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OBAMA RUNNING SCARED OF LEFT
San Francisco Chronicle - 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. Obama is scheduled to parachute into Liberalville on Thursday afternoon and pick up a cool $2 million for the Democratic Party at a fundraiser at the St. Francis Hotel - then spend the night, before checking out early the next morning and heading to Houston for a community service forum hosted by former President George H.W. Bush. . .
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. . .
As for Obama's visit, Code Pink co-founder and political rabble-rouser Medea Benjamin said the Pinks are still planning "something big and visual" at Union Square, across from the St. Francis fundraiser.
We're also told a Code Pinker has already bought a ticket to the Obama event and will try to hand the president a petition demanding a U.S. exit strategy from Afghanistan.
And - no doubt - the protester will be exiting just as quickly.
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. . .
As for Obama's visit, Code Pink co-founder and political rabble-rouser Medea Benjamin said the Pinks are still planning "something big and visual" at Union Square, across from the St. Francis fundraiser.
We're also told a Code Pinker has already bought a ticket to the Obama event and will try to hand the president a petition demanding a U.S. exit strategy from Afghanistan.
And - no doubt - the protester will be exiting just as quickly.
3 Comments:
"rabble-rouser"
yeh...we need more like her
Does this mean that the Democratic Party is paying all the costs of Air Force One and the like?
Generally, the scam is that the President uses US tax money to fly to his $2million fundraiser. But, he makes a couple of these photo-op type appearances in order to create the con that he was there as President so the tax payer picks up the tab for the trip.
If the President is only going for the fund-raiser, then the fig-leaf is gone and the Democratic Party should be paying all the costs of the President's entourage as he travels to raise money for the Democrats.
Last week Benjamin said Code Pink was OK with the war in AfPak. I guess a woman can change her mind.
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