Obama calls for moment of silence on Monday

[Still a Democrat]

Source: USA Today

President Obama discusses the Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting on Saturday.
CAPTIONBy Evan Vucci, APPresident Obama called for a national moment of silence at 11 a.m. Monday "to honor the innocent victims of the senseless tragedy in Tucson, Ariz., including those still fighting for their lives."

"It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflection, keeping the victims and their families closely at heart," Obama said in a statement a day after the mass shooting that killed six and gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.

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[forty6]

1. I'm not sure Sarah can keep her mouth shut that long! ...I think...

He'd better call for it to happen before she wakes up and tweets!

[DavidDvorkin]

2. I'm experiencing a prolonged moment of

utter hatred for the right wing.

[Blaze Diem]

3. F your moment of silence Obama..followed by ...'back to business as usual'

I want MY President to publicly recognize it for what it is..Murder..Incitment..Hate Speech.
Obama needs to take a fucking stand against what has happened in Arizona and hold those who have incited this behavior. Don't care WHO they are.
Name them Mr. President.
I want to hear my President truly condemn this.
Publicly call it what it is and follow that by legal fuking action..

I want to hear Obama CALL THEM OUT by NAME.
Take this and take a damn stand.

Moments of fucking silence is whats allowed this hate to go on as long as it has.
NO More Moments of Silence please.
You either condone it by doing nothing to stop it, or you condemn it by using your fucking power of the Presidency, and you do something severe & immediate.
Arrest them.. They are a terrorist organization Mr President.

They should be in jail by now. Why hasn't the Homeland Fucking Security been after these people anyway?
Arrest Palin, Beck, Rush, etc. then let them find their own damn way out of the hole they dug for themselves..they have all made millions of dollars by their hate speech..

It is no longer a case of free speech Mr President.
Obama needs to publicly call it what it really is.

[alp227]

5. So? Let's do it in respect for Mrs. Giffords.

You might've done the same OOR the 9/11 victims 9 years ago as I did when I was in grade school. Say whatcha wanna say, but let's take politics out of our moment of respect for a shooting survivor who was elected by her locale. Yes, the police got one of the guys, and the FBI, Homeland Security etc. will do their job when times warrant.

[peace13]

4. I want a national day of *ucking mourning!

Let's get real. This is a wake up call and something needs to change in the media. I hope we can all spare the minute..really ! We have a small office and we had already talked about closing the office, changing the message and letting folks know that we were taking this event seriously. A moment of silence is nothing...just nothing!