Obama’s phony speech rained out in Chicago
Should have gone to Arlington after all, eh Obama? Don’t worry though, he’ll be back in time for a Paul McCartney concert later this week. As plugs Biden laid the wreath at the tomb of the unknown solider today, Obama was about to give another one of his phony, head bobbling, speeches when a severe thunderstorm erupted. According to the Washington Examiner, the thunderstorm so sudden and so severe that is stopped the proceedings almost immediately. Here are Obama’s remarks upon taking the podium, umbrella in hand:
Good afternoon, everybody. Now everybody, excuse me, everybody, listen up. We are a little bit concerned about lightning. This may not be safe. So I know that all of you are here to commemorate the fallen. That’s why we’re here. What we’d like to do is if possible have people move back to their cars, and if this passes in the next 15 to 20 minutes, I will stick around, and we’ll come up and start up the ceremony again. But we don’t want to endanger anybody, particularly the children in the audience. So I’d ask everybody to very calmly move back to your cars. I’m going to move back to mine. We will wait to make sure that the thunder has passed. A little bit of rain doesn’t hurt anybody, but we don’t want anybody struck by lightning.
Obama’s speech was ultimately canceled, and according to a pool report, he met personally with service families on several buses. While the rain was certainly a disappointment for the thousands of people who had gathered to see the president. In Arlington the skies were clear, and the weather was warm. Ironic wouldn’t you say?
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