Obama Turns Boston Bombing Memorial Into Pep Rally

Youtube ^ | 4/18/13 | jim hoft

[Nachum]

vid at link

[swamprebel]

Boston is myah home, me, me, I, me, .....

[Lazamataz]

Totally inappropriate tone for this guy to take. Cheery pep-rally deal, replete with numerous sports references. Almost like he’s making light of the events in Boston.

[RedMDer]

Freepers, your Contributions make every difference!
Please keep ‘em coming! Thank you all very much!

[nascarnation]

Private plane crash.

from Wiki

“Other pilots at the charter company told NTSB that pilot Richard Conry and first officer (co-pilot) Michael Guess both displayed below average flying skills. “

[liberalh8ter]

LOL.......oh how I LOL’d. Thanks, I needed that.

[JPG]

Will ya do it? Will ya do it?. Win it for Paul!

[madison10]

Watching 0 speak = waterboarding

[maggief]

Wellstone FUNeral

[ssaftler]

Totally inappropriate tone for this guy to take.

Yet totally expected!

[Sir Napsalot]

I didn't mean to imply Teddy Kennedy flew the plane, silly.

I meant what happened at the Wellstone funeral. ;-)

[Sans-Culotte]

Sen Paul Wellstone?
I don't much remember Clinton, but definitely Kennedy's (and others) foulness.

Sen. Tom Harkin in revivalist preacher mode was pretty nauseating, too.

[laplata]

0bama is just as evil as that one. IMO.

[nascarnation]

Great pic
Ole BJ was in fine form.

[yoe]

What’d he say??

Nothing, but the people need to hear optimism so that's fine but how about those poor Americans who died at Benghazi because of a ----up from both Obama and Hillary...what about those people? Kerry says to move on....NOT ON YOUR LIFE BOZO!

[swamprebel]

How to mourn with dignity to the fallen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjXjfxoNXM

[caww]

Hi Lazmataz......It surely was a Pep Rally...and one place he knew he's get applause. I didn't hear much at all about the victims....the focus was entirely about maintaining the adulation that was given him there.

[wardaddy]

I had exactly the same reaction...all the standing around yukking it up like at Wellstone...only Romney to his credit showed some dignity and somberness

Why pray tell do we as a nation and our media have to make every crisis about everything

My tears welled up listening about the dead child and the dead young woman...as a parent of many..it's hard to hear that

But while I feel so much empathy I do not need to be a part of it.

We do this now with evertyhting..

I know we did not do this with every WWII setback or horror or after Korea or Vietnam or national tragedies back then

I recall Vietnam horrors...Hamburger Hill or Hue or the A Shau..we didn't have memorial services on TV for pols and interfaith religious services broadcast by Walter or Chet or David or Roger or Eric

or after Hurricane Camille which i was in...there was none of that nationwide...no Bruce Springsteen running to make a splash

this sort of stuff about memorializing for closure every tragedy is a sign of a weak culture

bent on accommodation and instant relief rather than a sound course of victory

it's insidious

[caww]

That’s exactly the way....

Obama didn’t “share” their pain.....(It was after all a Memorial Service for the victims)....he completely side-stepped that fact and ushered in a Pep-Rally complete with the audiance rising to their feet in celebration.

The Piper played..and they danced.

[JennysCool]

Cheery pep-rally deal, replete with numerous sports references.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Shout out to UMass and my BC posse! Umm, you know, I was telling Michelle, for an explosive team, those Red Sox really bombed last night! And let me be clear: those Celtics, they lower the boom! And make no mistake: I always have a blast watchin' the Patriots!"

Like that, sorta?

[massgopguy]

I didn’t hear Obama mention any victims.