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Windy City Blown Away

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Windy City Blown Away

Published: Fri, 2 Oct 2009

Description: Chicago loses out to Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Olympics

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" Chicago will not be getting an Olympics related boost. Despite president Obama's personal pitch the windy city was blown out of the competition. In the very first round of voting before eventual winner Rio de Janeiro was selected. White House correspondent Wendell Goler reports from opening."

" In the end the president said it was worth the try you can player great game. And still not win but critics ask was it worth the more than 900000 dollars it cost -- fly Air Force One fourteen hours round trip. To make a seventy minute push for Chicago's Olympic bid former Bush Administration speech writer Bradley when was bitter. The demeans the office John for the president to be reduced to defect to the Billy Mays pitched bad. For the United States but all the final or national leaders anchor presentations for their cities. President Obama aimed -- trade on his international appeal and he pushed to reintegrate the United States into the world."

" There is nothing I would like more. The step just a few blocks from my fairly tall. -- and are two girls. And welcome the world back into our neighborhood."

" US officials argued Chicago had more to offer on the first ballot only eighteen of the 94 delegates agreed. Former Olympic Committee had Juan Antonio summarize kept Madrid at the rotting until the final round with a highly personal appeal. I know that they Nvidia. And the I'm home my time. I him as you know. He did nine years old. Brazilian president Lula da Silva argued the game should go where they never have been before it was by -- figures among the countries that today compete to host the games we are the only one that has never had this on -- for the others it will be just one more games. The other --"

" It. Real one in Madrid was second was not a surprise to White House officials. The IOC as they say it has its own politics that transcend these things. And we simply couldn't overcome them."

" David Axelrod says the president's critics who have attacked in mid mr. Obama hadn't come here in Chicago lost his bid. The -- turned his attention back to the health care debate he said just a few weeks ago was to pressing for him to come here to Copenhagen. -- the price of failure is a lot higher than it was today. Wendell Goler live in Denmark Wendell thank."

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