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Politics : How Quickly Can Obama Totally Destroy the US? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wayners who wrote (1423)	2/8/2013 3:13:55 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Michelle accused of politicizing child's funeral... Joe Walsh Rips Michelle Obama for Attending Hadiya Pendleton Funeral February 8, 2013 8:51am \| By Ted Cox and Jen Sabel dnainfo.com CHICAGO — Former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh took to Twitter to criticize first lady Michelle Obama for her decision to attend Hadiya Pendleton's funeral. "'Heartbroken' Michelle Obama attending funeral of Hadiya Pendleton. I guess the other 553 murder victims didn't break her heart," Walsh tweeted Friday. "Most of the 553 Chicago murder victims in 2012 & 2013 were young black males. Is she attending this funeral to make a political point?" A White House official said the first lady plans to attend the funeral, along with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. "This is overwhelming — that her life was so impactful, so meaningful, that they’d want to send Mrs. Obama," said Hadiya's aunt, Kimiko Pettis. Hadiya was slain not far from the president and first lady's Kenwood home. Her killing sparked outrage around the country. It came just a week after the high school sophomore had gone to Washington, D.C., to participate in Barack Obama's inauguration festivities. Walsh, a Republican from Chicago's suburbs, said, "If I were one of the 3-, 4-, 500 African-American families in the last year that lost somebody to gun violence, I'd be so offended that Michelle Obama is 'heartbroken' over Miss Pendleton's death. She's never used that word before. Neither her or the president or Rahm Emanuel have ever really acknowledged the other murders over the last year. I just found that offensive." "This president and this first lady never talked about guns or gun control or the murders in Chicago all of last year," Walsh said. "Now, because Newtown happened, they have an agenda to push, which is a gun-control agenda, and so they're going to do everything they can to put a spotlight on that. And that's the only reason she and Arne Duncan are coming to Chicago." Read more: dnainfo.com