Live Reaction: Chicago Loses Bid for 2016 Olympics - 10-02-09

[artistinstinct]

THIS WAS A LOSS FOR THE OPTION FOR CHICAGO TO SHOW WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT! AS A CITY OF LITERALLY AMAZING HOPES AND WORK ETHICS....our GREAT CITY ALWAYS HAS THE CHANCE TO BETTER ALL THE OTHER THINGS of CONCERN WITH IT'S PEOPLE......may we strive together to bring THE WORLD HOME!

[Weezy10580]

Hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa losers ha

[epaddon]

The anchor reveals once again how much he and his ilk are in the tank for Obama when he says a NY bid in 2002 failed because of "the war in Iraq." That hadn't even BEGUN yet! I for one got so much satisfaction from this moment and for me, it was the beginning of the end of this Messianic halo around Obama that the country has finally woken up to.

[duduvissotto]

Sorry Obama, I like you and Chicago is indeed a great city, but here in Brazil we feel now Brazil deserves to host the Olympics, after all USA has already hosted several Olympic Games, it's time for others to also enjoy the games at home. Thanks!

[Tmetrvlr]

He'll probably won't finish his 2013 term......

[funkbrother216]

@Tmetrvlr Yeah, he might step down just to prove that he's no quitter.

[CMO5569]

What really added to the thrill was that foreigner saying 'we shall not proceed immediately with another round of vote" =over and over and over.. So rich.

As he is saying that the poor sound man is returning his copy of Queen's WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS back in it's Freddy Mercury jewel case... HA HA HA

[pud881]

YAAAY london's got it next year we all love london atleast i do :D

[nickfl1980]

serious people, the world doesn't care about the US anymore. it's happening, sad, but true / reality. Look at the bright side, we still have disney world..woohooo Florida :D

[MrBigBigbigBalls]

@nickfl1980 lol

[CerberusSoul4ever]

"Did we hear that right?" Yeap you did you arrogant fuckers! hahahah Toilet bowl USA

[Potterfan4ever2010]

I hope America one day does get to host the olympics and It's kind of sad that they didn't. I live in the midwest (if they did pick chicago I could have gone!) but on the other hand it would have screwed the US up with all the spending and shit. We'd be in a bigger debt hole then we already are!

[skyduster4]

@Potterfan4ever2010

"I hope America one day does get to host the olympics "

We already have. 8 times.

[saltlakecity2002]

@skyduster4 We've only hosted seven times. St. Louis in 1904, Lake Placid in '32 and '80, Los Angeles in '32 and '84, Squaw Valley in '60, and Atlanta in '96.

[saltlakecity2002]

@skyduster4 Oh, sorry. I forgot about Salt Lake City. This jet lag is getting to my head.

[dtw777]

IF the US ever hosts another Olympic game, I only hope they learned a thing or two from Atlanta.

[TLJAWSIMIB]

@dtw777 WHAT HAPPENED!?.

[TSXboy26]

lol this was GREAT!!

[StewieGiliganGriffin]

does anyone have the clip, i think its cnn, where the anchor says live "Chicago... is out? Tokyo is in?? Madrid is still in?? Rio is still in?? Chicago is out?!?!"

[TLJAWSIMIB]

@StewieGiliganGriffin LOOK FOR IT YOURSELF!.

[fredgt28]

LOL, wow americans are really optimistic and naive. They actually thought that it was gonna be between Chicago and Rio? LOL. Face it, no one likes the new arrogant america anymore.

[TheVostal]

@fred, what evidence do u have that would make you think it wasn't going to be b/w chicago and rio?

And arrogant america??? really??? how much in relief efforts do we put forth to other countries a year vs the rest of the world? That doesn't sound like the quality that arrogant people would possess.

It's really ignorant when people just say stuff without qualiftying it.

[tubeyou443]

I don't understand why Americans think they deserve things more then others...

[thekingdom72]

@tubeyou443 i agree with you,america think they deserve everything,they never give credit to any other country.

[phillyphan4ever]

@tubeyou443 thats at stereotype....that hurts. most people in america arent like that.......

[TheAntinode]

you heard it right bitch punk ass

[pawtucket999]

YES WE CAN......NOT !!!!!

[charmingveronica]

Ha... I just Love your coment! Go have some candy for that!

[rch1jr]

hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah­ahahahaha

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[opperkerty3]

Fucking IOC

[NowIsUrJB]

GO GO GO BRAZIL IS THE BEST :D

oh well

Im brazilian hahaha

[Shmiggle2000]

Well, Chicago may be have a lot of corruption, but, Rio is worse! Oh well. Congrats to Brazil. At least the fucking Japs didn't win.

[TLJAWSIMIB]

@Shmiggle2000 WHY DO YOU HATE TOKYO!?.

[trojantjl]

obama,reid, and pelosi are losers

[smokedaddyo]

what are daley and his cronies going to do with all that land they bought in the ghetto that they were going to make a killing on selling for the olympics?

[TractorMan76]

EPIC FAIL!!!!!!

[hootiemack]

They got RIck Rolled!!!

[XxxBOOKWORMx2012xxX]

lmaoxD

[kunz99]

Yes, you cheerleading newsman, you heard that right! I'll bet Mayor Knucklehead shit his pants!

[SPIRITOF76goeson]

Why the hell arent those people at WORK?????

[TheKardiacKid]

@SPIRITOF76goeson Cubs fans no doubt ;)

[SPIRITOF76goeson]

@TheKardiacKid Yup, I agree. I remember how good it felt to see Barack learn a lesson about self entitlements...NO Barack, NO!

[funkbrother216]

@SPIRITOF76goeson You can't assume that they are missing work because all Americans don't share the same work schedule, retard.

[tjbollman1]

@funkbrother216 Yeah, thats what they said 4 days after the Inauguration when all the bussed in bums were still using DC's public spaces for toilets and cheap hotels. They didnt leave til the filth they left behind became a health issue....then they jumped on the charity busses, and waved goodbye as the hardworking taxpayers of America pd out 3/4million bucks to clean their swill. I suppose they had different work schedules then too. Right.

[funkbrother216]

@tjbollman1 You're just making stuff up as all conservatards do. You have no idea what percentage of them were missing work. Gratnted, it is a mathematical certainty that some of them were missing work but you have no idea what percentage or weather or not there were prior arrangements made with their employer. They weren't all bused in, however, busing in supporters for an inaugural has been a tradition for decades. Now how many Tea-Baggers missed work to attend their rallies? Hypocrite.

[tjbollman1]

@funkbrother216 Wow you sure twisted that all to hell. Who mentioned percentages missing work? And if you had bothered to keep up with the news during all of the events mentioned, you would know that even the Lefty main stream media was unable to find so much as one scrap of trash left behind by the TeaParty ralliers, and in general they had all cleared out almost immediatly. This was not hard to find info...you could have been informed if you had been man enough to want to know the truth.

[tjbollman1]

@funkbrother216 Further, Tea Partiers were NOT given pad days off by their party, their county etc and not one mode of transportation was free to them. MY hard earned tax payers paid for those drunken bums to party for 4 days to celebrate Baracks election. I wasn't there...I WENT TO WORK!

[funkbrother216]

@tjbollman1 Ahh, the needless strawman argument, another right wing tactic. I wasn't talking about days off given by the county or by any party. I've never heard of such. I specifically said time off given by their employer. Don't try to change what I said into something that's easier for you to rebut. Also, I never remarked on where YOU were. Except for security, all inaugural expenses are covered by private donations to the party, including clean up which the city billed to the DNC.

[funkbrother216]

@funkbrother216 Look, I know you hate Obama but that's no reason to start talking out of you ass and embarrass yourself with your off-base critique and your sad attempt at defending them.

[Bellboy86]

Yes, we créu !!!

[mnmn59]

itisa amazing that a boss pol without 1/2 the brains of obama can keep him on a leash and send him around the world to do his bidding - the skelettons in the Obummer closest must be more numerous than the skeletons in that black cemetary where theystack em up like firewood

[19558455]

boys and girls bozo circus is on the air

[EastWaViking]

LOL!!!!

[cdnerds]

EPIC FAIL! Talk about Media love for Obama... HE FAILED GET OVER IT!

[doctel999]

Oh my - what a shock !!! Who the hell knows the front runners until you know the minds of the voters and what do these morons from the news business know ? Who are these wire reporters from CHI. and Mike Moron...what do they know ?

If you want to impress an Olympic committee, wouldn't you take some luminary athletes(i.e. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, etc.) instead of a talk show host and a media dubbed fashion queen of late.

Get with reality and eat a slice of Humble Pie

[mnmn59]

talk show host new age elitist who with all the $ in the world can't seem to get a grip on her morbid obesity. oprah knows about as much about the olympics and sports in gen'l as the blob of shit laden cholesteral in her colon

[1kcharrison]

Obama fails again!!!

[rugger8541]

I'm glad Chicago god dumped on. serves them right for infecting the country with that damn community organizer who can't do crap right!

[mnmn59]

and all the corruption, police brutality, redlining, shit schools,racist cops,political shenanigans and outright facism that the daley machine perpetuates. Shining city on a hill... how about corrupt fiefdom on a landfill that was the only place corrupt enough to put a lying siciopath in office

[MrTabby5000]

dont forget drug dealing and drive by shootings.

[kunz99]

No Limpics for Mayor Fat Ass!

[SpunkieMunkie]

Beijing is NOT in debt! In fact, Beijing's Olympic game is still making money!

[13nlm]

yeah well beijing wasn't in debt BEFORE the olympics, chicago and america are in major debt, to china of all places..china doesnt; have the economic woes america does..im from chicago and we dont need the god damn olympics, we need steady jobs for all of america

[TheThreekeys]

yep. pride goeth before a fall.

[toadabc]

At :47, "We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome".

[jfsmith881]

i hope america doesnt get another olympics for as long as i live!.. dump americans

[mcoop221]

Another immature Aussie! America has done more for your country than you will ever know! Get a life and educate yourself on what ignorance is!

With you saying that, I still don't think all Aussies are jackasses. There's good and bad in every culture.

I'm glad we didn't get it... especially in Chicago. It's a money losing event. BIGTIME!

Sounds like you're jealous of Americans.

[nickfl1980]

Savioblank idiot. Brazil has RESERVES, and I mean MASSIVE RESERVES, just like China. Part of that money they will and must invest in long term infrastructure to make more money, for the olympics and World Cup. Infrstructure that will be used in the short and long run. We, USA, don't have RESERVES, we are broke and to hold the games,we need to borrow more money, and we have to pay it back with high interest. Brazil is one of or creditors. We owe them money. just like to China and to Europe.

[savioblanc]

So be happy Chicago....you, Tokyo and Madrid are the winners economically. Rio like its predecessors Beijing, Athens remain in debt...beijing less so cos China is f**kin rich!

[savioblanc]

You'll do realise that bidding cities that lose the Olympic bid actually make a profit and the winner is the one that goes deep in debt?

[23breca]

wtf does rio have?

[kunz99]

Many,many Chicagoans did not want this mess. The people of Chicago were the winners in this decision. Daley and his cronies were the losers. As a life long Chicagoan, I am thrilled!

[TomCatScat1]

The Obama's and Oprah got BITCHED SLAPPED!!! LMAO!!! The liberal/govt. run media just cannot believe it! They really live in a bubble and do not even realize that Obama's shine is now dull and he has NO following! Obama is weak and as europe goes conservative. America is turning socialist!

[jeremyoyer]

I love it. You see how they were sputtering trying once he put that out. lmao

[beerborn]

Yeh Baby! Rio that's were it's at. They sure know how to party and lots of Brazilian hot chicks with butt floss bikini's on every corner. Screw Chicago!

[TLJAWSIMIB]

@beerborn LOL!.

[lmercado9999]

IM so happy that barack HUSSAIN obamas home state LOST! YEY! whats the matter obama not so popular ANYMORE! LOSER?????????! OBAMA SUCKS!! VIVA RIO DE JANERO! BRAZIL....YEE HAA!

[lova88oasisyennilyla]

Woo! Rio won! I think they are a lot more deserving to get it!

I hope the US loses the World Cup bid too. It would be great to have it here, but the country isn't ready to host it

[Immaculite]

well what a HARD FUCKIN SLAP in tha face of all americans LOL! wait..you guys still there moping about this? ROFL what a bunch of LOWLY PATHETIC little FUCKS.

[gobutt]

When you go to other country's (Obama) and tell them how we have wrong the world did you realy think they would give us this great event!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[niceguy00794]

chicago???rio has a beach and nice girls...thats it

[AbuGrabIt]

that's "just like our own Liberal American dung."

[TheSpaniard102]

this must be Bush's fault too!!!!

[AbuGrabIt]

No, Spaniard...the problem is the world is racist, too.

What a socialist loser Obama is! Hahahahahahahahhahhahahahahaha­hahhahahaaahahahahhahhahhahaha­hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah­hahahahahahhahahhahahahhahahah­hahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahah­hahahahahahaahahah....Sniff...­.Sniff...hahahahahahahahahhahh­ahhahhaahahhhahahhahahahahahah­!

[robber2140]

ahhahhahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[man11withaplan]

Losers HA

[Cannabisindica]

The US lost the bid early becouse it is not a friendly country to visit. You guys need to ease up on the "we are the world" fanatic belief. For sure you do have the infraestructure to hold the games and then some, but you lack friendlyness, common sence and a true bond towards the rest of the world. People arround the world have seen enough of your "fuck everyone else" attitude towards everything non-US. Your never-ending mass media psicosis has turned you in to patriotic zombies.

[kittenagogo28]

Cannabisindica,

Put down the bong and get with the program. The USA is responsible for some of the greatest acts of kindness and bravery in history. What would make you say this? Does this loss have anything to do with our arrogant, disgrace of a president. I will echo the opposite of his horrible, evil wife-For the first time I am embarrassed of my country because of the malignant narcissist that represents us. Did you vote for him? Do you vote?

[Lamarmusizz]

kittenagogo28@

What fox news is not telling you is that America also is responsible elitism and class-ism. Look at the very fact that we condoned slavery for as long as we did, and continue to show racist tendencies today. Please be more objective

[AbuGrabIt]

kitten, you are right when the shit hits the fan and some flood or earthquake or human crisis hits some pathetic country, we send in our uniformed best and brightest (sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, teachers, police, etc.) to help the international community. In many instances we lose thousands of soldiers or put up millions in aid from the govt and the ppl. And if we ever make a mistake they are quick to denounce us and call us killers....just our own Liberal American dung.

[WestBoroughChurch]

you are only helping yourselves

[dgroundhog]

From front runner to face plant.

I think his arrogance turned the IOC against the US.

All that talk about himself and his election, and once again the obligatory 'dump on America' followed up with the 'I am the One' schtick is really getting annoying.

I'm with Rush.

I hope he fails.

[kris254]

fuck chicago!!! that crime riddled shit bag city don't need nothing but a bigger gang task force

[TLJAWSIMIB]

@kris254 CHICAGO'S SKYLINE IS BORING!. IT ONLY HAS HANCOCK, AON, TRUMP & WILLIS BUILDINGS!. THAT'S IT!..

[bethleesfive]

I am from Chicago, live in Chicago, and all I can say is... Hooray for RIO! Daley is an ass, Oprah is even worse, and I'm embarassed for this city that we actually sent her over there to represent us. Pathetic. We didn't deserve it. Thank god.

[kittenagogo28]

Love it! What a great day! Another step towards taking our country out of this jerk's impotent , incompetent hands. I've had a spring in my step ever since I heard the news that this narcissitic loser maybe got knocked down a peg. What kills me is that he didn't have it in the bag and that his ego is so big he thought he would win on the bama power. I still love it. That's schadenfreude baby!

[Lamarmusizz]

O yeah lets take america back, America just lost an Olympic bid. And what makes think like ever other world leader who wanted the Olympics that they were just acting out over power? You guys amaze me with your ignorance, have you throught for second that South america never even once had the games?

[kittenagogo28]

Lamarmusizz,

You really trust the Olympics in the hands of these corrupt Chicago thugs? They would have given HUGE contracts to their buddies, sold junk land at a premium price to line their pockets, thrown people out of Valerie Jarrett's abysmal projects at the cost of the people of Chicago and the US. We can't afford a known money sucker like the Olympics. Plus in Chicago, we were guaranteed an international incident or two. Worth it to see him off his pedestal today? YESSSSS!

[Lamarmusizz]

Chicago was a corrupt cesspool before Obama ever came there. Remember Obama raned as a reformer, And since when politicians played for the Olympics? And the say the Olympics is a known money sucker the city of Atlanta made 4 billion in profit and created a lot of jobs.

[kittenagogo28]

Lamarmusizz,

No room on the last. I am happy for the people of Brazil if they want it. They deserve it. Maybe they can manage it like Romney did and actually make money, but I don't trust the bama or his buddies with catching dogs. Don't call me ignorant. I, and everyone else, know that South America has never had the Olympics. I just think it's fairly telling that the bama came in last. And don't say the US did, that jerk who turns his back on our allies and thinks he's god did.

[dgroundhog]

Congrats RIO!

Many Americans are happy for Rio and wish them the best!

The leader of Brazil isn't expected to confront oppresive tyrants like Ahmadjihad or Kim Jong Il, or lead on negotiating defense treaties like the leader of the US is expected to.

It isn't arrogance, it's responsibility.

This is a dangerously conceited, weak, arrogant and misguided man leading one of the nations that the world generally looks to in crisis.

How is he gonna get respect from Putin or anyone after this?

[dgroundhog]

I woke up to this news and it got my day off to a GREAT start. Couldn't wait to get home and read all about it. Joked about it with some of my Zero supporter friends who generally look like beaten dogs these days when politics come up.

I thought it was a slam dunk if he went. He would not have gone if he knew it was a 19 vote first round exit.

Which means Chicago had a chance and Zero was rebuked.

I've heard Bush and Michael Jordan both blamed - but this is clearly 100% Zero's OLYMPIC FAIL!

[kittenagogo28]

dgroundhog,

you have people you can joke about with this and they don't start yelling like crazy people with no facts or points? I wish I did. I don't even talk politics with the crazies anymore. I have resorted to putting my thoughts down here because I just can't believe what this idiot is trying to do.  It was a good score for us today though and am enjoying it with a couple of cocktails!

[tocororo]

Sorry Daley. U need to continue embezzling Chicago's money the good old way ! And boy Obama must be so pissed. There goes his grandiose farewell celebration in 2016 (obviously in his mind he will be re-elected). Narcissists don't react well to defeat like this.

[pawtucket999]

I found it so funny that when IOC President said "Chicago" the Zombies of Chi-Town started to get giddy, thinking they won it!!!

EPIC FAIL !!!

HA-HA !!!!

[natedoggcata]

IOC successfully trolls the united states

[seka1986]

It was a vote against the arrogant Obama.

[beautifulsavior3]

I agree!!!

[LiveLeakNews]

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