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Obama watched the NFL Playoffs instead of attending the Paris march for victims of jihad

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obama-footballLook: he told Charlie Hebdo not to mock Muhammad. They didn’t heed him. He told Israel to make more concessions to the “Palestinians.” They didn’t heed him. So maybe he stayed away because he has scant sympathy for the victims. And hey, it was the Playoffs.

This Paris march was more show than substance, and severely compromised any message it might have had by including jihad leader Mahmoud Abbas, but Obama’s absence was glaring.

“Too little too late? Kerry says he WILL go to Paris but only after U.S. was shamed for snubbing historic weekend rally of world leaders,” by Simon Tomlinson and Francesca Chambers, Daily Mail, January 12, 2015:

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he will now travel to Paris after the U.S. government was shamed for not joining a rally yesterday for victims of the French terror attacks.

The rally was attended by 40 world leaders, including British Prime Minister David Cameron and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, and a million people.

A staggering 3.7 million people gathered across France today to stage further defiant marches in a moving tribute to the 17 people killed in hostage sieges last week.

Kerry said at a news conference that U.S. officials had been ‘deeply engaged’ with French authorities almost immediately after the first attack occurred and had offered intelligence assistance.

As to criticism about the lack of a senior U.S. official at Sunday’s March, Kerry said: ‘I really think that this is sort of quibbling a little bit in the sense that our Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was there and marched, our ambassador was there and marched, many people from the embassy were there and marched.

‘As everybody knows, I have been here in India for a prior planned event,’ he added.

‘I would have personally very much wanted to have been there but couldn’t do so because of the commitment that I had here and it is important to keep these kinds of commitments.’

Kerry was in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Sunday for a long-scheduled appearance at an international investment conference, and to prepare for President Barack Obama’s trip to India later this month.

But another high-ranking administration official, Attorney General Eric Holder, was in Paris at the time for a terrorism summit, and he didn’t attend the march, either.

It it not known why Holder didn’t join other world leaders on the streets of Paris. The Department of Justice did not return DailyMail.com’s request for comment on the matter.

The outgoing AG did have time to appear on four different American news shows on Sunday that aired during the rally, though it was not immediately clear if the interviews were pre-taped.

Calling France the United States’ ‘oldest ally,’ President Obama said Friday, ‘I want the people of France to know that the United States stands with you today, stands with you tomorrow.’

Two days later no U.S. officials, save for the relatively unknown deputy secretary of state and U.S. ambassador to France Jane Hartley, stood with the French at the unity march against barbarity, however.

According to an administration official, President Obama spent part of his Sunday afternoon watching a National Football League game on television….

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  1. LOL sending Kerry after the fact is even more embarrassing. What a collection of losers.

    • Obama is an embarrassment to the people who voted him into office. What a coward.

  2. What a disaster!!! Gruber was/is right about the smartness of American electorate!!

  3. “…but Obama’s absence was glaring.”
    ________________

    Right! And it was duly noted by MILLIONS.

    People are asking questions and receiving LAME excuses.

  4. In Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope,” he said, “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift In an ugly direction.” I guess he thinks the Charlie Hebdo cartoons were ugly. I would also guess that Obama would rather kneel before the King of Saudi Arabia than stand with the “infidels” of France.

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  6. And I kind of hoped he was quite secular in his outlook, and against religious extremism, when in his inaugural speech he said America was a country of many religions and of unbelievers, not just a Christian one (or whatever the exact wording was).

    • This wasn’t a secular statement on Obama’s part—just an anti-Christian one.

  7. But another high-ranking administration official, Attorney General Eric Holder, was in Paris at the time for a terrorism summit, and he didn’t attend the march, either.

    It it not known why Holder didn’t join other world leaders on the streets of Paris.

    Because, for Holder, only black lives matter.

  8. Now how could the man sho said in one of his infamous speeches: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet Mohammad” show up at ceremonies to mark the tragedy of those who “slandered” Mohammad and were murdered for it by savages? His statements made it impossible for him to be there.

    With every jihad mad dog killer who attacks in the name of Islam, Obama’s legacy of shame is carved deeper into the stone into which it is cut.

    • Evaporated like a pitcher of water on high noon during summer in the middle of the Sahara desert. However, a more accurate analogy would be a nuclear reactor – obama is both toxic and radioactive. As obama, the radioactive reactor, continues to evaporate water (his support), the media, the dp and islamic lobby work furiously around the clock to pump in (at up) more (recycled) water.

  11. He would have been away golfing but has run out of golf balls , he keeps slicing his shots, and losing them in the rough when he hears of another “workplace”

      • I trust the Almighty that we’ll be spared Hillary as POTUS–our nation has not yet sunk that low.

        • I trust the Almighty that we’ll be spared Hillary as POTUS

          Yes, I completely agree!! ..oh my what a depressing thought.

  13. Obama made a good choice, though it be for another reason than I would have stayed home for: the EU owes this to years of ducking and avoiding the real problems.
    This demonstration/march was not anti-sharia or the like, no, it was announced as a tribute to free speech. The same people marching in Paris condemn anti-sharia demonstrations (anti-islam = anti-sharia). How ironic.

  14. This is where I depart from Mr. Spencer. I believe that Obama’s refusal is not rooted in left wing ideology, but in his support for jihad.

    • Perhaps not a support for Jihad, but a support for Islam.

      There is no question Obama defends Islam at every opportunity

      • Yes, he defends iSSlam every time, and if there happens to be a jihad attack, then so be it.

  15. Let’s not blind ourselves for the disdain we have for Obama.

    I figure a trip to Paris is not something the President of the United States can just plan arbitrarily on such short notice. The security measures necessary to guarantee Obama’s and his staff’s safety outweigh the benefits of attending this march.

    The march was show over substance anyway, nothing much missed really.

    • You are correct, too short of a notice for a presidential trip.
      He at least needed to send someone or at least say something.
      I don’t think he even uttered “Je Suis Charlie” slogan even once.
      He probably didn’t expect to find himself getting so outed about his support for isslam supremacism.

  16. All I can say is he must be getting nervous……because he really could not march with the the enlightened infidels….no offense…..hopefully this will put off running for the “pen” for another few days.

    viva la france! You give me hope. cl

  17. Its clear that Obama stands with islam, He refuses to implicate Muslims when discussing terrorism.

    The threat is ISLAM

    I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but we now have a president even weaker than jimmy Carter

  18. Obama watched the NFL Playoffs instead of attending the Paris march for victims of jihad
    ………………………….

    *Appalling*. And he didn’t bother to send Vice President Joe Biden of Secretary of State John Kerry, either.

    And I had believed that he *had* at least sent Attorney General Eric Holder—but now I find out that not only was Holder in Paris anyway, but that even he *didn’t attend the march”. (That he was there for a summit on terrorism and didn’t attend makes this all the more grotesque that he didn’t go to the march).

    Was there *anyone* representing the United States there at all? I am ashamed for my country.

    2016 can’t come soon enough…

  19. Frankly, the presence of such an attractive target as the US President would have created a worse security nightmare in Paris. Day of the Jackal type stuff.

  20. Dear Robert,
    None of the leaders marched. It was a photo opportunity in a side street. I saw the photo on Breitbart. It was reproduced from a Twitter account Old Holborn.

  21. obola already said who he doesn’t want the future to belong to. He hasn’t changed his mind.It was a historical event and history will not be kind to the worst president the US has ever had.

  22. I wonder if that ball floated after he let go? Considering all the hot air he’s blowing into it.

  23. The real problem is the liberal population who elected Obama twice. You like it or not that part of the population is more dangerous than Islam.

    Obama is a brainwashed, idiot who has no clue about almost anything except golf and sports probably.

  24. Obama will march …when there is a parade he agrees with.

    The deaths of slanderers of the prophet of Islam doesn’t interest him.

  26. Maybe Obama really isn’t Muslim – he’s holding a pigskin. He probably didn’t attend the rally because he can’t understand why millions of people would get so upset over workplace violence.

  27. I do not have to wait and see Obama prostrate on a prayer rug to be convinced he is a Mohammedan. It was bad enough his being a US Senator. For we have become used to having degenerates and half-wits in Congress. But it is a disgrace to see him there in that position, acting as President of the United States of America. Imagine a Mohammedan, and one who has contempt for the historic values bequeathed to this country, in the highest office in the land. America undoubtedly has lost her mind to have allowed such a defilement of the Office. She is going to have to make atonement for putting into the White House such a vile creature.

      • Terry, I know he lied and he hid his true colors, just as I know a carnivore eats meat. It is a given. But that was not a necessary condition for him to occupy the office. Lying and hiding one’s true colors do not necessarily determine the outcome of an election. That outcome was due to all the stupid and irresponsible people who disregarded all the lies and voted for him anyway. It is they whom I blame. I place all responsibility with the people who voted for him, particularly the white ones.

  28. Really, what would be the point of Obama attending the march? From day one of his presidency he has distanced himself from the nations that have traditionally been friends of the U.S. and he’s frustrated the efforts of those who have tried to understand the current Jihad catastrophe. He would have added nothing to the event and would have been a significant security liability. If times had been different and he had shown real leadership and courage on the issue then his attendance would have been essential.

  29. The future must not belong to those who would take a stand for freedom of speech, or to those who oppose the Ummah. For that would be slander, and thus I have endorsed the lie of blasphemy.

    President Obama.

    • Yes, Obama does not want to offend Islam by saying that we are at war with radical Muslims and Islamic jihad, as the french PM has said.

  30. This, and Holder’s absence as well, was a calculated, deliberate snub. It was meant to send a message, just as the placement of Party luminaries at Red Square parades was during the Soviet era. The message?

    “Notwithstanding our pro forma statements of sympathy and regret, don’t get us confused with someone who gives a shit.”

    As to John Kerry, he has no problem saying “Je suis Charlie.” He said it all the time after he got back from Vietnam!

  31. He’s a Muslim Brotherhood supporter, of course he wasn’t there. He was probably praying for the ‘martyrs’.

  32. Oh big fucking deal. And where were you and you and you? Pathetic crap. If Obama had gone you’d have shat on him for being a glory hound opportunist. You are such a fucking slave to your preconceived notions you undercut almost every bit of real good you have the potential to do on this site. Grow the fuck up!

      • I don’t think you’re Ashley Says. And where were you? Were you in Paris?

        • No, Ashley’s right – the account belonging to Robert Spencer links to Jihad Watch. This one is clearly a fake.

        • Just to add to that, in his first post “Robert Spencer” is addressing Robert Spencer directly. First he asks him where he was and then we have this:

          “you undercut almost every bit of real good you have the potential to do on this site.”

          You undercut. You have the potential to do. Who’s he “you” referring to? Robert Spencer – the real one.

        • ”I don’t think you’re Ashley Says. And where were you? Were you in Paris?”

          You really are an egregious arse. 🙂

          Do you honestly think, that we, who have been reading and commenting on this site for **years**, and have read Mr Spencer’s scholarly and trenchant posts, are going to be fooled for one second by your transparent nonsense ?

          Piss off, idiot.

        • The guy impersonating RS posted:

          “I don’t think you’re Ashley Says.”

          That’s because Ashley is just Ashley. “Says” is automatically added when posting. That you consider it to be part of the name, so much so that you went out of your way to capitalize it shows that you’re a muslim troll, just a bit less illiterate – that’s the kind of basic errors and oversights muslim trolls do.

    • Spoken like a liberal. You don’t care what he does as long as he’s on your side.

      • Right. Same for them and us and everyone in between and on the edges. Nazis and KKK and Reaganites and Marxists and Spencerites and Islamists and Christers and Buddhist crazies and bushmen and Catholics and … WE’RE ALL LIKE THAT. Spoken like a sensible human, Kevin. And all the Kevins out there are just the same!

        • Why do you present yourself as Robert Spencer? Because you think people who don’t know Spencer’s writing will fall for your foul mouth and be afraid to answer you back? Spencer never uses foul language like that.

          If you really care about this site, how about you take a moniker that won’t sully the real Spencer’s rep and confuse people who read your comments? I’ve studied Robert Spencer’s work. And you are no Robert Spencer. So stop misrepresenting yourself and pretending to be him, you big phony.

          It’s possible of course that you have the same name as the person who runs this website, but then you are being stupid in using that moniker when you should know it will confuse many people who visit here and are not that familiar with the real Robert Spencer’s writing..

        • oh, by the way, to the commenter calling himself “Robert Spencer” — I just sent the real Robert Spencer an email telling him that a slime ball is impersonating him in the comments thread. Here’s hoping all your dishonest comments get nuked soon, and you get banned.

        • And you are no Robert Spencer. So stop misrepresenting yourself and pretending to be him, you big phony.

          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

          “you big phony” ..LOL!!!!! 😀

    • No we were not in Paris but we don’t live in the White House or run a country either. He should have been there whether you think so or not!!!! Maybe you should use some respect and not use foul language, maybe you should grow up.

    • Obama, Kerry, or Biden should have gone, and none of us would have criticized that, especially if Obama would say that we are at war with Islamic jihad. You are a disgusting pervert.

    • The real Robert Spencer is a man of courage and intelligence.

      How pathetic that you are such a loser you can’t even use your own name.

      • ‘Cause I’m Slim Spencer, yes I’m the real Spencer
        All you other Slim Spencer’s are just imitating
        So won’t the real Slim Spencer please stand up,
        Please stand up, please stand up?

  33. Logistically, it would be a security nightmare to bring O’bungler and his entourage to France. He visited my city during the 2012 campaign where he infamously said “You didn’t build your business, government did.” The beautiful old firehouse where his speech was made is now cursed ground. Anyway, the cops and city maintenance workers had their work cut out for them to weld manhole covers, shut down traffic, close down the airport and delay my return home from overseas all for a terrible speech that alone should have cost him the election. I digress. My point is whenever the President travels anywhere it is a huge undertaking at an enormous expense especially on such short notice. Look at the silver lining, he didn’t add millions more to national debt this time, but his sybaritic wife will make up for it I am sure. There is no excuse why Attorney General Eric Holder couldn’t go since he was already there.. Why did the attorney general need to be in France? His job is a domestic position. Anyway, it is for the best he (BO) wasn’t there. It helps to show his true colors and save the tax payers a drop in the bucket.

      • Who is this posing as Robert Spencer
        Is this the anything Obama defender troll (what is his name?)

        • Must be Ben Affleck he is still upset about Sam Harris’s remark that “Islam is the motherload of bad ideas.”

        • Must be Ben Affleck

          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

          Oh if it is Ben Affleck then I want his autograph!! ..yeah so I can run it through my paper shredder, lol! 😉

      • Thanks Mr. pseudo “Robert Spencer” for calling me bigoted.! That is the trite and intellectually vapid reaction I expected to receive from a poster as yourself. The president, no matter what their color, religion, or party isn’t above criticism or reproof for their words, actions, and deeds. The ground I referred to is cursed because he has no idea what makes America work, which is small businesses and the labors of working folks that are taxed far too much so he and others in government can live high off the hog. His policies are demonstrably deleterious to small businesses owners (my family included.) It has absolutely nothing to do with his skin color. I try to judge people by their actions (and how they respond to comments), but no matter. I and others that share my opinion are labeled as bigoted because we are critical of Mr. BO and are leery of the bellicose tenets of an ideology whose votaries have a penchant for brutal violence with over a millennium’s worth of deadly precedents to corroborate our concerns. So please feel to opine more about how bigoted we are! That charge is hackneyed to the core! Riposte served.

    • Seeing as Holder defended Gitmo prisoners pro bono, I hope that the organizers of the march told him to scram.

  34. Obama is not fit to be a White House Janitor , let alone a President. How much more proof do people want that this POS is a Muslim Traitor.

  35. Even WTOP, as reliably liberal an outlet as any, wonders why the O didn’t go to France.

    Then again, how much of the USA really worries about what happened to Paris this last week? Compare that to the numbers of Americans who are wildly involved over the n ext sporting event. That is probably why we have the O and his entourage in the White House in the first place.

    • Obama was too busy watching the NFL playoff games! Plus, he did not want to offend Muslims.

  36. I know America is sports obsessed, but this is something else!

    • In football one is not supposed to “drop the ball”

      Same for being President.

  37. The dhimmi world is in full blown damage control trying hard to white wash Islam by every kind of word trickery and word magick…The world leader march was a show for the folks…and a form of collective taqiyya. They will now go right back protecting the image of Islam. The WH propagandists are working overtime, in collaboration with the MSM…Lots and lots of double talk…Blame anyone or anything, but don’t blame Islam. It has been hijacked…The whole upper crust are committing on going acts of treason, and getting away with it…
    I’m beginning to wonder just how many of them are closet converts.

  38. obama is such a feckless president that a foto of him fumbling the ball would be more fitting …

  40. Obama watched the NFL Playoffs instead of attending the Paris march for victims of jihad”

    Well, really, could anything more perfectly encapsulate this disgusting excuse for a human being ?

    Whilst I totally deprecate the hype which publicises cynical and complicit politicians, moaning and wailing about a scenario which **their** policies have brought about, the introduction of **obama** into the mix, would have been sick making beyond all bearing.

    This is the amoral piece of excrement who went to the UN and said; ”the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of islam”

    Well, there are twelve human beings who no longer have any future, because they are **dead**. Just as obama likes it.

    No doubt the vile obama in the intervals of watching American football, and his golf game, is congratulating himself on his immoral and evil stance. Faugh.

    Obama’s presence would have been even more nauseating than that of camoron, ” muslims shouldn’t integrate with us, we should integrate with them”

    They are *all**, these stinking politicians, **complicit and enabling** in this carnage. They all have blood on their hands, and I wish them all death, but preceded by hideous torture.

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