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President Obama Flies Over Colorado Speaks at Hospital without Prepared Text, Visits Victims and Families
Conservatives are in a rage this morning that the White House released a photo of President Obama visiting with heroine Stephanie Davies and shooting victim Allie Young at the University of Colorado Hospital.
Although the media was barred from the visit, this morning the White House released one photo, in order to inspire Americans. After all, 21-year-old Stephanie saved her friend Allies life. A grieving nation needs to hear about brave acts like Stephanies; it reminds us of what is best in us as we struggle to make sense with the monsters among us.
Naturally, this means the President is being tacky and politicizing a tragedy, also known as actually showing up (instead of peering out of the window of Air Force One like conservatives favored leader, President Bush).
The President spoke at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado last night, after visiting victims and their families without media. Watch here:
http://www.politicususa.com/conservatives-outraged-obama-releasing-photo-private-visit-aurora-victims.html
Berlum
(7,044 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)towerhill66
Just a littl etacky to release a picture
.can he do anything without a political side to it! PHONY!!!!
kit9
Its clearly a photo op for the president and its tacky to release this photo literally days after the tragedy. Have some class, do it later.
astal
Extra Tacky.
Not a much higher setting of the bar for Obama.
TateAshton
Obama seems to show up around a lot of tragedies. More so than any President in my lifetime. It all started with His Royal Highness having a beer with a couple of guys in Boston.
Yes, tacky tacky tacky.
Me me me me.
astal
President probably worked a Fund Raiser or two in
on the way back.
misterjones454
and on the way. hell he prolly had one at the hospital! Lol
Effector
Whats the purpose of releasing pics of the victims?
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)the complaining repubs as un-American. I would also believe that the surviving victims need to know the nation has learned of the President's visit to hear their story and for him to give them their countrymen's support. This is clumsily worded but you ca get the gist.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)They're building their vocabulary so they won't be so easy to spot.
LOL!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)"The sky is blue"
"A rhinoceros is heavy"
"water is wet"
"kittens are fluffy"
"The newsday is slow"
GoCubsGo
(32,089 posts)It's their default mode.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Yet when they had the big show it was non stop 9/11. Oh please get over it. I wish they would stop the whining. God they come off as babies.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)and looking like he'd rather eat whatever was on one of those reality shows where you eat a calf's eyeball or something ...
but that wasn't a "photo-op", right? And that giant plastic turkey wasn't a photo-op, either, right?
Or all those pictures in front of the military ordered to be there, right?
How about that jogging bit with the personnel who had his legs amputated? Or the one "saluting" the military person in the hospital ...
Damn f*cking cheesy of them to call this only a "photo-op" ...
Of course, if he hadn't released a photo, they'd be saying he didn't care, and that there was no proof of him ever being there.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Dumbass visited wounded vet for a photo op, soldier has injury to shoulder and fuckwit holds the salute like it is a contest. The colossal asshole apparently didn't have the situational awareness to know he was supposed to break the salute, kept the soldier in pain...
intheflow
(28,501 posts)"Where's his birth certificate? Where are his transcripts?" Yet they bought that plastic turkey hook, line and sinker.
sarisataka
(18,770 posts)romney should have been able to do it first
liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)Trying to make it a bush type fly-by
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)rocktivity
spanone
(135,874 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)edbermac
(15,947 posts)Conservatives Outraged Over Obama
And they always will be as long as he's in office.
yellerpup
(12,254 posts)They can't stand it that he is defining Presidential behavior at its best.
BumRushDaShow
(129,450 posts)Some more - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9232927/ns/us_news-katrina_the_long_road_back/t/bush-struggles-find-right-tone-disaster/
That's right. He's persona non grata, eh?
malaise
(269,157 posts)Good spot
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)If I recall correctly, those folks in the photo that Dubya is consoling were later learned to be plants by the Bush advance team. They were instructed to play-act like they were Katrina victims (they weren't) and like they were so pleased to see him (only because they were getting paid to).
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)And every single freakin' ad that he and Ghouliani did for the 2004 election that featured the twin towers. End of Story.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)Here's one:
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)and he can't find a fitted suit.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)BUT OMG TAKING PICTURES WITH THE SURVIVORS???? OUTRAGEOUS!!!!
Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)Shooting people is cool. Feeling bad about it isn't.
NBachers
(17,136 posts)As their level of outrage rises, it goes into a feedback loop that feeds more and more outrage until they spontaneously burst into searing flame and disintegrate into ashes and vapor.
Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)and I am still vertically challenged.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)he`s the most "human" president i`ve ever seen in my 65 yrs.
as for the rethugs.. they can go f themselves
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)tonybgood
(218 posts)2Design
(9,099 posts)RedStateLiberal
(1,374 posts)There, someone had to say it.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)klook
(12,165 posts)Especially when nobody can remember Romney being one.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)The OP says:
President Obama Flies Over Colorado Speaks at Hospital without Prepared Text, Visits Victims and Families
BUT it is supposed to say:
President Obama
If you look at the article on the link the words 'Flies Over Colorado' are CROSSED OUT.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)dickheads
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)stiff Mitt hugging a victim? I can't see it happening.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)"That BASTARD!"
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)While they lauded every single time Bush showed up in any sort of tragedy which earned him the moniker of Photo-Op President.
I could care less what they think in this matter.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)Bush welcomes Katrina victim TO WHITE HOUSE on one year anniversary of disaster!
http://unconfirmedsources.com/?itemid=1876&skinid=14