Ouch

"In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend. Chicago was knocked out in the first round -- in one of the most shocking defeats ever handed down by the International Olympic Committee. . . . . "I'm shocked" Gosper said . . . "To have the president of the United States and his wife personally appear, then this should happen in the first round is awful and totally undeserving" . . . Obama had held out the enticing prospect of a Chicago games helping to reconnect the United States with the world after the presidency of George W. Bush."

http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/1263443.html

Maybe people are getting tired of Obama always talking about how bad America was before January, 2009. I am.