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Obama’s Orlando funeral dilemma
American Thinker ^ | June 12, 2016 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 06/12/2016 8:54:01 AM PDT by bkopto

What will President Obama do about the memorial service that is certain to follow the awful carnage in Orlando this morning? He has a clear pattern, but this incident does not fit in very well.

In Charleston, SC, the decision was easy. The victims were black and the perpetrator was a white racist. Two check marks, so a presidential visit was assured.

In San Bernardino, the perpetrators were Islamic, and the victims were of multiple ethnicities, including protected classes. A mixed signal, but because the perps were of a group that must be shielded from any public perception of collective responsibility, a presidential visit was out of the question.

But now in Orlando, we have a Muslim perp, but the victims are another highly favored group that collectively is a bedrock constituency of the Democrats: gays.

What’s Obama to do?

If he snubs the memorial service, he risks offending gays. But if he goes, he risks highlighting Islamic hostility to gays, as well as the threat of global jihad.

If I had to bet, I’d say he plays golf.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Florida; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; afghanistan; banglist; florida; gaykkk; guncontrol; gunfreezone; homosexualagenda; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; omarmateen; orlando; pulsenightclub; secondamendment
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To: bkopto

21 posted on 06/12/2016 9:06:38 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: bkopto

He will run with the father’s statement that the killer was angered by seeing two men kissing. This will be spun as a homophobic hate crime mass killing and Islam will disappear from any WH announcements. Obama will call for more protections for the LGBTQ etc. and more gun control


22 posted on 06/12/2016 9:06:51 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: bkopto

There once was a Muslim named Omar
Who shot up people at a gay bar
He fired away
and died that day
Just after shouting Halal Snackbar


23 posted on 06/12/2016 9:06:57 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers.)
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To: dontreadthis

Thanks. That feels a whole lot less icky.


24 posted on 06/12/2016 9:07:52 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: bkopto

Last year at this time, in South Carolina: “...$3.2 million to each family!”


25 posted on 06/12/2016 9:08:57 AM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: NoLibZone
Democrats will find a way to blame conservatives,

blame innocent gun owners,

blame people who are ‘hijacking a peaceful religion’,

and blame people who object to men going into the 'girl's bathrooms'..

In short this will be one more excuse for liberal haters to take their hatred out on traditional Americans...

Democrats in the press will be only too happy to spread Democrat talking points. Traditional families will have one more reason to fear their ‘liberal’ neighbors and frightened move deeper into the shadows.

Radical Islam and ISIS will continue to plot mayhem against American citizens...

26 posted on 06/12/2016 9:12:12 AM PDT by GOPJ ("9-in-10 GOP outsiders say 4-in-10 GOP insiders should STFU". - Freeper RoosterRedux)
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To: 2banana

ISIS and other islamic terrorist groups flags are OK aren’t they?


27 posted on 06/12/2016 9:13:33 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: bkopto

I think he’ll invite the family of the moozlum murderer to give the Medal of Freedom posthumously to them...with the Bergdahl family (and their traitor son) on stage attending. Then, the group with play 18 at Andrews AFB.


28 posted on 06/12/2016 9:19:58 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: bkopto
He'll blame the gun and white people.

Mohammad is Swedish

29 posted on 06/12/2016 9:22:09 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: 2banana
ban the fag flag so as not to provoke more muslime into terrorist attacks
30 posted on 06/12/2016 9:23:59 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: Truth29

He will no doubt focus on the gay hate crime angle.

Unfortunately for him, Trump has the gonads to set him straight.

Has Hillary’s team had time yet to focus group her statement? Crickets so far as I know.


31 posted on 06/12/2016 9:25:42 AM PDT by phoneman08
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To: bkopto; 2banana; Mouton; Awgie; BenLurkin; dontreadthis; Sacajaweau; Rusty0604; lacrew; Dallas59; ..
Democrats and Obama will find a way to blame conservatives,

Blame innocent gun owners,

Blame people who are ‘hijacking a peaceful religion’,

Blame people who object to men going into the 'girl's bathrooms'..

In short this will be one more excuse for liberal haters to take their hatred out on traditional Americans...

Democrats in the press will be only too happy to spread Democrat talking points. Traditional families will have one more reason to fear their ‘liberal’ neighbors and feeling frightened move deeper into the shadows.

Radical Islam and ISIS will continue to plot mayhem against American citizens...all citizens - gay - straight - young old - liberal and conservative... More Americans will die.

And Obama? He'll attend. The occasion will be an opportunity for him 'use the crisis' to focus hatred on traditional Americans. He WILL NOT use the term radical Muslim...

32 posted on 06/12/2016 9:26:49 AM PDT by GOPJ ("9-in-10 GOP outsiders say 4-in-10 GOP insiderds should STFU". - Freeper RoosterRedux)
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To: bkopto

He won’t attend as a radical Muslim will be awaiting to blow himself up on live camera. this will get the the Muslim lovers around the world riled up. Look the Muslim president of the USA goes to a funeral another radical muslim blows himself up on live TV, but no one is killed, what a travesty for that suicide bomber he will not get his 72 Raisins. obama was rushed from the White house as he was visibily upset one of his brothers blew himself up! The oddity is that watch some suicide bomber will attend the memorial service and just do that blow himself up!


34 posted on 06/12/2016 9:35:18 AM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2016 - Make America Great Again)
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To: bkopto

Interesting that the European papers are saying that ISIS has claimed responsibility, yet our “newspapers” won’t even hint at the fact. Yet, the newspapers can’t figure out why people are getting their news elsewhere. Idiots.


35 posted on 06/12/2016 9:35:29 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: Bon mots

But Fluffy is a hamster. But you say he is a fish. okay you know your biology better than I. just perplexed that Mohammed born in Stockhom makes him swedish. just wonder the swedes think. The only population that is growing in Sweden, denmark, Norway and Finland is the migrant population


36 posted on 06/12/2016 9:38:34 AM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2016 - Make America Great Again)
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To: bkopto

I’ve wagered that the islamicists will demolish the homosexuals 9 to 1. Moving that up to 12 to 1 because the Uniparty establishment won’t know which side to support in this fight, so by default, the spoils will go to islam.

Hey homobama, your gender is gonna lose to your religion.


37 posted on 06/12/2016 9:40:29 AM PDT by Vision Thing (Vote Trump!)
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To: Chode
I expect this week we'll see a huge surge in gun sales across the fruited plain.

June 12, 2016 will always be remembered as the "Obama Massacre".

38 posted on 06/12/2016 9:42:34 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: dontreadthis

Maybe so. But I hope homobama suffers such cognitive dissonance from this event because two sides of his unstable personality are killing each other. I hope homobama goes bat-chit insane from it.


39 posted on 06/12/2016 9:45:08 AM PDT by Vision Thing (Vote Trump!)
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To: bkopto

Whitehouse Press Release -

Trump’s hate speech toward Muslims inspired this attack.


40 posted on 06/12/2016 9:47:53 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
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