This is truly pathetic - and a sign that the magic of Obama and his hold on youth is disappearing faster than you can say "$14 trillion in debt." 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."
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.
"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."
On Monday, officials declined to cite the number of applications received so far.
Poster Comment:
I guess "Just words, just speeches" has finally caught up with him. Looks like the kids have figured out the same thing that the "majority" of adult Americans have figured out (he's a twit). Also looks like that article I read back in December where Liberals were saying that Ritilin was turning our children into conservatives is right (who'd a thunk it, a Liberal telling the truth)....... Of course then again they think conservatives are demented so ...... when all else fails blame someone else for the things you are guilty of.... The Liberal Mantra
