Monday, October 5, 2009

"What Went Wrong?"

In the post-mortem following the crashing and burning of Chicago's doomed Olympic bid, the question a lot of people are asking is, "What went wrong?"

It seems to me the answer can be summed up in four words, à la James Carville:

It's the corruption, stupid.

John Kass offers a slightly longer explanation, and in so doing offers manfully to take the blame.

1 comment:

The Dutchman said...

Andy Thayer (the police spy of all people!) actually wrote a first rate analysis of what went wrong:

http://www.counterpunch.org/thayer09302009.html