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Petty controversy: Is Obama fleeing the country?
The Week ^ | 10/7/10

Posted on 10/13/2010 9:28:19 AM PDT by truthandlife

The controversy: After moving up a scheduled trip to India next month, President Obama will be leaving for Mumbai on November 4, just two days after the midterm election — which at least one blogger has interpreted as "more evidence Obama knows there will be a Democratic bloodbath at the polls."

Obama, says Thomas Lifson at The American Thinker, clearly wants to "get out of Dodge" to avoid "recriminations." Obama will also visit Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea during the 12-day trip, one of the longest tours in his presidency so far.

The reaction: Where's "the most dangerous place to be standing just after the November election"? asks Doug Powers at MichelleMalkin.com. "Between President Obama and the nation's emergency exit doorway." The president is getting out of the country as soon as the polls are closed. Actually, bringing the trip forward means that Obama will be in India for the celebrations on Diwali night, says Chidanand Rajghatta at The Times of India. Fans of "better India-U.S. ties" ought to "save some of those firecrackers" for Obama's arrival.


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1 posted on 10/13/2010 9:28:27 AM PDT by truthandlife
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To: truthandlife

Going into exile maybe?


2 posted on 10/13/2010 9:30:03 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: truthandlife

If he left today and stayed out of the country until 2012 it would be even better.


3 posted on 10/13/2010 9:30:20 AM PDT by maddog55 (OBAMA, You can't fix stupid...)
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To: truthandlife

That’s an absurd notion.


4 posted on 10/13/2010 9:30:28 AM PDT by stuartcr (When politicians politicize issues, aren't they just doing their job?)
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To: truthandlife

Visiting the new GE employees.


5 posted on 10/13/2010 9:31:13 AM PDT by Colvin (Proud Owner '66 Binder PU, '66 Binder Travelall,)
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To: truthandlife

will this be permanent?


6 posted on 10/13/2010 9:31:20 AM PDT by max americana (Hoax and Chains, Dopeychangey)
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To: truthandlife

Just like the Toon. When things don’t go his way he fires up Air Force One.


7 posted on 10/13/2010 9:32:01 AM PDT by libs_kma (THEY TALK ABOUT HIM LIKE A DOG BECAUSE HE TREATS THIS COUNTRY LIKE A FIRE HYDRANT)
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To: truthandlife

Probably going to the only place where he’s likely to find replacements for all of the staff that will be deserting him.


8 posted on 10/13/2010 9:32:08 AM PDT by GunningForTheBuddha ("Corrupt governments from little ACORNs grow. " - seton89)
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To: stuartcr

He’s got to be here to sign the martial law declaration.....

Just kidding.


9 posted on 10/13/2010 9:32:49 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there.)
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To: truthandlife

His flight has a 25 year layover in Nairobi.


10 posted on 10/13/2010 9:32:57 AM PDT by festusbanjo (The Tea Party is what the Republicans used to be, the Democrats are what the Soviets used to be.)
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To: truthandlife

Actually he moved up the departure to the night of the election.


11 posted on 10/13/2010 9:33:26 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: truthandlife

He’s definitely an odd duck!.....


12 posted on 10/13/2010 9:34:59 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: truthandlife

Just another vacation after all his hard work campaigning.


13 posted on 10/13/2010 9:35:00 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Kartographer; truthandlife

I’ve been wondering that. If it is such a large sweep by conservatives, will he stay away forever? I hope so.


14 posted on 10/13/2010 9:35:20 AM PDT by Jemian
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To: festusbanjo

Always nice to go back and visit the birthplace.


15 posted on 10/13/2010 9:36:14 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: truthandlife

I hope the Dingleberry gets lost!....


16 posted on 10/13/2010 9:37:25 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: GunningForTheBuddha
Rumor has it that Pelosi was told to shut up and go away.

Rumor has it she is going getting very chatty after the election and it isn't going to be pro Obama.

17 posted on 10/13/2010 9:38:49 AM PDT by Global2010
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To: Kartographer

Exile, not in India! That isn’t a good place to retire for a MUZZIE!


18 posted on 10/13/2010 9:39:14 AM PDT by WellyP
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To: WellyP

Yes, but he goes on from there to Indonesia his old muslim ‘stomping grounds’.


19 posted on 10/13/2010 9:42:47 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: maddog55
If he left today and stayed out of the country until 2012 it would be even better.

There, fixed it.

20 posted on 10/13/2010 9:43:03 AM PDT by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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