Obama cancels party after 'super spreader' accusations

[mystery-ak]

Obama cancels party after 'super spreader' accusations

Hundreds of people were expected to attend Obama’s 60th birthday bash at the 44th president’s Martha's Vineyard home.
By
Adam Barnes | Aug. 4, 2021

Story at a glance

    Former President Obama’s massive birthday party plans have been drastically reduced amid concerns the gathering could serve as a superspreading event.
    “Due to the new spread of the Delta variant over the past week, the President and Mrs. Obama have decided to significantly scale back the event to include only family and close friends,” Hannah Hankins, a spokeswoman for the former president, told The New York Times.
    Obama’s initial plans led to critiques of the merits of hosting a large gathering as government agencies warn of the growing COVID-19 threats.

Former President Obama’s massive birthday party plans have been drastically reduced amid concerns the gathering could serve as a superspreading event as the delta coronavirus variant surges across the U.S.

Hundreds of people were expected to attend Obama’s 60th birthday bash at the 44th president’s Martha's Vineyard home scheduled for Saturday, and some prospective attendees were already en route to the party, The New York Times reported. Others were in the process of mandatory coronavirus testing, before the Obamas decided to limit attendance to family and friends.

“Due to the new spread of the Delta variant over the past week, the President and Mrs. Obama have decided to significantly scale back the event to include only family and close friends,” Hannah Hankins, a spokeswoman for the former president, told The New York Times. “He’s appreciative of others sending their birthday wishes from afar and looks forward to seeing people soon.”

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https://thehill.com/changing-america/566252-obama-cancels-party-after-super-spreader-accusations

[Kamaji]

Boo-hoo-hoo.

Who cares.

[mountaineer]

some prospective attendees were already en route to the party  .... Others were in the process of mandatory coronavirus testing ...

How incredibly insulting to be uninvited, especially if you've already gone to the trouble and expense of heading to MV.

[mountaineer]

This story has been updated with the news of the "scaling back" of the Obama bash. Before that, however, Jack Cashill wrote:

As planned, some 475 invited guests and at least 200 worker bees will swarm the Obamas' waterfront estate on Martha's Vineyard, a tony little island off the coast of Massachusetts.  In addition to their vax cards, I suspect the worker bees and even the guests will have to show a photo ID.  Apparently, birthday invites are more vulnerable than ballots in Obama world....

The Obamas bought this nearly 7,000-square-foot waterfront home in the fall of 2019.  They paid nearly $12 million for their new digs.  No big deal.  They had pocketed a reported $65 million advance for their respective memoirs from Penguin Random House.

In his 2020 memoir A Promised Land, Obama worries that he did not do enough to deal with "America's escalating inequality."  He wonders if he should have tried "to exact more economic pain" on corporate America in the hope of creating a more just economic order.

"The thought nags at me," insists Scrooge McWoke.  That thought might have nagged a little less if Obama had bought a three-bedroom cottage on Lake Michigan and spread the wealth around, but then again, how do you entertain 475 people in a three-bedroom cottage?  What if it rains? ...

[Restored]

I don't believe any of this. Like a good Democrat, he will lie about it and order the media to keep quiet about it.

[mystery-ak]

Obama Scales Back Birthday Party, but Valerie Jarrett Still Shows They Have No Shame

https://twitter.com/ValerieJarrett/status/1422555064212787206

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https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/08/04/obama-scales-back-birthday-party-but-valerie-jarrett-still-shows-they-have-no-shame-n421102

[mountaineer]

Obama To Spend $1 Billion On Monument To Himself
by Mark Hemingway, Senior Writer
 | May 10, 2016 12:03 PM

It was recently announced that President Obama plans to raise $1 billion to build his presidential library in Chicago. By any standard, that's an eye-popping figure. It's nearly as much as Obama spent on his 2012 campaign for president. ...

Washington Examiner

Apparently, no one even cares how tone-deaf this all is. Birthday parties with 700 guests at their $12 million estate and a $1 billion monument to his imaginary greatness.

[Wingnut]

I'm sure the Choom gang all kicked in some seeds and stems

[Cyber Liberty]

Obama Scales Back Birthday Party, but Valerie Jarrett Still Shows They Have No Shame

https://twitter.com/ValerieJarrett/status/1422555064212787206

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https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/08/04/obama-scales-back-birthday-party-but-valerie-jarrett-still-shows-they-have-no-shame-n421102

Note they don't call it a "Presidential Library."  That's because none of his actual documentation from his terms as Preezy of the United Steezy will be at the "Center."  There will instead by SKIF-level computer terminals so researchers can only peruse the digital copies, not examine the docs themselves.

This would be a standout Presidential Whatever because it will be 100% to the Glory of O'Bastard's Kingdom.  I've been to Nixon's Library in Loma Linda, and there was a large section covering Watergate.  There is no way O'Bastard would allow any mention of Benghazi.

[cato potatoe]

They probably should sell their oceanfront mansion before global warming renders it worthless.

[GtHawk]

[Wingnut]

The Delta Variant works!

[IsailedawayfromFR]

This is 100% publicity stunt to show "They care".

No doubt in my mind the party will still go on, and the invited will still attend.

I'd like to fly a drone off the coast to snap pictures of all the people who show up for the gig.

[berdie]

This is goofy. Barack can be 60 again next year.

The kids that missed their graduations, proms, etc. have my sympathy.

[LegalAmerican]

I don't believe any of this. Like a good Democrat, he will lie about it and order the media to keep quiet about it.

I agree. I don't believe anything said by obama or media.  They will still have it. Just someplace else, maybe.  We are really getting to know this EVIL AMONG US.   

[LegalAmerican]

This is 100% publicity stunt to show "They care".

No doubt in my mind the party will still go on, and the invited will still attend.

I'd like to fly a drone off the coast to snap pictures of all the people who show up for the gig.

    Agree.

[mountaineer]

That's a big tent for just close family and friends.

https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1423981356208504836

[mountaineer]

EXCLUSIVE: Scaled back? Not so much! Obama's 60th birthday bash looks anything but intimate as massive tents dwarf the mansion and John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union arrive on Martha's Vineyard ahead of the celebration

   * A-list celebrities, musicians and politicians began rolling into Martha's Vineyard Friday afternoon ahead of Barrack Obama's 60th birthday celebration
   * Among the biggest arrivals are John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, who flew in just after 3:00pm seen in exclusive DailyMail.com photos
   * DailyMail.com has also learned that Jay-Z and Beyoncé are already on the island as is George Clooney who, along with Oprah Winfrey, are just some of the big names believed to have made the final cut on the guest list
   * The 500-guest birthday celebration was 'scaled back' earlier this week to a small gathering with close friends and family due to Covid concerns
   * But one local businessman on Friday quipped that Obama has an expanded definition of what constitutes a 'close friend'
   * 'His close friends apparently include his golfing buddies, politicians, celebrities. Those people are here on the island and I doubt he'll be turning them all away,' the local said
   * A vast marquee was seen being erected behind the Obama's waterfront property as workmen busily put up the canvas and set up catering equipment
   * On Thursday DailyMail.com photos show Barack Obama hitting the links  at the Farm Neck Club Thursday ahead of his 60th birthday celebration in Martha's Vineyard
   * 'Just make sure you get a good picture of me!' Obama joked to our DailyMail.com photographers as he enjoyed a round of golf with three friends

By Laura Collins, Chief Investigative Reporter and Shawn Cohen On Martha's Vineyard For Dailymail.Com
Published: 19:21 EDT, 6 August 2021 | Updated: 01:55 EDT, 7 August 2021 ...


A sprung dancefloor was being laid next to the main house, leading onto a vast marquee


The event was scaled back from a 500-person extravaganza to a small affair only for family and close friends

More story and photos at:   https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9869959/John-Legend-Chrissy-Teigen-Dwyane-Wade-arrive-Marthas-Vineyard-Obamas-birthday-bash.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

[Hoodat]

Obama cancels party .  .  .

Uh, no.  No one cancelled the party.

[mystery-ak]

Better stop for a cheeseburger before you get there..

The menu is said to include Spam Musubi made with plant-based faux-beef and faux-pork and Eat Just's plant based eggs.

Cheesesteak Eggrolls made with Impossible 'beef' and 'cheese sauce,' from Perfect Day Inc will also be offered.

But for those wanting a real taste of what the Vineyard can offer DailyMail.com has learned that there will also be stations with oyster shuckers to provide the best of the cape's fresh shellfish.

[mystery-ak]

Who is paying for all this..the O'bamas are grifters just like the Clintons..they never pay for anything.

[Wingnut]

Uh, no.  No one cancelled the party.

No One cancels Moochelles party. No One!.

[mountaineer]

Better stop for a cheeseburger before you get there..

I suspect a money connection between the Obammys and the makers of fake meat.

[240B]

Uh, no.  No one cancelled the party.

EXCLUSIVE: Scaled back? Not so much! Obama's 60th birthday bash looks anything but intimate as massive tents dwarf the mansion

• A-list celebrities, musicians and politicians began rolling into Martha's Vineyard Friday afternoon ahead of Barrack Obama's 60th birthday celebration
• Among the biggest arrivals are John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, who flew in just after 3:00pm seen in exclusive DailyMail.com photos
• DailyMail.com has also learned that Jay-Z and Beyoncé are already on the island as is George Clooney who, along with Oprah Winfrey, are just some of the big names believed to have made the final cut on the guest list
• The 500-guest birthday celebration was 'scaled back' earlier this week to a small gathering with close friends and family due to Covid concerns
• But one local businessman on Friday quipped that Obama has an expanded definition of what constitutes a 'close friend'
• 'His close friends apparently include his golfing buddies, politicians, celebrities. Those people are here on the island and I doubt he'll be turning them all away,' the local said
• A vast marquee was seen being erected behind the Obama's waterfront property as workmen busily put up the canvas and set up catering equipment
• On Thursday DailyMail.com photos show Barack Obama hitting the links  at the Farm Neck Club Thursday ahead of his 60th birthday celebration in Martha's Vineyard
• 'Just make sure you get a good picture of me!' Obama joked to our DailyMail.com photographers as he enjoyed a round of golf with three friends

(more)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9869959/John-Legend-Chrissy-Teigen-Dwyane-Wade-arrive-Marthas-Vineyard-Obamas-birthday-bash.html

[Wingnut]

The Press: Sturgis is a superspeader event. 
The Press: Obama's birthday bash is a gathering of close friends.