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Commentary: Obama's silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening
Chicago Tribune ^ | July 13, 2015 | By Marc A. Thiessen

Posted on 07/14/2015 2:03:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

After Trayvon Martin was killed, President Obama spoke emotionally about his death, declaring "this could have been my son."

After Michael Brown was killed, Obama promised to ensure that "justice is done". He even sent administration officials to attend Brown's funeral.

After Freddie Gray was killed, Obama walked out to the Rose Garden and declared: "We have some soul-searching to do."

But after Kathryn Steinle was killed July 1, allegedly by an undocumented immigrant with seven felony convictions, Obama said ... nothing.

No promises of "justice." No calls for "soul-searching."

His silence has been deafening.

Why has Obama been so reticent to speak out? Perhaps it is because any soul-searching in this case would require him to confront the fact that his administration has been releasing tens of thousands of dangerous undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions into our communities — including many who have gone on to commit murder.

After Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray were killed, Obama had liberal public policy points he wanted to make — about gun control, "stand your ground" laws, racial profiling and police bias. In the Steinle case, there are no issues Obama wants to highlight — because his administration supports the policies that led to her death.

No wonder Obama is silent.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; illegalaliens; kathrynsteinle; muzziepos; obama; tyranny
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1 posted on 07/14/2015 2:03:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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Well that’s because he’s a racist marxist muslim twink cokehead.


2 posted on 07/14/2015 2:06:03 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

23 States out of 57? Not quite half yet.


3 posted on 07/14/2015 2:06:57 PM PDT by stillfree?
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Oldec.... Because she ain’t the right color??


4 posted on 07/14/2015 2:07:11 PM PDT by willibeaux (de ole Korean War vet age 85)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Same editorial posted by the Wa Compost in another stalwart rag.
5 posted on 07/14/2015 2:07:43 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The hard part is acting surprised, right?

6 months ago who would have expected Trump to be the standard bearer on this in the MSM? Thank God at least somebody is getting his voice out.


6 posted on 07/14/2015 2:08:57 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The elephant in the room...she was white. Who cares?


7 posted on 07/14/2015 2:09:05 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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When this American P_resident gives voice, goes online, attends to, and courts visitations from, the Negro families and representatives of Negro thugs, killed in the course of their commiting offenses of crimes against any other Americans, but does NOTHING when any other American, of any other race, gets assaulted and killed in a senseless and unwarranted manner,
that American P_resident is himself a racist, and by his actions, gives allowance for such illegal activity to persist, contrary to the laws of the nation, and the State wherein such acts were performed.


8 posted on 07/14/2015 2:10:37 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: who knows what evil?

White lives don’t matter.


9 posted on 07/14/2015 2:10:45 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just a wild guess, but maybe because she’s white?

And she was killed by someone with a darker complexion?


10 posted on 07/14/2015 2:11:59 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

From the Chicago tribune no less. This is another Trump effect.


11 posted on 07/14/2015 2:12:37 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (NSA: The only government agency that really listens.)
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and he’s an asshole


12 posted on 07/14/2015 2:15:06 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He does not care. It does not fit in with his plans of bringing America down further. We are reaping the whirlwind.


13 posted on 07/14/2015 2:15:36 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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Her death is precisely the result he has been developing, multiplied by thousands. We have a street thug as a POTUS.


14 posted on 07/14/2015 2:17:01 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

First she was a victim, then she became every victim, then she became every person ground down by this organized criminal regime, now she becomes a cry for liberty.

She watered the tree.


15 posted on 07/14/2015 2:21:27 PM PDT by GoneSalt
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Actually, I think a conversation with Obama would be very interesting. As others here have said, he appears to be a deeply driven ideologue, and his ideology includes a somewhat concealed antipathy for what he sees as white privilege, guilt, and ignorance of the hurt suffered by others in the world. He likely thinks most of us are oblivious to how badly we've hurt others in the world, and that the only way to make things right is to nullify this privilege and bring humility to all of us who he thinks are oblivious to the consequences of our ‘greed’ and actions/inaction. He likely also has the same sophomoric but dangerous view of communism and socialism that many of us encountered form the first time in high school or college.

He's wrong about all of it. Most of us are not racist in 2015, and it's arguable that the biggest factors holding back minorities include their inability to see themselves as empowered by their own abilities, and destructive government interventions that promote dependency in return for votes.

This is the time for great advances based on mutual respect, hard work, a loving and charitable helping hand, and self-empowerment. The pathway to a wonderful future is not via the pathway named ‘payback’. Unfortunately, hatred and animosity are a driving force among too many on the left who enshroud themselves in their view of ‘social justice’.

16 posted on 07/14/2015 2:25:02 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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Oldec.... Because she ain’t the right color??

As it so happened, this thread appeared earlier today:

Jamiel Shaw's Family Warned Us of Sanctuary Dangers
(original article)

Jamiel was black.

President Obama, who calls gay basketball players when they come out of the closet, has not as yet called Kathryn Steinle's father and family, just as he did not issue a statement at the time saying that if he had a son, he might look like Jamiel Shaw, Jr., which he said of Trayvon Martin after he was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.

17 posted on 07/14/2015 2:30:38 PM PDT by Lonely Bull ("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He’s too busy giving BJs to the Republican leaders. Must be.


18 posted on 07/14/2015 2:31:36 PM PDT by Calpublican (No Comprendo)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

,,,,, he’s a racist and hates his white genes .


19 posted on 07/14/2015 2:37:31 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: 0bamanomics is the equal distribution of adolescent propaganda & indoctrination :-)
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To: who knows what evil?

And she must not have been a lesbian.


20 posted on 07/14/2015 2:38:37 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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