And now, Barack Obama is afraid of…San Francisco?

Last night, it was Michelle Obama shunning the hostile and dangerous territory of South Carolina.
Today, Bookworm Room notes this San Francisco Chronicle column item reporting that President Obama is hiding from the leftists in San Francisco:
The White House’s fear of protests from Code Pink and other left-wingers has put the brakes on President Obama making any public appearances during his visit to San Francisco this week.
Obama is scheduled to parachute into Liberalville on Thursday afternoon and pick up a cool $2 million for the Democratic Party at a fundraiser at the St. Francis Hotel – then spend the night, before checking out early the next morning and heading to Houston for a community service forum hosted by former President George H.W. Bush.
The St. Francis event is about all the public will see of him here. Concerns about big and loud protests over the war in Afghanistan, the prohibition on open gays and lesbians in the military and other issues have squelched any thought of a trip to a local school or high-tech manufacturing plant that often accompanies such visits, said a source involved in the planning.
“You’re always sensitive about having your San Francisco moment here,” said former White House spinmeister Chris Lehane.
He still recalls a news conference he organized here in 2000 for then-presidential candidate Al Gore. It turned into a near-disaster when a “transvestite kept asking if he would support public funding for sex changes.”
“No matter how you answered, you get in trouble,” Lehane said.
Run, Barack, run!
See what others have said
Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any particular comment just because I let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with my terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege.
Comments
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Nancy Pelosi Explains Why Obama Flip-Flopped on Super PACs
February 9, 2012 10:08 PM by Doug Powers
50 CommentsReport: Solyndra Sold Assets Cheap to Entity with Close Ties to Investors
February 9, 2012 10:08 AM by Doug Powers
49 CommentsFormer Democrat Rep. Regrets Vote for Obamacare Due to Contraceptive Coverage
February 7, 2012 03:40 PM by Doug Powers
75 CommentsHow to Make a Liberal Politician Stand Up Against Intrusive Government
February 6, 2012 04:28 PM by Doug Powers
95 CommentsMiddle Class Payroll Tax Cut Extension Comes Courtesy of Mortgage Fees on Home Buyers
February 6, 2012 01:36 PM by Doug Powers
35 CommentsHiring Spree in NYC
February 1, 2012 02:47 PM by Doug Powers
43 CommentsMr. and Mrs. Cranky Pants
January 27, 2012 10:35 AM by Michelle Malkin
138 CommentsStimulus-Backed ‘Green’ Bankruptcy of the Week: Ener1
January 26, 2012 03:06 PM by Doug Powers
67 CommentsObama and Jan Brewer Have Words on Airport Tarmac; Update: Brewer Book Sales Skyrocket
January 25, 2012 09:54 PM by Doug Powers
165 Comments
Categories: Barack Obama,Michelle Obama
Patterico
» NYT hails the safety net: Poor hardest hit
JustOneMinute
» I Guess I'm Still Stuck On Stupid
Gateway Pundit
» White House Says They Won’t Budge on HHS Birth Control Mandate: “Our Position Is Clear” (Video)

Gateway Pundit
» Sarah Palin on HBO Palin Movie: I’ve Created More Impersonators Than Obama’s Created Jobs (Video)
Weekly Standard
» ‘No Precedent for the Government Ordering Private Companies to Offer a Product for Free’
Riehl World View
» Whitney Houston: If I should stay I would only be in your way
Patterico
» Rick Santorum and the two playbooks










More likely a fear of a tape recorder catching another “guns and bible clinging” moment.
Well, the pink mafia *is* something to be feared…they would give him such a PINCH!!!
The Empty Suit flaps and squawks only to adoring lap dogs. Any form of disagreement from any audience is just not tolerated. It may deflate his hyper ego and then what will happen? Wait, I know – The NHL will present him with the Stanley Cup to massage his hurt little feelings.
Errah, Run Commie Run! Run, Run, Run!
He still recalls a news conference he organized here in 2000 for then-presidential candidate Al Gore. It turned into a near-disaster when a “transvestite kept asking if he would support public funding for sex changes.”
“No matter how you answered, you get in trouble,” Lehane said.
——————————-
This is what kills me about liberals..THIS is concidered a no win question. But to 99.99999% of the population its an easy one to answer. NO
Barack doesn’t get it. He’s not running for election. He’s running the country.
What he fears as a “San Francisco” moment could easily be spun as his “Sister Souljah” moment in which he establishes some credibility for his argument to middle America that he is really governing from the center.
He should want the leftist nutjob element to show extreme displeasure with him on national TV.
These guys are so incompetent they don’t even know how to lie well, even with all the practicing they do.
Yeah, nothing like the bad press of having your radical base disapprove of you.
What a bunch of cowering crybabies.
I thought that the residents of Sanfranfreakshow were his peeps!
How long before he starts sleeping in a different palace every night?
bho mmmm mmmm mmmm!
L
He takes the peace prize alright…
the “piece of work” prize …! (or you know,the “piece of..sXXt” prize…
wimpy, whinny wuss….so much for the leader of the free world who can’t visit one of the states. Is he afraid that there might be a Tea Party greeting him at the airport? Say good bye to a 2nd term!
He has good reason to be afraid of SF. Those people are CRAZY!
Nancy Pelosi must have told him about the last time she held a Town Hall Meeting in her district of San Francisco. In January 2006!
Here is the video.
What a pansy.
Protests would mar the worship experience apparently.
He is such an egotistical wimp.
To Rambler:
The Tea Party greeting will be at the St. Francis Hotel.
Make a sign and come out to join the fun!
What bu!!$+!t.
The socialists over decades have gnawed away at the foundation and fabric of our wonderful nation, not least by promoting, supporting, and relying upon loons such as those in San Francisco.
And we’re supposed to believe that the socialists are afraid of the loons’ protests?
Please….
Why are they so afraid of Pink?
“Na na na na na na na I’m gonna start a fight…”
So What
That town is over-run by control nuts. Without us racist gun owning haters, they are free to do and say whatever they want.
Correction:
That town is over-run by GUN control nuts. Without us racist gun owning haters, they are free to do and say whatever they want.
Hope they held on to that vacation house in Martha’s Vineyard. Sounds like their list of vacation spots is getting smaller and smaller. Of course they can always jet off to Europe.
But, if one actually has core values, then one can give an answer and actually WELCOME the consequences, whether they be good of bad.
Not only is this guy a failure as a president, he is a failure as a man. He has no spine. I think everyone was mistaken. He didn’t win the Nobel Prize, he won the No-ba!!s Prize.
I go to SF only to eat at Copenhagen Bakery and Deli in Burlingame.
Or Pancho Villa’s taqueria near 16th and Mission.
Other than that, there is no reason for me to venture into Sodom.
Those people were nothing more than “useful idiots”. Now that they’re usefulness is over, the WH ignores them. But, you can bet those “idiots” won’t get the message that they’ve been insulted and used. There isn’t a place for them in Obama’s new world, other than being peasants. This is always typical of power-hungry politicians throughout history.
To be fair, I’m afraid of San Francisco, too.
Thanks, Wren. already going to a party in jersey. Hoping he’ll just keep adding states to his do not visit list.
He can’t handle Foxnews. He can’t handle San Francisco (which voted for him like what, 99%?) The question is what can he handle? Recall Truman’s line: “If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen.” I think it is long past time that this poseur started to seriously think about letting others do the cooking.
When you lie constantly and subvert the will of the people it will soon come back to bite you in the backside. It won’t be long before the entire country will have your number Barry.
So much for The One’s fearless pledge: ” I will not waver in my commitment to ending discrimination in all its forms.”
Odumbo is not to keen on the whole representative republic thing is he.
Did you see his bud Chavez took over the Venezuela Hilton yesterday, by force. Needs money bad. http://laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=345630&CategoryId=10717
He’s scared of San Fran for the same reason he won’t tour Phillip Morris.
The only place on earth less manly than Obama and he shrinks from their sight…Can he be a bigger Wuss? Not likely. The military must be sooooo proud of their CinC.
Not so fast; Ever wonder why so little of the stimulus money has been spent? That was engineered in advance to buy votes for the second term in the form of give-aways and pork. Just you wait and see.
What would the people of San Francisco do,throw a flower at him or something?
Um, this is almost not-safe for work.
From a Bay Area Blogger who calls him/herself Zombie, and can pass for one of the moonbats, apparently…
Zombies San Francisco Hall of Shame.
If a photograph of a naked man with his, er, um, “suitcase” inflated almost to basketball size with saline water makes something NSFW, well, you have been warned.
Someone with more imagination than me can do a song parody:
“If You’re Going to San Francisco…” or “I Left My Heart in San Francisco..” or “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay.”
Believe it or not, middle aged overweight lesbians would probably go topless to protest him.
They’ve done it before. Just not to Obama.
So does this mean that since he is only going to attend a fundraiser we the taxpayers don’t have to pay for this trip?
Almost?!
The Leader of the Soon-to-be-Not-So Freeworld…appears to have a bit of a Yellow Streak.
No Wonder the rest of the World sees him as Weak and Wobbly.
I do not doubt that his handlers are telling him and the rest of the socialist administration what to do, what to say, where to go, etc….
I do not doubt that his handlers are telling him and the rest of the socialist administration what to do, what to say, where to go, etc….
???double post???
Apologies….
madshark @5:16 I left my heart in, etc..
Umm, how about Puff the Magic Dragon?
Good question. If he picks up $2 mil and the trip costs the Dems $3 mil they’ll be ahead by, oh wait, Geithner must have done the math…
What? He’s afraid of San Francisco? That would make him a homophobe, wouldn’t it?
Or, is it a question of image…tough call.
Is Obama afraid, or just lazy.
Naw, he’s not afraid of the City by the Bay – but he did make all those little bitty promises about don’t ask, don’t tell….and confessed his love for the gay/lesbian community. For those empty promises he-is-afraid and they’ll nail his hide to a wall in the Castro if he breaks it. Pay back is a beeech.
LMAO Obama afraid to go to San Francisco. Afraid somebody will speak meanly about him? Frankly, it’s his loss. I have lived there and made a visit there recently. It is still a beautiful city and the restaurants serve outstanding dishes. Does his royal highness fear for his life? LMAO.
The most loony lefty president in history is not liberal enough for San Fran. This is toooooo funny!
Maybe they are just clinging to their atheism and flowers, Barry.
That is not safe for anywhere. I need a shower.
Hey, he gets all the sourdough he can handle at home…
san fran used to be the golden city by the bay. now it’s just a pit of perversion and hipocrisy.
He, in his role as community agitator, played a huge role in groups like this forming, and finding out that by acting stupid in public and throwing a tantrum, the limp-wristed politicians would give in.
Now he’s afraid of his fellow travelers?
As community agitator, what tactics did he develop that Code Pink might use that he is now afraid of?
You made your bed buddy. Why run from it?
Obama: (aka courageous fighter of blind flies) Eek! A mouse!
Being a retired Naval Aviator, this is the last guy on earth I would want on my wing while rolling in for an attack.
And oh by the way, we are STILL WAITING for our glorious president to make up his little bitty mind about sending more troops to Afghanistan. Well, what is it buddy? While you party in the white house, our troops are dying because you refuse to make a decision.
Get off of your lazy presidential butt and make up your mind.
He’s showing Russians our nuclear sites but HE won’t go to San Fran? Michelle won’t go to no place finer than Carolina? What wussies.
Wish I could venture up the Peninsula for the mtg today. Oh to be in the presense of THE ONE. It would be interesting, for about 2 seconds, to see the Progressives react to his Oneness.
I think the Tea Party Patriots and the Silicon Valley Conservative Forum Mbrs will probably be in greater number. Isn’t Medea Benjamin hanging with Cindy Sheehan someplace or did she fly back into town? The Blowtorch Conservative Station, KSFO is talking up the Meet and Greet with Il Presidente. The man- child just can’t take criticism. Awwww, da poor babeee.
Information about the Tea Party to “welcome” Obama to San Francisco is available here:
http://www.pleasantonteaparty.com/
Also for those who can’t come to San Francisco, you can follow the action on Twitter via NorcalTPP
Come join us if you can!
Here is the link to follow the action at the San Francisco Tea Party for Obama tonight:
http://twitter.com/norcaltpp