Obama Hits Two Fundraisers in New York, Says 'Meh' to Malaysia 777 Downing, Israel's Ground War in Gaza

The dude's off to New York for campaign fundraising, as the rest of the world literally crashes and burns.

At WABC-TV New York, "OBAMA COMING TO NEW YORK TONIGHT FOR FUNDRAISERS":

#Obama has arrived in #NYC for Democratic fundraisers.
— darlene superville (@dsupervilleap) July 17, 2014

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is traveling to New York City Thursday for two campaign fundraising events during a national transportation tour.

He is scheduled to attend one event for the Democratic Party and another for the House Majority PAC, which tries to help Democrats win House seats. They are being held at separate private homes in Manhattan and are closed to media coverage.

Obama will spend about five hours in the city, arriving at Kennedy airport at 4 p.m., then heading to the fundraisers. He will return to the White House just after 9 p.m.

And at the Hill, "Obama: 'World is watching' reports of downed jetliner."

Yeah, the "world is watching, " and I'll be partying in New York, heh."

Also, at the Yeshiva World News, "Canadian PM Rebukes Obama on His Israel Stance."

Shoot, at least somebody's taking him to task!

ADDED: At Twitchy, "‘The disconnect is stunning’! Obama on #MH17: ‘Looks like it may be a tragedy’ [Vine]."

Wow. @BarackObama's entire remarks about #MalaysiaAirlines crash is basically "that sucks" & "we'll find out if there were any Americans"

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) July 17, 2014