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Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 1:54:57 PM
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HighPlainsDrifter
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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.
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This is from NBC Chicago.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 2:27:28 PM
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Wow, NBC? Even Obama's own are starting to turn on him. Methinks the bloom is officially off the rose now.
Yeah, it was surreal to listen to that press conference, complete with cheers and applause, while the situation in Ft. Hood was continuing to unfold.
But remember, never forget, it's all about Obama. All other considerations are secondary...
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 2:50:00 PM
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And they show 87% are furious about his response. hmmmmm
I can't even imagine his response to a 9/11 event.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 3:37:31 PM
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Here is the actual address. There was nothing even remotely inappropriate about this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0hiw8iXdMM
He was addressing a group of people that had taken the time to assemble expecting to hear about Native American affairs. He simply acknowledged them before addressing Ft. Hood which is not only appropriate, but required by protocol and tradition. The only part of the address that would be circulated nationally was the Ft. Hood address, and he gave that with the correct tone of solemnity and empathy.
You folks, on the other hand, are using this tragedy to take a shot at Obama. Shame on you?
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 4:02:04 PM
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And they show 87% are furious about his response. hmmmmm
I can't even imagine his response to a 9/11 event.
I think he could manage something a little better than "My Pet Goat."
As for 87% -- what do you expect for an Internet poll attached to an article that is little more than "birther bait".
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 4:27:49 PM
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Um, dude? My Pet Goat was not Bush's response to 9/11, it's what he was doing for a group of school children at the moment he was informed about it.
If you're gonna swipe at him, at least get the facts straight...
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 5:24:21 PM
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And they show 87% are furious about his response. hmmmmm
I can't even imagine his response to a 9/11 event.
I think he could manage something a little better than "My Pet Goat."
As for 87% -- what do you expect for an Internet poll attached to an article that is little more than "birther bait".
NBC and birthers don't together and to top it off this was from Chicago, Obama's city.
I would get you swipe if it was Fox but it was NBC in Chicago.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 5:27:42 PM
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As for 87% -- what do you expect for an Internet poll attached to an article that is little more than "birther bait".
What does any of this have to do with the birther argument? Nothing. Why does anyone who criticizes Obama get put in the "racist" or "birther" camp? It's ridiculous. Is that the only way you, or anyone else who defends his administration, can answer criticism?
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 5:38:51 PM
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You really think that 87% of Americans are furious by what Obama did? Seriously?
I'll give you a hint. Google the term "freep the poll" and you'll see what happens to these Internet polls.
I don't know if it's birtherism, racism, rabid anti-liberalism, or whatever, but there is a subsection of Americans -- on ample display in these forums btw -- that has a severe case of ODS, serious enough to rival the worse cases of BDS in the last eight years. Obama cannot the smallest thing right for these people. If he sneezes without covering his mouth he'd be accused of wanting to spread the swine flu or something equally silly. I read dozens of posts on other forums yesterday claiming that Obama would find a way to get the shooter in the Ft Hood off the death penalty because he was a fellow Muslim, or that somehow Obama interfered in the ongoing investigation into this man so that he could carry out his murderous mission.
It's fine to criticize Obama -- there are plenty of things to criticize him for (even for a liberal like me) -- but that's different from much of the irrational hatred on display in many of the threads here from certain conservative posters (and we all know who they are).
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 6:07:27 PM
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You really think that 87% of Americans are furious by what Obama did? Seriously?
I'll give you a hint. Google the term "freep the poll" and you'll see what happens to these Internet polls.
I don't know if it's birtherism, racism, rabid anti-liberalism, or whatever, but there is a subsection of Americans -- on ample display in these forums btw -- that has a severe case of ODS, serious enough to rival the worse cases of BDS in the last eight years. Obama cannot the smallest thing right for these people. If he sneezes without covering his mouth he'd be accused of wanting to spread the swine flu or something equally silly. I read dozens of posts on other forums yesterday claiming that Obama would find a way to get the shooter in the Ft Hood off the death penalty because he was a fellow Muslim, or that somehow Obama interfered in the ongoing investigation into this man so that he could carry out his murderous mission.
It's fine to criticize Obama -- there are plenty of things to criticize him for (even for a liberal like me) -- but that's different from much of the irrational hatred on display in many of the threads here from certain conservative posters (and we all know who they are).
You say you don't mind criticism about Obama but the fact is you have complained about it quite a bit. The fact is this was reported by the CHICAGO NBC station. It bothered someone enough at the station to write an article and then post it online. They even attached an "UNSCIENTIFIC" poll. So please stop trying to derail the thread with the "birtherism" accusations.
You are accusing the posters here of something that did not happen on THIS forum. The truth is the inexperience is showing more and more in situations where it would have been much wiser to have someone at the helm who had more work experience than community organizing and campaigning for political office.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 6:36:17 PM
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You really think that 87% of Americans are furious by what Obama did? Seriously?
I'll give you a hint. Google the term "freep the poll" and you'll see what happens to these Internet polls.
I don't know if it's birtherism, racism, rabid anti-liberalism, or whatever, but there is a subsection of Americans -- on ample display in these forums btw -- that has a severe case of ODS, serious enough to rival the worse cases of BDS in the last eight years. Obama cannot the smallest thing right for these people. If he sneezes without covering his mouth he'd be accused of wanting to spread the swine flu or something equally silly. I read dozens of posts on other forums yesterday claiming that Obama would find a way to get the shooter in the Ft Hood off the death penalty because he was a fellow Muslim, or that somehow Obama interfered in the ongoing investigation into this man so that he could carry out his murderous mission.
It's fine to criticize Obama -- there are plenty of things to criticize him for (even for a liberal like me) -- but that's different from much of the irrational hatred on display in many of the threads here from certain conservative posters (and we all know who they are).
You say you don't mind criticism about Obama but the fact is you have complained about it quite a bit. The fact is this was reported by the CHICAGO NBC station. It bothered someone enough at the station to write an article and then post it online. They even attached an "UNSCIENTIFIC" poll. So please stop trying to derail the thread with the "birtherism" accusations.
Who cares that this was by the Chicago NBC station? How is that relevant? By the transitive property of Liberals-are-evil-liars-and-omnipresent-in-the-media, doesn't the fact that this is from NBC immediately make it untrue to you people?
And are you arguing that the poll is somehow scientific?
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 7:08:53 PM
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Do the conservatives on this board bother to check anything before posting it? This is not "from" NBC Chicago. The author is a conservative/libertarian pundit originally from Trinidad, now living in NYC. I'm not exactly sure how the publication & syndication works, but he posted a nearly identical article on his blog within 15 minutes of the NBC Chicago article going up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._George_%28pundit%29
His blog
His bio on his blog
Additionally, the guy is just wrong. There was nothing insensitive about this. If anything, it's encouraging to see him be so open about his responsibility and duty to the troops. That attitude would have been nice during the opening of both of our wars, instead of Rumsfeld's failed attempt to do things on the cheap.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 7:13:34 PM
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You say you don't mind criticism about Obama but the fact is you have complained about it quite a bit. The fact is this was reported by the CHICAGO NBC station. It bothered someone enough at the station to write an article and then post it online.
The author is a professional writer from NY. If you click his name at the bottom of the article, you'll see that he's got at least one new article every day, most with a conservative bent.
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They even attached an "UNSCIENTIFIC" poll.
An unscientific poll that didn't even have an option for "not concerned."
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You are accusing the posters here of something that did not happen on THIS forum. The truth is the inexperience is showing more and more in situations where it would have been much wiser to have someone at the helm who had more work experience than community organizing and campaigning for political office.
The truth is that you guys are seeing what you want to see.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 7:25:53 PM
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Do the conservatives on this board bother to check anything before posting it? This is not "from" NBC Chicago.
My my, a bit testy today, things not going so well in the Obamassiah camp?
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 8:36:53 PM
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You really think that 87% of Americans are furious by what Obama did? Seriously?
I'll give you a hint. Google the term "freep the poll" and you'll see what happens to these Internet polls.
I don't know if it's birtherism, racism, rabid anti-liberalism, or whatever, but there is a subsection of Americans -- on ample display in these forums btw -- that has a severe case of ODS, serious enough to rival the worse cases of BDS in the last eight years. Obama cannot the smallest thing right for these people. If he sneezes without covering his mouth he'd be accused of wanting to spread the swine flu or something equally silly. I read dozens of posts on other forums yesterday claiming that Obama would find a way to get the shooter in the Ft Hood off the death penalty because he was a fellow Muslim, or that somehow Obama interfered in the ongoing investigation into this man so that he could carry out his murderous mission.
It's fine to criticize Obama -- there are plenty of things to criticize him for (even for a liberal like me) -- but that's different from much of the irrational hatred on display in many of the threads here from certain conservative posters (and we all know who they are).
You say you don't mind criticism about Obama but the fact is you have complained about it quite a bit. The fact is this was reported by the CHICAGO NBC station. It bothered someone enough at the station to write an article and then post it online. They even attached an "UNSCIENTIFIC" poll. So please stop trying to derail the thread with the "birtherism" accusations.
You are accusing the posters here of something that did not happen on THIS forum. The truth is the inexperience is showing more and more in situations where it would have been much wiser to have someone at the helm who had more work experience than community organizing and campaigning for political office.
That one CHICAGO NBC station is the only news outlet that is bothered by this. Not even Faux will stoop that low.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 10:33:11 PM
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There is no excuse for his blatant disrespect to these military families, the wounded, and the deceased. Every member of my family who was watching is appalled at his lack of respect when the speech was given.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 10:54:52 PM
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Sorry but the Chicago NBC station took the time to post it on their website. If they didn't have an issue with the way the press conference was handled they would not have posted it on their site.
You all can whine about it but it still doesn't excuse the way the POTUS behaved under the serious circumstances. Ft. Hood is the largest military base in the world. Obama's primary responsibility is as Commander in Chief. He is so far out of depth in this area because he has no clue in this area.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 11:02:05 PM
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Sorry but the Chicago NBC station took the time to post it on their website. If they didn't have an issue with the way the press conference was handled they would not have posted it on their site.
They pay the guy to write a column every day. Does the same Chicago NBC station also have an issue with Lindsay Lohan's relationship with her father or comments Sharon Osbourne made about Susan Boyle? Or do they just pay people to write a certain type of column?
-Dan.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/6/2009 11:22:32 PM
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My my, a bit testy today, things not going so well in the Obamassiah camp?
I think it's testiness over the partisan use of a tragedy to take cheap and irrelevant shots at Obama.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/7/2009 11:08:45 AM
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Oh, get real. The left CRUCIFIED George Bush for his apparent lack of reaction to the news of the first plane striking the WTC. Never mind the fact that he was in a school classroom with second graders and rightfully did not want to alarm them.
But here we have a President, in the immediate aftermath of another tragedy, in a normal political speech setting, being light hearted and giving "shout outs"....he should have directly and immediately addressed what was taking place in TX, with all the seriousness that the situation warranted.
There is a time for levity...and this was not it....
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/7/2009 11:18:26 AM
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Oh lets give the Obamassiah a break on this one; they just had not had enough time to reload the teleprompter.
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RE: Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - 11/7/2009 11:33:32 AM
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Sorry but the Chicago NBC station took the time to post it on their website. If they didn't have an issue with the way the press conference was handled they would not have posted it on their site.
They pay the guy to write a column every day. Does the same Chicago NBC station also have an issue with Lindsay Lohan's relationship with her father or comments Sharon Osbourne made about Susan Boyle? Or do they just pay people to write a certain type of column?
-Dan.
The topic of the thread is not the other articles that appear on the NBC Chicago website. Once again a thread is yanked off topic by those who can't handle the criticism of the person they voted for. Whether you like it or not some people did have a problem with the way the POTUS handled himself over a very serious matter. Obviously, one of those people was employed by the Chicago NBC affiliate.
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