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Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting
Nov 7, 2009 4:14 AM
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I know this is being posted a lot but the insensitivity shown needs to be shown for what it is. But what do you expect from the child in charge who never served a day?
Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/A-Disconnected-President.html
President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.
After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.
But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow -- that Congressional Medal of Honor winner." Three minutes in, the president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him?
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Re: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting
Nov 7, 2009 5:27 AM
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We should be very concern about this tragedy. This can start new trend and revenge to follow.
As for Obama, his has hard time to calibrate his words. This tragedy is nothing for him as another political step. If he was a true leader then he would be there with the soldiers and theur families. In the military we had many motto's. Onr of them was leader set the example for others. Did you see anything?
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My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 5:53 AM
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Disgusting.
And I will leave it at that.
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 6:29 AM
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The president's behavior isn't in the political sphere already? Get real.
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 8:43 AM
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Your right, the president making pretty much a campaign stop at the Indian Reservation giving mad props and shout outs to a "Medal of Honor Winner" actually "Medal of Freedom" but I wouldn't expect the Commander in Chief who actually gave the said medal to know the difference while one of the worst shootings in US history occurs and introduces his talking about atrocity this way. Ya... nothing to politicize about the politician....
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 9:03 AM
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> The president's behavior isn't in the political
> sphere already? Get real.
No, YOU "get real."
I was talking about the shooting.
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 9:04 AM
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> Your right, the president making pretty much a
> campaign stop at the Indian Reservation giving mad
> props and shout outs to a "Medal of Honor Winner"
> actually "Medal of Freedom" but I wouldn't expect the
> Commander in Chief who actually gave the said medal
> to know the difference while one of the worst
> shootings in US history occurs and introduces his
> talking about atrocity this way. Ya... nothing to
> politicize about the politician....
Get off it, Splitpi.
I was talking about politicizing the Ft. Hood shooting. Something you didn't even MENTION.
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 9:12 AM
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Why do you hate brave soldiers who have received the Congressional Medal of Honor?
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 9:32 AM
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> Why do you hate brave soldiers who have received the
> Congressional Medal of Honor?
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Why do you support a man who is too damn stupid to know the difference between the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom? Or don't you think the man from Illinois has the responsibility to know the difference and get his facts straight in his speeches?
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 9:40 AM
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Remember, you are asking someone who insisted that he had a .38 Special that could also shoot .357 Magnum ammunition.
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 10:10 AM
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>Get off it, Splitpi.
>I was talking about politicizing the Ft. Hood shooting. Something you didn't even MENTION.
Get off your high horse and read what I actually wrote. You even copy and pasted it and said I didn't even mention the atrocity.... here I'll help you:
> Your right, the president making pretty much a
> campaign stop at the Indian Reservation giving mad
> props and shout outs to a "Medal of Honor Winner"
> actually "Medal of Freedom" but I wouldn't expect the
> Commander in Chief who actually gave the said medal
> to know the difference while one of the worst
> shootings in US history occurs and introduces his
> talking about atrocity this way. Ya... nothing to
> politicize about the politician....
So you were saying?
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 10:35 AM
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The subject is the president's reaction to the shooting.
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 10:37 AM
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> >Get off it, Splitpi.
> >I was talking about politicizing the Ft. Hood
> shooting. Something you didn't even MENTION.
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> Get off your high horse and read what I actually
> wrote. You even copy and pasted it and said I
> didn't even mention the atrocity.... here I'll help
> you:
> > Your right, the president making pretty much a
> > campaign stop at the Indian Reservation giving mad
> > props and shout outs to a "Medal of Honor Winner"
> > actually "Medal of Freedom" but I wouldn't expect
> the
> > Commander in Chief who actually gave the said
> medal
> > to know the difference while one of the worst
> > shootings in US history occurs and introduces
> his
> > talking about atrocity this way. Ya... nothing to
> > politicize about the politician....
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> So you were saying?
I stand corrected regarding your quote.
Nothing else.
I WAS talking about the politicization of the SHOOTING, and nothing else.
THAT'S what I was saying. I said it to Gibran, to childofGod, and to you.
So can the B.S. about a "high horse". If you don't like the fact that I can't stand the polticization of a tragedy, that's YOUR problem, NOT MINE.
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 10:49 AM
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And your still wrong.
perhaps you should take your anger to the guy giving shout outs during the briefly side noting the tragedy at a campaign stop.
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Re: My God, Gibran. There is not anything you will not politicize.
Nov 7, 2009 10:54 AM
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Yup and if you address the president then your politicing. Unless the president actually did something right then its fine to talk about it.
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