RR:
quote:
If you can show me unequivocally that Obama had nothing to do with choosing Chicago over any other state, I will retract my original statement, and feel more inclined to think Obama is an unbiased person.
From the
Wikipedia page,
quote:
Initially, five American cities vied for the 2016 Olympics: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. The USOC's chairman at the time, Peter Ueberroth, visited all potential host cities during April and May 2006. He visited Chicago on May 10. On July 26, 2006, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) narrowed its list of American applicant cities to three: Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.[5] San Francisco withdrew its application on November 13, 2006 after the San Francisco 49ers pulled out of a deal for the construction of a new stadium that would be the centerpiece of the games.[6]
The final stage of the USOC internal selection occurred on April 14, 2007, at Washington, D.C.'s Embassy Row Hotel, where the two remaining bid cities, Chicago and Los Angeles, made a last 40-minute presentation to the USOC board members.[7] At about 9:00 pm UTC, Chicago was announced as the winner of the United States bid for the 2016 Olympic Games by Ueberroth.[8]
So the process began, at the latest, in May 2006 and the USOC made its selection in April of 2007. Seems pretty cut and dried that if there was White House influence in the city selection it would have to have been Bush White House influence.
Joe T.
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