Posted by
Locutisprime on Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:26:14 AM
Obama making case for Chicago's diversity -- The critics? They'll get tickets.
A lot has been made of the news since yesterday, when it was announced
that Chicago didn't make the final cut for the 2016 summer games. The
lead up stories were almost congratulatory in advance in their coverage
across the board concerning the coming announcement by the IOC.
President Obama (it would seem) was only making the journey to
Copenhagen to seal the deal and the critics would be left crying after
the great Chicago triumph was announced by the IOC.
What a difference a day makes........
Since yesterday, I have read a number of articles and watched several
videos of the news coverage surrounding the announcement and Chicago's
loss. And in each report there seems to be a collective sense of theft.
The liberal left that was already celebrating in the streets of
Chicago, dressed in their Chicago 2016 Olympic regalia, were left with
a muttering hush moments after the IOC eliminated Chicago first. Then
the wailing began.
And it took less than a few hours before the likes of Senator Roland
Burress (Obama's replacement in the senate), began giving interviews
blaming the city's loss on George Bush no less.
But to me, one of the most humorous parts to the entire story revolves
around Rahm Emanuel (Obama's go to guy), who all but let it be known
that the deal was "a done deal" and that he would insure that the GOP
critics would have good seats for the 2016 Chicago games.
Seems his biggest selling point and greatest belief concerning the win,
rested with his perception that Chicago's "diversity" would win the day
and sway the world to the Chicago way of thinking.
"There's no better city in the United States or the world to host the
international community than Chicago -- because of the diversity,''
Emanuel said. "You're going to bring literally the whole world together
for Olympic games, sports games, and competition. Chicago's a great
competitive city -- has always been that. It has a great amount of
diversity and it would be great for Chicago also for not only its
diversity but for the economic opportunity that it provides in the
sense of jobs and economic growth.
Different from Rio or Madrid?
"Nothing against them, but Chicago is what none of the other cities
have and this is again what I think the president's remarks will be,
not saying anything negative against them, but you're bringing all the
world together... The world will feel comfortable given the diversity
of Chicago all the different ethnic communities are there...''
That was then and this is now. And there is no joyous after glow in
either Chicago or Washington this morning. Just more liberal angst and
the mutterings of all the unfairness and the "theft" of something that
some how or another, is perceived by liberals as being"rightfully theirs."