barack no drama obama knocked out by Lula

(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

terwijl een kennis de speech van mevrouw obama roemde ("outclassed her husband") las ik in de Volkskrant als commentaar op Mrs President dat het holle "retoriek" was.

reuters: knip.........
For Obama, it marked the loss of a politically risky gamble to bring home the Olympics. Despite a speech to the IOC by Obama, Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting, one of the biggest shocks in an Olympic ballot......knip

in samenvatting:
1 Ronde - Madrid 28, Rio 26, Tokyo 22, Chicago 18
2 Ronde - Rio 46 (+20), Madrid 29 (+1) and Tokyo 20 (-2)
3 Ronde - Rio 66 (+20), Madrid 32 (+3)

een mooie beschrijving is hier te lezen
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0232140920091002?sp=true

"... The world has recognized that the time has come for Brazil."

Lula made an impassioned appeal to the IOC to stop its habit of awarding Olympics to Europe, North America and the Far East and give Brazil and South America a long-overdue chance.

Despite worries about Rio's high crime rate and lack of infrastructure, that appeal clearly touched the right buttons as did an appealing video display, showing beaches, mountains and a joyous people having fun.

The 2016 Games will feature beach volleyball on Copacabana, a marathon finish in Carnival's Sambadrome stadium and rowing under the city's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue.........


Lula=
Luiz Inácio da Silva was Lula's full birth name, which he used from 1945 to 1982, but he has been known as Lula since childhood; the nickname itself is a hypocoristic for Luiz with consonantal reduplication. Consequently, Lula became the name by which he was known throughout his career as a metallurgical worker, and as he emerged in the national scene as a union leader, and for all his political life. In 1982, in order to run for governorship of the state of São Paulo, Lula changed his legal name, adding the nickname Lula by which he was nationally known. Under Brazilian electoral laws at the time, one could only use one's legal name to run for public office. Currently, Brazilian newspapers refer to him either (more formally) using his full name Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or (informally or on second reference) only his moniker Lula.

lees meer over de populaire president van Brazilie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva