Olympic Chiefs Ask Bush to Pull Election Ad

Oxford · 08-26-2004, 10:03 AM

Found the following news release this morning that really ticked me off. The U.S. Olympic Committee is trying to counter a Bush campaign advertisment. Of course, the liberal news media would like to use this release to it's fullest to block Bush's campaign. I fail to see how a statement of fact about how two countries, which were previously blocked from participating in the Olympics and can now participate in competitive events, violates any rights of the International Olympic Committee's use of the name Olympics.
Ox
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Olympic Chiefs Ask Bush to Pull Election Ad
By Karolos Grohmann

ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic Committee has asked the campaign to re-elect President Bush (news - web sites) to pull an ad that refers to the Olympic Games (news - web sites), the International Olympic Committee (news - web sites) said on Thursday.

The ad has angered Olympic officials because they feel it hijacks the Olympic brand -- a registered trademark -- even though it does not display the Games logo.

The U.S. Olympic Committee had asked the Bush election "campaign to withdraw the advertisement they are running," International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Giselle Davies told reporters.

The television advertisement, ahead of the presidential elections in November, does not feature the five Olympic rings -- one of the world's most recognizable images -- but an announcer tells viewers that at "this Olympics there will be two more free nations," referring to the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq under Bush's presidency.

Afghanistan returned to this year's Games after its Olympic Committee, controlled by the then ruling hard-line Taliban regime, was suspended in 1999 and missed the 2000 Sydney Games.

The IOC reinstated Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

The IOC said no official request had been made for the use of the reference to the Games.

"We own the rights to the Olympic name and nobody asked us," Gerhard Heiberg, head of the International Olympic Committee's Marketing Commission had said on Wednesday.

Rufus Rhastus J · 08-26-2004, 10:35 AM

what babies!

Oxford · 08-26-2004, 10:38 AM

Rufus...you must be referring to the beach volley ball girls.

:right:

Big Dog · 08-26-2004, 10:40 AM

Wonder if Olympic Arms (the AR-15 builders) got the IOC's blessing?

As I was reading this, I heard a radio ad for our local Mazda dealer - they used the words Olympiad and Olympic - think they paid their graft to the IOC too?

Oxford · 08-26-2004, 10:49 AM

You can be sure they didn't...but they aren't running for poltical office.

Lord Shrike · 08-26-2004, 07:47 PM

My response to them would be tuff tittie

Oxford · 08-26-2004, 07:49 PM

LS...actually now...have you ever held a tough tittie?

Lord Shrike · 08-26-2004, 09:25 PM

I prefer the soft brand personally.

Rave · 08-26-2004, 11:21 PM

Hows about we pull our money,I'll bet they would change their tune! :gangster:

Oxford · 08-27-2004, 12:30 AM

I don't have a very big pool to add

to the pot but in 3-4 days the olympics will be over for another four years anyway.

Dennis · 08-27-2004, 02:09 AM

Its just more anti bush bashing
the response to the swiftboat vets add has been to wail and complain and ask bush to apologize
same for the olympics
Ill bet the olympic committy got prodded to complain by the kerry people
it sounds like them doesnt it.
They hate Bush so deeply and will blantantly and openly manipulate every body and everything they can
they will hurl every thing that is not nailed down at Bush
believing that nothing in beneith them
this is the stupidest campagne the Dems have ever done.

Despoiler · 08-27-2004, 03:06 AM

Drop a MOAB on them!

Big Dog · 08-27-2004, 05:25 AM

I'm betting the IOC is in the hip-pocket of the stinking UN, and you know those Bastages have it in for George W.

Two more years, then we get the same Dog&Pony show for the Winter Olympics.

dave375hh · 08-27-2004, 12:51 PM

Dear Gerhard,
This is America, we don't care what you want! so STFU!

08-26-2004, 10:03 AM	#1
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,110 Blog Entries: 4	Olympic Chiefs Ask Bush to Pull Election Ad Found the following news release this morning that really ticked me off. The U.S. Olympic Committee is trying to counter a Bush campaign advertisment. Of course, the liberal news media would like to use this release to it's fullest to block Bush's campaign. I fail to see how a statement of fact about how two countries, which were previously blocked from participating in the Olympics and can now participate in competitive events, violates any rights of the International Olympic Committee's use of the name Olympics. Ox --------------- Olympic Chiefs Ask Bush to Pull Election Ad By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic Committee has asked the campaign to re-elect President Bush (news - web sites) to pull an ad that refers to the Olympic Games (news - web sites), the International Olympic Committee (news - web sites) said on Thursday. The ad has angered Olympic officials because they feel it hijacks the Olympic brand -- a registered trademark -- even though it does not display the Games logo. The U.S. Olympic Committee had asked the Bush election "campaign to withdraw the advertisement they are running," International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Giselle Davies told reporters. The television advertisement, ahead of the presidential elections in November, does not feature the five Olympic rings -- one of the world's most recognizable images -- but an announcer tells viewers that at "this Olympics there will be two more free nations," referring to the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq under Bush's presidency. Afghanistan returned to this year's Games after its Olympic Committee, controlled by the then ruling hard-line Taliban regime, was suspended in 1999 and missed the 2000 Sydney Games. The IOC reinstated Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The IOC said no official request had been made for the use of the reference to the Games. "We own the rights to the Olympic name and nobody asked us," Gerhard Heiberg, head of the International Olympic Committee's Marketing Commission had said on Wednesday. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

08-26-2004, 10:35 AM	#2
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08-26-2004, 10:38 AM	#3
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,110 Blog Entries: 4	Rufus...you must be referring to the beach volley ball girls. :right: __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

08-26-2004, 10:40 AM	#4
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,421	Wonder if Olympic Arms (the AR-15 builders) got the IOC's blessing? As I was reading this, I heard a radio ad for our local Mazda dealer - they used the words Olympiad and Olympic - think they paid their graft to the IOC too? __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables. Last edited by Big Dog; 08-26-2004 at 02:07 PM.

08-26-2004, 10:49 AM	#5
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,110 Blog Entries: 4	You can be sure they didn't...but they aren't running for poltical office. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

08-26-2004, 07:47 PM	#6
Lord Shrike Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: MOOOOOOOOOOO land also known as Wisconsin Posts: 1,113	My response to them would be tuff tittie __________________ Taint nuthin a 12 gauge wont solve

08-26-2004, 07:49 PM	#7
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,110 Blog Entries: 4	LS...actually now...have you ever held a tough tittie? __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

08-26-2004, 09:25 PM	#8
Lord Shrike Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: MOOOOOOOOOOO land also known as Wisconsin Posts: 1,113	I prefer the soft brand personally. __________________ Taint nuthin a 12 gauge wont solve

08-26-2004, 11:21 PM	#9
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 7,071	Hows about we pull our money,I'll bet they would change their tune! :gangster: __________________ USAF '62-'66 .

08-27-2004, 12:30 AM	#10
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,110 Blog Entries: 4	I don't have a very big pool to add to the pot but in 3-4 days the olympics will be over for another four years anyway. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

08-27-2004, 02:09 AM	#11
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,883	Its just more anti bush bashing the response to the swiftboat vets add has been to wail and complain and ask bush to apologize same for the olympics Ill bet the olympic committy got prodded to complain by the kerry people it sounds like them doesnt it. They hate Bush so deeply and will blantantly and openly manipulate every body and everything they can they will hurl every thing that is not nailed down at Bush believing that nothing in beneith them this is the stupidest campagne the Dems have ever done. __________________ Submitted with respect to all

08-27-2004, 03:06 AM	#12
Despoiler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Occupied Territory of California Posts: 2,232	Drop a MOAB on them!

08-27-2004, 05:25 AM	#13
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,421	I'm betting the IOC is in the hip-pocket of the stinking UN, and you know those Bastages have it in for George W. Two more years, then we get the same Dog&Pony show for the Winter Olympics. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

08-27-2004, 12:51 PM	#14
dave375hh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 587	Dear Gerhard, This is America, we don't care what you want! so STFU! __________________ Dave 375 H&H