Posted on 11/10/2009 6:36:01 AM PST by khnyny
Reporting from Ft. Hood, Texas - President Obama is slated to speak at a memorial service today at this grieving Army base, where a military psychiatrist is accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage.
The service, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. local time, will be a traditional military affair, with a sermon, a roll call of the dead and a rifle volley. About 3,000 spectators, as well as the families of the 12 soldiers and one civilian killed, are expected to attend.
The tribute comes amid new questions about whether the shooting, in which dozens were also wounded, could have been prevented.
Authorities said Monday that the FBI and Army had apparently looked into contacts between the suspected gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and a Yemen-based militant Islamist prayer leader with ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers.
Investigators are poring over numerous e-mails sent by Hasan to Anwar al Awlaki and apparently to other Islamist figures, said a federal law enforcement official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
They should stand with their backs facing the loser....
Yeah, he could have done a lot better and a lot earlier, but to shun Ft Hood altogether would be criminal.
It is a memorial service for murdered soldiers.
I am expecting the military crowd to be respectful of the Commander in Chief and focus their attention on the service.
1. No direct mention of terrorism, rather a reference to an act of violence by one man.
2. A caution not to let our emotions rule the day. This will be veiled somehow. He will not come out and say it directly.
3. Some type of announcement (not a political announcement) as a way of making it all better. ie along the lines of counseling or a memorial.
Teleprompter, robotic head-turns
His preoccupation with and continued misuse of PTSD
Bush-blaming
His disgusting Mid-East pronunciations
A new MO designer mourning outfit
Why do you want him to pretend he cares and garner more praise from the media?
I'd rather he show his true callous feelings and let people see him as the jerk he really is. Of course, he won't though. He'll fake concern and read what his teleprompter tells him to. The media will hail it as the best speech ever given in the history of the universe.
4. We must not lose our diversity because of this “tragedy”. Our diversity is how an African-American became president. But it’s not about me.
Thank you! I was going to do the very same thing. Stupid MSM!
Is he going to apologize to the shooter for some bizarre reason?
Depends what the TOTUS tells him to say.
I wonder what the “reading” by Obama will be?
How many ‘shout outs,’ mis-representations, incorrect facts, lies, failures to reference terrorism, use of the term diversity, and references to himself will he “READ” from the TOTUS?
Just wondering.
I wonder what the “reading” by Obama will be?
How many ‘shout outs,’ mis-representations, incorrect facts, lies, failures to reference terrorism, use of the term diversity, and references to himself will he “READ” from the TOTUS?
Just wondering.
Yeah, I understand these are people in mourning and they have a lot more respect for the military than their alleged CiC. But wow. I don't think I could hold my temper if I was a family member.
Then let him be damned and not insult our suffering Ft Hood community while he goes about it.
I am expecting the military crowd to be respectful of the Commander in Chief and focus their attention on the service.
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Correct - They will see him as the Pesident Of The US, not Barrack Obama.
I’m cool with him there, If he didn’t go then I would have been really tee’d off.
Repeated on Page 2 for emphasis and to further ingrain the image.
I am so glad I have a mute button and the ability to look away.
May the Lord comfort those who mourn the dead and heal the wounded victims of the Islamic terrorist.
I call for a national NO-bama day.
While Obama thinks he looks galiant doing this it could effect the case.I wonder if Obama knows this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382974/posts
Which homies will he give a shout out to?
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