michelle Obama represent the United States in Copenhagen this week, when the International Olympic Committee chooses a site for the 2016 summer games, plans to travel there too.

The White House, which earlier had announced that an advance team was headed to Copenhagen to prepare for a possible presidential trip to Copenhagen, confirmed this morning that Obama will travel Thursday night. The IOC meets Friday.

A senior administration official told the Tribune Washington Bureau this morning that Obama will travel to Copenhagen Thursday night, and return following the Friday meeting.

Promoters of Chicago's bid for the 2016 games have pressed the president to take the United States' case personally.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/09/obama_copenhagenbound_for_ioc.html

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Good luck, Rio!

Half of Chicago's rooting for you!

[City Lights]

7. LOL!

Indeed! Go Rio!

:bounce:

[Clio the Leo]

2. What was that you were saying about jet-lag Qaddafi?

We MOCK your jet-lag!!!!

Obama dont' need no stinkin' sleep!!!! OOHohohahahahahahhaha!!!!!!!!!

[AngryAmish]

3. When the Boss tells you to go, you go.

[amandabeech]

48. That was my thought. n/t

[amandabeech]

49. On second thought, when the Boss tells someone to tell you to go, you go. n/t

[WeDidIt]

4. This is a sign that there is a damned good chance Chicago will get it.

Speaking as a fan of several Chicago sports teams, it would be nice to have the home team (USA) win a few in a Chicago venue.

[Renew Deal]

5. That's a sign that Chicago has the inside track.

:bounce:

[Sannum]

6. Go Rio!

[ShortnFiery]

8. Yes, hoping for Rio. eom

[mopinko]

9. woohoo. i think more than half of chicago is rooting for our side.

look, if you believe in peace, and the olympic ideal, but you don't want it in your back yard, what does that make you?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. When "the Olympic Ideal" meets "the Chicago Way," I cringe at the outcome.

We may believe in peace, but more importantly Daley and his buddies believe in a piece of the action.

[mopinko]

11. there will be plenty of action to go around.

and hopefully, like the la games, it will leave a legacy of money for youth sports that la has not even been able to spend. their endowment has actually grown since the games, all the while providing for kids sports programs.

seriously, what does that mean- a piece of the action? the labor unions are in favor of it because it will mean a lot of construction jobs. does that count? is there something wrong with that? people will build things they wouldn't build otherwise. people will invest in things that they wouldn't invest in otherwise. is that a piece of the action? people will get affordable housing after the games are gone. is that a piece of the action?

seriously, cynicism is a cancer.

[amandabeech]

50. Oooooh!

If only Blago hadn't been indicted the games would be a lot more fun.

Maybe he'll be out in time to check out the action!

[Beacool]

12. Why?

With everything else that's going on here and abroad the president deems it so important to bring the Olympics to Chicago that he has to go in person????

:crazy:

[GCP]

13. Exactly - it's a HUGE waste of fuel

He's needed HERE, Goddamit. What a waste of time and resources.
Michelle could easily have done the job, and she's just as popular overseas as he is.

I'm mad as hell about this, and I bet the Reich wingers will be all over it.

And what if he doesn't get it for Chicago?

Big fail.

[Cha]

21. I don't give shit what the rw think about anything..

much less what PO is doing.

If he wants to go then he's earned a trip to Copenhagen with the First Lady.

Have a good jaunt, President Obama and Michelle:patriot::patriot:

[DevonRex]

27. Stupidest post of the day. nt

[Scarsdale Vibe]

31. Brazil is a longer flight than Chicago for most that will visit Olympics. He's saving fuel in 2016.

Oh wait, your complaints about wasting fuel were just a rationalization for your reflexive Obama hatred? Never mind then.

I bet you're still angry about his trip to Broadway.

[Drunken Irishman]

32. Uh...it's a waste of fuel, but you advocate sending Michelle.

So you're saying you want her to walk there?

[DevonRex]

34. LOL! She was gonna have to travel steerage and buy her own ticket!

:rofl:

[Baltoman991]

25. Perhaps you're

confusing this President with the last one. You see, this one is quite different.

He can actually walk and chew gum at the same time.

I understand this was your daily chance to take a cheap shot at him but honestly, as with all your other cheap shots, it's pure BS.

How dare he want the United States to host the Olympic games. How dare he want to create some excitement for those American athletes who will be competing to actually compete in front of the home country fans.

Yeah, he's a horrible fucking man that Obama.

[Beacool]

40. Oh, so overly dramatic.

Daily cheap shot? No, I'm far too busy to put in the effort.

He was already sending Michelle and had said 2 weeks ago that he was too busy with health care reform to go in person.

:eyes:

[Hippo_Tron]

43. The President can conduct a war from Air Force One if necessary

Thus I think he should have no problem making some calls to Senators while he's on his way to Copenhagen just as he would if he were sitting in the Oval Office. He can also hold meetings on the plane by having the people he needs to meet with fly with him. They have this process down to a science and thus the President is still able to tend to domestic business even if he is out of the country.

[MiniMe]

47. President Obama is capable of multitasking, something the last President seemed

to not be able to do. I'm sure that he would do the same thing even if it was another American city. There won't be anything going on in congress on a Friday. He can do anything from Air Force 1 that is necessary to do his job.

[amandabeech]

51. Check out Angry Amish's post #3. n/t

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

14. It's been a while since I've seen a thread full of so much fail.

Go Rio? Waste of fuel? You all are pretty worthless.

[GCP]

15. So it's a really cool idea to haul AF1 all the way to Copenhagen

For one meeting about the Olympics?

For God's sake - he has more important stuff to do.

You're the whole heap of fail.

[NYC Liberal]

16. Yes, goodness knows Obama will be completely incommunicado when he is overseas

He'll be totally clueless as to what's going on anywhere else. If only we had some sort of network that would let people send and receive information all over the world, even instantly.

[GCP]

18. It's still a waste of fuel and his time eom

[Cha]

23. No it isn't.

[MadBadger]

36. How do you think Michelle is going to get there?

[HopeOverFear]

38. DUH....by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES...how the hell else would she get there??????

:sarcasm:

[Beacool]

41. Do you remember his first trip on Air Force One?

He traveled to VA for the Democrat's annual retreat. Length of trip? All of 37 minutes. I guess driving wouldn't have been as much fun. I wonder what was the carbon footprint on that jaunt. Or the flight to Chicago to take Michelle out on Valentine's day and to play basketball with his buddies. The following Tuesday was when he signed the stimulus bill. Did he read it? Nahhhh, what for?

:eyes:

[jefferson_dem]

53. No shit. I keep waiting for the "A-ha, you just got punk'd" moment.

OlympicsLobbyGate. What a joke. It's one single day's worth of the President lobbying on behalf of his hometown to win the rights to host one the greatest sporting event on the planet. Ohhhhh...

This thread is an embarassment to the DU Community.

[TheeHazelnut]

17. I need health insurance -- I don't give a crap where the Olympics happens

Mr. President, your full attention is required here in the United States, fighting for a public option instead of pretending it doesn't matter.

[GCP]

19. Indeed

:thumbsup:

[HopeOverFear]

20. LOL @ folks being mad

[GCP]

22. I wonder how you'd feel if it was Bush?

[Cha]

24. The fucker bush is gone..

we have to worry about his stinkin' ass.

[GCP]

29. That's avoiding the question

[HopeOverFear]

35. You're right. I'd feel different.

Wait, no...actually...NO I WOULDN'T...

GTFOOMF... :eyes:

[Drunken Irishman]

39. The only difference is we'd know Bush would make a fool of himself...

And subsequently the people of this nation.

I don't have that fear with Pres. Obama.

[jefferson_dem]

52. Personally, I would feel the same way I do now.

The whiners look like stupid, petty fools.

[DevonRex]

26. Aren't they just hysterically funny?

:rofl:

[GCP]

30. Yeah, it's just so funny

I could puke

[DevonRex]

33. Poor thing. nt

[HopeOverFear]

37. *shrug* Oh well. Next time vote for someone who won't campaign for the Olympics

[Hippo_Tron]

45. I know, god forbid the President actually go out and represent the nation

He needs to be chained to his desk because that's the only possible way he will be productive...

:eyes:

[archiemo]

28. Bush went too...idiots

Doesn't anybody remember Bush sitting in the stands at the last Olympics??? I don't remember any of the fake outrage at his being there while the country was swirling down the toilet bowl economically and two wars being waged. GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK. Pretty sure this guy can multi-task while he's overseas a bit.

[Beacool]

42. He attended the Olympics, he didn't go to China to lobby.

No other US president before has gone in person to lobby the Olympic Committee.

:eyes:

[depakid]

46. So did Blair & Putin

Australia's PM didn't -but the New South Wales Premier did.

As Ms. Depa put it: grovelling and photo ops are expected from the IOC these days.

[IndianaGreen]

44. The people of Chicago can't afford the Olympics

Every Olympic game has resulted in massive losses for the host city, with one notable exception, the Salt Lake Winter games and that's because LDS kicked in lost of money on behalf of Romney.