Bizarre Attacks On Obama’s Response To Fort Hood Shootings

[babylonsister]

Bizarre Attacks On Obama’s Response To Fort Hood Shootings
November 6, 2009 — Ron Chusid




Lacking much of substance to attack Obama on, opponents have been desperate to grab at anything. Several conservative sites have latched onto this criticism of Obama’s response to yesterday’s tragic shooting at Fort Hood. The article complains about not seeing “a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion.”

One conservative blog even writes, after a ridiculous claim that Obama hates the military and sides with a Jihadist: “That he would call yesterday’s horrific act of violence an ‘outburst of violence’ validates that he deserves no respect. It is times like this that I REALLY miss President Bush.”
:crazy:

Beyond the absurdity of the earlier charges and objection to Obama’s objection to an “outburst of violence,” it is rather inane to use this to bring back the memory of George Bush. As most will recall, upon being informed of the the worst terrorist attack on this country, George Bush continued to read a about a pet goat. He was then virtually absent for a couple of days after a tragedy far more serious than the one yesterday.

Following is Barack Obama’s actual response to the shooting:

This morning, when the President gave his opening remarks at the Tribal Nations Conference, the day looked very different. By 5:02 EST when he was scheduled to give closing remarks, it was clear that all Americans were rightly concerned with the tragedy in Texas, and the President took his time to give his thoughts and prayers:

Now, I have to say, though, that beyond that, I plan to make some broader remarks about the challenges that lay ahead for Native Americans, as well as collaboration with our administration, but as some of you might have heard, there has been a tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. We don’t yet know all the details at this moment; we will share them as we get them. What we do know is that a number of American soldiers have been killed, and even more have been wounded in a horrific outburst of violence.

My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and with the families of the fallen, and with those who live and serve at Fort Hood. These are men and women who have made the selfless and courageous decision to risk and at times give their lives to protect the rest of us on a daily basis. It’s difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas. It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on American soil.

I’ve spoken to Secretary Gates and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, and I will continue to receive a constant stream of updates as new information comes in. We are working with the Pentagon, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security, all to ensure that Fort Hood is secure, and we will continue to support the community with the full resources of the federal government.

In the meantime, I would ask all Americans to keep the men and women of Fort Hood in your thoughts and prayers. We will make sure that we get answers to every single question about this horrible incident. And I want all of you to know that as Commander-in-Chief, there’s 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 and that their safety and security when they are at home is provided for.

So we are going to stay on this. But I hope in the meantime that all of you recognize the scope of this tragedy, and keep everybody in their thoughts and prayers.

It sure sounds like Obama changed his planned statements to provide “reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion” in response to the immediate situation. That is far more than what George Bush did after 9/11.

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[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. Sad to say

Many of their readers (and/or listeners) agree with this type of crap:silly:

[sellitman]

2. You know it comes from the bottom of his heart too.

Our President is at least sincere.

Never in 8 years did I feel that with the Impostor President.

[jbnow]

11. That is so much in the eye of the beholder. When Clinton was president

my half-sister was here and saw him make a comment about the death of Princess Di. She hissed like a witch as she said he was so revolting, he never meant anything he said. That he didn't care if she was dead.

It was just weird. But even stranger she brought it up again years later...after watching bush comment about something (I forget). She said you can tell he means what he says, not like Clinton and she brought up the insincerity of his emotion when Princess Di died.

I'm sure if she even watches Obama she thinks he is a big fraud too.

btw I only started calling her my half sister after she became this strange religious right winger who spewed venom. Before that I just called her my sister, but now it's an honor that there at least is a parent we don't share)

[TwilightGardener]

3. There's always an attempt by RW nuts and Freepers to drive a wedge

between the military and any Democratic administration. Just more of the same.

[KansDem]

4. Here's a despicable photo of Obama doing his "Nope, no Fort Hood shooter under here" schtick...

:sarcasm:

[MadMaddie]

5. All they are doing is driving away the last sane Republicans from the

their party. Rush, Steele, Beck, Bachman and others have brought the party to it's knees and to irrelevency. The history books will remember these responses by the Repugs to national tradgedies.

[Kdillard]

6. Bizarre doesn't even begin to describe it. Self serving, pathetic, insane

And predictable. Too bad for the people hoping for a My Pet Goat that the President has handled a terrible situation well without panicking people.

[CJCRANE]

7. It's criticism for the sake of criticism.

It doesn't actually mean anything.

“That he would call yesterday’s horrific act of violence an ‘outburst of violence’ validates that he deserves no respect."

Obama's actual words were "a horrific outburst of violence".

So what's the difference between a "horrific act of violence" and a "horrific outburst of violence"?

:shrug:

There is no difference. The criticism signifies nothing.

[marshall]

8. The problem wasn't Obama's response, it was the way the event had been hyped all afternoon

It was touted as the first official response to the tragedy from the White House. The talking heads made everyone think the speech was solely about Ft. Hood. It was obvious when the President started talking that there was something wrong with the information machine.

[impik]

9. As Hillary said:

If Obama could walk on water - They'd say he couldn't swim.

Losers.

[KT2000]

10. Hate as guiding force

these people would not know what to do with themselves if they were instructed by their overlords to refrain from a day o their hatered.
They are set up to react to everything as the object of their hatred for Obama.
I think we have a true robot army at work here.

[AspenRose]

12. Their argument boils down to: "But they do it too!"

e.g.: "Liberals had Hitler posters of Bush! They did it too!"

This is a pitiful false equivalent. And they'll exaggerate, obfuscate and pull stuff out of their ass before they will ever tell the truth about anything.

[tularetom]

13. Heard on the radio this morning people bitching that he didn't mention it first

that he waited until after his opening remarks before bringing up the shootings. And that when he did bring it up he didn't sound sympathetic or sad enough. And I thought to myself WTF do these assholes want - if he showed some emotion they would accuse him of being "soft" and "effeminate".

I guess what they wanted him to do was sit there for ten minutes like a steaming turd with a book about My Pet Goat in his hand and a stupid expression on his face and then go run and hide like a little wuss.

[rudy23]

14. Just post this for the freepers

[davidpdx]

15. Hurricane Katrina

Bush and McCain sat on their asses.

[SKKY]

16. I have no idea what that conservative blogger is saying...

“That he would call yesterday’s horrific act of violence an ‘outburst of violence’ validates that he deserves no respect. It is times like this that I REALLY miss President Bush.”


:wtf: does that even mean? It's like they some republican computer programmer wrote a program that, when someone inputs 3 or 4 words, spits out a complaint against Obama. The above statement makes no sense, on any level.