White House Freaking out Over Shortage of High Schools Entering Contest to Have Obama to Speak at Graduation, Only 68 Entries Down From Over 1,000 Last Year…
Another crushing blow to Dear Leader’s massively over-inflated ego.
(CBS News) — The White House is ramping up an effort to promote a nationwide competition to decide which high school wins a commencement speech by President Obama.
An internal White House memo indicates that the White House is facing a shortage of applications less than a week before the deadline.
The competition was extended from the February 25 deadline until Friday, March 11 after few schools met the original application deadline. CBS News has learned a White House Communications Office internal memo dated February 22 noted “a major issue with the Commencement Challenge.”
“As of yesterday we had received 14 applications and the deadline is Friday,” the memo said. The memo also urged recipients to, “please keep the application number close hold.”
“We should also make sure the Cabinet is pushing the competition out to their lists,” the memo said. The note reiterated, “We do not want the actual application number out there (we didn’t release the number of applications we received last year until after the submission period)-so folks should not use it in their pitches.”
A follow-up memo on February 28 reported receipt of 68 applications. Noting the competition among more than 1,000 schools last year, the memo said, “Something isn’t working.” It called on staffers to ask “friendly congressional, gubernatorial and mayoral offices” to encourage schools to apply.
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Obama is too boring. Once you’ve seen one of his speeches, you’ve seen them all.
First prize – a class trip to Disneyland.
2nd prize – a class trip to the local zoo
3rd prize – obama speaks at your graduation.
“Something isn’t working.”
It’s the economy, stupid.
It’s the government, stupid.
It’s the unions, stupid.
It’s the demonrats, stupid.
Why doesn’t “the one” just send his teleprompters, a cardboard cutout, and a tape recording……..just as interesting and nauseating at the same time.
“A follow-up memo on February 28 reported receipt of 68 applications. Noting the competition among more than 1,000 schools last year, the memo said, “Something isn’t working.” It called on staffers to ask “friendly congressional, gubernatorial and mayoral offices” to encourage schools to apply.”
BWAHAHAHAHA! Something isn’t working allright, it’s the Obama Administration that isn’t working. Only 68 applications this year after over a thousand last year? Hey, Obama, can you take a hint?
I guess the Democrats aren’t getting their indoctrination dollar’s work, eh?
Wasn’t it during last year’s speech that that kid standing right behind barry fell asleep during the commencement speech? That was some priceless video!!!!
Thank God the kid was black, so the race card didn’t appear.
…A follow-up memo on February 28 reported receipt of 68 applications. Noting the competition among more than 1,000 schools last year, the memo said, “Something isn’t working.”…
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Yeah… “something isn’t working”…. ya think… a-holes
like the kids parents…the kids themselves… aunts…uncles…brothers…sisters
People aren’t working….
Unemployment is sky high…
His policies aren’t working….
Socialism isn’t working….
68? I thought they closed half of Detroit schools.
AAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA! This is VERY FUNNY!!!
Sucks to be him. Maybe there is hope for our school system after all.
Students want Inspiration, not Desperation.
I think I would pull my kid out of school that day.
Butt,butt…..the unemployment rate is 8.9%……..
WOW .. looks like the unicorn’s tail and wings are on fire and its goin in……
HA/HA/HA ROTFLM FREAKIN AO. What a dusche bag, Maybe all these kids dont like having your Homo agenda ramed down their throats (PUN INTENDED) God bless the ZIP, but I know Mr Obama can now find us for all of our smart ass comments. So my official Comment is it must be a consertive consperacy, Just to avoid an IRS audit, And having my accounts frozen on second thought. I`ll just stick to you being a Dusche Bag
When kids can spot a phoney you are done.
Seriously, the fact that they don’t “get it” is the problem. They think they are so clever and intellectually superior that the American public will continue to adore them as they destroy the republic.
If my son’s high school was the ‘lucky winner’ to have our esteemed leader speak at graduation, and he was going to be graduating, I would be heartbroken for him to miss the ceremony! No way would he sit through that, nor would he want to.
This is kinda off topic but way cool, I have max trained to growl when anyone says Obama Ha/Ha just thout Id put that out there.
Just another sign of his EPIC FAILURE!
That’s 68 high schools too many.
He’s losing his army of tweenies, how much lower can Obamanation get?
By what standards is the “winner” chosen? Is there a website for this?
Seems those 68 schools don’t require a reading comprehension exam for prospective speakers.
BWHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
From CBS, too!
This made my day!
Can’t they get the fat wife instead? The kids could throw tofuburgers!
I predict the winner will be George Washington Carver HS or Martin Luther King High.
Is there a high school named after the One yet?
How many High Schools do you think they will bully to make Obama look popular?
Hey you better send in your request for Obama to give the graduation speech at your school if you ever want to see Federal Funding again.
On another note.. Hahahahahahaha..
No body likes you everybody hates you think you should eat some worms. Big fats squishy ones little bitty tiny ones oh how they wiggle and squirm.. No body likes you everybody hates you think you should eat some worms.
I had to adjust the song to fit..
Oh how the evil has fallen.
That’s Karma Barry.. You can’t make kids like you anymore. Your secret is out and you have been exposed for the fraud you are.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.
Down in flames.
I imagine the TOTUS in a classroom is getting mighty old by now.
“something isn’t working” is right. Every single person in this administration is a slacker. Young people graduating know they’re going to have to hit the floor running to even manage a temp job at McDonald’s this summer, and it’s all thanks to Teh One/Won.
The only wisdom the mouth-in-chief could impart is how to hit a really bad golf shot. His swing reminds me of Gumby – all loose and disjointed.
Note to college presidents: after the abortionist in chief was invited to speak at Notre Dame, donations dropped by $120 million.
MADgirl91 says:
March 7, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Note to college presidents: after the abortionist in chief was invited to speak at Notre Dame, donations dropped by $120 million.
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WOW That’s great…..serves them right.
Explains the drop-out rate
Begging for speaking engagements? Lovelovelove it!!!!!
@Max&Eric, give that dog a treat.
OOPS!!! make that “MUNCH tofuburgers”!!
Could the honeymoon be really over? One can only ‘hope’ for such a ‘change’.
It just isn’t that inspiring to see him read a boring speech off a teleprompter.
I’m sure the problem is that Opie iWon Kadopie just hasn’t explained well enough what the benefits are of having him speak. It’s just a failure of messaging.
harvey milk high school?
not even a kindergarten graduation, come on
this useless p.o.s. played his 60th round of golf since taking office 26months ago 5hrs per round add three hours travel and lunch thats 60 full days/2 months fucking off on golf alone.
Maybe BO should just focus on his true constituency; you know like the Karl Marx High School, Ernesto “Che” Guevara High School, Teddy Kennedy High School, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin High School, or George Soros High School. How hard could it be to pick one from those schools???
I didn’t realize there were 68 black High Schools that were still serving Kool Aid.
The more time that putz spends out of Washington the less harm he can do. I’m for getting him speaking engagements at every high school in the country, and for giving him more vacations, too.
The man is no leader … bring us Charlie Sheen, at least he has “tiger’s blood”
Too bad those 68 black High Schools are not serving Jonestown Kool Aid.