Posted on 01/12/2011 4:54:38 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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I get that but this morning Michelle Malkin did a good job of agreeing with the premise of the speech while calling out what a sham the event itself was.
Barry handed out campaign t-shirts. That’s all I need to know.
Compare and contrast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZpNyKf3jGI
(Reagan’s speech at the Challenger Memorial)
You know, I watched the whole thing.
I came away from it...disturbed. From the initial “this is how we do it here” Indian ceremony at the start of the service, through many of the talks...it was like a weird politicing, campaigning, a cheerleading, celebration regarding the people killed and wounded.
I understand celebrating their lives.
But you know, no disrespect intended to those killed and injured, but it was 6 dead and 15 wounded.
We had 41 US Military casualties in Afghanistan in December...why wasn’t there a nationally televised memorial for those heroes?
When the terrible killings took place at Ft. Hood...the response from this administration was much slower, and the entire thing was much more played down IMHO from a support the troops and community perspective.
Here there has been a rush to get on the TV and for Obama to somehow show he is “presidential.”.
This had all the ear marks of not letting a crisis go to waste...in other words...a whole lot of politics going on and it disturbed me...quite frankly almost made me sick.
Obama is trying to use thi event on the national and world scene and use those dead and injured to revive a failed and horrible Presidency and that’s what made me I guess the most upset. And it was so obvious to me.
Come on...a “slogan” for a memorial service?
Also the talk about our “great leaders” and how wonderful it was for them to come and lead us in this hour of grief. I swear, I thought I was in North Korea or something with such talk. The American people in any community across this land are perfectly capable of mourning their losses and picking up and moving on without all of that...and certainly without “needing” some kind of great leader to come and give a campaign speech.
The truth is, all of his talk about unification and reaching across the ailse is absolutely hollow after how he has governed the last two years. He is a liar and a hypocrit of the worst order and is only speaking this way now because of the lamblasting he and his party took in the election.
Almost ALL of the vitriol and politicing of this issue has come from his side...but you would never know that from his speech.
Anyhow, just had to get this off my chest.
Yes, a lot of us were on freerepublic2 last evening. When I finally got to FR, I saw the thread.
It was a funerally.
Thanks for the ping.
Am a little late to this conversation but I just read at Hot Air that the University, in response to criticism, is saying it was NOT a memorial service, it was an EVENT!
Hence the tees and slogo...disgusting...
Me too...I was a Nixonette way back when so I think my Pubbie creds are legit but I’m done...I will be an independent conservative, if anyone asks and will only give to specific campaigns. Fini!!!!!
great to *see* ya Jeff...good thoughts on this sickening display, as usual...
Someone posted here yesterday wondering if BJ was going to teach Hussein the lip-biting trick....
The point is:
First, you posted "it was a nice service" ... which is prima facie evidence that you're a person who doesn't pay attention.
Then, you tried to cover your ass with Once Barry started speaking I thought it got too political and turned it off ... which pegged most people's bullsh!t meter immediately.
Nut, if this is the best you've got, I'd like to suggest that you ditch your password again and wait another 2 years before you come back.
...however, he did preface it by saying 'a true leader would have done said those 'healing' words last Saturday'..
..(instead of waiting for the television coverage on Wednesday)
I was on freerepublic2.
You must realize that these gents,sad to say, opted for the “easy way out”!!! All of Fox News Network personnel did basically the same thing!!! These FNC people are cut from the same cloth as the hapless Jewish folks in Hitler’s Germany that believed that once Hitler took their wealth and property, he would leave Jews alone. Wrong!!! These FNC people, as is POTUS Obama, his socialist, Democrat Party and the Obama spin media, are not fooling the vast majority of the American people. Anyone with objectivity and moral common sense that watched this farce last night had to be stunned and ashamed of the party/pep/rally atomsphere of the “Obama Youth”. Shucks, all we needed was the lock-stepping and brown shirts!!! A shame, for the victims of this horrible American Tragedy, a shame for the state of Arizona and...worst of all, a shame for our great compassionate country!!!
I missed the Obama Responds to Palin speech.
Hideous bits of demonized human garbage.
Were the t shirts free? Did they have Obama opens ICU patients eyes statues as well?
Thank God a majority of Americans and the Independents will not fall for this. Obama read a bible quote after we all know he mocked the bible before. Anyone want to tell me why the new chief of staff that told them all to read from the bible did not pass out hurl bags in the seats of the gym church?
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