# Awwww…. The Great One failed to deliver for his Chicago cronies **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377 "2009-10-02T18:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/1 "2009-10-02T18:04:24Z")
Despite his abundant charm and eloquence (and hot wife!), mmmm mmmm mmmm Barack Hussein Obama failed to deliver the Olympics to the Chicago machine that backed him. I bet they’re plenty pissed. I mean, think of all the skims, graft, kickbacks, bribes, and favors they won’t be getting now! All that juicy money… \*not \*flowing through Chicago… from the tourism, the liquor, the construction, the advertising, the prostitutes. The prostitutes! Won’t \*somebody \*think of the prostitutes??? Whatsoever shall Chicago do now? Eh… probably just beat another black kid to death. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/2 "2009-10-02T18:05:06Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > Despite his abundant charm and eloquence (and hot wife!), mmmm mmmm mmmm Barack Hussein Obama failed to deliver the Olympics to the Chicago machine that backed him. I bet they’re plenty pissed. I mean, think of all the skims, graft, kickbacks, bribes, and favors they won’t be getting now! All that juicy money… \*not \*flowing through Chicago… from the tourism, the liquor, the construction, the advertising, the prostitutes. The prostitutes! Won’t \*somebody \*think of the prostitutes??? > > Whatsoever shall Chicago do now? Eh… probably just beat another black kid to death. gosh, let’s hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/3 "2009-10-02T18:05:12Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/4 "2009-10-02T18:05:15Z")
Content fail. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/5 "2009-10-02T18:06:21Z")
I fucking knew it. Will you people quit trying to make this Olympics business some kind of political thing? ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/6 "2009-10-02T18:06:55Z")
Hey, he’s right, they should have sent a guy with experience at bribing Olympic committees, like Mitt Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/7 "2009-10-02T18:07:15Z")
From the OP’s profile: > [@](#): > > Jimmy Joe Meager has not made any friends yet How very, very true. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/8 "2009-10-02T18:07:21Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > Despite his abundant charm and eloquence (and hot wife!), mmmm mmmm mmmm Barack Hussein Obama Cut off the quote at the point I stopped reading. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/9 "2009-10-02T18:07:28Z")
Hot damn, you people are fast. I typed two sentences in response to a thread with zero responses, and there were three in before I could click submit. $10 says there are two more responses before I finish typing this sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/10 "2009-10-02T18:07:35Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > Despite his abundant charm and eloquence (and hot wife!), mmmm mmmm mmmm Barack Hussein Obama failed to deliver the Olympics to the Chicago machine that backed him. I bet they’re plenty pissed. I mean, think of all the skims, graft, kickbacks, bribes, and favors they won’t be getting now! All that juicy money… \*not \*flowing through Chicago… from the tourism, the liquor, the construction, the advertising, the prostitutes. The prostitutes! Won’t \*somebody \*think of the prostitutes??? > > Whatsoever shall Chicago do now? Eh… probably just beat another black kid to death. Garsh, you’re a moron. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/11 "2009-10-02T18:07:52Z")
The prostitutes in Rio are probably way hotter. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/12 "2009-10-02T18:08:54Z")
Yeah, cause the US is the only country to ever send its head of state to stump for the Olympic bid on the election day. Man, what a miscalculation! How could we have thought that might be considered to be expected?! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/13 "2009-10-02T18:11:22Z")
When I first saw the thread title, I wondered whether Wayne Gretzky really _had_ any Chicago cronies. Phoenix, sure; and LA, and Edmonton, but to the best of my knowledge, he never played for Chicago. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/14 "2009-10-02T18:11:51Z")
Not enought rolleyes in cyberspace for the OP. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/15 "2009-10-02T18:18:48Z")
OP wins own thread for perfect name/content combo. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/16 "2009-10-02T18:19:15Z")
You’re happy that the U.S.A won’t host any Olympics any time soon? Think about what you’re cheering for. Your hatred of Obama is so ravenous, that you will cheer anything he doesn’t succeed at, even if that’s at the expense of our country. Pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/17 "2009-10-02T18:19:42Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > When I first saw the thread title, I wondered whether Wayne Gretzky really _had_ any Chicago cronies. Phoenix, sure; and LA, and Edmonton, but to the best of my knowledge, he never played for Chicago. > > 😃 Me too. I was thinking he was getting some money on the side for trading all of their best players to Chicago. He needs it now that’s he’s not getting paid. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/18 "2009-10-02T18:19:46Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > Despite his abundant charm and eloquence (and hot wife!), mmmm mmmm mmmm Barack Hussein Obama failed to deliver the Olympics to the Chicago machine that backed him. I bet they’re plenty pissed. I mean, think of all the skims, graft, kickbacks, bribes, and favors they won’t be getting now! All that juicy money… \*not \*flowing through Chicago… from the tourism, the liquor, the construction, the advertising, the prostitutes. The prostitutes! Won’t \*somebody \*think of the prostitutes??? > > Whatsoever shall Chicago do now? Eh… probably just beat another black kid to death. Well, the Republicans from Chicago can entertain themselves by torturing a few Muslims or flying down to some shithole with Rush Limbaugh to diddle small boys. You know, the usual. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/19 "2009-10-02T18:21:24Z")
I can’t keep this huge grin off of my face. Obama failed HUGE! What a colossal moron! Record unemployment, Afghanistan in shambles…and Barack Hussein Obama thinks it would be a swell idea to make a personal plea to bring the Olympics to the corrupt war-zone known as Chicago. Even Oprah Frickin’ Winfrey could not help his cause! ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377/20 "2009-10-02T18:22:32Z")
I don’t understand why this is being seen as a failure for Obama. It’s not like other U.S. cities haven’t lost out on an Olympic bid, and it’s not like other countries who lost out in the past haven’t sent their heads of state to lobby. Other than foaming-at-the-mouth rabid idiocy, can someone explain why this is being touted as a personal loss for Obama, rather than “well, that sucks” for Chicago/the U.S.? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awwww-the-great-one-failed-to-deliver-for-his-chicago-cronies/512377.md?page=2)