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Obama’s Orlando funeral dilemma
American Thinker ^ | June 12, 2016 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 06/12/2016 8:54:01 AM PDT by bkopto

What will President Obama do about the memorial service that is certain to follow the awful carnage in Orlando this morning? He has a clear pattern, but this incident does not fit in very well.

In Charleston, SC, the decision was easy. The victims were black and the perpetrator was a white racist. Two check marks, so a presidential visit was assured.

In San Bernardino, the perpetrators were Islamic, and the victims were of multiple ethnicities, including protected classes. A mixed signal, but because the perps were of a group that must be shielded from any public perception of collective responsibility, a presidential visit was out of the question.

But now in Orlando, we have a Muslim perp, but the victims are another highly favored group that collectively is a bedrock constituency of the Democrats: gays.

What’s Obama to do?

If he snubs the memorial service, he risks offending gays. But if he goes, he risks highlighting Islamic hostility to gays, as well as the threat of global jihad.

If I had to bet, I’d say he plays golf.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Florida; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; afghanistan; banglist; florida; gaykkk; guncontrol; gunfreezone; homosexualagenda; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; omarmateen; orlando; pulsenightclub; secondamendment
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1 posted on 06/12/2016 8:54:01 AM PDT by bkopto
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The Coming- White House Press release:

Conservative Faith based hate crime takes the lives of 50 at orlando Club

President Obama joins presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton in calling for the registration of all Christians in the US.


2 posted on 06/12/2016 8:54:48 AM PDT by NoLibZone (The US is now as corrupt as Mexico. Hillary will be rewarded. The US is only a Goldman Brand now.)
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To: bkopto

Will he push to ban any flags?


3 posted on 06/12/2016 8:55:44 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: bkopto

Welstone memorial time: blast guns, guns ownership and support Hitlery. Mention some hate crimes, completely omit any reference to Islam.... This stuff rights it self for the teleprompter in chief aka the tic.


4 posted on 06/12/2016 8:56:28 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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To: bkopto

He will go to the memorial and drone on endlessly about the persecution of Homo’s in America. No mention of the religion of peace. Easy fix.


5 posted on 06/12/2016 8:58:15 AM PDT by Awgie (Progressives should be called RE-GRESSIVES!)
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To: bkopto

I had forgotten that Obama blew off the funeral for the San Bernardino terror victims.

Thanks for the reminder.


6 posted on 06/12/2016 8:58:55 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: bkopto

He will have NO problem attending the funerals and blaming guns and Trump


7 posted on 06/12/2016 8:59:55 AM PDT by dontreadthis
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A little bit of logic.

The shooting by the guy with the Confederate flag resulted in the removal of Confederate Memorials and Flags.

A shooting by Muslims results in the celebration of Ramadan.

8 posted on 06/12/2016 9:00:20 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Awgie

Exactly.


9 posted on 06/12/2016 9:00:31 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: bkopto

I just went to the DUmp to see if they were blaming this on the NRA etc, before the bodies had even been recovered.

Of course they are.

In fact, not wanting this crisis to go to waste, the leftists there are pushing to ban their own gun friendly forum for good (remember there are gun owning Rats who wait to see John Kerry gettin a huntin license before voting).

But one DUmmy has an ounce of sense:

“Without the NRA, this wouldn’t have happened.

Take France for example. No NRA, and such an attack on a night club has never happened!”


10 posted on 06/12/2016 9:00:32 AM PDT by lacrew
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Trump will be brought up and that Christians are committing worse crimes against anyone that isn’t Christian.


11 posted on 06/12/2016 9:00:48 AM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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Doesn’t the rainbow flag need to be abolished? After all, it enrages Muslims.

5.56mm


12 posted on 06/12/2016 9:00:56 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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He’ll have to check for conflicts with his golf schedule. Oh, and pumping hillary. Hmmm. Maybe a better choice of words was needed there. :)


13 posted on 06/12/2016 9:01:27 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: bkopto

He will definitely attend.


14 posted on 06/12/2016 9:02:46 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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He woke with a very high fever. Doctors have ordered him to stay in bed. No visit, no appearance, no sound out of those lying purple lips = no lies nor propaganda. A funeral for the victims, not a stage for the magic mulatto pervert


15 posted on 06/12/2016 9:02:54 AM PDT by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Awgie

LGBT vs Islamics


16 posted on 06/12/2016 9:03:17 AM PDT by sagar
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No but the tear stick will be applied right before the predictable anti-gun rant.

I’m expecting him to suggest bulldozing the National Mall to lay the foundation of the National Mosque.

I’ll bet he is angry. Not at Islam or the shooter but that this will be his unavoidable legacy. Flying in Muslims under cover of night, excusing their crimes and criminality and watching as they unleash hell.


17 posted on 06/12/2016 9:03:28 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: bkopto

Is James Taylor available?


18 posted on 06/12/2016 9:04:18 AM PDT by llevrok (Lies are born the moment someone thinks the truth is dangerous.)
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To: rktman

not pumping, pimping


19 posted on 06/12/2016 9:04:36 AM PDT by dontreadthis
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Obama:”If I had a son he might have looked like Omar”.

You see, by me saying an Islamic mass murderer executed innocent Americans, that would be playing into the hands of the extremists...

Hey! That's not us!

Hey, that's not who we are!

We'd just be encouraging the bad guys!

We've got to put pressure on the NRA for the good of our nation, our children...

20 posted on 06/12/2016 9:06:07 AM PDT by Netz
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