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Originally Posted by MMM

Poll shows Chicagoans, Americans want Games :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago 2016

James Mignerey: Real Americans don’t cheer when we lose the Olympics

Anti-Obamaites revel in loss of Olympics: And they're undercutting his foreign policy, too | Philadelphia Daily News | 10/06/2009

Majority Of Chicagoans, Americans Want Olympics: Chicago 2016 Poll


What assumption were you living under?



Did you watch the video I posted? That question is answered pretty clearly. Then the press release posted in this thread later in the day makes it more clear.

You said "Although only a small majority of Chicagoans wanted the Olympics in Chicago (which is common for potential host cities) the vast majority of Americans supported the Olympics being held in the US in 2016."

I don't see a vast majority of American quoted anywhere in those links. Also... frankly there isn't an unbiased source that will quote saying the vast majority of Americans supported the Olympics in Chicago


The debates were raging on ALL media sources when Obama decided he would go for the bid... polls, the works. why even have the polls and debate contraversy if Americans were all for it.

By the way, the suntimes is an EXCELLANT post.. Look at the comments to that article by Chicago citizens...
Look at comments by older articles before he went over there (from an unbiased news source) ... you will see that a VAST majority was far from what was felt. But its possible that the ones that supported the olympics just didn't post their comments as much as the oposition..