'The View' & Obama: President Says He Won't Attend Chelsea Clinton's Wedding (VIDEO)

President Obama chatted with the ladies of "The View" on Thursday morning and he said that he isn't going to Chelsea Clinton's wedding. He remarked, "It would be tough enough having one president at a wedding, you don't want two presidents at a wedding." Also, he wasn't actually invited, he explained, because, "I think that Hillary and Bill, properly, want to keep this as a thing for Chelsea and her soon-to-be husband." See what he had to say about Malia's and Sasha's weddings.

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Comments

[MPinFlorida]

07:22 PM on 08/02/2010

So it was inappropriate to invite her mother's boss, the President of our country, to her wedding. In my opinion, this is truly rude in the most rudimentary sense of the word. Too bad small people cannot buy class. In the days when manners counted, the President would have been invited.

[bezotes]

04:33 PM on 07/30/2010

Even the top professors have to teach remedial courses at some point in their careers; consider The View a remedial course at which President Obama had to explain pertinent points - to those who don't want to read the WHOLE book and prefer the gist, with a very clear outline

[dkan71]

02:14 PM on 07/30/2010

lurve him....

[mlr710]

02:02 PM on 07/30/2010

The interns that troll for HP for college credits are not very good. Try getting some from the Ivy League next semester.

[Cakey4814]

01:23 PM on 07/30/2010

The President is becoming wiser to the antics of the MSM and Faux news. He knows if he went to this wedding the MSM would cover him extensively so the critics could complain about how he stole Chelsea's moment and he shouldn't have came and here it would be "how much taxpayer money"..blah blah blah..

[Daisytoo]

01:11 PM on 07/30/2010

It's bad enough that her father's trade sex for political pardon of her husband, Denise Rich, will be there, never mind another detraction from what one hopes would be the couple's wedding day.

[Daisytoo]

01:01 PM on 07/30/2010

I cannot believe he went on that show.

[Trillian4210]

02:07 PM on 07/30/2010

Of course you can't. You're whole modus operandi is about opposing every little thing he does.

This is for you: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/30/stewart-to-media-nothing_n_664777.html

[heapOtrouble]

12:37 PM on 07/30/2010

I'm not sure what the big whoop is. This is Chelsea's day, not Bill or Hillary's. It's a day to share with loved ones...Inviting the POTUS sounds like they A) want a gift, B) Want attention taken away from Chelsea.

I had a big wedding and I invited MY friends, not my parents friends or co workers.

[sweetwhine]

01:07 AM on 08/01/2010

If Obama attended her wedding, he'd cause a riot. He would get ALL the attention.

[dmac]

11:50 AM on 07/30/2010

This is a political blog and not a wedding planner blog, so most of the comments are through the political filter. My guess is that it was a lot simpler than that.

Ceremony: when/where is the POTUS seated? The SS will want him in a designated place. Shall he be seated early or just before the wedding party, but then doesn't that make him look part of the wedding party?

Reception: same questions. Will the bride and groom's friends wish to meet the POTUS? Will this end up looking like a second reception line in addition to (or superceding) the couple's? Who does he sit with? (anybody who thinks this isn't a major problem has never planned a formal reception....or watched a sit-com involving weddings.)

The local police chief was already concerned that they could handle security and crowd control. Adding the POTUS would advance the problem geometrically.

Easy answer: don't invite the Prez. And Obama's smart enough to know why.

[makemesmile]

03:51 PM on 07/30/2010

I think it's possible that the Clinton family has already spoken with the President and First Lady regarding not being invited to the wedding. President Obama doesn't have to explain private conversations that he has with Clinton that don't involve the politics of the USA.

[KarateKid]

11:37 AM on 07/30/2010

I hope Hillary runs in 2016. Then, the PUMAs will find out we have LONG memories.

[SPQR1052]

01:06 PM on 07/30/2010

Exactly.

[jerzygurl]

08:11 AM on 07/30/2010

I always thought the Clinton's had class, now I'M CONVINCED.

[KarateKid]

11:34 AM on 07/30/2010

I always thought you were vacuous, and now I REMAIN CONVINCED.

[SPQR1052]

01:07 PM on 07/30/2010

You really should stop smokin' c r ack.

[bulbul2]

07:57 AM on 07/30/2010

Obama nipped the bud alright...

[breakingpoint]

04:30 AM on 07/30/2010

Hillary's running I guess.

[xlntcat]

04:45 AM on 07/30/2010

All Hillary's running would do is to split the party, damage the president, and in the end damage herself. She won't be returning to a long distinguished career in the Senate and she would never pull the independent voter.

[breakingpoint]

05:15 AM on 07/30/2010

not sure Obama wants to run again

[justjoe1234]

05:24 AM on 07/30/2010

Obama will never pull the independent voter again either.

[bulbul2]

07:55 AM on 07/30/2010

yes 2016, Obama 2012...

[breakingpoint]

01:01 PM on 07/30/2010

She'll be 70 - it's doubtful she'd run.

I won't be voting for Bushlite Obama in 2012 and if you wan to keep progressives and even democrats you better get you guy to start working for the people rather than Wall Street.

[cgracec]

02:33 AM on 07/30/2010

I would have invited him. Seems rude of them.

This wedding leaves a bad taste. It would be receiving no attention had it not cost 2 million and been kept so "secret". If Hillary is indeed planning a run in 2012, this wedding WILL come back to bite her. The Clintons look very elitist with this whole shindig. I mean, even the filthy rich Bushes had a relatively low-key wedding for Jenna.

[HypocriticalSpamazon]

04:22 AM on 07/30/2010

Do you talk this way at home or do you save all of your irrational thinking for HP?

[EmiliaRomagna]

07:07 AM on 07/30/2010

Look, this is Chelsea's day, and all eyes are to be on her. Can you imagine the distraction the President would prove to be? The place, as it is, will already be crawling with Secret Service personnel. I gather they invited ONLY 400 people, and some of the Clintons' biggest contributors and highest-profile friends were left off the list - people like Barbra Streisand, a longtime friend. She'd also be a distraction from the bride. Give it up.

[cavegal]

08:06 AM on 07/30/2010

X2! Well said.

[makemesmile]

03:56 PM on 07/30/2010

Fat Oprah is on the guest list. Why? I would think that Barbra Streisand and her husband would be invited guests. Oprah already has an ego the size of a world globe and this will make her think that she walks on water.

[brainfire]

01:38 AM on 07/30/2010

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Vice President Joe Biden

[sunshine14]

06:56 PM on 07/31/2010

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