Obama going to Denmark to lobby for the Olympics, michelle goes one day earlier...wow a real green energy saving trip! (election, elect)
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It just cheapens the office of the President. It makes him "common". next he will be doing K-Mart grand openings...
It makes him "common"? How so? How many "commoners" give speeches in front of the Olympics Committee in an attempt to bring the Olympics to their country?
It makes him "common"? How so? How many "commoners" give speeches in front of the Olympics Committee in an attempt to bring the Olympics to their country?
I hear that Oprah is going also, with Michelle. Of course, she's no common commoner, either.
There are lots of other non-commoners also in the delegation. Very impressive for such a common city, said to be the heart of crime, fraud and widespread corruption - political and otherwise.
What's this about a real estate connection? Somebodies stand to gain? Hmmmm...
President Obama will travel to Denmark on Thursday to lend his weight to efforts to land the 2016 summer Olympics for his adopted hometown of Chicago, the White House said Monday
Barack will leave on thursday...Michelle will leave on Wedsnesday....can't they travel together to save some fuel and money?
Obama will be the first president ever to make a trip like this to lobby for the Olympics.....so another record/accomplishment , and this during a time that more and more people are losing their job, health has to be pushed trough by his government, Iran is firing long range missilles....Wow, this president really know his priorities!
Everyone is pulling out the big guns for this one:
Japan's PM to attend IOC vote in Copenhagen - Olympics - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-tokyo2016-primeminister&prov=ap&type=lgns - broken link)
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will travel to Copenhagen to help make Tokyo’s final appeal to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Brazil President: Rio can win 2016 Olympic bid - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090928/ap_on_sp_ol/oly2016_bids_rio - broken link)
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will travel to the Danish capital to lobby for Rio ahead of Friday's vote by the International Olympic Committee.
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