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Obama at memorial to focus on serving country (and how to blame Conservatives for the killings)
msnbc ^ | 1/12/2011 | By NELENE COOPER and JEFF ZELENY

Posted on 01/12/2011 3:57:34 AM PST by tobyhill

President Obama will focus his speech at a memorial service in Tucson on Wednesday evening on the victims of the attack and on the idea of service to the country, avoiding any overt commentary on the debate over violence and the nation’s political culture.

Instead, Mr. Obama, who was still working with his speechwriters on his remarks on Tuesday, will call for unity among Americans, while trying to honor the victims, including their service to government, as an example to all Americans. He will share the anecdotes about the victims that he has learned during private phone calls to the families, aides said.

By staying above the partisan fray, Mr. Obama is adopting a model that is very close to what President Bill Clinton did 16 years ago, when Mr. Clinton was faced with responding to the Oklahoma City bombing at a similar point in his presidency. On April 23, 1995, four days after Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Mr. Clinton traveled to Oklahoma City, where he told grieving family members at a memorial service that “those who trouble their own house will inherit the wind.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dearleader; giffords; ilduce; ledauphin
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1 posted on 01/12/2011 3:57:38 AM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

.....next week he’ll refocus like a laser....like he was refocused last week....and the week before when he was refocused in Hawaii.


2 posted on 01/12/2011 4:03:29 AM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: tobyhill
"By staying above the partisan fray, Mr. Obama is adopting ..."

He who instigates is responsible ... even if undocumented.



Obama:
“They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun”

Obama to His Followers:
“Get in Their Faces!”

Obama on ACORN Mobs:
“I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!”

Obama to His Mercenary Army:
“Hit Back Twice As Hard”

Obama on the private sector:
“We talk to these folks… so I know whose ass to kick.“

Obama to voters:
Republican victory would mean “hand to hand combat”

Obama to lib supporters:
“It’s time to Fight for it.”

Obama to Latino supporters:
“Punish your enemies.”

Obama to democrats:
“I’m itching for a fight.”

3 posted on 01/12/2011 4:05:55 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: tobyhill
1) This is not Oklahoma
2) obama is not slick willy
3) **** his unity... you do not attack everything that I believe in... drive my life's earnings into the void... destroy my business... attack the Constitution that I love... call me a racist while you yourself are the biggest racist with a mic... call on your goons to get in our faces and to attack us and beat us down... allow black panthers to stop whites from voting... you are the most divisive hateful and evil president in our History... and you have the balls to ask for my unity. **** you obama... to your very core **** you!

LLS

4 posted on 01/12/2011 4:12:37 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: tobyhill

Yep “UNITY AMONG AMERICANS”

In other words, SILENCE all true political and popular opposition.

Emotional liberal-fascism on air at it again


5 posted on 01/12/2011 4:20:00 AM PST by Ulysse (I)
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To: tobyhill

Bill Maher will not like - he wants ‘angry black man Obama.


6 posted on 01/12/2011 4:21:08 AM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Diogenesis
Two peas in the same pod IMHO. Both madder than hatters.

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7 posted on 01/12/2011 4:27:12 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com2009/05/brack_obama_the _quintessentia_1.html)
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To: tobyhill

What does any of this episode have to do with “service to the country”?


8 posted on 01/12/2011 4:29:29 AM PST by dforest
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To: tobyhill

I couldn’t care less what he has to say. He treated the Fort Hood massacre in an undignified manner and didn’t even attend the one year memorial services. He’s not MY president.


9 posted on 01/12/2011 4:33:09 AM PST by jersey117
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To: tobyhill

I couldn’t care less what he has to say. He treated the Fort Hood massacre in an undignified manner and didn’t even attend the one year memorial services. He’s not MY president.


10 posted on 01/12/2011 4:33:14 AM PST by jersey117
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To: tobyhill
From 2 DAYS before the shooting...

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KOS: My CongressWOMAN [Giffords] voted against Nancy Pelosi! And is now DEAD to me!
dailyKOS via google cache ^ | BoyBlue

Posted on Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:39:18 PM by Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2653556/posts

11 posted on 01/12/2011 4:33:29 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: tobyhill
From 2008...

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http://hillbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/screen-shot-2011-01-08-at-3-05-33-pm.png

12 posted on 01/12/2011 4:34:09 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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The Last Honest Liberal-Caitie Parker (Friend of AZ Shooter)
Multiple including twitter interview by Freeper ^ | 1-9-11 | Icwhatudo

Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:32:27 AM by icwhatudo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2653697/posts
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Here are Caitie Parker's original responses to 3 different Twitter posters (the 'at' symbol @ = To: _______ )

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13 posted on 01/12/2011 4:50:22 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: indylindy
What does any of this episode have to do with “service to the country”?

Maybe he'll unveil his "civilian national security force"...to solve the problem of alienated, unemployed youth, dontcha know.

14 posted on 01/12/2011 4:51:02 AM PST by matt1234 (0bama's bunker phase: Nov. 2010 - Jan. 2013)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Don’t hold back, tell us how you really feel :)


15 posted on 01/12/2011 4:56:07 AM PST by kevkrom (De-fund Obamacare in 2011, repeal in 2013!)
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To: matt1234

This speech will be filled with very veiled and nuanced accusations backing up the slander over the last 5 days.

I heard some dem pundit saying this was a very important “speech” for Obama’s reelection chances.

I wonder if TOTUS is fired up and ready to roll out the phony and pompous baloney for the sheep?


16 posted on 01/12/2011 4:57:20 AM PST by dforest
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To: All
Here's a screen grab from the Huffington Post. Note that two of the lunatic's favorite reads is THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO and MEIN KAMPF. The Nazis were of course socialist. The Communist Soviet Union and Hitler were allies before Hitler turned on them. Immediately following the Nazi-Soviet Pact, commies here suddenly transformed their anti-Nazi stance to a neutral one!

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/08/jared-lee-loughner-gabrielle-giffords-shooter_n_806243.html

17 posted on 01/12/2011 4:58:42 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: All

the teleprompter reader in-chief is getting ready to blame 70% of the population for something that one guy did.


18 posted on 01/12/2011 4:58:59 AM PST by newnhdad (The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
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To: Doogle

He wants his own civilian army - just as well armed and trained as the US military. That way he can handle all the refusniks (racist, hate talkers) in the country.


19 posted on 01/12/2011 5:05:55 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson

...he’ll get his dig in, you can rest assured. A world stage is just too good to bypass.....


20 posted on 01/12/2011 5:08:34 AM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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