An emotional Obama: 'They had their entire lives ahead of them'

NBC ^ | 12/14/12 | Michael O'Brien

[Ray76]

...Weren’t the original “assassins”...

Good post.

[RetSignman]

[DarthVader]

This looks to be a crafted event like Aurora, CO. Note the age of the shooter, mental disposition and types of guns used.

[tumblindice]

“I weep for you,” the Walrus said:
“I deeply sympathize.”
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.

[Mr. Jeeves]

"The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10-years-old," he said, pausing to wipe away a tear.

Clinton could pull that sort of thing off masterfully. This narcissistic sociopath can't.

[Focault's Pendulum]

The “tear” moment was nothing. Your tearducts are on the inside part of your eye, not the outside. When tears get to the outside of the eye, gravity and excessive tears have brought them there. Tears don’t just form in that part of the eye.

You nailed it. Also re watch the video. When he uses the word America, he uses his middle finger to wipe his tearless eyes.

[Marcella]

He said nothing about gun control today. He said something like we have to come together about problems causing these shootings. That could be being watchful of people who are in psychological trouble. I have no doubt gun control will come up later, but it wasn’t there today in his remarks. You are going to see “gun control” in everything he says because you believe that is his only motive for speaking. And, you are right in tune with most everyone here.

I believe, today, he cared about 20 dead kids. He surely wants gun control, but today he cared that 20 kids died. That is the only point of my posts.

[Intolerant in NJ]

We're going to have to come together to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics," he said...you bet Mr. President - this is probably a kid who felt defeated in life - learning disabled, maybe believed his mother favored her students over him - all made worse by the general devaluing of males in this society - ever since "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" forty years ago men have been denigrated in our culture to the point that there are now more females than males in college and most young men can find no real meaningful work with any kind of future - all outcomes fostered by your intellectual chic buddies, Barack - we do need new action - lower taxes and less government intervention so business can start to grow and create more useful jobs, with an emphasis on lowering the minimum wage so that young men with little education can start to have some hope for a self-directed future for themselves.....

[TigersEye]

"...take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics."

That can have no other meaning than a reference to gun control.

[what's up]

I agree with you. The emotion was real.

But I think a large part of that is likely tensions spilling over from having been through the election as well as tense cliff negotiations.

I think Obama thinks this event will mark a new phase in his presidency or something which he will milk for all it's worth. No...the cliff is still out there and the fight is still on for fighting his social program. Liberals milk emotional events. But this will end up getting him nowhere.

Prayers up for the families of the victims.

[John W]

Did you watch his remarks? Please do if you haven’t and tell us what exactly he is doing with the finger to the eye?

[dforest]

No, not Obama. He used this to further his agenda. Nothing more than that. Do not be fooled.

[dforest]

I was shocked, he most certainly said he was coming after guns. You must have missed it.

[MachIV]

COME AND F’ING TAKE IT!!!

[Dante3]

I heard just part of his talk. Maybe it’s just me, but his manner of speaking seems almost every time the same - stilted, as if he is reading a script, a robot who repeats a recorded message.

[Georgia Girl 2]

BO needs to take crying lessons from the master, Tammy Faye Boehner. Then maybe somebody with believe it.

[Bellflower]

I was watching his announcement at a restaurant that had the sound off the TV set. He looked completely emotionless and his eyes looked fairly empty. He mainly had his head down because he was reading everything he said. His finger went up to the side of his face several times, but it did not even occur to me that he was suppose to be crying, and I saw no tears. I wondered if he wasn’t making some kind of weird body language signals with his finger going up to his face and what an expert in body language would say about the finger motions. He basically just looked out of it, and rather emotionless, with the sound being off.

[Marcella]

“Did you watch his remarks?”

I have watched it three times now. He cared that all those little children died. He may come after your guns later, just as he always has, but he still cared they died.

[Marcella]

“he most certainly said he was coming after guns”

No, he did not. I have no doubt he will, but today he cared that 20 little children died. It appears many on the forum think he didn't care that they died (then they bring abortion and other issues into it). I understand he is despised on the forum and I feel the same, but he was in grief that all these little bodies were in that school and they are still there.

[mississippi red-neck]

You are right! Prepare for a full scale blitzkrieg by the media and our socialist leaders and New World Order Corporate World/Wall Streeters and their hired politicians, on our right and ability to protect ourselves.

These are the rich and powerful who's insensible greed and corruption are destroying our country and are pretty far along on their business plan of making most of the common masses economic slaves of the modern New Plantation Earth.

The New World Socialist Business Plan is simple the same as all cold blooded business plans that are run by those who have a god complex and demand all money and power as their tithe.

If you make us what we The Chosen, think is enough profit we will give you just enough of your money back for a meager existence. If you won't or can't then the parts of your body we can sell or use we will take and the rest is fertilizer.