You cannot believe the TROUBLE I had getting a copy of this article to print here. I attempted quite a few times to copy it, the article appeared, but would not let me copy it. It "blank screened" me five or six times, I had to re-boot three times, after about six or seven minutes of "whacking" around, I even had to find it on another site. I will never believe that this little inspiron-1525 is not, somehow, being watched, and/or, monitored somehow. There are times my screen goes blank, during times that I am putting up something ANTI administration............
It may be little more than a blip on Washington’s radar screen, but President Obama’s decision to be a no-show at an upcoming ceremony to mark the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has touched off a firestorm in Pennsylvania.
Local newspapers Thursday excoriated the president, a noted admirer of the 16th president, for skipping the historic occasion.
A journalist at Harrisburg’s Patriot News said Mr. Obama doesn't have “the stones” to attend; York’s Daily Record newspaper called the decision “unacceptable” and said “Mr. Obama’s retreat from Gettysburg will linger long and bitter.”
The Gettysburg Times reported that local officials in and around the town have spent months preparing — in vain — for a potential visit from Mr. Obama, who twice carried Pennsylvania in the presidential election (by 11 percentage points in 2008 and five in 2012).
Instead, the White House will send Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to the Nov. 19 event, which will be held at the Soldiers' National Cemetery.
She will be joined as keynote speaker by renowned historian James McPherson.
The Gettysburg National Military Park seemed disappointed with the choice of Ms. Jewell rather than the president.
“President Obama will not attend and the Secretary of the Interior will represent the administration,” the park pointed out in the second sentence of its release.
White House press secretary Jay Carney wouldn't give an explanation Thursday for why Mr. Obama declined the request.
