President Barack Obama became the first American president in 118 years to abstain from the same long tradition of addressing the Daughters Of the American Revolution (DAR) Continental Congress, named after the governing body of the American Colonies during the American Revolution.
http://www.conservativewomenworking.org/opine/2009/07/13/patriot/obama-misses-dars-continental-congress/
He probably abstained because it has a history of racism, discrimination, etc.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Bad move on his part.
Life is a one lap race. Make many pitstops.
He probably abstained because they are predominately white women.
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There is only one type of "good" Liberal, and that is an out-of-office Liberal!
We're not surprised by this, are we? Obama would rather get the H1N1 virus than go to any Conservative function, no matter what it's Historical Value is!
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