Dennis Miller: The IOC Will Be Labeled Racist If They Don’t Pick Chicago

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by Glynnis MacNicol | 10:41 am, October 1st, 2009

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President Obama’s decision to travel to Copenhagen to advocate on behalf of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics (which, if Obama is reelected would also be a nice sendoff for him) seemed to catch a number of media outlets by surprise; he is the first U.S. President to do so. Glenn Beck is doing his best to turn it into his latest White House smear campaign. But of course the Olympics have always been political: Jesse Owens in Berlin; the Israeli massacre in Munich in ’72; the boycotting of both the Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics by the U.S. and U.S.S.R., respectively; last year’s opening ceremonies in Beijing.

So the politicizing of the Obama’s trip is really nothing new and actually fairly tame all things considered. Still it’s providing an interesting conundrum for certain quarters: attack the President or support the country? Today Drudge has apparently opted for the latter. Bill O’Reilly is also pro the trip (or at least not against it). Dennis Miller, on the other hand, seems more concerned that the IOC risks being labeled racist if they refuse a U.S. Olympic committee comprised of, among other, the Obamas and Oprah Winfrey.

sarainitaly

1. comedy.
2. he is 100% dead on.
Jelperman

I must be getting old: I can remember back when Dennis Miller was kinda funny.
ImNotBlue

As soon as Miller started to talk about warning the IOC, I knew where he was going. Very funny, very true!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Clifford-EElisary/1434665168 Clifford E.Elisary

Where was all of these complaints when George W.Bush went to China for the opening of the Olympics in 2008?????? At least Presidents Obamas trip will bring Glory an Money to the United States. GWB spent 4 days there in China great PHOTO OP but what else, how much did that cost, an where were the Conservatives than complaining about the president using all of our CASH!!!! Just Pathatic….
ImNotBlue

Actually, there was A LOT of complaint, as I recall.
CaptainAmerica

You are correct ImNotBlue, the luantic left was bitching right and left about Bush attending the 2008 Olympics. Even members on the right were attacking him for attending the games there. There were calls to boycott the Olympics–you name it. I love how liberals don’t have any remembrance of even short term history.

He was going to attend the closing ceremonies in Athens (2004) and the left went ape **** saying he was trying to politicize the games and all their usual nonsense.

But Dennis Miller nailed the absurdity on the left. If anyone is against Obama– you are a racist!

It’s really too bad the 2012 Olympics are in London. Obama is already becoming Jimmy Carter. It would be hilarious to see have the US boycott the 2012 Olympics.

But yes, lets try and get the Olympics to Chicago. Not only the most corrupt US city, but also the MURDER CAPITOL of the US. What a payoff to the ones who helped get the Messiah in office. Can you imagine how much money will be flowing under the table, paid off to unions etc if Chicago gets the games.

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Ben Linus

Miller’s joke was pretty funny, and, sadly, it’s probably true.
libra blue

Dennis Miller is right on the money, and better yet, he wasn’t afraid to point it out!
ImNotBlue

Well, they didn’t pick Chi-town… so now we’ll see if he was right or not.

I guess it all depends on what Maureen Dowd “heard.”
libra blue

@ImNotBlue, They may try to do it, but he rest of the world is not as squeamish about being called racists as the American people are.
libra blue

Correction: “the rest of the world.”