Where Is Barack When Teachers Need Him?

I'm in Washington DC for the NEA Annual Meeting and have just learned that Barak Obama will not be addressing us in person this year; this comes in stark contrast where we had nearly every Democratic hopeful and Huckabee showing up in person last year. The other national teachers' union, AFT endorsed Hillary in October; they're having their biannual meeting in Chicago in less than two weeks, and Obama won't be at their convention, either.
 
I'm quite upset. NEA witheld its endorsement of any Presidential Candidate (we'll be voting to officially nominate Barak in a few days) so that the two candidates could have time to do their thing and win; it also afforded us the luxury of not splitting our membership into one camp or the other and damaging our collective ability to support whoever the nominee. Yet despite this, Obama will be addressing us by video feed, not in person. When we were told about this, a murmur of disappointment spread across the room-- to be sure, teachers in my delegation are taking this as an affront-- it's all Hillary supporting teachers need to not vote for him...just one more reason.
 
I've also learned that Obama won't be showing up in person to any union conventions-- perhaps this is part of his recent centrist move. If so, he needs to rethink his strategy. Membership in a union almost guarantees that a member will vote Democratic. I'm upset with you Barak; you're my guy, a JFK for a generation of millenials, but don't forget the teachers!