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Obama camp cites 'scheduling conflict' for NAACP convention no-show
cnn.com ^ | July 11, 2012 | Dan Lothian

Posted on 07/11/2012 7:50:23 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign insists a "scheduling conflict" is behind the president's decision to skip this year's NAACP convention.

"We declined a few weeks ago and [the] NAACP was pleased [Vice President Joe Biden] was able to attend," a campaign official told CNN.

But the president's schedule for Thursday, released Wednesday evening, appears to be wide open with the exception of his daily briefing with senior aides and advisers.

Hilary Shelton, the NAACP Washington Bureau director and a senior vice president in the organization, said the White House never confirmed a visit.

“They were trying to work out something," Shelton said. As to why Obama could not attend, he added, "It was that something could not be moved. Something was crucial. And unfortunately, they couldn’t move it in a way they could get him here this week.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bigots; boo; freaks; naacp; obama; oboobama; racists
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1 posted on 07/11/2012 7:50:31 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
C’mon......everybody knows he doesn't have to pay any attention to the NAALCP. They will vote for him at the 95% rate anyway. Van Jones said ‘Obama could come out as gay and he would still get 95% of the Black vote’. Why should he have to (likely) reschedule his golf game just to attend their Conference?
2 posted on 07/11/2012 7:58:32 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: Free ThinkerNY

There was a scheduling conflict. His royal highness probably had a union luncheon in Wisconsin.


3 posted on 07/11/2012 8:00:22 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: originalbuckeye
Van Jones said ‘Obama could come out as gay and he would still get 95% of the Black vote’.

The illegitimate, bisexual, Marxist Kenyan Muslim Usurper could eat a live negro fetus on Hardball and the blacks would still vote for him.

4 posted on 07/11/2012 8:08:11 PM PDT by Old Sarge (We are now officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
his slaves will stay on the RAT plantation no matter what the boy does...
5 posted on 07/11/2012 8:10:00 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Barry may have a big, fundraising gala with a bunch of rich, white liberal celebrities.


6 posted on 07/11/2012 8:14:39 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Help reduce voter fraud in America! If you see something, say something!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
But the president's schedule for Thursday, released Wednesday evening, appears to be wide open with the exception of his daily briefing with senior aides and advisers.

When claiming a scheduling conflict, it is best to have something important on the schedule to back up the claim. Without the MSM in your pocket, this situation would be ridiculed from one coast to the other. But, as with the Black vote, Obama has nothing to worry about from that corner.

7 posted on 07/11/2012 8:17:46 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Steyn: "One can argue about whose fault it is, but not ... whose responsibility it is: it's his")
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To: Chode
Hope and Chains in 2013--Vote Obama and the Democratic Party
8 posted on 07/11/2012 8:19:08 PM PDT by tumblindice (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Deep down, Obama is a coward.

He, the White Guys token Black, cannot bear the thought that The NAACP MIGHT boo him.

I know, I know, received 96 % of the Black vote in 2008 and all that, but I am talking about just one Black standing up and shouting out a question on gays and then booing Obama.

Ruthless, Marxist Dictator Obama would be reduced to tears.

The “conflict” was in his fears.


9 posted on 07/11/2012 8:39:34 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Free ThinkerNY
NCAA:

boo booooooo boooooooooooo

oh, Obama is black? yeah yeaahhhhh yeaahhhhhhh

10 posted on 07/11/2012 8:41:24 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sooo, I wonder where he is playing golf tomorrow???


11 posted on 07/11/2012 8:45:41 PM PDT by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Too busy with fundraisers for the NAACParasites.


12 posted on 07/11/2012 8:51:26 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They come out with an excuse after Romney went there.Hmmmm.....


13 posted on 07/11/2012 8:59:31 PM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Feared the inevitable video record of a wildly cheering mob of lefties.


14 posted on 07/11/2012 9:24:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Scheduling conflict? Here's his schedule:

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

15 posted on 07/11/2012 10:12:27 PM PDT by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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What’s wrong with this guy? He should be over there kissing those folks’ rear ends. He’s got them and the super bi-coastal liberals, that’s it. And there are a lot more black people than super-libs. And I think the black vote matters a lot more swing-state-wise.

Is he really THAT arrogant? He’s the first black president, running for re-election, he’s no longer considered a lock to win (by ANYBODY), and yet he can’t bestir himself to speak to the annual NAACP convention. Even after he knows his rival is going to go. AND he sends the only surrogate available who has a good chance of coming off even whiter and goofier than Romney - Joe Biden. I get Biden’s appeal for blue collar white voters, but African-Americans? Where’s Michelle? Valerie Jarret? Heck, even Bill “I feel your pain” Clinton?

This, to me, just about tops all the other crazy stuff he’s done. Maybe he’s like Bush, pere = he doesn’t really want to win round 2.

I don’t know if Romney wins any votes by going, but I feel certain Obama loses votes by not showing up.


16 posted on 07/11/2012 10:34:26 PM PDT by jocon307
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If this doesn’t illustrate exactly how much Obama and Democrats take African-American votes for granted, I don’t know what does. Obama doesn’t want to be seen hanging out with too many black people while he tries to court white blue-collar workers in Pennsylvania and Ohio (you know, those bitter Bible-thumping, gun-clinging bigots). Remember the old Mounds/Almond Joy ad: Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t. Well, with Obama, it’s: Sometimes you feel black, sometimes you won’t.


17 posted on 07/11/2012 10:51:14 PM PDT by billclintonwillrotinhell
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Cincinatus' Wife; M. Espinola; blam; TigerLikesRooster; nickcarraway; neverdem; ...
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LOL !

18 posted on 07/11/2012 11:59:46 PM PDT by ex-Texan (The Time to "Wake Up" is Over !)
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Scheduling conflict:

“Should I go to the naacp conference and see those low class people, or fly to hollywood and pick up $10-20 Million bucks?”

19 posted on 07/12/2012 1:56:14 AM PDT by tdscpa
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To: Hoodat

Three days, two meetings.

Thursday and Friday are clear for golf, it appears. To relieve the tension cause by those two meetings on Wednesday.


20 posted on 07/12/2012 3:27:38 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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