The reason why Chicago didn't get the games

[Botany]

[NYCGirl]

1. Chicago didn't get the games because of a terrible movie?

:evilgrin:

[Botany]

5. no Rio is a strong candidate to get the games

n/t

[Stuart G]

17. No city in South America has ever gotten the games. It is their turn.

[demodonkey]

32. I pretty much agree that it is time for South America to host, but we could have used the jobs...

...Yes, so could Brazil use the jobs, but I'm rather inclined to root for our home team these days. We need to clean up our act, clean up our image, and help our own after the 8 years of hell.

[Kolesar]

30. Good one!

LOL

[derby378]

2. Wasn't the IOC still pissed at Bush 43 for his bungling of Salt Lake 2002?

I seem to remember they objected to his attempts to politicize the whole thing, so they're taking out their frustration on the new guy.

[glinda]

6. and don't forget Mitt's involvement with that.

[paulsby]

7. it's all speculation

i have no idea why chicago was eliminated in first round, and i at least try to keep my finger on the pulse of the IOC

[liberal N proud]

18. Don't forget how he made an ass of himself at Beijing

[rpannier]

19. I sincerely doubted it has anything to do with Bush

The US has hosted 3
No country from Latin American has ever hosted and Brazil will have hosted the World Cup just before the Olympics so the infrastructure will already be in place
Spain has already started building in what was going to be a bid to co-host the World Cup with Portugal that both parties decided to drop out of
Never-the-less Spain is still ahead of the game
There probably is a lot of support for giving Spain a consolation prize
As to politicizing the Olympics lots of countries do
You can blame Bush for a lot of things, but this isn't one of them

[951-Riverside]

3. Easy answer: Oprah, Michelle and Obama.

They should have sent a more diverse delegation and the president should have stayed out of it.

[WinkyDink]

11. King Juan Carlos went, Japan's PM went.

[Botany]

12. Every other country who were bidding for the games had heads of state

..... go to Copenhagen.

[iceman66]

22. This is what everyone should remember before criticizing Obama!

[Botany]

28. You are right

But no matter what Obama will do or did certain people will criticize Obama.

[blindpig]

33. The US is different.

The US is fighting multiple wars of aggression.

US financial practices have caused the worldwide financial meltdown.

The US is the world hegemon, and not greatly loved.

The overwhelming pressure exerted by the US was rightfully resented.

It is past time for Rio/South America to get a shot.

[Inuca]

14. Are you serious? n/t

[joeycola]

27. He expended some political capital on this. Hope he does it for Health reform.

[Javaman]

29. uh huh, right.

:eyes:

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. You might be partly correct - I think the IOC wants Rio because the games have been in SA before

So I think they will opt for having it in Rio.

[rpannier]

23. In addition...

Brazil is hosting the '14 World Cup
Many of the venues will have already been built, so it's not as big a task

As to Madrid -- they had been planning to bid to joint host the World Cup with Portugal (a bid both parties have pulled out of). But they had begun building for the World Cup in order to improve their chances.
Much of the infrastructure is in place, or is in the mid-to-late stages of building

[meegbear]

8. Damn you Michael Caine! Damn you!

[jobycom]

9. The IOC likes movies about sex with underaged women?

(There haven't been enough Polanski threads yet today.)

[CC]

10. I don't think 9 months was enough to

over come 7 years of fake* cowboy diplomacy and running roughshod over the world. I blame









fake* because real cowboys would of never acted like that bunch.

[CoffeeCat]

13. What bothers me...

...is that this feels like a total slap-in-the-face rejection of not only Chicago--but America.

To be eliminated in the first round...is quite harsh.

I don't know why. Maybe there were good reasons. Or maybe the world just hates us.

[iceman66]

24. There is that sense.

[goclark]

25. CNN had a good spokesperson on ~ I just caught the end

He said a country could have lost by 1 vote in the first round and that Chicago has nothing to be ashamed of ~

Those are not the exact words ~ he also said something like the American delegation probably called Pres. Obama to come at the last minute because they knew it was going to be close and the American team hoped that he could sway it but it was not to be.


I'm glad that America showed the world that Sports are important to us and that we will enjoy seeing the Games no matter where they are ~ :patriot:

[rpannier]

26. Rio and Madrid have already begun building venues

Brazil is hosting the '14 World Cup
Spain had been planning a bid to joint host the cup with Portugal and had been building toward it
Plus the US has hosted at least 3 Olympic games in the last 30 years
Brazil and Spain -- Zilch

[Jayster84]

31. Barcelona is in Spain

[Zywiec]

15. Loved the movie, but I think it's verboten on DU

One of the dads has sex with the daughter of his friend.

(That's enough to get some heads exploding)

[Freddie Stubbs]

16. Maybe they think that Rio has better hookers than Chicago

[Stuart G]

21. Chicago has great hookers...

[havocmom]

20. Oh, be honest (and blunt)! Most likely, it was for this reason: