Obama drew a lot of heat for not joining 40 other world leaders and millions of people for an anti-terrorism rally held in France this past Sunday.
No other high ranking official from our government attended, including Eric Holder, who happened to be in France at the time.
The White House now states that someone from Washington should have been there.
But we know the real why Obama didn’t attend..all these people, knowingly or not, were marching against him.
Earnest was asked by a reporter to address a rumor that Vice President Joe Biden was “sitting at home all weekend.” Earnest — forgetting his role as the chief dissembler for the Obama administration for a second — answered, “Yes, so was the president.”
I can understand why Vice President Biden didn’t attend; that episode of “I Dream of Jeannie” was on where Jeannie has to get Major Nelson out of a pickle, and ol’ Joe hasn’t figured out how to work the DVR yet.
However, as president of one of the world’s oldest democracies, and the one most closely associated with freedom of speech, wouldn’t the president find himself somewhat obligated to attend one of the largest rallies every conducted in support of it?
The fact that other world leaders seemed to find time in their busy schedules to attend — including Mahmoud Abbas, for heaven’s sake! — shows that standing up to the specter of Islamic terrorism simply isn’t a priority for our president.
And this was after the White House had issued a statement saying that America was “ready to provide any possible assistance to France to help the country overcome the consequences of terrorist attacks in Paris.”
Yet when France asked for quite literally the least the White House could do — send the president or a senior dignitary to provide support in the struggle against Islamic terrorism — Obama voted “present.” Again.
sounds good. i have your name and i WILL get back to you around the first of 2017. he will probably pass clinton but i don’t think he will take more than gw. we’ll see.
However, with millions of immigrants, that unemployment rate should rise significantly.
Or, is that a typical media stunt, recording only documented residents?
No YOU ARE
Come to Dallas/Ft. Worth. You will see thousands of day workers standing at service stations, waiting to work and get paid daily, in cash. I bet they are not part of that unemployment rate
Wow, you all are really a little overly concerned about our President not hub knobbing with leaders of other countries that oppress their own citizens. Hmmm, I’m starting to think you all like not liking him!
What an idiot
Ughhh. The amount of ignorance in that statement is overwhelming. Try understanding the meaning of terrorism before making such stupid statements. And if you claim to understand the meaning of terrorism and still support your statement, youve reached a new level of dumb im not familiar with yet.
Connie Freise if you dont believe America is guilty of opressing its own citizens you are severely blinded
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