Sixth graders at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Waverly, Iowa, had their upcoming visit canceled as the White House suspended all tours under across-the-board government spending cuts in a partisan budget battle. The disappointed class put a video on Facebook asking for the tour to be reinstated. "The White House is our house, please let us visit," the children say in unison.
White House press secretary Jay Carney was asked during his Thursday briefing how the president would respond to the students. Carney said it is unfortunate that the budget cuts require such trade-offs, but the Secret Service's options for savings included canceling tours, furloughing staff or cutting overtime. "In order to allow the Secret Service to best fulfill its core mission, the White House made the decision that we would unfortunately have to temporarily suspend these tours," Carney said.
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What kid in their right mind would want to visit the slum lord?
"In order to allow the Secret Service to best fulfill its core mission, the White House made the decision..,"
Obama made the decision to protect himself and his family, with guns mind-you, over allowing children to visit their White House.
But hey, that's how it goes kids.., you were, not long ago, his shield for gun control now you're considered too much of an expense to bother with..., then again Easter doesn't mean a flippin' thing to Barack Hussein Obama II.
Makes much more sense to send $$$ to Egypt.
Sorry kids but the Secret Service is too busy tending to prostitutes in South America and the Clintons are busy getting ready for their New England vacation. There is simply no money to pay for all of this. Live with it.
Since the tours have been suspended, we should be able to furlough some of the security staff until tours resume.
Tell the President to stop taking extravagant vacations and throwing parties. He then may have a little extra for the hunt.
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