Obama Gives San Francisco’s Batkid a Six-Second Shout-Out [Valerie Tries to Soften Clown 's Image]

New York Times ^ | 11/15/13 | ASHLEY SOUTHALL

[SoFloFreeper]

All Miles Scott wanted to do was to put on his Batman costume and fight crime on the grimy streets of Gotham City.

Miles, a 5-year-old leukemia patient, got his wish on Friday, and his heroism earned him a pat on the back from President Obama.

“Way to go, Miles. Way to save Gotham,” the president said in one of his first posts on Vine,a social media site that loops six-second videos uploaded by its users.

[SoFloFreeper]

Ah, as predictable as rain in Portland....the Clown's poll numbers in the crapper, so Val and Plouffe shove him onto a webcam.

Six years ago, as this child was struggling to survive, Obama would have ENTHUSIASTICALLY celebrated the termination of his life through the hands of a butcher with a pair of scissors in his hands.

But today he smiles in front of a camera, AND THE MEDIA SWOONS.

[Slambat]

“Six years ago, as this child was struggling to survive, Obama would have ENTHUSIASTICALLY celebrated the termination of his life through the hands of a butcher with a pair of scissors in his hands.”

Good point and very true.

[Kip Russell]

Meh...I'm not going to criticize the man for doing the right thing, when there's so much else he's done that's worthy of condemnation.

[SoFloFreeper]

Reminds me of Saddam Hussein getting pics of British children, his “guests” before Gulf War I.

[Mouton]

BTW, it took him a week to note publicly there had been a severe Typhoon in the Pacific which leveled a portion of the Phillipeans. This guy amazes me more each day and not in a good way.

[Common Sense 101]

Meh...I'm not going to criticize the man for doing the right thing, when there's so much else he's done that's worthy of condemnation,

I would say feigned interest in a dying boy's dream coming true, in order to attempt reversing the political ramifications of yet another failure is also worthy of comdemnation. Bottom line... he is a vile, narcissitic, self-aggrandizing, arrogant, ignoramous, who cares only for himself, first and foremost.

[CyberAnt]

He’s not “doing the right thing” .. HE’S COVERING HIS ASS!

[AppyPappy]

Obama: Hey Batkid, see if you can save your insurance plan.

[CyberAnt]

Very clever!!