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The Spectacle Blog
So let’s get this straight: President Obama has canceled campaign events, including in my home state of Colorado, to “monitor” Hurricane Sandy.
To be sure, Sandy is a monster and has the potential to cause serious damage and potentially loss of life. And, I am most grateful that Obama will stay away from Colorado where his primary functions are speaking to naive college students and fouling traffic.
But Sandy is not a conscious creature, not a terrorist, not something that the federal government can help by, for example, using an armed drone to eliminate potential further harm to American life and property.
And yet, when there was just such a situation, Obama went to Las Vegas.
And now we’re supposed to believe he’s oh-so-concerned?
Color me cynical: In my view it must be that he didn’t expect to raise very much money in Colorado.
I’m not saying Obama is wrong to cancel campaign events. I’m saying that he was very wrong to go to Vegas right after Americans were murdered…and right after his administration appears to have done absolutely nothing to try to save them.
Hurricane Sandy reminds Americans of Obama’s real priorities and how he behaved when a true Commander in Chief was needed. Instead we see someone just looking to declare states of emergency, yet again trying to buy people’s votes with other people’s money, and making only the easiest decisions.
RJ| 10.29.12 @ 1:14AM
You nailed it, Ross. Obama is calling off his trip to Colorado so he can "act Presidential" and buy votes in battle ground states on the Eastern Seaboard (New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia and perhaps North Carolina, with taxpayer money. For him there was no point to stay away from the Las Vegas fundraiser because the murders in Libya did not offer him the opportunity to buy votes and as we have seen on a recent video, his supporters don't seem to have followed what the Libyan story.
joyceea123| 10.29.12 @ 4:35AM
i totally agree with you on this subject. he has never acted like a president . he does like to here himself talk-he is his biggist fan. he'llbe sitting in the florida drinking home brew and watching coverage coverage of sandy on tv
Nancy in NC| 10.29.12 @ 6:50AM
More likely playing some hoops with his friends in the gym.
Thank God the storm is this week rather than next. The moron would probably try to cancel elections.
Pecos Pete| 10.29.12 @ 7:55AM
Nancy: I hadn't thought of it, but you are correct: King O would love to cancel the election.
Mike G| 10.29.12 @ 8:00AM
If enough folks are without electricity, it could still happen.
JP| 10.29.12 @ 8:33AM
I think alot of people would love to see what transpired in the WH during the afternoon and early evening of 9/11/2012. Some rumors have the President going to bed while the guns were still blazing.
fmm| 10.29.12 @ 10:12AM
He was probably partying as usual and not available for a decision on the matter. The african commander probably tried to push the issue for someone to get his attention, and I am guessing that is why he was fired. No One interrupts the O---- at his partying.
Denver Todd| 10.29.12 @ 10:46AM
He is doing this because he doesn't want to appear to be like Bush with Katrina. And being the hurricane-fighting prez has much more street cred than fighting terrorists. After all, once the storm has passed, he can be super generous with other people's money.