Posted on 09/28/2009 7:03:38 AM PDT by STARWISE
Updated 7:30 AM CDT, Mon, Sep 28, 2009
President Obama will travel to Copenhagen to make a pitch for Chicagos Olympic bid, White House officials have confirmed to NBC News.
Obama will leave for Denmark Thursday night, hours after his wife Michelle departs for the vote. The president made the final decision Saturday night after returning from the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.
The announcement ends months of speculation of whether the president would lend his considerable fame to the pitch. The president has dropped hints all month long that he may attend the event.
Last week he sent an advance team to Copenhagen just in case he could make it ...
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...
“Like you said, its amazing that he can find time for this..yet our soldiers wait for directions, forgotten in Afghanistan!.”
Sometimes you have to ask yourself—would you rather have Hussein staying at home making the most vital decisions about America’s future (which of course he will screw up as badly as humanly possible), or have him off somewhere dealing with trivial stuff? Me, I wish he’d never come back.
Food for thought.
He apparently is going to meet with our generals tomorrow now that he is getting criticized for his terrible handling of the situation.
Prayers For Our Troops!
It isn't... He is the first to do this, and I hope he fails as miserably at it as he has everything else...
the infowarrior
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