The Patriot Post® · The Real Reason Obama Postponed Fundraisers

Given the proximity to the midterm election, Obama postponed two days of fundraisers – an unprecedented schedule of interruption. There are some notable events when Obama did not interrupt his fundraising or golf excursions. Before the 2012 election, just hours after the Benghazi attack, he held a major fundraiser in Las Vegas. Of course, ahead of that election, to interrupt his schedule for that crisis would have been politically counterproductive. Last July, after a Malaysian Airline was shot down over the Ukraine by Russian regulars and Israel launched ground operations in Gaza, Obama proceeded with his fundraising and golf schedule. Responding to criticism two days later on July 19th, his communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, who was instrumental in the Benghazi coverup deception, rebutted, “It is rarely a good idea to return to the White House just for show when the situation can be handled responsibly from the road. Abrupt changes to his schedule can have the unintended consequence of unduly alarming the American people or creating a false sense of crisis.” Clearly, Obama has “returned to the White House just for show.”