President Obama will defy his political enemies and a chorus of protest from Chicago to fly to Denmark tonight in a last-ditch bid for the Olympics that his aides have likened to the dramatic early stages of his campaign for the White House. <\/p>\n
In five hours on the ground in Copenhagen, he will join his wife and the talk-show host Oprah Winfrey \u2014 who made her career breakthrough in Chicago \u2014 for the city\u2019s final 45-minute presentation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He will answer questions and attempt to charm enough IOC members to bring home America\u2019s second summer Games in 20 years. In the process, he will risk substantial political capital on a vote by an unpredictable group that one disgruntled Chicago columnist ridiculed as \u201ca posse of international sports influence peddlers\u201d. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I have a friend, one friend who is close to Sarkozy and another who is a member of France’s external intelligence agency. And they both say that Sarkozy thinks that President Obama is incredibly naive and grossly egotistical, so egotistical that no one can dent his naivet\u00e9.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If Sarkozy is correct Obama will fail on his last minute thrust to save the Olympic games for his criminal cronies in Chicago. It will show that the IOC played him for a ton of photo ops and some celebrity theater only to turn and give the games to Brazil or Argentina\u2026and they will laugh as they hang the photos of themselves with \u201cThe One\u201d in their offices. No idea what they will do with the photos with Oprah and Obama\u2019s Klingon war bride.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not totally disagreeing with Sarkozy on this issue. Is Obama \u201cgrossly egotistical\u201d? The man (or someone close to him) has written two autobiographies and he isn\u2019t even 50 years old. Is he \u201cincredibly na\u00efve\u201d? He has never held a real job in his entire life and can point to zero experience dealing with the myriad of issues that he is now juggling.<\/p>\n
But Obama\u2019s handlers are fairly savvy politically and this entire administration needs a victory ASAP.<\/p>\n
Why risk his totally made up charisma and mad people skills on an event that won\u2019t even happen on his watch? The gain would be minimal and the potential embarrassment could be catastrophic; so why risk it?<\/p>\n
Because there is no risk. The fix is in or Obama wouldn\u2019t be going.<\/p>\n
If this whole selection wasn\u2019t in the bag and Obama decided to parachute in to save the day anyway, he is clearly the dumbest ego-maniac to occupy the White House in some time. Because if he fails it will be an epic fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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