It was
FDR that turned what is now known as
Camp David into a presidential retreat, one he himself dubbed
“Shangri-La” in 1942. President Eisenhower renamed it Camp David after his
grandson, David Eisenhower. Virtually every president since has used it as a
get-away, a critical refuge from the public spotlight and a chance to spend
time outdoors and recharge the executive batteries, as well as a venue for
soft-touch presidential diplomacy.
Many
presidents truly enjoyed the more rustic, no-frills living… FDR, Ronald Reagan,
Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush among them. Dozens of world leaders have spent
time there over the years, meeting with the American president and his
delegation to discuss matters great and small and perhaps forge a tighter bond.
George
W. Bush often spent weekends and major holidays at Camp David. He frequently
invited lawmakers to the compound as part of his outreach to Congress.
So,
when Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani visited Camp David Monday, March 23rd,
to engage in weighty geopolitical negotiations on difficult issues, where was
President Obama?
Not
there.
Michelle
Obama once stated that the president was “an urban guy” not taken with the
place. Apparently, this president doesn’t like being in the woods, on the
water, or surrounded by the wilds, even as he panders to radical
environmentalists.
Or
perhaps he doesn’t like the Jewish overtones of the name “David.”
In any
case, this ex community organizer and current race-baiter would rather be on a
golf course, that symbol of white affluence and exclusivity, and man’s control
over untidy nature.
Just as
his long-time pastor/mentor Jeremiah Wright, who famously implored his flock to
join him in shouting “God Damn America” because of the nation’s supposed
injustice and inequality, prefers his “house”
to be in Tinley Park, a wealthy, mostly white, gated community outside of Chicago rather than in the mean streets of
the inner city.
With
liberals, this stunning hypocrisy is... par for the course.
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