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Obama unlikely to halt vacation to visit flooded Louisiana
AP ^ | Aug. 18, 2016 | DARLENE SUPERVILLE

Posted on 08/18/2016 9:49:17 AM PDT by PROCON

EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is unlikely to break from a New England vacation to survey flood damage in Louisiana, despite calls for him to visit and meet with responders and victims.

The White House insists Obama is not indifferent to the suffering of thousands who were washed out of their homes in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas of the state. At least 13 people have died as a result of the flooding, and at one point 11,000 were in shelters. That number has dropped as water levels have receded.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: flooding; golf; louisiana; obama; obamavacation
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To: PROCON

Now let’s be fair and objective. If you were a rooted Louisianan, who had just lost your home or farm to an incredible flood, would you want a demagogue, who was only accidentally an “American,” at all—and indeed one who had worked almost ceaselessly for 7 1/2 years to undermine you heritage;—to come visit your Parish for a photo op, at this time in your life?


61 posted on 08/18/2016 12:11:50 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: PROCON
Barrack Obama doesn't care about black people


62 posted on 08/18/2016 12:26:00 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: Ohioan
Fair and objective indeed.

I guess my main reason for posting the thread was to show the double-standard the media takes for a democrat and republican President.

63 posted on 08/18/2016 12:30:10 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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To: PROCON

Obama’s white half doesn’t care about blacks.


64 posted on 08/18/2016 12:48:59 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Nothing will make me feel he’s a good president. This is just another reason he sucks.


65 posted on 08/18/2016 6:25:26 PM PDT by Williams (Make America Great Again)
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