No, it's not an Onion article.Breaking her silence on New York’s failed bid to host the 2012 Olympics, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) today blamed a "vast Euro conspiracy" for awarding the prize to London."Obviously the committee was stacked with extremist judges," Clinton said when stopped by reporters on her way to the Senate cafeteria. "What we have here is a vicious partisan attack. The [International Olympic] Committee is practicing the politics of municipal destruction."
Clinton bemoaned the fact that she was not brought in sooner to help New York’s lobbying effort. She hinted that she was kept out of negotiations because she was a woman. But the real villain, in her view, is former Olympic gold-medal champion and the leader of London’s Olympic bid team, Lord Sebastian Coe. She noted with concern that Lord Coe was once a Tory member of Parliament and private secretary to former Tory leader William Hague.
When asked what she was implying, she replied, "Isn’t it obvious? You put it together. But we’re not dealing with an objective party here."[...]
Clinton's spokeswoman affirmed that the IOC’s decision was an especially bitter blow to Senator Clinton personally. "You have to understand why she’s taking this so hard. The 2012 games would have coincided with her bid for re-election as President."
Christ. Is there no one in politics at the level of running for president with an ounce of personal integrity and sanity?
Never mind.
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