>>>>>>>>>>My money's on Tokyo or Madrid. I think the controversy took Rio and Chicago [effectively] out of the running:
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>>>>>>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090929/ts_afp/oly2016_20090929180606
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Is Mayor of Chicago a hereditary post ? :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>You'd have to ask Mike B that question - he's in that area. Who knows why Chicagoans vote in the father and the son so many times!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I think a higher percentage of the dead voters vote for the father ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>and the little Acorns vote for the son ...
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>>>>>>The IOC is corrupt. Tell them to stick the Olympics and save your money.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hot off the wire -- http://www.chicagotribune.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>That wacky IOC!
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>>>>I blame Obama :-)
>>>
>>>I see the smiley but some will. This despite the fact that the President of Brazil, the Prime Minister of Japan, and the King of Spain were also in Copenhagen.
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>>Isn't he the first U.S. President to personally represent any U.S. location in a bid for Olympic events?
>
>I believe that is true. But that doesn't make it his fault. The U.S. has hosted the Olympics seven times already, vs. never before for the entire continent of South America, and we aren't exactly the world's favorite nation these days.

It is not his fault, true. His fault is that he wasted his time and efforts on something over which he had very little (or none) control.