Hello Mr. President!

Hello My Dear Friends. You've probably heard by now that the POTUS is coming to town! I, for one, am honored that, with all that's going on in the world, the President could take time out of his extensive vacation schedule to visit Upstate New York! The Governor will greet the President at the airport in Buffalo but, after that, he apparently has better things to do. Something about getting his daughters ready for college or some other nonsense. Mr. Cuomo is actually skipping Thursday's opening of the Great New York State Fair in Syracuse. The Governor says he wants to avoid a "fracking uproar" with the President in town. Apparently "fracking uproar" is code for 'Dude, you're really unpopular and I still have elections to win'. Hydrofracking opponents and proponents are expected to greet the Presidential Bus Tour with or without the Governor's presence so that excuse seems a little thin. Robert Duffy will open the Fair in the Governor's absence. He's the Lieutenant Governor. Don't feel bad, most people have no idea who Robert Duffy is. Anyway, it's a great honor for a city to host a sitting President. We can figure out how two cash poor cities like Syracuse and Buffalo will pay the estimated $50,000 apiece the visit is going to cost local taxpayers at a later date. The good news is they're picking up the trash along the highway and they've (temporarily) chased away the "Off Ramp Entrepreneurs". We wouldn't want the President of the United States to see what our city actually looks like! Unlike Buffalo, who began handing out tickets at 5pm, Syracuse decided to release tickets at noon. Unfortunately for me, I have a job and wasn't able to stand in line all night to get a ticket to hear the President speak. Fortunately for the President, fewer and fewer people have that problem so there will be a full house in Syracuse. I'm sure we'll learn all we need to know from the stellar news coverage we've come to enjoy here in Syracuse. Just last night, during the lead story on the 11 o'clock news, the reported interviewed a women who was first in line for a ticket. She proudly told the audience that she had "worked for the Obama election campaign in 2008, the re-election campaign in 2012 and was ready to volunteer again in 2016 if the President decided to run again"! The reporter did not respond. It's that kind of intellect that makes this Country what it is today. Welcome to Syracuse Mr. President!
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