Maybe too much activism?
From Chicago's
CBS affiliate:
White House Moves G8 Summit From Chicago To Camp David
In a surprise move, the White House has announced the upcoming G8 summit will be moved from Chicago to Camp David. The NATO summit scheduled for the same weekend will stay in Chicago.
As CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports, the G8 and NATO summits had both originally been planned to be held at McCormick Place over the weekend of May 19-21, with the G8 summit running from May 18-19, followed by the NATO summit on May 20-21.
But Monday afternoon, the White House announced the G8 summit would be held at Camp David instead.
�To facilitate a free-flowing discussion with our close G8 partners, the President is inviting his fellow G8 leaders to Camp David on May 18-19 for the G8 Summit, which will address a broad range of economic, political and security issues,� the White House said in a prepared statement.
Fun to see that Obama is not above throwing Rahm under the bus:
The decision came as a surprise to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was praising city�s plans to host the G8 summit as recently as Monday morning, when asked about downtown businesses preparing for the possibility of having to board up windows if expected G8 protests were to turn violent.
�I think this is a unique opportunity for Chicago to showcase itself to the world, and the world to see the city of Chicago. I think our police department is highly trained, very professional, with the right leadership,� he said.
Talk about a classic example of: "
Mene, Mene, Tekel u-Pharsin"
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Daniel 5:25-28
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Posted by DaveH at March 5, 2012 8:43 PM