Comments on: London Awarded 2012 Olympic Games

By: Gary and the Samoyeds

Gary and the Samoyeds — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:49:25 +0000

Paris did win, as London will find out.

By: dougrc

dougrc — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:12:36 +0000

"I took Paris' win as a given."
So did the French, which makes the awarding of the Olympics to London such a sweet surprise. Count on a spiteful Chirac raising the toll on the Channel Tunnel to rip off the rest of Europe (especially the Finns) as they drive to the games in 2012. Certainly I feel bad for the Parisians since they were really counting on being awarded the games, but I don't feel too bad. They are still French, you know.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:29:55 +0000

Everyone assumed Paris would win. Paris would have won, if Chirac hadn't publicly insulted England and Finland right before the vote, which gave London some sympathy votes and pissed off the two Finns on the IOC.

By: reliapundit

reliapundit — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:22:54 +0000

i'm not surprised you thought paris would win. you are almost always wrong.