{"id":1733,"date":"2018-03-08T09:36:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2018-03-08T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T14:36:32","slug":"the-one-and-his-misplaced-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/08\/the-one-and-his-misplaced-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The One&#8221; and His Misplaced Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barack Obama RSVP\u2019ed he wouldn\u2019t be attending any of the memorial services for world renowned evangelist Billy Graham last week but was that a big deal?<\/p>\n<p>Multiple news sources also reported at the time that Obama wouldn\u2019t attend any of the Graham tributes, but <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/news\/2018\/03\/why-isnt-obama-attending-billy-graham-funeral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no reason<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>was given for the former president&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Graham-in-Rotunda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pfft. None of the other living presidents attended Rev Graham\u2019s funeral either. But both Bush 42 and Jimmy Carter are 93 years old and their absence was based on health reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Clinton and Bush 43 also didn\u2019t attend Rev. Graham\u2019s funeral, but they did pay their respects to the Graham family earlier in the week in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Obama did find the time to tweet his condolences the day of Graham\u2019s passing. Wasn&#8217;t that generous?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Obama-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"112\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">So what was <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong style=\"text-indent: 0em;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/02\/barack-obama-billy-graham-funeral-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama doing<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\"> the week of Rev. Graham\u2019s memorials?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Obama has been busy of late with important issues in the here and now; specifically, issues concerning his favorite subject: his legacy writ large in the form of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>As we wrote earlier in this <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/14\/hoprah-and-the-russian-collusion-illusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the 235-foot-tall monument to himself has met with some controversy from conservationists, academics and \u2013 here\u2019s the irony \u2013 grass-roots activists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Obama-in-Chicago.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Feb 27<sup>th<\/sup> Obama made a surprise visit to Chicago <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/obamacenter\/ct-met-obama-presidential-center-20180227-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleading his case<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>to residents how his temple \u2013 er, library\/center \u2013 would not force them to eventually relocate by \u201cgentrifying\u201d their neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Lipton, a political science professor at the University of Chicago campus adjacent to where the Obama shrine \u2013 er, campus \u2013 is to be placed says Obama is \u201cindulging himself\u201d by \u201cbuilding a monument along the lakefront.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s trip to Chicago was two days before Rev. Graham\u2019s memorial at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and three days before 2,000-plus attended his funeral.<\/p>\n<p>The juxtaposition between the plain spoken North Carolina preacher who pleaded with millions to come to Christ and the silver tongued former president who pleads for millions of dollars to help build his pantheon tells you all you need to know about true greatness.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thanks for reading Dean Riffs. Welcome to those who love American liberty, free enterprise, and who believe God has blessed our country. For those who believe in open borders, safe spaces, and who think free speech is hate speech, move on \u2013 there\u2019s nothing here for you to see.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<em>dailycaller.com, heavy.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Photo sources: <em>twitter.com<\/em>, <em>newyorktimes.com,\u00a0<\/em><em>Nuccio DiNuzzo \/ Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2018, Dean A. 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