It amazed me that he had to look down at a card to read the phrase “Ft. Hood”. He is so disconnected with the rest of the world that he is incapable of even the remotest degree of sincerity. It is appalling to me that he couldn’t look directly into the camera and speak from his heart to say that this was a terrible thing that just happened. He truly is completely unaffected by it.
He didn’t want to offend his muslim brothers
“He truly is completely unaffected by it.”
I could just see that if it happened on W’s watch, W’s speech would have been given with a heavy heart and a knot in his stomach....with many pauses to regain his composure.