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14. More than anyone Maya Angelou would understand President Barack Obama giving

Wed May 28, 2014, 10:06 AM

May 2014

The Commencement Address at West Point. I totally understand giving lots of honor to Maya Angelou but she understood his position and responsibilities. Her words will remain with us for years to come, I am very happy to have lived in a world in which she gave do much. Thanks for the memories, Maya Angelou.

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Maya Angelou has died and the President is talking about war in a speech [View all] bigdarryl May 2014 OP

He is not going to cancel a commencement speech at West Point. hrmjustin May 2014 #1

REALLY!!!! speeches are postponed all the time bigdarryl May 2014 #2

Graduations usually aren't. hrmjustin May 2014 #6

Unless I missed my cue nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #47

i am sure he will make a statement soon. hlthe2b May 2014 #3

I AM OUTRAGED. NuclearDem May 2014 #4

Really liberal N proud May 2014 #5

Post removed Post removed May 2014 #9

He is speaking at the West Point Commencement... CherokeeDem May 2014 #7

Hey bigdarryl, why don't you give it a rest for a day or so...The President will be around tomorrow monmouth3 May 2014 #8

Don't worry, he's working on getting locked out of his own thread. n/t JTFrog May 2014 #13

Locked for what? bigdarryl May 2014 #15

Give it a minute. n/t JTFrog May 2014 #16

And there it is. n/t JTFrog May 2014 #18

LOL! Orrex May 2014 #19

Okay--I watched in real time, and that was fucking awesome. nt msanthrope May 2014 #32

like a slide show. Whisp May 2014 #37

Are you a wizard?... SidDithers May 2014 #41

Something that was obvious to others, but not yourself. NCTraveler May 2014 #25

He made it!!! Cha May 2014 #45

Un believable randys1 May 2014 #31

I don't know how they get away with it for so long....n/t monmouth3 May 2014 #36

He actually said just because we have the biggest hammer doesn't mean octoberlib May 2014 #10

Oh shit. Here we go. Aristus May 2014 #11

It's not unusual for accomplished 86-year olds to die, unfortunately. Nye Bevan May 2014 #12

More than anyone Maya Angelou would understand President Barack Obama giving Thinkingabout May 2014 #14

Well said. n/t scruboak May 2014 #23

Better send him a mind message. bravenak May 2014 #17

Sounds like you are shoutiing Benghazi Leme May 2014 #20

You kidding right? warrior1 May 2014 #21

Ofercrissake. lamp_shade May 2014 #22

Impeach him immediately rbrnmw May 2014 #24

Discussionist is this way ->>>> nt. NCTraveler May 2014 #26

Are you going to start a new thread now? snooper2 May 2014 #27

Um... WilliamPitt May 2014 #28

Geez lostincalifornia May 2014 #29

I believe I heard him addressing the ending of a war and not seeing every problem as a nail Skidmore May 2014 #30

Cancel a commencement speech? leftynyc May 2014 #33

He was on site preparing to give the speech as the news came out. MohRokTah May 2014 #34

He can honor her and keep his commitment to West Point..and I expect he will. n/t Jefferson23 May 2014 #35

Is this performance art? n/t daligirl519 May 2014 #38

I wonder how it would have been for those military academy graduates to hear a eulogy for a poet? Hekate May 2014 #39

Well, this didn't go well. zappaman May 2014 #40

It did for me. RiffRandell May 2014 #44

Literally zero reason to delay, let alone reschedule... IoNP May 2014 #42

She was a great woman. hrmjustin May 2014 #48

Yeah I cancelled all my meetings today why could he not do the same? dilby May 2014 #43

Maya would have loved President Obama's Speech at West Point.. you need to get a Cha May 2014 #46

you've got to be kidding...right? Sheepshank May 2014 #49