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carriep carriep
 
M$2 December 22, 2008 05:54 PM

Has BlagoGate killed Chicago's chances for the 2016 Olympics?

Tokyo is considered the front runner for the 2016 Olympics, but Obama's election victory was thought to give Chicago the edge. Now that Illinois is back in the thick of scandal, do they still have a chance to win the bid?
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offthedome offthedome
 
 December 22, 2008 05:55 PM
No, it definitely still has a chance. 2016 is so far away. And just because it's big news here doesn't mean it's big news anywhere else. Yea, there are people who will try to use it as an excuse not to give Chicago the olympics, but world wide I'd be shocked if more htan 2% of people know the name Blagojevich.



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gochrisgo gochrisgo
 
December 22, 2008 05:56 PM
This article says Blago's alleged crime is "irrelevant" in considering Chicago's bid.
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http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/blagojevich-irrelevent-to-city-o...


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johnsonaar... johnsonaar...
 
December 22, 2008 05:56 PM
No way! I think it's nowhere near as big a deal as the China - Tibet deal, and they still got it.

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hartwell hartwell
 
December 22, 2008 05:57 PM
No. These things pass. I'll say that Olympics almost never pay off. Chicago (or any city in North America) would be well served by hosting a World's Fair.

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dawel dawel
 
December 22, 2008 06:07 PM
No way. While the world may want it elsewhere, they can't "take it away" on the basis of one man. For them to do so and name that as the chief reason won't be any different than saying that all of Chicago + Illinois are corrupt. While Corruption does come up in Chicago, it is generally far worse overseas.

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bmlhailsto... bmlhailsto...
 
December 22, 2008 06:07 PM
Depends, the IOC has been weighing political things more heavily now than in the past, but they still let China have it even with all the human rights violations. Frankly, I think it doesn't hurt Chicago because in the grand scheme of things, Blagojevich is a small player. If the president of the United States did something terrible, for example going to war with a country that didn't do anything(Iraq), then I could understand the IOC not wanting to give any city in the US the olympics. But that's all history, and we should get it back soon. Let's go Chicago!!

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keithold keithold
 
December 22, 2008 06:45 PM
G'day Carrie P,

Thank you for your question.

It certainly hasn't helped. It has been big news around the world. Google News has 53000 news stories related to it.

http://news.google.com.au/news?rlz=1C1GGLS_enAU306AU306&sourceid=chrome&um=1&tab=wn&nolr=1&hl=en&q=Rod+Blagojevich&btnG=Search+News

It has tarnished Obama's reputation as well to some extent and reminded people the world over of Illinois's reputation for political corruption.

The Olympics organisers are looking for political stability in the host city and related political entities (state and nation). This scandal is a very big black eye for Obama.

Regards

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pkrulzzz pkrulzzz
 
December 23, 2008 05:04 AM
Yes, many people think that Chicago and Illinois, in general is corrupt because of this scandal.

One FBI supervisor even said, "If it isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's one hell of a competitor."

Actually, Illinois is not even in the Top 5 of most corrupt states

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kokinio73 kokinio73
 
December 23, 2008 07:39 AM
of course chicago has a great chance.I think Obama will win and this race

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