Obama bails on Planned Parenthood gala
UPDATE 4/26, 11:00p: So much for not wanting to be filmed. Obama’s speech to Planned Parenthood will be live streamed this morning, to begin at 11:20a, here.
We also now know the Planned Parenthood event is being held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., according to The Christian Post.
[HT: Kristina at CRC Public Relations and Mallory at Susan B. Anthony List]
4/24, 4:21p In a perfect pro-abortion world, the White House would proudly boast of President Obama’s plans to keynote a Planned Parenthood Federation of America event.
Particularly after his 2012 War on Women conquest, Obama should relish the opportunity to take a victory lap with his pro-abortion bff, PP CEO Cecile Richards, and all that Planned Parenthood stands for – contraception, abortion, and reproductive FREEEEDOM! (imagining that as Braveheart would say it).
But as quickly as the White House let slip that Obama would be attending Planned Parenthood’s annual gala tomorrow, it has retreated. Reported the Washington Times today:
President Obama has canceled plans to deliver a keynote address at Planned Parenthood’s annual fundraising dinner Thursday night after critics decried his high-profile role at the abortion rights group amid new concerns about the brutality of illegal forms of abortion.
White House spokesman Jay Carney… attributed the schedule change to Mr. Obama’s desire to spend more time at a memorial service in Waco, Texas, for family members of the victims of the fertilizer plant explosion.
Mr. Carney said the president will still address Planned Parenthood and its supporters Friday morning. Still, the shift to a lower-profile address at a more low-key morning event, rather than an evening gala fundraiser, is significant.
Earlier this week, abortion opponents pressed Mr. Obama to rescind his agreement to speak at the Planned Parenthood fundraiser, considering the gruesome revelations emanating from the trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell.
An interesting side note is it has been impossible thus far to find out where the Planned Parenthood event is actually being held. All PP will say is it’s in Washington, DC, somewhere. Our people have been calling reporter friends, etc., and no one seems to know.
Since Obama is now speaking Friday morning, this must be some sort of conference and not just a one-night stand for “supporters and national and local leaders from across the country,” as the PP press release portrays attendees.
This shroud of secrecy is another sign pro-lifers are having a negative impact on PP. PP appears to be trying to stave off our protesters, and/or President Obama prefers not to give us any more video or photo opps.
This is not a good news cycle to be pro-abortion, and particularly to be associated with Planned Parenthood, since a PP lobbyist recently indicated infanticide is a-okay, and a PP affiliate CEO let slip PP knew all about mass murdering abortionist Kermit Gosnell but did not report him. Of course, Obama is vulnerable on Gosnell as well.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
No wonder some people wonder if Obama can ever be truthful and straightforward about anything.
First, in the midst of the horrid Gosnell trial and two national tragedies, in Boston and in Texas, Obama is going to boldly head to a PP main event and be the keynote speaker.
Then, he suddenly decides he wants to spend more time with Texas victims and mourners after pressure not to attend the PP main event.
Finally, he is going to go to a lower profile event with PP in an undisclosed location.
Translation: Obama, under pressure and wanting to avoid more bad press, throws off a main event abortion gala, using grieving Texans as an excuse, while still supporting abortion by going to a secret event in a secret location to make himself look better.
Sorry, Obama, I’m not buying it.
PP’s facade is full of cracks. Swing away (metaphorically speaking of course).
Victor, hopefully you’ll still be posting your whines here 20 to 30 years from now.
Hello Victor:
Glad to see you here. Wisdom is decried as whines by trolls.
We have elected a man to a second term as president even after he refused to disassociate himself with convicted bomber and terrorist Bill Ayers. For crying out loud our president and the liberal MSM are blaming America for the Boston Bombings; we deserved it. According to Obama, judging the people who kill innocents is above his pay grade and not something he is willing/able to do. Why do you think he refuses to admit that they carried out the bombings in the name of Islamic jihad? My guess is that even Obama realized that attending the PP fundraiser as keynote speaker (especially while the Gosnell trial is in the news) might actually be able to break the spell he has over the American people; otherwise he would have attended.
It is really interesting that PP has to now hide from the public eye…brings to mind the behavior of rats.
As for Obama ”bailing” on PP perhaps the publicity surrounding PP’s defense of killing live born babies is a bit too close to Obama’s own position on BAIPA and it is something they would rather avoid. But another part of me says this is wishful thinking. My gut tells me there is nothing that would stop Obama from supporting abortion in general, and PP in particular.
The pic of Obama hugging Richards speaks volumes. The two are fellow travelers and share a genuine admiration for one another. Obama passionately supports abortion, and now he has come out in support of boys “marrying” boys. Basically, Obama reveres both abortion and homosexuality. Here in Illinois we watched his impassioned defense of allowing born alive babies to die, and what the rest of the country is seeing now is stuff we learned years ago.
Truthseeker noted: “My guess is that even Obama realized that attending the PP fundraiser as keynote speaker (especially while the Gosnell trial is in the news) might actually be able to break the spell he has over the American people;”
That spell? It’s called Liberal White Guilt. His momma Stanley was queen of the Lib White Guilt club and his polygamist daddy married not one but two LWG if you count Ruth. (Doesn’t that make our president’s real name Barry Dunham? Daddy never adopted him, right? but I digress).
Barry’s getting a lot of mileage out of LiWhiGui. But guess what? It isn’t going to last forever. Like fossil fuels, it pollutes, and the supply will eventually run out.
Thank you Jerry it’s good to be here.
I think Obama is making a very slight, very temporary, strategic retreat. Even if he is not up for re-election, he has too much to lose by turning his back on PP and the abortion industry.
Hi ninek,
I see the “spell” as more mass hypnosis than anything. These people weren’t on any guilt trip, they were beyond rational. They were mesmerized. Not much different than the mass hysteria Hitler generated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhXaE_XL_8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo-TkzGFe4s
“…the brutality of illegal forms of abortion.” Do they think there is a “form” of abortion that’s NOT brutal?
I’d say having your tiny arms and legs ripped off and your tiny body sucked apart –
the ‘legal’ form (according to The Washington Times)- is pretty brutal.
*In the above photo,you notice that CR is practically KISSING BO’s ear…classy!*
I went to college in the early 80’s: liberal white guilt was gaining quite the foothold among professors and students alike. Today it’s a stronghold, but like the facade of PP, it’s full of cracks. Sooner or later the people who voted for Barry will realize that it didn’t prove they weren’t racist; only that they were stupid. Barry is as big a narcissist as you think, but it’s the lib white guilt that colors many glasses rose when they look at him.
Let’s just hope the spell is broken completely befire the time Hilary runs again. I don’t want to live through another term of an incompetent president elected by idiots who wanted to “make history.” (That’s what I heard from some friends who were aghast that I wasn’t voting for him, “don’t you want to be part of making history?” they’d ask.) Hilary needs to be held 100% accountable for her part in putting that turtle back on a post for his second term.
before not befire. Durn editing!
Hi ninek,
You hit it on the head when you point out he is a narcissist, which IMO is the factor here. I see him as a sociopath/narcissist. Since these are two closely related disorders its often hard to seperate them. I just see traits of both in him. It was because of this blind worship that I said on this blog back in 08 that this guy is a sociopath. I just saw it in the way he mesmerized people. The closest thing I can compare it to is the sociopathic con man who can make women fall blindly in love with him, then steal them blind. We’ve certainly heard these stories time and again, we may personally know of such situations. Ask these women what they knew of this guy, his background, family, etc. and they’ll tell you not a thing. He was just so charming. He treated me like a queen. Ask people the same questions about Obama in ’08 and you got the people in the videos I posted. “He’s the light of the new age, he talks to my soul….
White guilt may be part of it but this was something waaaaay beyond, this was people who were beyond rational to the point of a messianic trance. And like the jilted and robbed woman, the American people are finally forced to face up to the fact they’ve been had.
Maybe Planned Parenthood can get some other person like Obama (thinking someone who supports an abortionist’s right to kill live babies delivered after botched abortions) to fill in as keynote speaker. Is Gosnell still out on bond until the verdict?
Ah yes a narcissist and a sociopath. Watching the Jodi Arias trial at present ….amazing how the 2 act just alike.
Not going to bore anyone with the Jodi A trial but she’s like OBAMA …Can’t keep truth and lies straight. And of course she has male admirers too.
Hiding at another event? I thought he was proud of his position…
Right Ts I don’t think Gosnell is in jail. He could have attended the great semantic filled event to twist and turn how wonderful it is the chop up feti.
Hi Heather,
That’s no surprise about Arias. Sociopaths are usually very seductive people, which is what can make them very dangerous. Mary Winkler is another sociopath who played the good hearted church people and jury for complete idiots. These people are master manipulators.
If you ever see the old miniseries “East of Eden” Jane Seymour portrays the sociopathic Kate Trask. Textbook sociopath, with socipathic tendencies that begin in childhood. Very sexually seductive and totally void of conscience.
Victor:
2014. Obama’s wanting to hand his successor an election to lose with a Dem House and Senate.
I can’t imagine it, but Valerie Jarrett (why do you folks in these parts continue to believe Obama is calling the shots in the White House? I don’t get it…) seems to think so.
Rasqual:
You are spot on about Valerie Jarrett.
Mary @ 8:45:
You have been great on exposing Obama’s narciscism and sociopathy. Thanks for staying on top of this. It explains so much! I wonder if abortionists in general would be sociopaths.
Good post Mary.
I was raised by a narcissist. I know narcissists. And Obama is definitely a narcissist.
And yes a sociopath too. With a Messianic complex.
Well put rasqual, good insight.
rasqual says:
(why do you folks in these parts continue to believe Obama is calling the shots in the White House? I don’t get it…)
When the puppet itself is so riveting, it’s easy to forget about the puppet master.
Jill, Christian Post is reporting that the gala will be at Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, but I don’t know where they got that information.
LOL! Lrning! I also think that Dinesh D’Souza might have had a point in his book, on which the backcover reads something like ‘the white house is being run by a ghost..’ So often, when the father is mostly absent from a child’s life, they idealize him. The people who raise the child make day-to-day mistakes and have no such alluring mystique as the absent parent. Barry, who should have been grateful to his grandparents and skeptical of his mother’s continued awe of her philandering-alcoholic-polygamist-absent-not-really-husband, instead swallowed mommie’s admiration hook, line, and STINKER. He seems to consider the people who clothed and fed him beneath his gratitude but not his contempt. I can’t wait till Barry is the one absent…from the white house!
Hi Jerry 11:57am
Are abortionists in general sociopaths? Not necessarily.
Not all sociopaths engage in criminal activity, in fact if they channel their traits constructively, they can be outstanding at what they do and serve a very good purpose. i.e. working undercover. Jobs not too many of us are inclined to do. My NPD sister is a pitbull when it comes to protecting my mother and her financial interests, I’m not kidding when I say you’d sooner face down the devil in hell than her. In fact she’d love the battle. My borderline daughter is an accomplished researcher, but definitely not a people person, sometimes to the point of it being embarassing.
Hi Victor,
Thank you.
Well, my father was a sociopath/borderline personality, my sister is an NPD, my maternal grandmother a sociopath/histrionic. Let’s just make it simple and say my family is proof that PDs definitely have a genetic basis and any family get together was a Cluster B convention. Inevitably all heck would break loose.
I’ve also had the uncanny ability to attract these people like flies. I must admit that most of my knowledge was obtained the hard way, I had to learn it through experience. Sociopaths know a sap when they see one, so maybe that explains it! :)
Hi Jerry 11:57am
Thank you as well for the compliment!
I’ve been sort of lucky, Mary. Because I have such a Queen Bee personality, narcissists tend to take an immediate dislike to me! We have one longtime aquaintance that could be named Super Narse he’s so full of himself. I’ll never forget the day I met him because he took such great pains to avoid eye contact with me, it got silly. He certainly has an abundance of charm. And you know what I notice about the charming ones? They often have a sidekick that follows them, pretending to be ‘the nice quiet guy’ by comparison. In reality, the ‘nice quiet guys’ were just low-achieving predators, using the Narcissist for his run-off women.
I meant overflow, didn’t mean to imply run off as in running away. LOL!
Hi ninek,
Very interesting and enjoyable post!
Narcissists tend to be bullies and controllers and its likely they immediately sense they’ve met their match with you! Go girl! I assume you are a woman so please correct me if I am wrong.
Bullies and controllers are cowards on a power trip and a coward must carefully choose his/her target.
Mary how can you tell for certain if someone is NPD or a sociopath? I strongly suspect my father and one of my sisters are, but I have trouble telling if they are just very narcissistic or genuine sociopaths (or both? Can you have both?). You seem to have learned a lot about it and I am curious.
I hate to admit this but i have battled BPD my entire life. I do not consider myself a narcissist because if this were true I wouldn’t put others before myself. I have detachment issues as well as abandonment. I don’t consider myself a sociopath because I know right from wrong. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t wired this way.
BPD = Borderline personality disorder? That’s definitely not a sociopathic condition, most people with BPD still feel empathy and concern for others, as you obviously do. I hope you’re doing okay with it, disorders can be rough especially when you’re under as much stress as you are.
I’ve also been labeled OCD. I remember having problems with rituals as a kid such as turning off a light switch 9 times every night obsessively checking the doors to make sure they were locked and constantly checking the oven to make sure it was off. Sigh…its better controlled with medication as an adult.
I never took well to break ups so I was kinda like Alex in fatal attraction. However I never engaged in any criminal activity such as Alex did.
Hi Jack,
I would suggest you read the book “The Sociopath Next Door” by Dr. Martha Stout. Great info minus all the psychobabble and it may give you some answers concerning your family. It certainly opened my eyes. Also, the internet is a wealth of information.
Borderline personality disorder, which can vary in severity, is part of the Cluster B disorders of sociopath, narcissism, and histrionic. Many of these symptoms overlap and if a person has one disorder they may well have characteristics of the another.
With SPD or NPD, which share many of the same symptoms, it can just be a matter of opinion as to what the person is. If someone disagrees with me, I certainly respect that.
Dr.Stout describes the narcissist as the “stay puft marshmellow man”. The feelings and social signals of others bounce right off of them and they are unable to comprehend why their “love” isn’t returned. I have heard OJ Simpson claim he “loved” Nicole and I believe in his own Narcissitic way he did. So why didn’t Nicole want to stay with him? Well, gee OJ, maybe your beating her and tomcatting might have something to do with it. To the narcissist this doesn’t register. Its beside the point. He “loves” her and expects it to be returned. Its not hard to understand why these people have the potential to be extemely dangerous. I also believe OJ had the sociopathic trait of charisma. People described how easy it was to be taken in by him, his “charm”.
I form my opinion just by observing behaviors past and present and my own life experiences, which believe me, began very early. I’m embarassed to say I’ve had to learn my lessons the hard way. I guess the best comparison I can think of is the seasoned detective who can visit a crime scene and instantly know what happened, why it happened, if its staged, was it someone close to the victim, etc. If I walked into the same scene all I would see is a mess.
Living with these people can certainly be done, but expect a relationship with someone who demands everything and gives nothing.
Hi Heather 10:05PM
There are varying degrees of BPD and for the most part these are people who function in every day life. “Alex” was a BPD, though certainly more extreme. I read an excellent book on BPD on Amazon and I can’t remember the name of it but it was written by a psychiatrist. He wrote it very compassionately and non clinically. His sister had the disorder. I’m sure you can find it.
Why should you hate to admit it? You acknowledge it and do your best to cope and control. It sounds like you function normally, you’re a mother, a nurse, and a very upstanding human being.
Heck, I’m convinced we all have PD traits of some kind.
“So why didn’t Nicole want to stay with him? Well, gee OJ, maybe your beating her and tomcatting might have something to do with it. To the narcissist this doesn’t register. Its beside the point. He “loves” her and expects it to be returned. Its not hard to understand why these people have the potential to be extemely dangerous.”
Yeah, that sounds a lot like my sister (well she didn’t beat on people, but she did cheat on her first two husbands according to one of my other sisters, and she’s probably cheating on the one she has now). And she’s utterly shocked that none of her siblings will really talk to her now, but she’s 35 and has decades of treating us all horribly. Of course, it’s all everyone else’s fault that we don’t like her, not her behavior that drives everyone away. I believe my dad is more of a sociopath, he’s got that charm that you mentioned, plus he’s a total sadist and told me once when he was drunk that he doesn’t understand why people care when other people die. I don’t think he has any empathy at all. :/
I should pick up that book and read it, I bet it would be helpful. I’ve seen you talk about it before and have been meaning to find it at the library or something.
” Why should you hate to admit it? You acknowledge it and do your best to cope and control. It sounds like you function normally, you’re a mother, a nurse, and a very upstanding human being.
Heck, I’m convinced we all have PD traits of some kind.”
I can get why she would be embarrassed, there’s a lot of stigma surrounding mental disorders and illnesses, people tend to judge and be misinformed. I don’t generally tell people I’ve been diagnosed with a mild/moderate attachment disorder, because they seem to think it means I can’t love and make attachments with people at all (the most severe forms of attachment disorders have people that can’t love at all, but most people can form attachments, just with great difficulty and have trouble expressing love and affection).
Why thank you Mary. I wouldn’t mind a copy of that book. I’ve been on benzo therapy for 10 years and it seems to help. Eases the symptoms. Yes I don’t like to admit it because of the stigma . I know plenty of my exes labled me nuts. Its okay though I’m feeling better.