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Obama Skipping Nancy Reagan Funeral to Go to SXSW Festival
Mediaite.com ^
| 41:59 pm GMT March 8th, 2016
| Sam Reisman
Posted on 03/08/2016 11:31:18 PM PST by drewh
President Barack Obama will not attend Nancy Reagan‘s funeral this Friday, keeping his originally scheduled appearance as a keynote speaker at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival. First Lady Michelle Obama, who is scheduled to speak at SXSW on Wednesday, will attend the funeral.
“The president will not attend” Mrs. Reagan’s funeral, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Tuesday. “The president is actually traveling in Texas on Friday.”
The SXSW Interactive Festival is an annual symposium for digital startups and emerging technologies that takes place each year in Austin, Texas, concurrently with a film and music festival.
According to SXSW’s website:
[The president] will sit down with Editor in Chief of The Texas Tribune Evan Smith for a conversation about civic engagement in the 21st Century before an audience of creators, early adopters and entrepreneurs who are defining the future of our connected lives. The President will call on the audience to apply their ideas and talents to make technology work for us – especially when it comes to tackling big challenges like increasing participation in the political process and fighting climate change.
After the event, President Obama will travel to Dallas, Texas, where he will stay the night.
The president courted outrage just a few weeks ago, when he did not attend the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, though he did appear at a memorial service. He also did not attend the funeral of First Lady Betty Ford in 2011, though Michelle Obama did.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: austin; joshearnest; mediaite; nancyreagan; samreisman; sxswinteractive; texas
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posted on
03/08/2016 11:31:18 PM PST
by
drewh
To: drewh
He’s just a total classless A-hole. Basically 10 months and a wake up.
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posted on
03/08/2016 11:35:43 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,")
To: drewh
wouldn’t want him stinkin the place up anyhow
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posted on
03/08/2016 11:35:49 PM PST
by
Bubba Gump Shrimp
(if God wanted Cruz to be president, he'd have made him born in America)
To: drewh
Interesting how Obama always travels to states shortly after there is a death of someone he wanted out of the way.
Ie goes to Hawaii after Loretta Fuddy dies in Hawaii and now going to Texas after Scalia dies in Texas.
To: drewh
Well duh. No doubt there’ll be more weed at SXSW than at Nancy’s funeral. Priorities people, priorities.
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posted on
03/08/2016 11:46:16 PM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: drewh
I bet if Fidel Castro kicked the bucket, ol' Barack would be all over that funeral.
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posted on
03/08/2016 11:47:02 PM PST
by
fhayek
To: drewh
His wife is going.
That’s appropriate.
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posted on
03/08/2016 11:47:31 PM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: doc maverick
To piggyback onto your post, President 0bama and his family will also find ways to (expensively) travel on separate Boeing 747 aircraft.
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posted on
03/08/2016 11:51:41 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: drewh
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posted on
03/08/2016 11:52:17 PM PST
by
screaming eagle2
(no matter what you call it,a pre-owned vehicle,IS STILL A USED CAR!)
To: DesertRhino
And we expected what? Moochie’s only going because of the free lunch after.
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posted on
03/09/2016 12:01:54 AM PST
by
Eagles6
( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: drewh
To: drewh
Good. Nobody wants him there anyway.
To: drewh
The only place in Texas where he is welcome.
To: drewh
Good. Who wants him there?
Send him on a fact-finding trip to Kenya.
For a little over 10 months.
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posted on
03/09/2016 12:46:39 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: drewh
After the event, President Obama will travel to Dallas, Texas, where he will stay the night. Ruttt Rowww.
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posted on
03/09/2016 1:24:39 AM PST
by
eartick
(Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
To: drewh
What a total piece of garbage.
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posted on
03/09/2016 1:55:47 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: drewh
Nancy probably wouldn’t want him there anyway, so her children are probably glad he isn’t coming.
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posted on
03/09/2016 1:58:17 AM PST
by
uncitizen
(Revenge!)
To: drewh
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posted on
03/09/2016 2:09:00 AM PST
by
fivecatsandadog
( "Radical" Muslims will kill you. "Moderates" will thank allah for the radicals who kill you.)
To: fhayek
I bet if Fidel Castro kicked the bucket, ol' Barack would be all over that funeral. We'll probably find out real soon.
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posted on
03/09/2016 2:19:38 AM PST
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: drewh
I read here on FR that it is forbidden for a muslim to attend the funeral of a non-muslim.
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