The two most famous African-Americans in the world: President Barack Obama and Michael Jackson, but it seems that the President and the White House seems pay no attention to The King of Pop, or keep distance intentional.
When millions of people paused this week to watch Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles, President Obama was in Moscow at a summit - negotiating weapons limits and other agreements - was obviously no sleight to the late entertainer. Even before Obama left the country, the White House seemed to be keeping its distance.
There was no public gesture from the president's office when Jackson died, no official tribute to one of the most remarkable Americans of our time.
The White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said Obama had "written to the family and has shared his feelings with the family privately."
When the president was pressed by reporters for a public statement, there was careful nuance in his words.
"He became a core part of our culture," the president said in a July 7 interview with CNN ahead of the Jackson memorial service. "His extraordinary talent and music mixed with big dose of tragedy and difficulty in his private life."
"This guy was a pervert, he was a child molester," "I just think that we're too politically correct, no one wants to stand up and say we don't need Michael Jackson." Republican Congressman Peter King said.
"As members of the United States Congress, we understand the Constitution, we understand laws, and we know that people are innocent until proven otherwise."
Obama apparently didn't want to be part of the debate.
When millions of people paused this week to watch Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles, President Obama was in Moscow at a summit - negotiating weapons limits and other agreements - was obviously no sleight to the late entertainer. Even before Obama left the country, the White House seemed to be keeping its distance.
There was no public gesture from the president's office when Jackson died, no official tribute to one of the most remarkable Americans of our time.
The White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said Obama had "written to the family and has shared his feelings with the family privately."
When the president was pressed by reporters for a public statement, there was careful nuance in his words.
"He became a core part of our culture," the president said in a July 7 interview with CNN ahead of the Jackson memorial service. "His extraordinary talent and music mixed with big dose of tragedy and difficulty in his private life."
"This guy was a pervert, he was a child molester," "I just think that we're too politically correct, no one wants to stand up and say we don't need Michael Jackson." Republican Congressman Peter King said.
"As members of the United States Congress, we understand the Constitution, we understand laws, and we know that people are innocent until proven otherwise."
Obama apparently didn't want to be part of the debate.
God bless Michael.
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