Posted by =d= on October 4, 2009, 9:15 am, in reply to "Chicago was nixed from the first go-round by the Olympic counsel."
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pulled from another site:
Top Ten Reasons Chicago Didn’t Get the Olympics
Telegraph ^ | October 3rd, 2009 | Email
10. Dead people can’t vote at IOC meetings
9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with Gen. McChrystal
8. Who cares if Obama couldn’t talk the IOC into Chicago? He’ll be able to talk Iran out of nukes.
7. The impediment is Israel still building settlements.
6. Obviously no president would have been able to accomplish it.
5. We’ve been quite clear and said all along that we didn’t want the Olympics.
4. This isn’t about the number of Olympics “lost”, it’s about the number of Olympics “saved” or “created”.
3. Clearly not enough wise Latina judges on the committee
2. Because the IOC is racist.
1. It’s George Bush’s fault.
I’m not sure who gets the credit for this gem, but since it’s posted at National Review Online’s blog, The Corner, the author appears to be National Review editor and Fox News commentator Rich Lowry.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...
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More suggestions:
11. Michelle forgot to bring her boiled kale dish to bribe the commitee.
12. Zer0 didn’t invite the IOC to his backyard Biergarten at the Whitehouse for the Beer Summit.
13. If he could insult the Special Olympics, what would he say about the Extra-Special Olympics?
14. Not even a Caveman could have done it
We need some more......
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