Obama's Potemkin Village

An interesting letter from a Breitbart reader who is black and lives in Baton Rouge - where Obama visited after umpteen rounds of golf.

Letter from a Black American: Barack Obama’s Lousiana Photo-Op Hides the Real Devastation
Breitbart News is in contact with a self-described “lifelong resident of Zachary, a Baton Rouge suburb, and a black man” who’s laid out the truth about economic conditions that Louisiana residents are facing.

The author writes about the various regions hit by the flooding and that some of them are very conservative and would not welcome an Obama visit. Obama's handlers chose a relatively affluent 45% black neighborhood which had not been hit that hard. Here is where it gets interesting - Barry's "photo op"

Pres. Obama chose Zachary; a black middle class subdivision. He visited the Castle Place subdivision. It took a big hit, but it is one part of the city of Zachary. Overall, Zachary as a city was at the bottom of the list in terms of damage but as I wrote in my first letter, this is a peaceful middle-class town. It’s the place least likely to produce anything to disrupta photo-op.

Now it’s getting strange….

Obama went and visited a shelter here in Zachary that wasn’t operational until somewhere between yesterday and today. That shelter in Zachary that he visited wasn’t in the same neighborhood as he walked and visited. The shelter was in Zachary, but across town.

And:

Why would the city of Zachary open a shelter the day before opening schools were back up, marshaling a ton of resources away from a supposed shelter? Why would Obama visit a shelter that has hastily been put together in a neighborhood, though flooded, was the only neighborhood flooded in a city that was fully functional, aside from the school, through this entire process?

This author is resonating with a lot of people - there are over 1,500 comments to his post. His previous letter is a great read as well.