I’ve been wondering why our latest FOIA request is hitting an unusually obtuse Miami-Dade School void…. Now, things begin to make a little more sense:
President and first lady go to Miami area for education event tomorrow, and had planned to stay for family weekend in south Florida.
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskNews) March 6, 2014
As I’ve said before, numerous times, the political risk in the M-DSPD story is quite large. A single pesky unkempt thread capable of unraveling the story of a much larger systemic construct.
Update below
(Via Politico) Vladimir Putin has put President Barack Obama’s vacation plans on hold.
Obama is headed to Coral Reef High School in the southern part of Miami, Fla., on Friday for an event about education and the economy that first lady Michelle Obama had been expected to attend as well. What hadn’t been known was that Obama’s daughters were planning to come with them, and that the four were going to extend the trip for a brief family getaway.
Now, the White House tells POLITICO that he’s reconsidering.
“The president had planned to stay in South Florida with his family for the remainder of the weekend,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. “However, it is possible the president may return to the White House on Friday as events unfold in Ukraine.”
Obama isn’t expected to head to Kiev or anywhere else if the weekend in Florida gets scrapped, but more likely have a repeat of last weekend, which he spent in briefings and on the phone with foreign leaders after Putin began moving troops into Crimea. (read more)
It is NOT Ukraine, or Vladimir Putin, or the optics of public perception which are driving a potential change of plans….. THAT is simply a convenient *out*.
Without going into details, you can be rest assured there is only ONE thing which would stop an entrenched ideologue like President Milli Vanilli from following his scheduled tour stops, and it’s not “OPTICS”.
Example – 9/12/12 – He hops a flight to Nevada for campaign fundraising mere hours after Ambassador Stevens is killed.
Example – Immediately following his announcement of Russia invading Crimea he heads to a DNC fundraiser to kick off the “Happy Hour”.
This POTUS is not worried about optics, that’s not considered a risk, it’s never the risk. The real risk is the story within the M-DSPD and Carvalho, easily getting attached to him. It was the POTUS/Holder agenda that spurred the specific events. This is the risk. This is what they seek to avoid.