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Michelle Obama Bows Out of Topeka Graduation Speech
Breitbart ^
| 24 Apr 2014, 2:57 PM PDT
| Debra Heine
Posted on 04/24/2014 6:22:33 PM PDT by Hoodat
It wasn't personal, they say - the students just didn't want to share their big day with the First Lady and deal with the security headaches that hosting a big name speaker would entail. More than 1,750 of them had signed a petition protesting Obama's appearance at the graduation ceremony because security concerns would have limited the number of friends and family they could invite.
Via The Hill:
Instead of delivering a graduation speech, Obama will speak before the school district the day before graduation, and will deliver remarks at a "Senior Recognition Day."
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In a statement to The Hill, the first lady's communications director said Obama wanted to accommodate all who hoped to attend the graduation ceremony.
"Once we learned about the concerns of some students, we were eager to find a solution that enabled all of the students and their families to celebrate the special day," she told the wire service.
The first lady's address is meant to commemorate the anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling.
Amid such controversy, it would have been difficult for the First Lady to have gone through with the graduation speech. But it wouldn't be the first time an Obama has faced opposition in the wake of such an invitation.
After a mere two months in office, the president was invited to give the commencement address at Notre Dame University.
Obama had already made clear that he intended to enact policies concerning abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and other life issues that would mark him as the most pro abortion president in American history.
The invitation mortified pro-lifers who fiercely opposed . . .
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: brown; moochelle; obama; topeka
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It was never about the kids. Her only concern is the spotlight for the aniversary of Brown v. Board of Education - an event that culminated with a Republican President putting an end to Woodrow Wilson's federalization of segregation by using federal troops to enforce the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection.
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:22:33 PM PDT
by
Hoodat
To: Hoodat
Looked a lot more like the Mooch was run out of town.......
To: Hoodat
If it were really important for the graduates and not for her ego, she could have done the graduation remotely and had it projected on a large TV. She would have also enjoyed the undying gratitude of the Global Warming crowd by not flying.
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:26:52 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Watching MSM news readers pimping His Arrogance is like watching a dog eat its own vomit!)
To: Hoodat
They’re dropping like flies: first Holder bows out of a graduation speech, and now Michelle.
To: Hoodat; Revolting cat!; GeronL
na na na na na na na hey hey goodbye...
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:28:46 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Hoodat
“It wasn’t personal, they say - the students just didn’t want to share their big day with the First Lady and deal with the security headaches”
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Yea...I wonder if they would have said the same if it were someone like Ronald Reagan.
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:29:14 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: Hoodat
Save the Planet and don’t burn the Jet Fuel....
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:30:10 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Hoodat
DC Leftists are not that welcome in Flyover Country, for a reason (or two or more).
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:31:31 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Hoodat
Very sad.
Thousands of Kansans will be deprived of their opportunity to see MooseChelle in person.
I wonder if the school will provide grief counselors?
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:31:51 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: nascarnation
And was it the little RED school house where her maw-in-law was edumacated?
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:34:08 PM PDT
by
Cats Pajamas
(Send your dollar to see the birth certificate)
To: Hoodat
I hope the uninvites will continue pile up.
It is an excellent and peaceful way to show our dissatisfaction with the ruling class.
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:37:16 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Hoodat
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:37:53 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Hoodat
Hey who wants to go with me anyway to her ‘Ya’ll be Raceeeist’ speech.
We can hold a big sign says:
I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE...
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:41:36 PM PDT
by
bakeneko
To: nascarnation
To: Hoodat
I’m SURE this an taxpayer-funded ACORN Propaganda School someplace that would love to have her.
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:43:11 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(Q)
To: All
Y’all thought there would be hell to pay before...
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:43:52 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: bakeneko
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:44:05 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: AlexW
Since you asked.....I went to se RR speak at my uni in the 80’s. The intrusion was MINIMAL compared to present times. The band instrumenrs had to be checked before hand...but that was the most invasive.
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:46:54 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
To: All
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:47:24 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Hoodat
“Don’t go away mad, just go away.”
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posted on
04/24/2014 6:47:52 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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