The Obama Olympics, Roberts Misses the Mark, IDP Loves Tainted Money

Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 9:11
Krusty Konservative
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Obama: Still a just a Community Organizer at Heart

President Obama is traveling to Copenhagen later this week to aide in his hometown of Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 summer Olympics. Now, I’m pro-Olympics and think it would be cool to see them in Chicago, but I find it odd that the President himself needs to make the pitch.

I know other foreign leaders attend these things and make the pitch for their country, but the United States has never felt the need to do this before. So, either President Obama has a hard-on for the Chicago Olympics and is pushing aside other important issues like the economy, Afghanistan, and Iranian nukes, or this is just another example of him being a media whore.

Now that Obama will be taking Air Force on to Copenhagen, I wonder if all his Chicago cronies are going to come along for the ride, all at the expense of the taxpayers. This also sets a terrible precedent. Will future presidents be expected to stop and help every American city that is vying to host the Olympics?

Rod Roberts: Where the heck is Chet Culver? Campaigning Rod!

I’ll admit, I was a little excited when Rod Roberts’ press release on filmgate came across my desk. Finnaly I thought someone was going to call Culver out for campaigning for re-election during the latest tax scandal. Unfortunately, Roberts used 553 words to say that he was disappointed that Culver didn’t take any personal responsibility for the ordeal.

Come on guys, reporters form Des Moines had to drive to Cedar Rapids to get the Governor’s response to the IDED scandal. Culver has been holding press conferences about the floods of 2008 and riding the train in southeast Iowa trying to rally support for increased train travel. Culver knows that if he loses to a GOP candidate in eastern Iowa, he’s toast. So very quietly, he has been campaigning over there.

The Register also reports that he’s found time to fundraise during the scandal.

“Fundraising has not been a weakness for Culver, who raised more than $7.6 million for his 2006 campaign. He is among the politicians who enjoy it, and he has been at his campaign office this month for hours on end, making calls to key contributors, associates say.”

Maybe Roberts should have taken a more harsh tone with Culver. Instead of saying that you are disappointed, say you are OUTRAGED that Culver has the time to spend hours on end making fundraising calls, but didn’t have the time to hold a press conference on the IDED scandal.

That’s news. That’s what the GOP candidates should be out there saying to the media. I mean, Culver attended the Bruce Springsteen concert the day after the IDED scandal broke. Come on, he’s giving us a lot of material for us to use and we fail to do anything with it.

IDP Loves There Tainted Money…

Not only did the Iowa Democratic Party take $11,250 ($10k to their state account, $1,150 to their federal account) in contributions from Phyllis and Marla Stevens, they also took $5000 form Hassan Nemazee in the last election cycle. Hassan Nemazee was arrested last month and indicted by a grand jury for defrauding Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc and Bank of America Corp. of $292 million.

No wonder Republicans can’t win elections. We don’t have anyone who is stealing millions of dollars from big corporations and using that money to fund elections. When will we learn?

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5 Comments on “The Obama Olympics, Roberts Misses the Mark, IDP Loves Tainted Money”

Jeff wrote on 30 September, 2009, 10:13
> This also sets a terrible precedent. Will future presidents be expected to stop and help every American city that is vying to host the Olympics?

WTF are you talking about? Chicago is the clear favorite of all American cities to host the Olympics. The president is campaigning for it because with the Olympics comes a$$ loads of money with it. It’s a *good* thing to have the Olympics in our country, and it is worth spending 1 day of our president’s time doing it. Just ask all the business owners in and around Chicago if they think this is worth his time. It is.
Peggy wrote on 30 September, 2009, 10:22
This reminds me of a joke…..What’s the upside to Cash for Clunkers?
It’s taken 700,000 Obama bumper stickers off the road.

People who support socialist policies are, by nature, not fans of earning money when it can be taken from someone else.
swiconservative wrote on 30 September, 2009, 11:55
So, you are upset with the fact that Roberts wasn’t mean or harsh enough? That’s not his nature. He is a nice person. He addressed the situation. Just because he didn’t do it verbatim of how you would want it, doesn’t mean he was off the mark.
HawkCR1 wrote on 30 September, 2009, 12:50
Jeff..

What “loads” of money are you talking about for the Olympics? I don’t know if you’ve checked or not..but Chicago is about damned near bankrupt. Seen what the sales tax rate is in Cook County? Try 10.25%.

They don’t have the money to build the facilities, improve the infrastructure or support the massive security and technical demands that having the Olympics will require Chicago to pay for.

The Olympics is the last damned thing that Chicago should be doing right now, Jeff.

When Chicago actually has a government that gives a damn about pro-growth, low tax policies and has a responsible government with zero tolerance for corruption and crime…then perhaps the time is right for an Olympic bid…until then..there are plenty of places in the United States suitable for holding the Olympic Games.
soup wrote on 1 October, 2009, 9:05
Union League Club of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

11:35 A.M. CST

THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank the members of the 2016 Chicago bid to get the Olympics. Listen, Mr. Mayor, you and your committee have put together a great plan. It’s a plan that will make America proud.

They say that the Olympics will come to Chicago if we’re fortunate enough to be selected, but really it’s coming to America, and I can’t think of a better city to represent the United States than Chicago.

This is a well thought out venue. There will be — the athletes will be taken care of. People who will be coming from around the world will find this good city has got fantastic accommodations, great restaurants. It will be safe.

And so I — this country supports your bid, strongly. And our hope is that the judges will take a good look at Chicago and select Chicago for the 2016 Olympics.

Thank you all.

END 11:36 A.M. CST
President Bush, on January 7, 2008.