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Obama Postpones SNL Appearance Due to Hurricane Ike
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ABC's Sunlen Miller and Matt Jaffe Report: Senator Obama has postponed his upcoming 'Saturday Night Live' appearance due to Hurricane Ike barreling toward Texas.
"In light of the unfolding crisis in Texas, Sen. Obama has decided it is no longer appropriate to appear on 'Saturday Night Live' tomorrow evening," Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki explained in a statement.
Obama's appearance will be rescheduled for a more appropriate time.
The senator will go on with a previously scheduled Saturday morning event in Manchester, N.H. and then will return to Chicago instead of flying to NYC for the season premiere of the show.
Sen. Obama has been monitoring the hurricane thus far from the campaign trail. He received a midday briefing on Friday from FEMA Administrator David Paulison and spoke later in the day with Houston mayor Bill White. White told Obama that Houston is prepared for the hurricane, Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass said. Obama offered to do whatever he could to help, including using his website to raise funds for relief efforts.
Sen. Joe Biden, also scheduled to appear with Obama at the Manchester event on Saturday, cancelled as well due to the hurricane.
"In light of Hurricane Ike and its path through Texas, Sen. Biden will not be traveling to New Hampshire tomorrow," said Biden spokesman David Wade. "We intend to pick up our regularly scheduled travel on Sunday from Wilmington to Charlotte."
This is the second straight day Biden has cancelled a trip due to Ike - late Thursday, he scrapped a Friday swing through Texas for fundraisers in San Antonio and Austin.
When Hurricane Gustav was hitting Louisiana, Obama took a break from campaigning to monitor the storm.
September 13, 2008 in Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (132)
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Obama shows he has class.
McCain betrays America with his dishonest, dishonorable campaign.
I'M VOTING OBAMA.
Posted by: Ed from MA | Sep 13, 2008 12:31:52 AM
great decision
Posted by: Fred | Sep 13, 2008 12:36:23 AM
Ed, I agree. Every independent news outlet knows that McCain is telling flat out lie after lie. We don't need that.
Posted by: twb0392 | Sep 13, 2008 12:42:10 AM
He should go on SNL, not as a cameo joke thing he was gonna do. But just to ask for support for victims of Ike.
Posted by: gmcc | Sep 13, 2008 12:43:41 AM
Obama truly cares for the american people, unlike lying McSame!
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 13, 2008 12:49:31 AM
don't be obamatized .. he is worried about the "celebrity" label ... why is he going to N.H. right in the midst of when the hurricane is supposed to hit? ... and then flying back to Chicago?
......... McCain is probably receiving all the same information .. but he doesn't use it for political gain!!
McCain-Palin '08
Hillary Clinton 2012!!
Posted by: Francisco Cardenas | Sep 13, 2008 12:49:57 AM
Good Idea gmcc - always the high road.
-------------------------------------
Every McCain ad smear exposed:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/John_McCain_s_ads_are_LIES_Here_s_the_video_proof
Posted by: Leonard Peltier | Sep 13, 2008 12:51:16 AM
Francisco Cardenas:
Please don't hide behind Hillary's pantsuit in your support of John McSame. No one who supports Hillary could possibly adopt the politics of Bush/Cheney III and subject this country to four years of McSame/Impalin'.
Enough
Obama/Biden 08
Posted by: jackt51 | Sep 13, 2008 1:06:03 AM
Something has happened in the campaign.
He would not have missed this opportunity he and his people had been pretty smart. Where was Michelle on 9/11 and where was he on 9/12.
Posted by: jonnycabani | Sep 13, 2008 1:17:34 AM
jackt51 ... I would rather have 4 years of McCain with the possibility of Hillary being elected in 2012 .. than 4 years of Obama ... you may be able to dismiss the fact that he spent 20+ years in an anti-American church where the minister shouted "God da**mn America" and the audience screamed their approval ... and then Obama lied about it ... 20+ years!! ... think about it!!
Posted by: Francisco Cardenas | Sep 13, 2008 1:21:49 AM
You Should look in a mirror about smears. Both with a dirty political campaign instead of on knowledge and policies based campaign. Who wants to be the first?
Posted by: dadminnesota | Sep 13, 2008 1:27:00 AM
Obama is an honorable man who respects the struggle of all Americans. His compassion toward those in the path of hurricane destruction, is the same compassion he has toward those in the path of war and economic hardship. That's why he cancelled his SNL appearance. He is a true leader. You get what you see. No lipstick here.
Posted by: bob10001 | Sep 13, 2008 1:27:16 AM
You Should look in a mirror about smears. Both with a dirty political campaign instead of on knowledge and policies based campaign. Who wants to be the first?
Just use the facts.
Posted by: dadminnesota | Sep 13, 2008 1:28:05 AM
bob10001 ... his history does not recommend him as an honorable man.
Posted by: Francisco Cardenas | Sep 13, 2008 1:32:02 AM
I think he should go on SNL --- SNL needs the ratings -- and besides -- Hussein Obama is a joke!! Hell - he doesn't even put his hand over his heart when the Anthem is being played. He cares about the people,, is that why he had his big deal in a football stadium? H is a fake. And he just may be a great community organizer,,,, is that like a playground supervisor?
Posted by: Mike | Sep 13, 2008 1:39:20 AM
I am so tired of McLames lies!!
he says he is a war hero but treated his first wife like a throwaway after she was in a horrible auto accident while he was in vietman.came home and had AFFAIRS and then met Cindy and Asked for a divorce.MORALS??? make sure to see Ross Perots accessment of the wackjob McCain.Perot is the one that paid McCains wifes hospital bills while he was a POW and got him into politics after....chilling!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html
Posted by: independant | Sep 13, 2008 1:49:58 AM
Mike, go put some lipstick and shut up!
Posted by: Beau | Sep 13, 2008 1:53:29 AM
Monitor the storm? That's what the rest of the country is doing. Not enough viewers left for you on SNL, Obama?
Posted by: goodgrief | Sep 13, 2008 1:55:35 AM
Lol,
Somehow there had to be a political agenda with this....
Leave it to the bottom feeders to 'find' one.
Posted by: Leonard Peltier | Sep 13, 2008 2:04:12 AM
He's probably been crying and his eyes are all puffy.
Posted by: Kitty | Sep 13, 2008 2:14:00 AM
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