By: Ronald Kessler Pitching Chicago for the 2016 Summer Olympics, President Obama promised that visitors from around the world would “come away with a sense of the incredible diversity of the American people.” Obama referred to his own election as a moment when people gathered in Chicago to see the results and celebrate that “our […]
Posted by Erick Erickson The Democrats are in full push back against conservatives who cheered Barack Obama’s defeat at the hands of the International Olympic Committee. During the Bush era, Republicans from Karl Rove to Joe Wilson questioned — in ways both veiled and overt — the patriotism of Democrats who challenged the administration’s Iraq […]
Posted by Dan McLaughlin So, Chicago was eliminated in the first round of bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics, despite (I assume despite) President Obama’s personal lobbying for the Games. Now, as a New Yorker, I really would not want the Olympics anywhere near my city, and the Olympics don’t exactly have a grand history […]
During her presentation Michelle Obama claimed that some of her fondest memories were sitting on her Dad’s lap watching Carl Lewis in the Olympics… Uh… Michelle… you were 20 years old! http://tinyurl.com/yas8gnq
