Agree with MM. If the Chicago bid is the only think Obama doesn’t accomplish, we’ll be in great shape. It’s done, they tried. No big loss and no big deal.
hi popping in to say that the CHN house tour was fantastic! congratulations MM, it was wonderful. people were so hospitable and i was knocked out by the architecture. made feeling like coming back to CG feel like looking at cat poo. though the rain was rough going, it was well worth it. thanks!
benson, I might agree on the dignity point, but i just don’t see it as a big issue. I think the Obamas get a bit of a pass for the home-town thing. Not so sure W would have stayed put if it were Houston or Dallas, and I wouldn’t have held it against him if he went to make the pitch.
Meanwhile, make sure to hold onto your borsalino on space mountain.
Sorry benson, but that is a cheap shot. I can think of about 100 things that the Shrub did that were more embarrassing to both himself and the office of the presidency than the Obama’s trying to get the Olympics. The Russians, et al certainly did learn a lot about us in the previous administration. Just because Obama couldn’t convince the Olympic committee to choose Chicago, a committee which had already made up its mind to choose Rio, long overdue, too, I might add, that has absolutely NOTHING to do with his standing in the world, or his ability to negotiate with other nations, or get his agenda through. The crowing of the right wing over this “failure” is from a bunch of people who would give themselves coronaries laughing if he slipped and fell on ice. They hate him so much, they’ve lost all perspective. If he HAD gotten Chicago chosen, they’d be burning up the airwaves bitching about how inappropriate it was for him to even go, and what a bad thing it would be for the country and for Chicago. He can’t win, no matter what he does.
Mopar, don’t tell me you bought or thinking of buying that light. That baby is a budget killer – it forces you to renovate & decorate the place in equally expensive looking stuff. nice looking though
(Psst. Benson? Mission Accomplished here. Yours, not Dubya’s.)
Agree with MM. If the Chicago bid is the only think Obama doesn’t accomplish, we’ll be in great shape. It’s done, they tried. No big loss and no big deal.
I thought only Democrats whined about global warming.
A party in Bed Stuy hosted by a brownstoner and I didn’t hear about it??????? I should have typed that in ALL CAPS.
hi popping in to say that the CHN house tour was fantastic! congratulations MM, it was wonderful. people were so hospitable and i was knocked out by the architecture. made feeling like coming back to CG feel like looking at cat poo. though the rain was rough going, it was well worth it. thanks!
ps. i missed a bed stuy party? 🙁
benson, I might agree on the dignity point, but i just don’t see it as a big issue. I think the Obamas get a bit of a pass for the home-town thing. Not so sure W would have stayed put if it were Houston or Dallas, and I wouldn’t have held it against him if he went to make the pitch.
Meanwhile, make sure to hold onto your borsalino on space mountain.
mopar- that light is a hoot! biff- you should buy extra codpieces – mopar will want them as lightbulb covers.
Sorry benson, but that is a cheap shot. I can think of about 100 things that the Shrub did that were more embarrassing to both himself and the office of the presidency than the Obama’s trying to get the Olympics. The Russians, et al certainly did learn a lot about us in the previous administration. Just because Obama couldn’t convince the Olympic committee to choose Chicago, a committee which had already made up its mind to choose Rio, long overdue, too, I might add, that has absolutely NOTHING to do with his standing in the world, or his ability to negotiate with other nations, or get his agenda through. The crowing of the right wing over this “failure” is from a bunch of people who would give themselves coronaries laughing if he slipped and fell on ice. They hate him so much, they’ve lost all perspective. If he HAD gotten Chicago chosen, they’d be burning up the airwaves bitching about how inappropriate it was for him to even go, and what a bad thing it would be for the country and for Chicago. He can’t win, no matter what he does.
Mopar, don’t tell me you bought or thinking of buying that light. That baby is a budget killer – it forces you to renovate & decorate the place in equally expensive looking stuff. nice looking though