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Originally Posted by clintjm
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..
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Again, retort what I said. Comments are not a scientific poll. Even if a small majority of Chicagoans wanted the Olympics, the VAST majority of Americans wanted it,
If you can prove that the majority of Americans DIDN'T want the Olympics, then DO IT.
If you can prove the majority of Americans DIDN'T want President Obama to fight for the Olympics in America, then DO IT.
If you can prove the majority of Americans are happy the America lost the Olympic bid, then DO IT.