So Trump is coming to my town this week....

I totally understand vetting the audience for safety reasons, but I trust this administration NOT ONE BIT to find a balanced audience. Plus, this is clearly not going to be a true town hall, but a campaign rally, like most of his events.

Why doesn't he spend his time doing something valuable, like reading the fucking Constitution?

They'll probably run the data through their Cambridge Analytica cross-reference data to weed out "nasty" dem voters (based on primary records), hybrid owners, ACLU members, grocery rewards cards purchases, interest groups, etc. 

The data profiles that have been built on us all is mind-blowing.

Obama held more rallies in his first few months in office than any other president; including Trump.  Guess that means he had the most fragile ego of all.


Trumps activities at public events not uncommon for Presidents

I think it's pretty clear that many people here have such an intense hatred of Trump that they berate him for the very same things Obama and all other presidents have done.

IMO, if it wasn't a problem in their eyes for Obama to do it, then it shouldn't be when Trump does it.

These attempts at distinguishing the motives or other reasons why the same activities are fine for Obama and awful for Trump show the bigotry of the person making the distinction and not a true difference between the actions of the various presidents.

I don't expect to see him in Seattle, either.

You should not have to use YOUR take time to take off.  You are entitled to accommodations with injuries.

All I ever think about when I see the same ol' same ol' over and over and over again is my Mum saying 'if your friend stuck her head in the oven, would you do it too?'. 

If ANY of those on either side had any ethics or morals, they would discuss and (where needed) deride the actions/behaviours of the person in question (whomever that may be) instead of constantly saying 'well, nee nah, he/she/they did it too, so there'. The discourse here is about as depressing as anything I see anywhere. So what that Obama may or may not have done the same? If you hate Obama, would you not want YOUR president to act in a 'better' way rather than what you perceive to be the same way?  Or are you saying that was is good for the goose is good for the gander? In which case, you really shouldn't pick out what Obama did or did not do.

Part of the job of president is selling to the American People legislation that they support.  

The early town hall meetings President Obama held were to discuss the stimulus plan.  He also went to the opening of some plant in Arcadia, FL to talk about green jobs.   On his 100th day in office he held a town hall meeting in St. Louis talking about his first 100 Days.

On April 7, 2009 President Obama finishes his foreign trip in Istanbul, that included a town hall meeting, he then flies secretly to Iraq.

Say what you want about President Obama but he could talk in depth about the subject of his town hall meeting or speeches like the one in Arcadia about green energy.

Unlike trump who just likes to talk about his great win and slam who he perceives as his latest enemy.   He may mention something like health care or the infrastructure plan but never goes into any depth of what specifically he as president would like to see in the legislation.  

Also in the first couple of months of President Obama’s term he gave a couple of commencement speeches and three televised press conferences.

I read this guy Doherty wrote a book in 2012 about how presidents are campaigning at these public events.  Maybe but their main focus is informing the American People of what is happening in the country and as their president what he is doing.   Maybe Doherty is confusing a president doing his/her(wishful thinking) job with running for re-election.    Doherty was right about trump.  There is no confusion of what he is doing.  He is running for re-election.  

So there is a difference at least between the public events these two presidents held.

I threw in the commencement speeches because I see he only gave one at Liberty University.    I wonder if he was asked to speak by any other college or university?

I threw in President Obama’s trip to Iraq because trump was in Saudi Arabia and he couldn’t be bothered to go and see our troops in Afghanistan.  Doesn’t mind sending  more but can’t be bothered in going to meet them.  

I think that comment accurately applies to a president, who by his daily behavior makes it clear he hasn't read it (or if he has, hasn't understood it) at all. 

Good luck to your town.  Trump was here a week ago for his famous NFL/SOB speech, and the sh*tstorm still hasn't died down.  We're still paying for his campaign visit and now we're paying for this most recent one.