Every instance of RW ugly is another nail in the GOP coffin: Chicago under siege

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VIDEO: Mission Accomplished For Conservatives Who Rooted Against America

Although the United States sent a high-powered delegation to make a last-ditch effort to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled out the Windy City today. Of the final four cities — which also included Madrid, Toyko, and Rio — Chicago received the fewest votes. In his speech to the IOC in Copenhagen today, President Obama tied the American dream to the Olympic spirit in his pitch for the United States:

(Chicago is) a bustling metropolis with the warmth of a small town; where the world already comes together every day to live and work and reach for a dream — a dream that no matter who we are, where we come from; no matter what we look like or what hand life has dealt us; with hard work, and discipline, and dedication, we can make it if we try.

That’s not just the American Dream. That is the Olympic spirit. It’s the essence of the Olympic spirit. That’s why we see so much of ourselves in these Games. That’s why we want them in Chicago. That’s why we want them in America.

Always looking for a way to bring down Obama, conservatives not only criticized the President’s 15-hour trip, but also spent this week denegrating Chicago, downplaying the Olympics, and rooting against America. The criticisms have included mocking “fat people” in Chicago, gushing that Rio is just plain “awesome,” and saying that Chicago is too violent and doesn’t deserve the event. Watch a compilation:

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So how will all these conservatives who have been rooting against the United States react now that their rhetoric has become reality? On Twitter, former Bush spokesman Scott Stanzel cautioned Republicans against gloating: “Note to GOP officials/consultants – resist the temptation to pile on about Chicago losing the Olympic bid just because Obama made the pitch.” His message didn’t reach RedState’s Erick Erickson, who immediately wrote:

Hahahahaha. I thought the world would love us more now that Bush was gone. I thought if we whored ourselves out to our enemies, great things would happen. Apparently not.

Bringing the Olympics wasn’t about cronyism. Besides U.S. pride, it was about an event that could have generated $22.5 billion in economic activity and the equivalent of 315,000 new full-time jobs in America.

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On edit: Next year's Senate race will be interesting.

[thunder rising]

1. So now he's not the anti-christ. He's human, but he is still ahhhh black. yeah, that's a problem

Fuck the wingers

[Blue_Tires]

2. 5th rec

[WillyT]

3. More: Conservatives Revel In Obama's Olympic Bid Failure - Sam Stein HuffPo

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/02/conservatives-revel-in-ob_n_307794.html

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[ProSense]

4. Too late, chickenshits:

Weekly Standard deletes reference to ‘Cheers’ in their office after Chicago lost Olympic bid. (with image)

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7. Once again PO shows up the gop for what

they are.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

5. You know, I thought something when I heard him speak and reading the words gives me the same feeling

Obama's words were too American centric

"That’s not just the American Dream. That is the Olympic spirit. It’s the essence of the Olympic spirit. That’s why we see so much of ourselves in these Games. That’s why we want them in Chicago. That’s why we want them in America."
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I heard that and thought it seemed very me,me,me (me being America). It was reinforcing a lot of pre-exisitng ideas about America - we ALWAYS think it is just about us.

Those words and that presentation was pretty weak IMO.

That being said, I don't think that's why we didn't get it. We didn't get it because it was someone else's turn and it was South America's turn more than any other European or North American country.

[Cha]

6. Fucking Idiot- Erick Erickson.

"Hahahahaha. I thought the world would love us more now that Bush was gone. I thought if we whored ourselves out to our enemies, great things would happen. Apparently not."

A lot of stupid people don't know that the process isn't based on the President's popularity in the World. They'd rather make up shit and laugh their gawd damn heads off.

[dionysus]

8. there's ppl on here saying basically the same thing

[firedupdem]

9. +1

Anti anything that has anything to do with the President. Ridiculous.

[Cha]

11. Show me!

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[ProSense]

10. "So when did wingnuts start cheering against America?"

• So when did wingnuts start cheering against America? Their unbridled joy at losing out to Brazil is a bit unseemly, isn't it? "America, fuck yeah!" has become "Fuck America, Yeah!"
  
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• I hear wingnuts are agitating against America hosting the next Super Bowl.
  
  
• Remember when liberals celebrated New York City losing out on the 2012 Olympics? You don't?
  
  
• From that same link above, guess who said:
  
  
  They say that the Olympics will come to Chicago if we're fortunate enough to be selected, but really it's coming to America, and I can't think of a better city to represent the United States than Chicago.
  
  Give up? It was George W. Bush, who as stupid as he was, at least seemed to realize that Chicago was actually in America. The wingnuts hate Obama so much, that the hate has been transferred to not just Chicago, but the whole country. Fuck America, Yeah!

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