Monday, July 21, 2014

WHY WOULD IT SCARE ME IF HE DIDN'T GO TO THAT FUNDRAISER OR PLAY THAT NEXT ROUND OF GOLF, OR DO THE NEXT PHOTO-OP ?

WH: We Haven't Changed the President's Schedule Amid Crises Because it Might Scare People   Guy Benson | Jul 21, 2014
 
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As smoke billowed from the downed Malaysian jetliner in the fields of eastern Ukraine on Thursday, President Obama pressed ahead with his schedule: a cheeseburger with fries at the Charcoal Pit in Delaware, a speech about infrastructure and two splashy fund-raisers in New York City. The potential for jarring split-screen imagery was clear. Reports of charred bodies and a ground-to-air missile attack from Eastern Europe dominated television screens while photographers snapped pictures of a grinning Mr. Obama holding a toddler at the restaurant. The presidential motorcade was later filmed pulling up to Trump Place Apartments, the Riverside Avenue venue for his first fund-raiser. And yet, White House aides said no consideration was given to abandoning the president’s long-planned schedule, even during the hour long flight from Delaware to New York, when word suddenly arrived that Israel had begun a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, providing the day’s second international challenge.
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