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To: tejek who wrote (526597)	11/6/2009 12:32:04 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576627

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.

To: tejek who wrote (526597)	11/6/2009 12:46:11 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576627

The blood of the Ft Hood shootings is on Obama's and Eric Holder's hands. h/t MPH I heard reports today that this Hasan was on the FBI's radar for 6 months because of internet postings about suicide bombers and similar topics. Welcome to a return to the Clinton years where terrorists, foreign and domestic, were regarded as a law enforcement problem and where Chinese walls were erected by Jamie Gorelick to ensure that the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing. Obama owns this one no matter how hard he may try to wriggle out and blame his predecessor. At the presser this morning, he refused comment about the incident beyond the oblique because all the facts weren't in. Well, had this been a Timothy McVey type or a bombing of an abortion clinic or even an arrest of a Black Harvard professor, BHO would not have shown any such restraint. He couldn't even show any real level of emotion for the deaths and did not order the flags to half staff until today. He spoke about the carnage in the same tone of voice he used for the economy.