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Pres. Obama Will Not Attend Annual Gridiron Dinner, First President Since Cleveland to Miss
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| 3/12/09
| Media Bistro
Posted on 03/12/2009 9:16:51 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
A Gridiron Club member tells FBDC first that President Obama will not attend this year's dinner next Saturday, March 21st. He will be the first president since Grover Cleveland not to attend the first Gridiron Club Dinner of his presidency.
This year's date coincides with the spring break of President Obama's daughters' school and club members have been informed the Obama family will be out of town, likely in Chicago.
Vice President Joe Biden will attend and speak at the dinner in his place. This member tells us the club is delighted to have Vice President Biden, but that there will be some very disappointed guests.
Each year the dinner includes satirical musical skits choreographed by the members, and remarks by the president and various members of each party. President Obama spoke as a Senator at the March 2006 dinner.
The Gridiron Club was founded in 1885 and this year will be the 124th dinner. Membership is by invitation only and its 65 members include the most prestigious journalists in Washington.
TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhopress; gridirondinner; obama; snub; vpbiden
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The Obama family will be out of town, in Chicago for spring break.
Maybe they won't let him use his teleprompter.. or he has a thin skin, almost 'transparent'.
Joe Biden will be there tho, so expect lots of giraffes, uhh, gaffes
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:17:22 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: NormsRevenge
The Obama family will be out of town, in Chicago for spring break. They should visit Mexico for spring break.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:18:20 AM PDT
by
exist
To: NormsRevenge
“prestigious journalists”...now there’s an oxymoron if I ever saw one.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:18:22 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:18:31 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: NormsRevenge
It’s a non-smoking venue.....
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:19:23 AM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
To: NormsRevenge
Since Biden is the constitutional POTUS, this is entirely appropriate!
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:20:20 AM PDT
by
devere
To: NormsRevenge
Doesn’t Barry Hussein realize that President of the United States is a 24/7 job? He is expected to make his family SECONDARY to the duties and “traditions” of the office???
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:20:34 AM PDT
by
LetsRok
To: NormsRevenge
I’m wondering who he meets with when he’s in Chicago. Does Soros live there now?
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:21:04 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: NormsRevenge
The president is tired and needs a break. Hillary announced she was "no way tahred".
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:21:05 AM PDT
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: NormsRevenge
The Obama family will be out of town, in Chicago for spring break. Goin' to the "Pimps' and Players' Ball."
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:21:29 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(The Capitol, the White House, the Court house.....................America's Axis of Evil!)
To: twigs
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:23:03 AM PDT
by
kabar
To: NormsRevenge
The vacation is an excuse. The real reason is they won’t let him use the teleprompter.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:23:48 AM PDT
by
youturn
("Do you mind if I take a batnap?...Ziva (NCIS))
To: NormsRevenge
And Michelle complained that she never felt socially “accepted” in school. Gee..I wonder if it was because she excluded herself, just like Obama does.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:23:54 AM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(Socialism makes you feel better about oppressing people.....)
To: NormsRevenge
Straw in the wind? Maybe Obama realizes the futility of continuing his charade. Maybe the puppet strings are making him do things he can’t understand or deal with. Maybe he knows the day is coming when he will be determined to be ineligible for his office. Gridiron, shmidiron. “I’m outta here!”
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:24:03 AM PDT
by
Misterioso
(Obama was elected not in spite of his color but because of it.)
To: SE Mom
Low class is even better than NO CLASS and I see no class in him....
To: youturn
LOL Mr. Bogus and Sham can’t use his telepromter.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:25:11 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: NormsRevenge
hope those prestigous journalists get the implication that obammie doenst need them now, after all, he won.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:25:29 AM PDT
by
tm61
(somewhere in chicago, a ward is missing it's crook)
To: NormsRevenge
Bambi can’t take the heat so he needs to get out of the kitchen
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:26:12 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: NormsRevenge
LOL! He already needs another vacation!
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:26:34 AM PDT
by
Future Snake Eater
("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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