Michelle Obama Bows Out of Topeka Graduation Speech

Breitbart ^ | 24 Apr 2014, 2:57 PM PDT | Debra Heine

[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 . . .

[Hoodat]

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.

[doorgunner69]

Looked a lot more like the Mooch was run out of town.......

[RetiredTexasVet]

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.

[afraidfortherepublic]

They’re dropping like flies: first Holder bows out of a graduation speech, and now Michelle.

[a fool in paradise]

na na na na na na na hey hey goodbye...

[AlexW]

“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.

[Paladin2]

Save the Planet and don’t burn the Jet Fuel....

[Paladin2]

DC Leftists are not that welcome in Flyover Country, for a reason (or two or more).

[nascarnation]

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?

[Cats Pajamas]

And was it the little RED school house where her maw-in-law was edumacated?

[BitWielder1]

I hope the uninvites will continue pile up.
It is an excellent and peaceful way to show our dissatisfaction with the ruling class.

[b4its2late]

She was bounced out.

[bakeneko]

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...

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

LOL!!!

[tcrlaf]

I’m SURE this an taxpayer-funded ACORN Propaganda School someplace that would love to have her.

[rockrr]

Y’all thought there would be hell to pay before...

[Publius]

Sir Mix-a-lot: "Baby Got Back"

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

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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