Dionysus
09-28-2009, 03:07 PM
Obama's presentation in Copenhagen on Friday will be the first time a U.S. president has appeared before the International Olympic Committee to lobby for an Olympics. Obama initially had said he couldn't make the trip because he needed to tend to the health care debate at home.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iM8OESiAsIw8xPa-BmdFFRfuZyywD9B0H9600
I think I speak not only for myself but for the 295 million Americans who don't live in the Chicago area when I say that President Obama has about as much business going to Copenhagen to push the city's Olympic bid as he does taking up the violin. With two wars, a battered economy, an overextended budget and a health care battle to attend to, he shouldn't be bothering himself lobbying the International Olympic Committee over where some athletic events will take place seven years from now.
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman/2009/09/why-is-obama-going-to-copenhagen.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iM8OESiAsIw8xPa-BmdFFRfuZyywD9B0H9600
I think I speak not only for myself but for the 295 million Americans who don't live in the Chicago area when I say that President Obama has about as much business going to Copenhagen to push the city's Olympic bid as he does taking up the violin. With two wars, a battered economy, an overextended budget and a health care battle to attend to, he shouldn't be bothering himself lobbying the International Olympic Committee over where some athletic events will take place seven years from now.
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman/2009/09/why-is-obama-going-to-copenhagen.html