Did Obama Just Fail? Good Heavens! « the Global Observatory

Did Obama Just Fail? Good Heavens!

2:48 pm, October 2nd, 2009 : Sports, White House

President Barack Hussein Obama tried his best to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago – hey, the economy in still in the dumps – but he failed, and quite miserably at that!

The International Olympic Committee be cursed! How dare they deny the Chosen One’s desire?

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