Comments on: What’s with the Joking & Shout-Outs, Mr. President? Obama Fails in Leadership with Fort Hood Massacre Address, More on Shooter Hasan (video)

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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:56:54 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:06:52 +0000

I’m not sure what your point is. Forty people were shot, 12 13 have died. Obama screwed up in how he publicly addressed the shooting. Hysterical hyperbole? Where? Point out the “hysterical hyperbole” in my summary. I’m guessing this is yet another lame statist “cut and paste” that you’re putting on conservative blogs without even reading them (which is typical for liberals… reading is SUCH a chore), but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.

This was the worst terrorist massacre of people on US soil since 9/11 – I did not mention Pearl Harbor, and as far as Pearl Harbor goes, that was an aggressive act of war by Japan. FDR and Bush did not spend a few minutes prior to either address to the nation blathering about non-related topics, making jokes or shout-outs. Your comment makes it sound like Obama was justified in joking and making a shout-out because fewer lives were lost than at Pearl or during 9/11?

This bloody attack occurred on a military base, where our soldiers and most Americans, for that matter, rightfully expect a level of security. Not hyperbole, but fact. Forty people being deliberately shot, with 12 13 dying, is beyond calling it a tragedy. The Muslim perpetrator yelling “Allah is great” points it towards an act of terrorism by a Muslim zealot, although investigation is still being conducted. As Commander in Chief, Obama’s address fell painfully short of what is expected of the Commander In Chief. Even if just one person had died at Fort Hood during the massacre, the president’s address should have delivered a certain level of leadership and reassurance – it did not. We did know at the time of the shooting that Hasan was Muslim, nor that he had expressed anti-American sentiments, nor that he had been trying to convert soldiers to Islam while he treated them as a military psychiatrist, nor that he had prepared himself that week to die — and at that time, it was believed that there was still two other shooters not yet apprehended. So a level of concern about safety for the base and the nation should have been better conveyed.

Obama’s address about the senseless killing of the abortionist, Dr. Tiller, was much more passionate, more thoughtful, and better delivered. More time had obviously gone into preparing it as compared to the Fort Hood address. And Obama babbling lightheartedly for nearly two minutes before addressing this massacre was ridiculous and inappropriate for the President of the United States of America. Inappropriate for ANYONE, for that matter.

By: Phojo6

Phojo6 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:36:49 +0000

Indeed this was a tragedy. Committed by one of our own citizens — clearly a mental case who should have been \found out\ long before this.

This incident however, was not Pearl Harbor or 911.

Let’s not let hysterical hyperbole override common sense’.

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By: AFVET

AFVET — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:27 +0000

This “man child” as Rush refers to him has never been anywhere near the military.
His priorities are extremely skewed, re. the refusal to attend Germany’s ceremony of the falling of the Berlin Wall.
He has no idea of the efforts the troops and their families make to keep this Country safe.
He is being steered by his advisers toward THEIR DOMESTIC POLICIES.