Obama's "Pet Goat" Moment

[Dr. Strangelove]

We all know how the Bush haters loved to bring up W finishing up with a bunch of elementary school kids after being informed that the 9/11 attacks were occuring. He was in room full of kids and finished up and left quickly without panic. I don't know what they wanted him to do - stand up and scream, "We're all gonna die - duck and cover!"?

Well at least Bush didn't feel the need to do political shout-outs - I guess they didn't want to reload Obama's teleprompter.

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting | NBC Chicago

After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.

But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president

making introductory remarks

. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow -- that Congressional Medal of Honor winner." Three minutes in, the president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms.

[Bob Sakimano]

nice try...

[Seth Galifianakis]

Not particularly good planning, I agree, but I think a single gunman shooting people on an army base is a bit different from the largest terrorist attack in our country's history.

[tuff bob]

I noticed that too, I thought it was odd that you wouldn't immediately go to expressing sympathy for the victims families.

[danb]

Originally Posted by tuff bob

I noticed that too, I thought it was odd that you wouldn't immediately go to expressing sympathy for the victims families.

Pay attention! The shooter is the only victim here. He was harassed because of his radical islamo-fascist views.

[Bob Sakimano]

Originally Posted by tuff bob

I noticed that too, I thought it was odd that you wouldn't immediately go to expressing sympathy for the victims families.

what would you expect from a Kenyan-born muslim who hates America?

[ninowesco]

you people are really sad

it's too bad that the internets give you a venue to spill your filthy hatred into the public

[MichState04]

Originally Posted by Bob Sakimano

what would you expect from a Kenyan-born muslim who hates America?

Bob is a birther?

[Bob Sakimano]

Originally Posted by MichState04

Bob is a birther?

I'm for America and it's tradtional, conservative values.. and I want my country back.

[MichState04]

Originally Posted by Bob Sakimano

I'm for America and it's tradtional, conservative values.. and I want my country back.

Praise Jesus! C'mon, let's go to church!

[Bob Sakimano]

Originally Posted by MichState04

Praise Jesus! C'mon, let's go to church!

let me put on my monochromatic shirt/tie combination and part my hair.

[MichState04]

Originally Posted by Bob Sakimano

let me put on my monochromatic shirt/tie combination and part my hair.

You crack me up.

[Bob Sakimano]

Originally Posted by MichState04

You crack me up.

you're a great American.

[Jacks Smirking Revenge]

Strangelove, you're reaching again. Bush was the worst president in the history of the United States, and 9/11 was his greatest failure. It's not just that he continued reading a children's book as our country was attacked, it's that he paid more attention to that book than to the daily briefing he received on August 6th of that year.

What Obama did was fine; he handled his scheduled commitment but shortened the speech to address the shootings. What's the problem?

[GRR Spartan]

The problem is Obama was elected president and the G-NO-P along with its core voting blocks will not rest until he is out of office.

To equate what happened at Fort Hood to what happened on th morning of 9-11 is infantile.