Chicago bid for 2016 Olympics

Obamalympics 2016: President Kicks off Presidential Campaign in Copenhagen


By William Kevin Stoos
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
- Satire

Ignoring less important matters like our troops fighting and dying in Afghanistan, the Iranian nuclear threat, and other such matters, the Vacationer in Chief, Barack Obama, has announced plans to travel to Copenhagen to persuade the International Olympic Committee to choose Chicago as the site of the 2016 Summer Games.

Traveling with him on the President’s 53rd vacation overseas since assuming the presidency, will be Stoos Views’ Chief White House correspondent and most trusted name in journalism—Hugh Betcha. Summoned to the White House for a private meeting with the President, Hugh interviewed Obama in the Oval Office about their upcoming trip.

“Is it unusual for a sitting President to meet with the Olympic Committee to sell a site for the Olympics, Mr. President?â€