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Rude airport reception for President Obama
Iowans Send Message to Obama
ABC OTUS News - Iowans Send Message to Obama (ABC News)
By Devin Dwyer | ABC OTUS News | SIOUX CITY, Iowa - President Obama received a less than warm welcome and a warning upon arrival at the airport here on the second stop of his Iowa visit, which was aimed at recapturing some of the magic the state gave his run to the White House in 2008.
Greeting Air Force One as it touched down under sunny skies and sultry
heat was a hand-painted banner draped across the top of an airplane
hangar that reads, "Obama Welcome to SUX - We Did Build This." "SUX" is
the airport code for Sioux City.
The banner is a reminder that this part of the state remains hotly contested turf for both Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney, just as the campaign enters the home stretch.
Sioux City, which sits on the border with Nebraska in the northwest corner of the state, is territory Obama lost in 2008 to Sen. John McCain,
even though he won the state overall. Obama won 49 percent of the vote
here to McCain's 50 percent, a difference of just 500 votes.
Obama also won the Iowa caucuses, an early confirmation that his message was resonating with Democrats.
This time around, the president's campaign believes it can turn the
Sioux City region blue by appealing to middle class values and
highlighting the administration's record of tax cuts for small
businesses and families.
Polls show Iowa, which Obama won handily four years ago carrying 54
percent of the vote, is up for grabs in November. Obama and Romney have
been locked in a dead heat since early this year.
"Iowa, this is our first stop on the road to our convention in
Charlotte, North Carolina. But there was a reason for me to begin the
journey right here in Iowa, where it first began more than four years
ago," Obama told a crowd of 10,000 in Urbandale, Iowa, earlier in the
day.
"Because it was you, Iowa, who kept us going when the pundits were
writing us off. It was in your living rooms and backyards and VFW halls
and diners where our movement for change began," he said. "And it will
be you, Iowa, who choose the path we take from here."
A campaign spokeswoman said the banner was not visible from the presidential motorcade.
There were no identifying markers on the hangar or the banner to suggest
who made it, and a call to the Woodbury County GOP was not immediately
returned.
The president is on the first of a four-day tour through battleground
states, leading up to his formal nomination for the presidency at the
Democratic National Convention on Thursday. He spends Sunday rallying
supporters in Boulder, Colo.
'Pray for Obama' sign stirs controversy over Biblical verse Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office
Credit: James Muñoz / KENS 5
VICTORIA, Tx. -- The Secret Service is looking into a sign posted in Victoria, Texas.
The sign says "Pray for Obama", but it's the scripture quoted below those words that is raising eyebrows: Psalms 109:8.
Psalms 109:8 reads, "Let his days be few, and let another take his office."
Milton Neitsch Jr., who has lived in Victoria since 1961, says he didn't intend for people to pick up on the hateful wishes of death and pain surrounding the tiny verse.
But some people say it is hateful and inappropriate. They say it misuses the holy scripture and it must come down.
Neitsch recently received an email from a friend and decided to post it on his advertising billboard along North Navarro Street. He had no idea the firestorm of controversy it would create.
"Pray for the president. He needs it," said Neitsch.
When asked what the sign means, Neitsch responded, "Exactly what it says. Hope he's gone soon and somebody different takes his place."
Reverend Amy Danchik started a petition demanding Neitsch take down the sign. They've since met and Neitsch and agreed to replace the billboard.
"He shared with me a little about some of the threats that have come at his family, which is incredibly inappropriate, and in no way helpful and in no way how we're called to react when we disagree with somebody," said Danchik. "So I hope that those stop. I hope that people will react with the graciousness that he has reacted with and leave his family alone."
Neitsch says he is also getting plenty of support. He said he might replace the sign with something like, "Vote for the American", a sign that would no doubt stir emotion, while leaving the word of God to the experts.
Code enforcement in the City of Victoria says they don't review the content of signs. They said they would only get involved if the sign affected traffic.
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