Well Chicago did not get the Olympics. There are many reasons we didn't. Such as the fact that our politics are hated around the world, which sucks because we give more in aid than anyone around the world to countries in need. Could it be the bribery scandal that reeked in Salt Lake getting the winter Olympics and bringing the IOC Chairman into our court system and making him look like an idiot. Could it be that South America has never had the Olympics there. I can tell you firsthand that Rio de Janiero is an awesome city, although they will definitely have to work on their transportation system. Whatever the reason, contrary to Rush Limbaugh, it was not Obama's fault that we didn't get awarded the games. I do think its interesting that for how patriotic the republicans claim to be, that they did not support Obama going over to Copenhagen to lobby for our country, and instead critisized him. My hats off to Senator Lindsey Graham for going out on a limb and saying to the fringe right wingers (Including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck) that Obama is a citizen, born in Hawaii, is not a Muslim and is a good man. When the people at his town halls started telling him these lies he diplomatically called them crazy. He went on to say it's time for the republican party to start policing their own ranks. I don't agree with most of his politics but I do hold him in high regard in that he has served a tour in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Unlike our former president who ditched his National Guard unit here in the states.