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To: goldworldnet who wrote (505587)	8/31/2012 1:27:15 PM
From: FJB	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794207

Obama just announced a "me too" visit to Louisiana after he heard Romney was going. Embarrassing. Is he 9 years old... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Obama bounced into announcing visit to storm-ravaged Louisiana after Romney shows him up with surprise visit By Toby Harnden In Tampa, Florida PUBLISHED: 10:21 EST, 31 August 2012 \| UPDATED: 12:03 EST, 31 August 2012 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2196389/Mitt-Romney-heads-storm-hit-Louisiana-President-Obama-hits-campaign-trail.html President Barack Obama was today forced to announce he will fly to storm-hit Louisiana on Monday – hours after Mitt Romney beat him to the punch by deciding to head there this afternoon. After it emerged that Obama was still taking time to fit in a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio before checking out how clean-up operations are proceeding in the Bayou state, the Obama campaign abruptly cancelled that event. 'In light of the President’s travel to Louisiana to meet with local officials and view ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac, President Obama will no longer travel to Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, September 3,' the campaign said in a terse statement. Romney had changed his schedule to head to an affected town outside New Orleans while Obama, who has yet to visit the Tropical Storm Isaac zone, headed off to Texas to campaign. Seven years ago, President George W. Bush was lambasted for inaction and incompetence in dealing with Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and much of the Mississippi and Louisiana gulf coast. Romney’s last-minute trip to New Orleans came as his wife Ann told CNN that swing women voters in particular had told her that 'it's time for the grown-up to come, the man that's going to take this very seriously and the future of our children very, very seriously'. Continues...