Yes, within hours the hacks had their "ticket" (John Lovitz meets Bush Derangement Syndrome) with their laughable "Bush so alienated the world for 8 years for (fill in the blank with any selections from the left's menu of mythical complaints) that even Obamesiah couldn't undo the damage in 8 months. Reality? Quite different, as it turns out (blogger Don Surber, quoting Danish sources):
"It comes down to respect. President Obama showed none.
"And in the end, the Olympics committee returned the favor by humiliating the president of the United States, according to stories in the Berlingske Tidende newspaper in Copenhagen. The Google translations are a tad rough, but serviceable."
"The front page headline read: “Rio vandt — Obama tabte” or “Rio won — Obama lost.”
That story began: “The world’s most powerful man traveled to Copenhagen to ensure the Olympics to Chicago in 2016. But sensational smoke Americans out in the first round, while the IOC members did hosting the Rio de Janeiro.”
"Kai Holm, a former Olympics committee member, told the newspaper (translated): “The fact that Barack Obama came, could not do it. I think we lacked emotion, it seemed too empty and business-like. ...
"Obama was the first president to make such a plea. But Obama showed dumb diplomacy. He was ill-prepared and his staff failed to lay the foundation for his appearance. He came off as an ugly American who knew nothing about the territory and who felt the world somehow owed him something."
(DS)"Lesson learned? I doubt it.
"Meanwhile, Pele and President Lula of Brazil wept. They played the game right. They actually learned the rules and worked to earn it, rather than flying in and demanding it (please see my previous post).
"If my pleasure in seeing Obama fail and Rio succeed makes me unpatriotic in the eyes of some balding hippies, so be it...."
http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/789
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