Posted on 09/18/2013 6:38:52 AM PDT by Third Person
WASHINGTON On the most deadly day here since Sept. 11, 2001, with the capital reeling over the sadly familiar scene of a mass shooting by a madman, the chief executive stepped to the microphones and captured the heartbreak.
It wasnt the chief executive of the nation. It was Dr. Janis Orlowski, the chief operating officer of MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where three of those injured were being treated.
Theres something evil in our society that we as Americans have to work to try and eradicate, she said, her voice stoic but laced with emotion.
President Obama also gave a speech Monday, talking at the White House while the drama unfolded at the supposedly secure Navy Yard nearby. He could have posted his original remarks on the White House Web site and replaced them with a cri de coeur on gun control, or comfort for the shaken city. The 12 who died were, after all, under his aegis as workers in a federal building.
But, jarringly, the president went ahead with his political attack, briefly addressing the slaughter before moving on to jab Republicans over the corporate tax rate and resistance to Obamacare.
Just as with the address to the nation on Syria last week, the president went ahead with a speech overtaken by events. It was out of joint, given that the Senate was put into lockdown and the Washington Nationals delayed a night game against the Atlanta Braves, noting on its Web site, Postponed: Tragedy.
The man who connected so electrically and facilely in 2008, causing Americans to overlook his thin résumé, cannot seem to connect anymore.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Resume!!!! what resume!!!
PTSD and anti depressents seems to be a bad combination. It’s been blamed for a lot of the suicides related to veterans. Same result, as far as the mental turmoil goes. The suicides turn the gun on themselves instead of others.
Damn, once you lose Dowd and her accompanying apology column, you are losing the base.
Axelrod was Obama’s brain. It appears that when he left, Valerie Jarrett took his place in Obama’s head.
Obama is a hateful, empty vessel.
You are wrong about that. Aside from the obvious fact that depression itself with a big dose of cultural decay — not the meds — would more simply explain the violence, it is simply fact that these meds work for alot of people. They just do. Just like Tylenol for headaches and Claritin for allergies.
I was having a difficult, prolonged recovery from a stomach ailment and my doctor decided that my problem was not a difficult recovery,but depression. He tried hard to put me on anti-depressants. I knew I wasn’t depressed and refused, I eventually recovered
I’m only here for the CZJ pics.
America has looked EVIL in the face and embraced it. No, not all are evil, bit this is the root of America’s problems.
“One weird cat” Democrat big shot said.
We saw how weird he was from way back. You Democrats just wanted it to be just because he wasn’t a Republican. Nope, our weird and even evil detectors were up.
Stare at your hand... LOLOLOL Gah I know people like that.
It's too bad the truth's invisible to groups like the New York Times and Washington Post... if the MSM wasn't pushing a false liberal meme they could help stop a large chunk of human misery...
That wasn't Maureen Dowd who said that - here's the quote:
"It wasnt the chief executive of the nation. It was Dr. Janis Orlowski, the chief operating officer of MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where three of those injured were being treated.
Theres something evil in our society that we as Americans have to work to try and eradicate, she said, her voice stoic but laced with emotion.""
WHY were those posted, anyway? What am I missing?
More than just a little oxymoronic, but maybe Mo misplaced her dictionary.
Maureen Dowd used to date Michael Douglas and he "dumped" her for CZJ.
A long-standing FR tradition is any article from MoDo must include pictures of CZJ.
I'll shall re-apply my comment to the hospital administrator.
Leni
Thanks, MinuteGal, for your response.
Ohhhh, ok. Got it. Thanks.
What were we talking about...?
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