Re: Sports News

On a darker note, these things, rightly or wrongly, have consequences. That is why, whatever the situation, the personal involvement and presence of the President is always so carefully stage managed.

President Obama, with great fanfare, flew to Copenhagen on Airforce 1 to bring the Olympic Games to Chicago. It doesn't matter that such a junket was way below any conceivable priority of an American Presidency; he went and therefore put the Presidency's prestige on the table.

And he failed. As they say in sports, a loss is a loss is a loss, whatever the reasons. And the international community, especially those who have no love for our country, will take note and make their plans accordingly.

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