About a month ago I read in the news about a situation where Barack Obama failed to make an appearance, during their annual meeting, at the Federation of State and Provincial Firefighters Association.

If your on the campaign trail for President you are going to be busy and it really can’t be expected for you to make every appearance that is requested or that you feel is prudent. It is however severely unbecoming of a man seeking the highest office of our country to turn around and blame is his staff for a “scheduling error”…

“I have to tell you, I wish I was there,” Obama said over a speakerphone.

“My staff had already scheduled some things and they couldn’t wiggle out if it. They heard from me a little bit because I wasn’t happy I couldn’t be there personally.”

Wow… after I read this I thought, gees, blaming his staff for failure to make an appearance? How grown up Mr Obama!

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