[Nachum]

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[Hemingway's Ghost]

It’s crazy, because Obama usually never politicizes any sort of tragedy. He’s always focused and circumspect. Maybe this was just a bad day for our beloved President.

[SampleMan]

Did he take an offering for campaign cash?

[nascarnation]

This memorial takeover for effect stuff started with the Clintons and some guy from Minnesota. Can’t remember his name.

[Arrowhead1952]

That was probably to make up for his temper tantrum after the fine swine bill failed yesterday.

[mardi59]

He was trying to have his Bush moment but they couldn’t get the fire truck thru the church doors.

[Buckeye McFrog]

the Paul Wellstone funeral is just WHO these people are at heart.

[TornadoAlley3]

“we celebrate life”

[Sir Napsalot]

Highlights please? A Pep Rally for what?

Americans Spirits? United We Stand?

[FatherofFive]

0bama reminds me of somebody. But I've been warned before.

[redhead]

This is so pathetic it’s funny. There’s the door, O. You just open it and step out. Nobody will stop you. Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry??

[swamprebel]

Boston is myah home, me, me, I, me, .....

[Lazamataz]

Totally inappropriate tone for this guy to take. Cheery pep-rally deal, replete with numerous sports references. Almost like he’s making light of the events in Boston.

[JPG]

Will ya do it? Will ya do it?. Win it for Paul!

[swamprebel]

How to mourn with dignity to the fallen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjXjfxoNXM

[wardaddy]

I had exactly the same reaction...all the standing around yukking it up like at Wellstone...only Romney to his credit showed some dignity and somberness

Why pray tell do we as a nation and our media have to make every crisis about everything

My tears welled up listening about the dead child and the dead young woman...as a parent of many..it's hard to hear that

But while I feel so much empathy I do not need to be a part of it.

We do this now with evertyhting..

I know we did not do this with every WWII setback or horror or after Korea or Vietnam or national tragedies back then

I recall Vietnam horrors...Hamburger Hill or Hue or the A Shau..we didn't have memorial services on TV for pols and interfaith religious services broadcast by Walter or Chet or David or Roger or Eric

or after Hurricane Camille which i was in...there was none of that nationwide...no Bruce Springsteen running to make a splash

this sort of stuff about memorializing for closure every tragedy is a sign of a weak culture

bent on accommodation and instant relief rather than a sound course of victory

it's insidious

[PistolPaknMama]

Just mimicking the Right Reverend Wright.

[Gator113]

Perhaps it’s because of Sequestration, but at this democrat rally, Obama failed to hand out or sell T-shirts.

[N. Theknow]

Did he give out T-shirts like he did at the Giffords trage-rally?

[fella]

Now I understand how Cubans felt where forced to listen to hour upon hour of Fidel's rants. A minute and a half of this guy and I'm ready to swim 90 miles to get away.