Posted on 05/05/2011 8:28:18 AM PDT by Justaham
Today President Obama is traveling to Ground Zero to commemorate the killing of Osama Bin Laden. What is President Obama's purpose in going to Ground Zero if he could not be bothered to meet or invite all the 9/11 families who lost loved ones there? Many families are devastated and saddened about being left out and do not understand why that occurred. I was at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2009 and can emphatically state that not one family member is ever denied access to that sacred area. Numbers or space is not an excuse for turning away family members that have sacrificed and endured the loss of their loved ones this past ten years.
The Obama representative responded that "In consultation with the National 9/11 Memorial staff, we invited a group of 9/11 family members who we believe represents a cross section of family members from various 9/11 organizations. The President looks forward to spending time visiting with the families of those who were tragically killed on 9/11." Well, Mr. President, not all the families just the ones handpicked. At least the family members should be allowed to come to Ground Zero to be recognized, especially if the President is going to say a few words.
Those left out include the mom of a ten year old boy who was invited as well as the husband of an elderly couple that have gone to every 9/11 event together. The Obama representative was contacted by Americanthinker.com and he responded that if given the names he would correct the mistake. A few hours later the couple called me to inform me they were allowed to come.
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Obama - The Polished turd Of The United States - Looking good and shiny on the outside, but nothing but ???? on the inside!!!
Looks like he brought Valerie Jarrett along for the show.
It’s timing is convenient as well, it gets him outta DC so he can avoid the National Day of Prayer functions.
What type of goggles would you recommend? I've got swimming goggles, safety goggles, some other goggles I use when I'm mowing ......
They just showed Obama walking into the firehouse and he actually lifted his feet up to spot where the press was....(eye roll). Valerie Jarret was right behind him. Boy...commie Jarret sure keeps Obama on a short leash.
I wondered about THAT.
All construction work has been stopped at the site.
The workers have been promised a meeting with messiah.
Thank you, Count. Images of a real leader.
One question. Are there tee shirts?
Even bubba claimed a previous engagement, or a sheduling conflict.
9/11 Family Invited To Presidential Ground Zero Visit Snubs Obama
As 50 carefully selected families prepare to join President Barack Obama for a ceremony at the World Trade Center site Thursday, one of the invited 9/11 families have decided to pass on the Commander-in-chief’s visit.
Although many consider it to be a once in a lifetime invitation, the Vigiano family of Deer Park, Long Island have respectfully declined.
“If this form letter was the invitation, it was kinda lame,” John Vigiano told PIX 11 News when describing the email invitation sent to him from the White House.
Jan and John Vigiano received the email invite Tuesday and admitted that they nearly deleted it, thinking it was spam. The private invitation complete with the White House seal informed the couple about President Obama’s visit to the World Trade Center site just days after news broke about Osama bin Laden’s death.
What rubbed the Vigiano’s the wrong way was not what the email said, but how it was addressed.
“It says ‘Dear 9-11 family member,’ - no names” “ John Vigiano said, reading the invite aloud to PIX 11 cameras. “I don’t know if its disrespectful, but it doesn’t work for me.”
The Vigianos lost both their sons on September 11, 2001. John Vigiano Jr. was 36, and a FDNY firefighter, while their youngest Joe Vigiano was an emergency services detective with the NYPD.
“There is no closure,” a sobbing John Vigiano said. “There is none.”
The Vigiano family is just one of fifty families sent the exclusive invitation to meet the President at what is being billed as a historic visit to Ground Zero Thursday. With all that considered, the mourning father says he’s not going.
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http://www.wpix.com/wpix-family-unhappy-about-obama-visit,0,3547351.story
NYers are a special breed of America haters who just love this liar in chief.
That said, I will give credit where it’s due. This morning I heard a clip of Schumer saying that both presidents, Bush and Obama deserve credit for finding OBL.
OMG - and now there’s Anthony Weiner being a schmuck before the camera.
Nothing political here, nope, not at all.
Many victims’ families received an invitation to the ceremony via email Tuesday night. Others, however, were not invited.
“I feel that every family member should have received an invitation,” said Maureen Santores, whose son, a New York City firefighter, was killed at the World Trade Center. “Everyone suffered the same and we should all be with the president to mark this.”
Those emotions, many family members said, are further complicated by Obama’s decision not to publicly release photos of a slain bin Laden, shot in the head.
other family members, releasing the photos – seeing the person who killed their loved ones – might give them closure, which they compare to family members being allowed to witness a murderer’s capital execution.
“The families have already been through so much,” said Bill Doyle, whose son Joseph was killed in Tower 1. “I know why people don’t want the photos released… but I know a woman whose husband was identified because they found his heart. How much more gruesome can the photos of bin Laden be?”
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/flurry-emotions-911-families-meet-pres-obama-ground/story?id=13530733
Were they hand picked based on race or political affiliation?
Just reading about the Viggiano’s and I’m crying tears that I thought were long ago used up.
For sure the pain for these families will never ease.
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