Asshat - The "Just shut the fuck up" edition

Well technically this is a day early, I should wait until at least Monday to post the previous week's Asshat, but then again, it has been so long since I did an Asshat that I can bend the rules any which way I choose.  That being said, today's Asshat goes to the morons who seem to believe it is George Bush's fault that Chicago failed to get the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.  From the Chicago Sun Times

Chicago torpedoed by anti-U.S. sentiment? October 3, 2009 BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter apallasch@suntimes.com Some Chicago officials say anti-American resentment likely played a role in Chicago's Olympic bid dying in the first round Friday. President Obama could not undo in one year the resentment against America that President Bush and others built up for years, they said. "There must be" resentment against America, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, near the stage where he had hoped to give a victory speech in Daley Center Plaza. "The way we [refused to sign] the Kyoto Treaty, we misled the world into Iraq. The world had a very bad taste in its mouth about us. But there was such a turnaround after last November. The world now feels better about America and about Americans. That's why I thought the president's going was the deal-maker." State Rep. Susana Mendoza (D-Chicago) said she saw firsthand the resentment against America five years ago when she was in Rio de Janeiro. "I feel in my gut that this vote today was political and mean-spirited," she said. "I travel a lot. ... I thought we had really turned a corner with the election of President Obama. People are so much more welcoming of Americans now. But this isn't the people of those countries. This is the leaders still living with outdated impressions of Americans." U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said she was approached by a consul general at the plaza as they waited for word Friday. "He said ... he was hearing that there wasn't enough time for Barack Obama to dispel the old image. ... But I don't know if that's it." Presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs rejected the notion that the vote was influenced by the United States' standing: "No, I think you saw both at the U.N. General Assembly, you saw at the G20 last week ... I think virtually every measure of our standing in the world is different than it was just this time last year. So I don't read too much of that into this."   Could it even be remotely possible that Rio de Janiero just might have submitted a kick ass bid, and it was more impressive than the other offerings. (See the Olmypic bid video here.)  Let's not kid anyone, Chicago wasn't first runner up here, they came in dead last, getting cut in the first round of eliminations.  If Rio wouldn't have gotten it, then it wasn't like Chicago was next on the list.  The Summer Games will go to Rio, the first time the Olympics have ever been held in South America, to which I say good for them, I hope they are as impressive as the games in China were (the opening ceremonies from those games still amaze me).  Hosting the Olympic Games is not an American birthright, regardless of the number of times the Games have been held here (8 times in all, more than any other country).   Instead of looking for excuses as to why Chicago wasn't selected, perhaps they should look for reasons why the Chicago bid wasn't up to par with the other finalists bids.  When you have the President of the United States lobbying on your behalf and you still can't land the coveted Games, maybe it is time to look real long and hard in the mirror and see just what it is you, not some man who isn't even in office now, did wrong.  And if you get real close to the mirror and breathe on it just right, you will see the name "Asshat" appear.