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Chicago Olympics Bid Chief: No Way To Beat Rio

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First Posted: 10- 6-09 06:59 PM   |   Updated: 10- 6-09 07:09 PM

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U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he leaves with Patrick G. Ryan, chairman and CEO of Chicago 2016 after the Chicago 2016 bid presentation at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)

Chicago Tribune:

Though Chicago's campaign for the 2016 Summer Games went down in flames in the first round of voting, there was nothing more the city could have done to change the ultimate outcome, the city's bid leader, Patrick Ryan, told the Tribune in an interview Tuesday.

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Though Chicago's campaign for the 2016 Summer Games went down in flames in the first round of voting, there was nothing more the city could have done to change the ultimate outcome, the city's bid lea...
Though Chicago's campaign for the 2016 Summer Games went down in flames in the first round of voting, there was nothing more the city could have done to change the ultimate outcome, the city's bid lea...
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- textynn I'm a Fan of textynn 115 fans permalink
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I think the medical insurance issue is a big factor in why we didn't get the bid. For one thing people all over the world have been hearing about how we feel about foreigners using our health care system and that we are perfectly comfortable with letting 45,000 or our own people die a year because they can't cough of the cash to prove their "privileged status". We know that Canadians buy special insurance to visit this ruthless country. People from countries with Single Payer probably thought.... OH HELL NO, WE AIN'T GOING THERE! Couple that with stories like what's going on in Hardin, Montana and it sounds like some kind of weird unpredictable nightmare here. Guess what, they're right.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:36 PM on 10/07/2009
- ejhickey I'm a Fan of ejhickey 11 fans permalink

this is a total fantasy. I think you need more sleep

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:49 AM on 10/08/2009
- naschkatze I'm a Fan of naschkatze 85 fans permalink

Rio may have had it sewed up, but there is no way anyone can explain away the first round knockout Chicago took. It was a slap in the face for some reason because it proved Chicago was not even in the running with Rio. They ended up poles apart.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:30 AM on 10/07/2009
- murphy80 I'm a Fan of murphy80 9 fans permalink

how long did it take chicago to make up that story?

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:05 PM on 10/06/2009
- gradybridges I'm a Fan of gradybridges permalink

When Rio starts to get tough on crime to clean up before the Olympics will they target the cops or criminals first?

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 PM on 10/06/2009

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