Posted on 01/12/2011 11:43:24 AM PST by kristinn
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will be in Tucson Wednesday to attend the "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America" event at the McKale Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus. The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. MST (8 p.m. EST) with doors opening at 4 p.m. MST (6 p.m. EST).
According to a university news release, organizers are expecting thousands of people to attend. If the 14,000-seat arena reaches capacity, overflow seating will be available at the university's football stadium. Video of the memorial will be shown on the scoreboard's big screen.
SNIP
Opening music
A Native American blessing
Welcome by University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton
The playing of the National Anthem
Remarks by President Shelton
Remarks by a University of Arizona Student
Remarks by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R)
Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
Remarks by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
Remarks by President Obama
Moment of silence
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
together we thrive - Sounds like a Kaiser Permanente commercial.
Just how is the oleaginous title, “Together We Thrive,” in any way appropriate for the memorial service for people cruelly slain and wounded by a grinning homicidal maniac?
This reeks of bogus “uplift” as imagined by an inept public relations firm. Insincere is the nicest word I can think for it.
I suppose it would be too much to actually acknowledge the grief of the families and the memories of the dead with quiet dignity and compassion. Instead, we have a multicultural circus.
Good work, Jenny.
I’m so sick of all this- Can’t wait until it’s over and we can get back to the regular business of the country.
together we puke. How awful this is. This is almost the worse thing they have done to date. They planed this obviously who made the T shirts? A union label no doubt. I am surprised they are not purple.
Not to mention opportunistic, self-aggrandizing and disingenuous.
A sea of blue
Obama 2012 Kicks Off, from bloody soil
This is the kickoff of Obama2012
BO’s speeches are always so built up by the press and then he falls flat. He and his wife are disgusting. I’m going to a movie tonight to get away from all of this.
I truly hope Brewer leaves, saying something like, The selling of T-shirts at a memorial is in very bad taste, and Ill have no part of it, and invites all of the victims friends and families to the governors mansion.
Demoscums are shameless and pathetic.
Maybe more people will understand now
As far as I know some are just being put on chairs. Maybe others are being sold. Either way, over-the-top inappropriate.
Sounds like the young women have a realistic appraisal of the value of their Tucson High School "education."
Post of the day! Thanks for posting it.
Hi, Dave!
Last hour of Mark Levin will be carrying this spew. WITHOUT commentary by The Great One, “out of respect for the victims.”
Ooops, nevermind. Military deaths don't count to these lovely people.
So, is the moment of silence when the teleprompter goes down?
If we didn't know how sincerely sympathetic and empathetic Obama is, we might begin to think that this is just a narcisstic campaign event.
EVERYTHING he does is about HIM!...or he doesn't do it. How many times in the past has this pathetic excuse for a POTUS been a no show?
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