Posted on 11/06/2009 7:11:53 AM PST by FourPeas
Getty Images 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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Now the obvious question. What if President George W. Bush did the same thing? We all KNOW the answer to that one, don’t we?
BTW, GWB WOULD not have done that.
Read it.
Yep, I wondered that, too. How many people did he not help, but hurt, professionally speaking?
It has to rank up there among the most bizarre “statements” ever issued by a president. It was disjointed, incoherent and just plain strange.
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You should read the thread on it over at Ace's - the suits at ABC/Disney are putting the locks on that franchise.
His entire demeanor is a facade. His “cool” attitude was lauded before the election by his proponents both for its hipness and its detachment and blase approach to life.
His actions as president show a man filled with revenge and anger at his domestic opponents.
His cool attitude has been cultivated carefully and purposefully enhanced as to not give away his true feelings.
To those of us who oppose him, he seems mechanical and automated. His speech patterns reading the teleprompter are often totally emphasizing the wrong word in the material. Yet his cheerleaders keep telling us what a remarkable speaker he his when ALL evidence proves just the opposite.
He is a phony. He has always been a con man and there are a lot of dupes who just see what they want to see when the carnival comes to town and the con man ruins their lives.
Making diverity points has been always the highest priority to Hussian.
” Why can no one get this right?
Not to detract from his accomplishments, but he is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Bronze Star Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal and the Légion d’honneur. NOT the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Any “real news organization” would know the difference.”
Support for your observation.
Obama Gives Shout Out to ‘Congressional Medal of Honor Winner’ Who Isn’t
By Mike Bates (Bio | Archive)
November 6, 2009 - 01:18 ET
The Washington Post this afternoon reported “President Obama delivers remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference.” The transcript begins:
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
[*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing just an extraordinary conference.
I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow (ph) was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It’s good to see you.
Ah, the dangers of giving shout outs without a teleprompter. Crow is not a Medal of Honor recipient. As noted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society:
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Crow’s name is not included on the Society’s Medal of Honor recipient list. He was, however, awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in August.
Obama, often described as “cerebral” by the mainstream media, should know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow. Don’t expect his blunder to receive wide coverage. It’s not something he can blame George Bush for.
A bunch of radicals that hate America, but you'd think zer0 would at least be able to exercise some judgement without having to be orchestrated.
He's just an arrogant muzzie, usurping POS and should be removed.
OneBigAzzMistakeAmerica
He is much worse than that! He us selling this nation off to the worlds enemies.
The worst thing about all this is that in spite of what this guy is showing of himself, there are still people, like my middle step daughter and her younger sister, who thinks this guy is a water walker ( as we used to say in the service of someone who was clearly above the rest)and refuses to see that the in the case of one, that the impending loss of her home is directly related to the democrat party, ignoring the warnings of the Bush administration about the housing mess, that got us into this situation. We are on the road to hell and they still think this guy is a saviour!.
I believe what you are saying is correct. Barry is a puppet for something even more evil than him, and when they are through with him, they will eliminate him to REALLY throw the country into turmoil, to finish it off.
...the normal, legally-elected way, at least. There'll be martial law, actively provoked by the WH in response to some "event" (an unruly march on DC, perhaps, with unruliness brought on by infiltrating leftist poseurs) by then, and the 2012 elections will be postponed, with "nasty ole' conservative" activists (viz. FR types) and talk-show host types being dramatically shut down and (arrested and) sent off for debriefing (and re-education). The violent response from Barry will be short-lived, thankfully, though at great expense, I suspect.
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Great link.
who REALLY wants to destroy this country, and knows that if Obama were assassinated the blame would be placed on the “hate-mongers of the right
I have always thought that his owner: Soro, is out to destroy this country and that once Hussain’s usefulness is over that he would be assassinated and the country would erupt in a civil war.
The US is not supposed to exist at the End of Time. I guess this would be one way...
I thought this was already determined to be TOTUS.
Barak Hussein Obama
Mmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm
I’d like to give a shout out to our President...”You’re a Moron!!!”
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