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Offline Alpha Mare

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Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit
« on: October 14, 2009, 10:52:12 AM »
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The White House's fear of protests from Code Pink and other left-wingers has put the brakes on President Obama making any public appearances during his visit to San Francisco this week.

Concerns about big and loud protests over the war in Afghanistan, the prohibition on open gays and lesbians in the military and other issues have squelched any thought of a trip to a local school or high-tech manufacturing plant that often accompanies such visits, said a source involved in the planning.

"You're always sensitive about having your San Francisco moment here," said former White House spinmeister Chris Lehane.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/14/BA0B1A52OU.DTL#ixzz0TvDNElRk

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Re: Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 10:57:06 AM »
Still in campaign mode.
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Re: Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 11:12:17 AM »
What about his brief trip to NOLA, and he isn't going to visit the 9th Ward.  :fuelfire:
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Re: Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 11:58:24 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on October 14, 2009, 11:12:17 AM
What about his brief trip to NOLA, and he isn't going to visit the 9th Ward.  :fuelfire:

Nuh-uh...really?  That is a misstep.  You know that is one of the pet projects of the Hollywood volunteer peeps.
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Re: Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2009, 12:05:45 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on October 14, 2009, 11:58:24 AM
Nuh-uh...really?  That is a misstep.  You know that is one of the pet projects of the Hollywood volunteer peeps.

Oops, there was a change of plans after some people got riled up by the snub from Lord Zero.
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New Orleans is mad because Obama's visit tomorrow will be little more than a whistlestop.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is mad because New Orleans gets all the attention, such as it is, while the lingering effects of Katrina over there are ignored.
And from southwest Louisiana comes the cry, "What about Rita, Gustav and Ike? The president really needs to take a look at Cameron Parish."
Obama is also being denounced for an apparent lack of curiosity about the incredible shrinking wetlands.
The original announced White House plan was for Obama to fly way down yonder merely in order to hold a "town hall" before beetling off to California for a fund raiser.
Members of our congressional delegation took turns demanding evidence of a little more concern for the state of the recovery, and the protests did not go unheeded. Soon came the announcement that Obama would make time to visit the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward.
That did not smooth over any feathers in other parts of the region, where hordes of bedraggled storm victims grow weary of the constant harping on the Lower 9th.
NOLA.com

Hm, I wonder how the DUmmies will like it that he is visiting a charter school instead of a regular public school.  :fuelfire:
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Re: Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2009, 12:10:34 PM »
Ya just never know..
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