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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (332575)	11/6/2009 12:30:44 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794009

"he opened up with comments about the ft. hood massacre" no he didn't, listen to the tape. It takes him 2 minutes to mention it. blogs.dailymail.com Obama jokes first, sympathizes with Fort Hood later President Obama was at a meeting with American Indian chiefs on Thursday when news broke that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a psychiatrist, had gone berserk and shot and killed 12 people and injured 31 others at Fort Hood Texas. Rather than somber, President Obama began his remarks with a joking “shout-out” to “Dr. Joe Medicine Crow — that Congressional Medal of Honor winner.” Yes, let us politic and kiss up to a voting bloc first, show some sympathy later. When he finally got around to acknowledging the deaths and devastation at Fort Hood, President Obama blinked more than Nancy Pelosi walking out of a coal mine into the sunlight. he spoke with all the enthusiasm of a fellow heading to an IRS audit. In the clip (around 4:20) he said: “I want all of you to know that as commander in chief that there is no greater honor but also no greater responsibility for me than to make sure that the extraordinary men and women in uniform are properly cared for…” The emphasis in that sentence is “me.” It is all about him. I waited a day before getting into the politics of this military tragedy. But I must say, President Obama showed little sympathy and little enthusiasm. I long for the days of Bill Clinton, who could at least work up some tears at the appropriate time. We got robobama last night. Robert George of NBC in Chicago blistered Obama’s staff: “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.” The fish rots at the head, my friend. And I agree. An apology is due.