Among people who don’t hate Obama, the following are believed to be reasons why the US isn’t going to get another Olympics for a good long while:

The very embarrassing bribery scandal around the Salt Lake City games.
The very unpleasant (i.e., fatal) bombing at the Atlanta games.
The very unpleasant customs and immigration procedures for foreign visitors to the US.

Really, any one of those would have been reason enough to reject us this time, even if we hadn’t had it eight times already.

Besides, Rio really knows how to throw a party.