Posted on 11/06/2009 7:11:53 AM PST by FourPeas
Getty Images President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.
After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.
But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow -- that Congressional Medal of Honor winner." Three minutes in, the president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him?
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Zero himself has said that under his cap and trade plan “electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket”.
They don't give a damn that SS recipients aren't getting a COLA and throws them a pathetic and insulting bone by proposing $250.00.
If Grandma and Grandpa don't freeze or starve to death due to his economic policies, surely the death panels will take care of them.
All the time he jets around on “dates”, parties at the White House, attends diversity conferences while ignoring the fall of the Berlin Wall, apologizes for America, barely tolerates our military, bows to foreign leaders and supports Marxist dictators and aspiring dictators, stages photo ops and plans to sign American sovereignty away to the UN.
He just doesn't give a damn about America or her citizens. It's simply unbelievable!
well said girl
you put it better than I could.
If it were Bush, given the events of the day, he would have mentioned the heritage of military service of so many American Indians. BOzo is probably totally unaware of their sacrifices.
It seems more and more people are finally waking up. Actually quicker than I thought considering the deep spell many seemed to have befallen.
The enemy has infiltrated our government all the way to the Whitehouse. Now how in the world do we get rid of all of them?
I listened to Obama speak, so cold and unfeeling, and I contrast that to George W. Bush’s speeches when these things happened—Bush just seemed like a real human compared to Obama the uncaring robot.
Speaking of inapropriate displays, why, on a day like today, why does Google have a giggling Bert and Ernie on their logo?
I know the guys who run Google are shallow-minded fascists, and have the right to spout stupidities, but it’s a bit much today.
Thanks for the ping!
How many days will pass until Obama visits Fort Hood and gives his condolences to the bereaved, or visits the wounded?
tick...tick...tick...
Obama doesn’t make mistakes like that though. He is a sly little punk, witness the finger he would give when making speeches. Also when he said he had “visited all 57 States— he was making a coded reference to the 57 States of Islam. then he bows down to the King of SA and then denies it. Just maybe (why is it so unbelievable?) he was giving a shout-out to his Muslim buds, ie “good job”.
Wow. That is a creepy thought. I agree. It's an actual possibility. And that is chilling.
Rush once pointed out that every piece of legislation that JFK had proposed was passed posthumously as a memorial. That’s how we ended up with the great economy of the mid to late sixties, Art Laffer pitched JFK on supply side economics, JFK pitched it to congress, then he died, congress then passed it. Most of the bonehead legislators had no idea what they were voting for. Worked like a champ though.
Several months ago 0 was pounding some podium declaring that “We MUST pass health care reform!” and I noticed a desperate, frightened look in his eyes. I thought it strange.
Later I wondered if he’s been told that it WILL pass, with him or without him. His masters have spent A LOT of money putting him in the WH, now he has to deliver on his promises, and the money masters will do whatever it takes to make that happen. </tinfoil>
He screwed up the name of the award THAT HE GAVE THE GUY IN AUGUST! He couldn’t even remember something that he did 3 months ago! Is he on drugs or something?
See post 50: “Obama, often described as ‘cerebral’ by the mainstream media, should know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow”
Yes, it is clear that the Kenyan Clown is lacking mental acuity. From the pitiable "57 states" pratfall to the more recent "corpseman" bungle, it is clear that Barack Hussein Obama is not even to the mark of being called a bumbler.
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