obby Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 Aug 26, 8:01 AM (ET) By Karolos GrohmannATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic Committee has asked the campaign to re-elect President Bush to pull an ad that refers to the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippio Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 I don't think I've seen the ad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obby Posted August 26 Author Report Share Posted August 26 I have and I found nothing wrong with it. I myself was please to see both Countries now participating in the Olympic games. The opening ceremonies stated the same thing that Bush is now stating so the whole pull the add thing is bull shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveespa Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 the fact that he is using it just for political gain is not right...i bet in all seriousness bush gives two shits about those 2 countires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mursa Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 I have and I found nothing wrong with it. ..yea, but apparently the iraqi olympic soccer team did find a problem with it, and asked for Bush to refrain from using them as political pawns . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresinha12 Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 BTW the Iraqi soccer team was always a good squad, they had won some regional championsh b4, I dont think bush can claim iraq is doing better in olympics cause of his stupid war there.....Aug 26, 8:01 AM (ET) By Karolos GrohmannATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic Committee has asked the campaign to re-elect President Bush to pull an ad that refers to the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obby Posted August 26 Author Report Share Posted August 26 political gain??????He stated the facts !!!!!!!!BTW the Iraqi soccer team was always a good squad, they had won some regional championsh b4, I dont think bush can claim iraq is doing better in olympics cause of his stupid war there.....Are you aware of what Saddam used to do to the Iraqi's when they would fail in their tournaments ??????..yea, but apparently the iraqi olympic soccer team did find a problem with it, and asked for Bush to refrain from using them as political pawns .Really ???? Where did you read that ??????? School me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobeton Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 ??????Are you aware of what Saddam used to do to the Iraqi's when they would fail in their tournaments ??????. No! perhaps you have factual details concerning the same other then rumours, that you can share with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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