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Reid Wilson ?@HotlineReid
Obama just cancelled events in Colo Springs and NoVA on Mon/Tues to monitor Hurricane Sandy from White House
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)LisaL
(44,962 posts)and he should be all over relief efforts and make sure the media gets the message. Go alternative forms if necessary. Also make sure Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama are filling in for him at his scheduled stops if possible.
NotThisTime
(3,657 posts)flamingdem
(39,304 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Shut those people down before they start harping on him for campaigning while a storm is going on.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)He still has time to go there later.
spanone
(135,636 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)It sounds like Sandy is gonna act a fool.
Guitarzz
(105 posts)Lochloosa
(16,019 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)Although to be fair that was to celebrate John McCain's birthday and at his age, who knows how many birthdays McCain has left. Being there was obviously important. It's not like anybody was dying as a result of hurricane Katrina. Oh wait.
And to be fair, given that once he finally did go, he made sure to tell Michael Brown what a heck of a job Brown was doing. I think the people of New Orleans had enough problems without adding the blithering idiot to the mix.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)earlier this year Vermont among others was slammed, cimate change anyone?
Oh and where the hell is Jim Cantore? That boy is known to be at ground zero?
HeeBGBz
(7,361 posts)fugop
(1,828 posts)Jim's got his hurricanebag packed and he's in NYC? They must anticipate that being a big storm area then...
hoboken123
(251 posts)They are starting to pile up.
skeewee08
(1,983 posts)TBF
(31,922 posts)I would've been tempted to monitor from Chicago.
Lefta Dissenter
(6,617 posts)Though I do feel bad for the people who were looking forward to the campaign events.
Blue Idaho
(4,988 posts)and our President stands ready to help, What will Willard and Boy Blunder be doing?
SaveAmerica
(5,342 posts)So he gets whatever boost he was supposed to get if he had gone to the events.
janx
(24,128 posts)Good for President Obama. The big, bad northeastern corridor contains many, many people.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)rustysgurl
(1,040 posts)That's My President - the country and its people before politics (even those who aren't voting for him).
nakocal
(528 posts)The President is going to make sure that all assistance is available for cleaning up after Hurricane Sandy, Joe Biden's son Beau has been activated to help with the storm. Mitt is probably make phone calls to check on his money in the Cayman Islands.
NYC Liberal
(20,132 posts)LOL! Sadly, you're probably 100% right.
riqster
(13,986 posts)I like his priorities.
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)my precious granddaughters live in Delaware. I want my President on the job.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)When FEMA starts helping people pick up the pieces as "the administration using federal resources to boost Obama's reelection chances."
Only my better angels are arguing against a response more like "let 'em drown."
-LOKI -BAD FOR YA
(308 posts)the gop love federal money crying. we can do better if ran our personal little fiefdom. they wil try to start the stupid fema re-education centers,blue helmets,dead people voting , nonsense.
liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)No jokes about Trent Lott's porch? I'm confused...
EC
(12,287 posts)he needs the time to get his voice back too. This is the best thing all around to do. Surrogates can go out for him.
marble falls
(56,359 posts)Steady and in control.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Love my President! And always ending prayers for his protection
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)How will people vote in NY and NJ and NH if that is the case. It almost seems planned like weather modification...strange the timing I know I know ...just a thought.
allinthegame
(132 posts)I hope he stays in the White House being Presidential until the last rain falls. When the MSM gets pics of him talking to Chris Christie and his ilk calling in for Fed funds
It will be worth more than any campaign stop.
Yul A
(94 posts)he's winning: he doesn't need to lower himself to that dungheap of a show.
No Vested Interest
(5,157 posts)I understood the Prez was to tape the Morning Joe segment while in NH today.
Is that correct? Did it happen?
Raine
(30,540 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)The president needs to be seen actively managing this thing.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)regain his voice
and show how well he can handle a major occurrence...and perhaps remind people how "market-driven" republicans handle weather disasters...
...Katrina
...Chris Christie went to Disneyworld
He has surrogates to go to Colorado/Nevada/Wisconsin/Iowa/Ohio..
I hope the eastern states have ample supplies of paper ballots.. those electronic machines may have no electricity.
Perhaps voting for senate/house & president should be an all write-in affair on 5x7 note-card stock...and the local/state elections postponed.. There IS precedence for this (9/11/01 NY)
There is no reason why voters could not be checked in and told to just write their candidate names on the cards..and be in and out in under 5 minutes.. and those could easily be tallied at the precincts at the end of the day.
The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)More details on Fox Noise at 11.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)go on national TV every evening and give a report on what's happening with the storm and what FEMA and other agencies are doing. Take about 15 minutes each night and run down a list of federal agencies and their response to the storm.
"In New Hampshire today, flooding in some rural areas was severe. Our FEMA representative in that area reports that National Guard troops from New Hampshire were working very hard in the flooded areas to make sure stranded residents were safe, and the Coast Guard has been evacuating folks who are in danger. Moving on to New Jersey, we are working with Governor Christy to supply additional National Guard assistance from states not affected by the storm, and FEMA has already set up centers in the affected areas."
All of this with news footage running in the background.
Just a US President doing his job, you see.