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.
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Maybe he’ll say that he hopes to take this opportunity to stop somewhere for some authentic Texas barbeque before heading back to D.C. (or is taking another vacation after this?)
Obama : “the Fort Hood heroes acted stupidly” [/sarcasm]
I wonder if he will read a verse from the Koran? He’s such an attention whore. I imagine the First Wookie will go to and probably wear some brightly flowered table cloth dress.
memememememememememememe, it’s always about him.
Me-Belle’s hairdo prompts me to say: Ack, ack, ack ,ack ack ack!
yeah it pretty much sucks being a PO[pelosi]S commie dicktater...
Just another photo op for the Egotist-in-Chief.
The Pretender’s prescence will defile hallowed ground.
That would be outstanding! I wish him luck too.
You can bet it’ll be full of “I’s.”
Must be the pot calling the kettle black after admonishing us not to jump to conclusions.
He repeats himself, too, saying and doing the same dumbass things. Remember Obama saying the cops acted stupidly in the suspected Dr. Gates break-in. Funny how his grammar's good but his thoughts are mucked up.
I think there are going to a significant number of Obamabots there. The ceremony is open to the public. I would have thought that a good thing, but I now am suspicious that a calculated decision was made to get as many Obama fans into the event as possible. Don't be surprised if you hear inappropriate applause.
You know BHO is not comfortable in front of a military audience.
I wish we could sue & jail every dumb ass in this country who voted for or wrote articles praising this socialist-fascist-commie pig usurper 0bozo the traitor.
Their families are civilians. They could easily turn their backs on him when he starts speaking..
And you can bet that there will be something related to him personally just like his video celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. We can start counting the number of "I" s.
Fearless Leader will be speaking shortly at Fort Hood - word is that the various commanders have ordered their troops to show respect to the CIC - but like you say, the families of the fallen are a wild card, and they could make a fuss.
I know I would make a scene and do my best to ruin the day for Obama if my son or daughter had been wounded or killed by an Islamic terrorist who should have faced a General Courts Martial years ago.
The buck ends at Obama’s desk - It is his PC policies that directly led to this massacre.
If I was one of the family members and this puke came to “comfort me”, I’d spit in his eye. What a fake. And it is only because of PC that these people had to die.
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