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Obama announced he would hold a national moment of silence (held this am) to honor the victims of the Tucson murders on Saturday. Why now? Why did he not call for a national moment of silence for the thirteen victims of the Islamic jihaddist at the Fort Hood mass murder?
What is the criteria for a national moment of silence for our current POTUS? Is it only those incidents from which he can profit politically? Is this politicalization on Obama's part anything more than an attempt to garner support for the upcoming gun control legislation? Why else now and not before?
I'm no fan of Obama, but I thought this was handled well. It was very respectful, no unnecessary words. Just a quiet moment to pray or think of the victims.
Obama announced he would hold a national moment of silence (held this am) to honor the victims of the Tucson murders on Saturday. Why now? Why did he not call for a national moment of silence for the thirteen victims of the Islamic jihaddist at the Fort Hood mass murder?
What is the criteria for a national moment of silence for our current POTUS? Is it only those incidents from which he can profit politically? Is this politicalization on Obama's part anything more than an attempt to garner support for the upcoming gun control legislation? Why else now and not before?
I'm no fan of Obama, but I thought this was handled well. It was very respectful, no unnecessary words. Just a quiet moment to pray or think of the victims.
But why not for the victims at Fort Hood? Why now and not then?
Both were incidents of mass murder by a man with a gun shooting indiscriminately at innocent people. Please answer the question.
Obama announced he would hold a national moment of silence (held this am) to honor the victims of the Tucson murders on Saturday. Why now? Why did he not call for a national moment of silence for the thirteen victims of the Islamic jihaddist at the Fort Hood mass murder?
What is the criteria for a national moment of silence for our current POTUS? Is it only those incidents from which he can profit politically? Is this politicalization on Obama's part anything more than an attempt to garner support for the upcoming gun control legislation? Why else now and not before?
Because a member of Congress was critically wounded, a Federal Judge was killed, along with 5 other people.
You should know with the present political make-up any form of gun control would be dead on arrival, where do you get "upcoming gun control legislation"??
You find a national moment of silence "politically polarizing?"
You have some very strange ideas.
Where did I use the word polarizing?
I questioned whether it was politically opportunism given the fact that Obama called for no such national moment of silence following the other mass murder on US soil which has occurred since he has been in the Oval Office. Ft. Hood had more victims. So why now and not then? Please answer the question.
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