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Weather Moves Obama Speech Inside

President will accept nomination in an arena

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 5, 2012 10:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – President Obama will officially accept the Democratic nomination tomorrow night … but thanks to the weather forecast, he'll be doing it in an arena instead of an open-air stadium. His Democratic National Convention speech is being moved to Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena from Bank of America Stadium, USA Today reports, because thunderstorms are predicted. The arena won't be able to accommodate all 65,000 ticket holders, but DNC officials say all ticket holders "will be invited to see the president between now and Election Day."

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Norfolk State University, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Norfolk, Va.
President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Norfolk State University, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Norfolk, Va.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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USLady
Sep 5, 2012 6:08 PM CDT
Run but you cannot hide, I mean what is a little rain for Obama,he is all washed up any way.
FLGator
Sep 5, 2012 1:06 PM CDT
Here we thought he was too stupid to come in outta the rain.  Guess the little woman got word to him.
Non-deep-thinker
Sep 5, 2012 11:36 AM CDT
Too funny.  They can't even lie about the weather right.  Anyone remember a NFL football game in an outdoor stadium being cancelled 48 hours in advance due to "predicted lightning"? This whole bunch needs a remedial night-school course in lying.  They're so immersed in it and breathing it and soaked in it that they can't even tell what sounds plausible to other people anymore. And of course, tonight's big moment -- which the campaign team of Amateur, Amateur, and Amateur deftly scheduled against the kickoff of the NFL season -- features Bill Clinton, who was impeached in the Presidency for lying AND... drum roll... ...wait for it... Elizabeth Warren. Anyone notice a pattern here? (Hint: your answer should include the words "lying", "falsification", "fabricating", and "falsehood".) What a comedy act this is.

 
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