Obama cancels plans to deliver keynote address at annual Planned Parenthood fundraiser

[cali]

Carney announced the cancellation at the WH briefing today. The excuse was that Obama wanted to spend more time at a Memorial service for the victims of the explosion and fire in West, TX.

Thanks, Mr. President, for standing up prominently for choice at a time when it's being whittled down to nothing in state after state.

and no, I don't have a link.

[Cali_Democrat]

1. I don't see why this is a problem

if he is indeed paying his respects to the victims of the horrific explosion in West Texas.

[elleng]

2. Thanks, Cali_Democrat.

[cali]

8. The memorial is Thursday during the day

he was scheduled to appear there and then return to D.C. and go to the evening fundraiser. And he's been under a lot of pressure for the last week to cancel.

[geek tragedy]

26. 3:00 in the afternoon, DC time to be more precise. Assuming it starts on time.

So if it ends at 4:00, he still has to get to the airport, fly from Waco to DC, etc etc etc.

[Control-Z]

27. Pressure from whom? (nt)

[marshall]

45. Mid term elections

The legacy depends on the outcome.

[cali]

3. He's been under a lot of pressure to cancel from the right

[Cali_Democrat]

21. Obama has consistently stood up for a woman's right to choose.

Acting as if he's using the memorial service as an excuse to dodge a planned parenthood fundraiser is absurd.

The President is a very busy man. Attending a memorial service and comforting the victims...then flying across the country to give a keynote address the same day ain't easy.

Also, he's just delaying his address. It isn't "cancelled"

I suggest you delete your OP to save yourself further embarrassment.

[Leslie Valley]

5. That and attending the GW Bush Library opening

He will travel to Dallas Wednesday afternoon for a fundraiser benefiting the Democratic National Committee in the evening. The following morning he will participate in the opening of the George W. Bush Library at Southern Methodist University and then visit Waco to speak at the memorial for the family of victims of the fertilizer plant explosion. That night, he was slated to come back to Washington to keynote the Planned Parenthood fundraiser.

Busy busy busy.

[xxqqqzme]

4. He must be afraid

it will hurt his re-election campaign.........








if I must

[elleng]

15. right, and we ALL know he's in jeopardy

for NOT supporting CHOICE! if I must.

[msanthrope]

6. What would you have chosen? The fundraiser over the memorial service? nt

[NYC Liberal]

9. Some here would suggest just that.

[cali]

13. it wasn't one or the other. he knew about both. he was scheduled for both

and then he cancelled because he said he wanted to spend more time at the memorial. And he cancelled totally last minute.

He's been pressured to cancel the keynote by the right.

[geek tragedy]

20. And you presume that he's lying because that's what the right is claiming. nt

[msanthrope]

23. So he wants to spend more time at a memorial service than a fundraiser?

And there's a problem with that?

[avebury]

14. I would prefer that he ditch the Bush Library! nt

[msanthrope]

33. Why? It won't take long to read the book. nt

[alsame]

7. It's delayed to Friday, not

cancelled.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/24/obama-planned-parenthood-speech-texas-visit/2110013/

President Obama is delaying his speech to Planned Parenthood by a day in order to attend a Thursday memorial service for the victims of last week's fertilizer plan explosion in Texas, officials said Wednesday.

Initially scheduled for Thursday night, the president's remarks to Planned Parenthood have now been re-scheduled for Friday morning.

Obama attends the memorial at Baylor University in Waco on Thursday afternoon, just hours after speaking at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas.

The change in schedule will allow Obama "to spend more time with those injured and the loved ones of those lost in the deadly explosion in West, Texas," said White House spokesman Jay Carney.

[cali]

10. It's a much less prominent slot

much, much less.

[trumad]

16. When the President speaks it's prominent.

Story starts where he's not doing it...DU gets outraged... story turns that he is doing it...DU still outraged.

[geek tragedy]

22. Not DU, just one person. nt

[trumad]

28. Agree

Very predictable

[geek tragedy]

30. Note the refusal to correct the dishonest headline nt

[msanthrope]

42. You Better Believe It! nt

[TeeYiYi]

31. Maybe they could reschedule the memorial.

If I must.

TYY

[Whisp]

17. maybe you should then apply to the WH as Prominant Spotter...

seeing as they are doing such a lousy job and you are so into it knowing everything about scheduling.

[geek tragedy]

18. So he should skip the memorial in order to take the more prominent spot?

Shame on him!!!!!!

[SidDithers]

19. Any slot occupied by the President...

is a prominent slot.

Sid

[onenote]

29. Ding Ding Ding

I challenge anyone to name who gave the keynote at last year's dinner, which presumably was delivered during the "prominent" time slot. Its not as if the media is covering this event live and this way the president won't get noticed.

Sheesh.

[Sheepshank]

25. ok...this response was just petulant and silly.

Oh and BTW....since it has been raised so many times that Obama is kowtowing to the Right by 'cancelling', are there any corrections, or even apologies to be offered?

[elleng]

11. THANK YOU!

[El Progreso]

24. Nowhere did you say that he postponted it until Friday

by saying he cancelled you mislead the readers.

Note how the USA Today, for example, says Obama delayed the event: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/24/obama-planned-parenthood-speech-texas-visit/2110013/

That's non-misleading journalism in that link.

[cali]

32. It's a combination of factors: He's been scheduled to speak for a while but the WH

didn't announce it until yesterday. In the face of choice disappearing over the past few months, he hasn't spoken up about the laws being passed in Arkansas, Kansas, ND, Virginia, Alabama, etc, over the past few months.

We need him and his bully pulpit on this issue.

[geek tragedy]

34. Your post title is a bald-faced lie. Please correct.,

He is still speaking, the next morning,

President Obama is delaying his speech to Planned Parenthood by a day in order to attend a Thursday memorial service for the victims of last week's fertilizer plan explosion in Texas, officials said Wednesday.

Initially scheduled for Thursday night, the president's remarks to Planned Parenthood have now been re-scheduled for Friday morning

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/24/obama-planned-parenthood-speech-texas-visit/2110013/

and it will still get plenty of attention, and no one will have any doubt as to his support.

[madokie]

36. Correct your headline please

Your slip is showing
President O has been and will continue to be a big supporter of PP

[JVS]

35. He has to go to the memorial service. This is a town that blew up and got almost completely....

pushed out of the news cycle by events in Boston.

[madokie]

41. Obama is doing the right thing

My bet is PP won't complain one iota over this change

[MotherPetrie]

37. If he wanted to do both, he'd DO both.

[SidDithers]

38. He is DOING both...

Sid

[geek tragedy]

39. The OP is a lie, he is doing both. nt

[onenote]

40. He is speaking. Why is it a big deal that its Friday rather than Thursday

Was the media planning live coverage of the Thursday night event and now their going to ignore the Friday event? Who spoke at last year's dinner? Do you know? If its such a prestigious event I'm sure you can tell us.

[DevonRex]

46. Mother Petrie, do you acknowledge he DID both? Or not?

Too painful for you perhaps?

[riqster]

43. And people wonder why I don't buy into the "Obama sucks" hysteria.

OP's like this trash the credibility of the poster. And so it is here. No source, no link, but we're all supposed to run around doing The Headless Chicken Dance.

And when the truth is revealed, the poster usually fails to issue a correction. No wonder I don't buy into their BS meme.

[geek tragedy]

44. Obama slams anti-abortion state laws in Planned Parenthood speech

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/26/obama-slams-anti-abortion-state-laws-in-planned-parenthood-speech/

[DevonRex]

47. Bad form, cali, not editing. nt