POTUS calls national moment of silence: political opportunism?

[NomadScribe]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

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?

Pres. Obama Calls for National Moment of Silence - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

To quote the OP above....


Just one more time to remind us of why we all responded here.

The OP has been asked, numerous times, if they paid heed to the moments of silence for the Fort Hood victims.

From what I can tell in the threads, the OP could not bother to respond to that question. In fact, the question was posed SEVERAL times and the OP did not respond.

One of the original complaints of the OP was that there was no "moment of silence" for the Fort Hood victims. When posters started to share evidence of the "moment" the OP was nowhere to be found.

Funny.

Not really.

Let this be a lesson to all. Spend all your time complaining - and you really miss out on genuine events.

[Who?Me?!]

Originally Posted by NomadScribe

To quote the OP above....


Just one more time to remind us of why we all responded here.

The OP has been asked, numerous times, if they paid heed to the moments of silence for the Fort Hood victims.

From what I can tell in the threads, the OP could not bother to respond to that question. In fact, the question was posed SEVERAL times and the OP did not respond.

One of the original complaints of the OP was that there was no "moment of silence" for the Fort Hood victims. When posters started to share evidence of the "moment" the OP was nowhere to be found.

Funny.

Not really.

Let this be a lesson to all. Spend all your time complaining - and you really miss out on genuine events.

I think the hate just came rushing out, the desperate searching for ANYthing to bash Obama with....not just the OP but others who thought Obama was so evil because the ceremony was TELEVISED!!!!


The hypocrisy of the thread title was beyond belief....

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

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?

Good god. I can't believe you're complaining about this.

[JazzyTallGuy]

Originally Posted by natalayjones

It's kind of sick that people are trying to use the loss of lives to take illogical jabs at the POTUS; and that goes for any POTUS so please don't come back with "I bet you didn't say that when ____"

It's a perfect example of a person's thinking based on hatred, ignorance and bigotry being so strong it overwhelms their intelligence, decency and common sense.