Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Oh. Come. ON!
taking advantage of a crisis
Doing this:
OR *clicky*clicky*
About this:
President Obama on Wednesday will assume the delicate role of comforting a nation still in shock in the aftermath of the Arizona shootings while also transcending the tragedy to move a grieving nation forward.
..."This is Obama’s Challenger-Oklahoma City moment,” presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said.
..."We want him to be our empathizer-in-chief. He’s our representative at the memorial service for how we collectively feel. And that’s what powerful rhetoric from presidents can do.”
..."If [Obama] can get anywhere near the perfect tone touched after Oklahoma City, the country will be deeply grateful to him,"
Beyond distasteful.
"It should not have the feel of politics to it at all, but there is no question that these are political moments,” [Jeff Shesol, a Clinton speech writer, said]
*running cupcakes*
"I think it’s going to be important, I think, for the country as a whole, as well as the people of Arizona, to feel as if we are speaking directly to our sense of loss,” the president said on Monday at the White House,
“We” ?
There’s a time and a place for everything. The president, I hope, will say that violent words have no place in our society. The funeral is not necessarily the place to say it,” [said Michael Waldman, chief speechwriter for President Bill Clinton]
..."There are always tragedies but where progress has come from the tragedies is when we don’t just bemoan what’s happened but point forward and toning down the language, toning down the violent rhetoric in politics, that’s a good place to start,"
Based on N.O.T.H.I.N.G.
"President Obama doesn’t want to isolate Arizona from the rest of the country as if there are 49 states and this is the loser state,” [Historian Douglas Brinkley] told ABC News. “He needs to tell people of Arizona thank you for caring, thank you for your love. It makes the people of Tucson feel special."
*stampeding cupcakes*
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