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MartiniMan
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Obama's OJT
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11/7/2009 8:18:41 AM
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From NBC News in Chicago. More evidence the Messiah is a man-child. And to think the guy he put the shout out to isn't a CMH winner in the first place.
Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting
A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.
By ROBERT A. GEORGE
Updated 2:56 PM CST, Fri, Nov 6, 2009
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?
Anyone at home aware of the major news story of the previous hours had to have been stunned. An incident like this requires a scrapping of the early light banter. The president should apologize for the tone of his remarks, explain what has happened, express sympathy for those slain and appeal for calm and patience until all the facts are in. That's the least that should occur.
Indeed, an argument could be made that Obama should have canceled the Indian event, out of respect for people having been murdered at an Army post a few hours before. That would have prevented any sort of jarring emotional switch at the event.
Did the president's team not realize what sort of image they were presenting to the country at this moment? The disconnect between what Americans at home knew had been going on -- and the initial words coming out of their president's mouth was jolting, if not disturbing.
It must have been disappointing for many politically aware Democrats, still reeling from the election two days before. The New Jersey gubernatorial vote had already demonstrated that the president and his political team couldn't produce a winning outcome in a state very friendly to Democrats (and where the president won by 15 points one year ago). And now this? Congressional Democrats must wonder if a White House that has burdened them with a too-heavy policy agenda over the last year has a strong enough political operation to help push that agenda through.
If the president's communications apparatus can't inform -- and protect -- their boss during tense moments when the country needs to see a focused commander-in-chief and a compassionate head of state, it has disastrous consequences for that president's party and supporters.
All the president's men (and women) fell down on the job Thursday. And Democrats across the country have real reason to panic.
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MAJ USA RET
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Obama's OJT
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11/7/2009 10:18:27 AM
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During the election, there were continual requests for Obama’s qualifications. We were informed that he was an experienced community activist… long pause… and he went to Harvard (no transcripts or thesis presented [allowed] for review.) To greater than (statistically) 50% of the country, this, coupled with his charisma, was sufficient. His unvetted experience and promises for non-specific change were enough to get him elected.
We, plus many of those who voted for him, are stunned. He doesn’t know what to do, much less how to behave and speak appropriately, as the President of the United States. He continues to act imperious and vote “present”. Even his own people cannot get meaningful or effective decisions from him.
He would not, could not, survive in the business or military profession. One cannot be stylin’ in the face of adversity. We are anguished to discern him failing us in these days of the Nation’s desperate requirement for leadership.
We hope the sun will come out. But the clouds are getting darker on the horizon and the water is rising. Soon we won’t need a leader… we’ll need an ark.
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