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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on March 08, 2011, 10:34:15 AM
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The White House is ramping up an effort to promote a nationwide competition to decide which high school wins a commencement speech by President Obama.
An internal White House memo indicates that the White House is facing a shortage of applications less than a week before the deadline.
The competition was extended from the February 25 deadline until Friday, March 11 after few schools met the original application deadline. CBS News has learned a White House Communications Office internal memo dated February 22 noted "a major issue with the Commencement Challenge."
"As of yesterday we had received 14 applications and the deadline is Friday," the memo said. The memo also urged recipients to, "please keep the application number close hold."
A follow-up memo on February 28 reported receipt of 68 applications. Noting the competition among more than 1,000 schools last year, the memo said, "Something isn't working." It called on staffers to ask "friendly congressional, gubernatorial and mayoral offices" to encourage schools to apply. ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20040100-503544.html
Hopenchange is so 2008.
:haha:
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Lord Zero and his minions STILL don't get it.
You guys are the laughingstock of the world and the target of scorn and derision.
Embrace the suck, Barry. You've earned it.
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This sounds sort of like the DU fund drives.
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The last thing I need at the graduation of my youngest this Spring is Presidential security and NBC giving Obama a public blow job at it.
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Last years winner had 51% black and 38% white...not a lot of schools can meet such strict standards.
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"Something isn't working."
no shit sherlock :lmao:
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It called on staffers to ask "friendly congressional, gubernatorial and mayoral offices" to encourage schools to apply. ...
Pleeeeease invite Obama to speak. Pretty please with sugar on top. :loser:
Very unbecoming of the Chief Executive.
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"As of yesterday we had received 14 applications and the deadline is Friday,"
Forteen...that's 14...10 + 4...7 + 7... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Even in DUmmie math it's a very small number.... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
I bet Bush got more invitations to speak than that and he ain't even trying....or Cheney....or Lord Rove.
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14...just 14 :lmao: just imagine what that does to Obama's ego.
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"We do not want the actual application number out there (we didn't release the number of applications we received last year until after the submission period)-so folks should not use it in their pitches."
Yet the numbers somehow got released and more schools will apply thinking they have a better shot.
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"Something isn't working."
no shit sherlock :lmao:
Maybe all these schools are afraid of interrupting the Obama's vacation schedule. I hear it's pretty rigorous this year. :-)
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14...just 14 :lmao: just imagine what that does to Obama's ego.
You don't have to imagine it. Who do you think wrote the memo? :lmao:
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I'm guessing Obumbler won't be making too many trips up to NH anytime soon.
Damn racist Teabaggers thinking they can have an opinion when they stack the Portsmouth HS gym with donors and out-of-staters...
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The last thing I need at the graduation of my youngest this Spring is Presidential security and NBC giving Obama a public blow job at it.
Yeppers, especially with our taxpayer dollars going to protect his hide. And the ample hide of his wife. :hammer: