Flash back to the first time Rio (in the form of a bodacious 16 year old Rio beauty) caused a little trouble for President Obama. Jake Tapper even made a video to "prove" that our eyes were deceiving us here. "The prez was just watching his step going down the stairs." Who you gonna believe, your lying eyes or these innocent husbands off the leash?
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The Second City didn't even rank second in the eyes of the International Olympic Committee. After investing nearly four years and $50 million, leaders of Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics were stunned when the committee eliminated Chicago during the first round of voting. Even a dramatic, last-minute visit from President Obama failed to sway the committee Chicago's way.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/02/EDNC1A0ASS.DTL#ixzz0SsVhoZ7M
Naturally, we feel that Chicago would have been a wonderful place to host the 2016 Games. (We also feel that San Francisco would have been a wonderful place to host the 2016 Games, but that idea went south with the 49ers' stadium plans). There was something inspiring about the sight of tens of thousands of people partying on Copacabana Beach, after the committee announced that Rio de Janeiro was the big winner.
Remarkably, South America has never hosted an Olympic Games. It's way past time to rectify that - and what better place than Brazil? The continent's largest nation has a reputation for partying and crime, but it's also on the verge of being an economic giant. By the time 2016 rolls around, Brazil could be the new China.
So party on, Rio. We'll blame it on you.
No explanation was forth coming for this off guard moment (and no handy stairs in sight) ;-)
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