Obama skipping Alfalfa Club dinner on Saturday

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/29/10 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is skipping an annual rite of passage for Washington's movers and shakers: the exclusive Alfalfa Club dinner on Saturday night.

Obama attended last year's affair, held less than two weeks after he was sworn in to office.

The White House did not explain the president's decision not to attend this year.

[bigbob]

[fatnotlazy]

If I were a member of the club, I’d be delighted that he’s NOT going to attend.

[NormsRevenge]

He has a schedule conflict. He's doing play by play that night.

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) does television commentary with CBS presenters Verne Lundquist (3rd R) and Clark Kellogg (R) at an NCAA basketball game between Georgetown University and Duke University in Washington, January 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SPORT BASKETBALL MEDIA)

[the invisib1e hand]

what a racist.

[Lmo56]

Maybe he didn't attend cuz he found out that Alfalfa was gay ...

[Paladin2]

Good for Zer0.

[SantosLHalper]

Probably couldn’t stand the thought of all the Stymie and Buckwheat jokes aimed at him and the Wookster.

[T Minus Four]

Aha! Mystery solved:

"The dinner traditionally is closed to the media"

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

already looking for another job i see

[the invisib1e hand]

but is he going to the Buckwheat Club dinner?

[flash2368]

Maybe he will skip the National Prayer Breakfast

[Lmo56]

Buckwheat sez: Pwezident O-bama is Oh-Tay !!!

[the invisib1e hand]

hmm. If they don't have a Buckwheat Club dinner, is that racist?

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

When I saw Alfalfa in the title, I knew this thread could go in only one direction. LOL!

[constitutiongirl]

Maybe he didn't attend cuz he found out that Alfalfa was gay ...

Puh-leeze. He'd start getting ready a week early if that were the case.

[Mjaye]

When I saw Alfalfa in the title, I knew this thread could go in only one direction. LOL!<<<<<<

Me, too, exactly! We are SO predictable when it comes to funny stuff, and at least we share a good sense of humor here, unlike the angst that permeates DU.

[Semper Mark]

Skipping the the Alfalfa Club dinner?!

What's this world coming to.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Probably withdrawing inward after getting his ass handed to him and his dismal SOTU speech.

Hear me now and believe me later, this guy is going to get more paranoid then Nixon and start sounding crazy as a road lizard. He’s starting to crack.

[ApplegateRanch]

Him, and Jesse, and Al will be here, instead:

http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/lounge/buckwheats-lounge-chatham-avalon-park/134906/content