McCain on the 2002 Olympics: "pork barrel project", "a rip off", "disgrace"

[Politico]

Here is the response video, about something that happened less than six months before the 2002 Olympics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPvi8sOGN5U

Wanting to ensure security and restore confidence in America with a successful 2002 Olympics? Shame on you, Mitt! We much prefer an insecure and hopeless America that fails to secure the Olympics. You know, the America of Barack Obama and Company.

[Politico]

Here is the response video, about something that happened less than six months before the 2002 Olympics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPvi8sOGN5U

Wanting to ensure security and restore confidence in America with a successful 2002 Olympics? Shame on you, Mitt!

Stay classy.

I'm not the one badmouthing the most recent Olympics held in America, an event that helped restore some American confidence after the tragic events of 9/11. You want to talk about stimulating the economy, ensuring that the American Olympics are a success is a pretty good way to stimulate the economy after one of the most tragic events in American history!

Mitt helped the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City succeed. Democrats would have preferred to see the Olympics succeed somewhere in Europe instead.

[Politico]

I can be kind of a numbers person at times, so these ads just annoy me.

First, adjust for f**king inflation. Really. It would probably still be more expensive than the other games, but that deception just annoys me. Both sides do this constantly.

Second, construction is expensive. Public or private. $2 million for sewers doesn't strike me as outrageous. In fact it seems perfectly reasonable considering the scale of what was involved.

There are lots of other things wrong with the ad. Romney had nothing to do with the intial bribery. There's nothing wrong with the fact that Romney can speak French.

IMO, Mitt Romney sucks and he's a horrible candidate. But you don't need to lie and manipulate facts to make that argument.

Ugh, did I just defend Romney? Maybe I should go take a shower.

I salute you for being honest about this.

The fact of the matter is this: Romney did something very patriotic by giving up his position with Bain Capital to basically fix the Olympics and prevent it from going to another country, which would have been a black eye for America. Not just that, it was a success even in the wake of 9/11 months earlier. Obviously a lot went into pulling it off, but attacking Romney over the Olympics is rather unseemly. I guess some folks are still upset that the Olympics did not pick Chicago for 2016? After all, that was the first real loss of "The One."