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Obama to Speak at Joplin High School Graduation
ABC News ^ | March 5, 2012 | Devin Dwyer

Posted on 03/05/2012 11:16:14 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

President Obama will deliver the commencement address at the first high school graduation in Joplin, Mo., since a tornado nearly obliterated the town one year ago, killing 160 people.

Obama will travel to the still-recovering region to speak May 21 at Joplin High School immediately after the G8 and NATO summits in Chicago, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer announced today on Twitter.

In the aftermath of last year’s storms, Obama flew to Joplin to tour the devastation and attend a memorial service, where he promised residents, “your country will be there with you every single step of the way.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: obama; obamaspeech

1 posted on 03/05/2012 11:16:16 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It’s all the “other” people’s fault. The various spoon fed news sources understand this.


2 posted on 03/05/2012 11:19:18 AM PST by allmost
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I can’t imagine they would even let him off his plane


3 posted on 03/05/2012 11:20:03 AM PST by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Next he will be at Merry Flowers Day Care


4 posted on 03/05/2012 11:20:08 AM PST by funfan (and his crew)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Geez, haven’t those people suffered enough?


5 posted on 03/05/2012 11:20:52 AM PST by Marathoner (Obama has his own 9-9-9-plan: $9.99 a gallon at the pump.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What a monster this man is. Dropping into a swing state in what he considers “flyover country” for a short PR tour to manipulate these people’s grief for his political benefit in November.


6 posted on 03/05/2012 11:24:59 AM PST by crusader71
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To: crusader71

He will blame Bush for the tornado.


7 posted on 03/05/2012 11:26:18 AM PST by Venturer
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Why the hell would Joplin invite that jackass to speak at their graduation???
8 posted on 03/05/2012 11:27:23 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: allmost

We’re supposed to call this an opportunistic photo op when a Republican does it.


9 posted on 03/05/2012 11:28:23 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

With all of the recent loss of life and property from the storms across the mid-west, I haven’t anything from Obama!

He is more concerned with calling the student from Georgetown.


10 posted on 03/05/2012 11:29:58 AM PST by PDGearhead (Obama's lack of citizenship)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Is he checking to be sure the kids have been sufficiently indoctrinated?


11 posted on 03/05/2012 11:31:10 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: treetopsandroofs

The next R who does it, Im first in line.


12 posted on 03/05/2012 11:32:12 AM PST by allmost
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Haven’t they suffered enough?


13 posted on 03/05/2012 11:40:58 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

You must be thirty after that speech Mr. President. Here, have some Ice Tea. We got a big shipment last 4th of July.


14 posted on 03/05/2012 11:43:59 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Joplin, Missouri is in the 7th Congressional District in Missouri.

In the last 76 years a Democrat has been sent to Washington, DC a total of 4 years.

This is fly over country.

15 posted on 03/05/2012 11:46:07 AM PST by TYVets (Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
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To: massgopguy

*snicker*


16 posted on 03/05/2012 11:57:21 AM PST by Outlaw Woman (When does the shooting start?)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Exactly what I was thinking..actually I was thinking who the hell invited him.
17 posted on 03/05/2012 11:58:58 AM PST by Outlaw Woman (When does the shooting start?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama’s speech will probably be as bad as the one at Osawatomie or the one at AIPAC or his state of the Unions. So many lies it is hard not to yell You Lie!


18 posted on 03/05/2012 12:15:52 PM PST by Mozilla (Defeat Romney first then defeat Obama)
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To: SoFloFreeper

He invited himself to the Barnard College (for Women) commencement, so he might have done the same here.


19 posted on 03/05/2012 1:03:25 PM PST by PghBaldy (Once again, Obama proves he is not an honest broker. He can't be trusted.)
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