Posted on 07/17/2014 1:39:34 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
'It looks like it may be a terrible tragedy': Obama sparks anger with 40-second mention of Malaysian plane crash that killed 23 Americans before transportation speech
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 passengers on board including 23 Americans
President Obama said his national security team is working on identifying the U.S. citizens and then launched into jokes and 16 minutes of prepared remarks
Twitter erupted with digital eye-rolls at Obama's curt mention of the 'tragedy' that the Ukrainian government quickly called a 'criminal case'
House Speaker John Boehner offered a solemn statement, saying 'many innocents were killed today. It is horrifying.'
A casual Barack Obama took mere moments to address the deaths of 295 people aboard a Malaysian airliner on Thursday in Wilmington, Delaware before launching into his prepared remarks on America's transportation infrastructure.
Twenty-three Americans are feared dead after the jetliner crashed in eastern Ukraine today. Obama declared that 'it looks like it may be a terrible tragedy.'
'It is wonderful to be back in Delaware,' he began.
'Before I begin, obviously the world is watching reports of a downed passenger jet near the Russia-Ukraine border. And it looks like it may be a terrible tragedy. Right now were working to determine whether there were American citizens on board. That is our first priority.' passengers, wherever they call home.
Obama quickly returned to his prepared remarks.
'It is great to be in the state that gave us Joe Biden. Weve got actually some better-looking Bidens with us here today. We've got Beau and his wife, Hallie, are here. Give them a big round of applause. We love them.'
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Let's not forget, not only the evil man who set things into motion, but the weak, incompetent, effeminate, inept enabler who emboldens the thug.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled stump speech.
You know things are bad when even Piers Morgan calls out Obama’s stupidity..Obama is a laughing stock all over the world..the world is burning and all Obama cares about is making money for Dems and eating burgers(gee, Im surprised Michelle didnt scold him for eating those naughty naughty burgers)
you mean the "may be" tragedy...
And it looks like it may be a terrible tragedy.
how does this measure as "... it may be a terrible tragedy?" it IS a terrible tragedy... he sucks at everything...
How would Morgan do that? He doesn’t have a show anymore, does he?
Really taking bad advantage of USA WEAKNESS!
No show, but he still has twitter
He is not allowed to go off prompter. There would be hell to pay.
Please Lord, get this Clown out of the White House.
No big deal for the Mahdi, after all, most of the victims weren’t even “his people,” just foreigners and loyal Americans.
It appears Putin played his Reggie Love card with Obama on the call this morning.
That’s too bad.
I saw his response. He is, without a DOUBT the worst occupant of the Oval Office in history. Just when you think he can’t get worse, he gets worse.
so, He’s still a TWIT..................
I don’t necessarily think Putin did this.
'Nuff said.
We’ll need to fumigate the place...
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