Photo of the President and the First Lady Arriving at the memorial service for the 6 people murdered on Saturday. T-shirts placed over each chair at today's "Together We Thrive" memorial service. Can't we just mourn the deceased without making it a campaign/marketing event?
Just watched the part where the President spoke. What the hell is everybody cheering about? Was this a campaign event, or a memorial service? Very odd...
Free T-shirts! That's fairly disgusting. What is wrong with people? Tell me they didn't do "The Wave".
The part where the cameras caught Obama smiling and laughing were just plain weird, and frankly, chilling. Can't wait to see those videos tomorrow, if the pool allows them to be released. What is wrong with this guy?
I have to post this again, because I simply can't believe it, but T-Shirts with the "Together We Thrive" theme of the President's speech tonight at a memorial service were literally given away to those in attendance. I'm flabbergasted. I've never seen or heard of anything like it in my lifetime in terms of the President giving what should be a somber and measured speech. Instead, "Hope and Change" has been replaced with "Together We Thrive". I guess this was Obama's 2012 campaign kick-off speech? Liberals, help me out here. What the hell was that tonight?
It was nice to hear Jan Brewer mention the victims of this heinous attack. It only took 40 minutes into the show...
The highlights I just saw people were cheering and the President was smiling when he was talking about some of the heroes from that terrible day and telling everyone the latest medical update on Gifford. Didn't see anything about the t-shirts but someone how I doubt it was the President's idea to have t-shirts.
6 people died. "Gifford" (it's actually Giffords, not that anybody cares) is holding on with a tube down her throat. Exactly who were the heroes? The sheriff who had no deputies within 20 minutes of a public event involving their US Rep.? This was a pep rally, and it was disgusting.
Giffords' college intern that held her and tried to stop the bleeding and the woman who jumped on the gunman and prevented him from reloading the gun are heroes.
Oh my god. Someone got a free t-shirt and you didn't. Guess you'd feel better if they set up a concession stand and sold t-shirts? I've been to memorial services where they literally gave away alcohol! That's right, an open bar, at a memorial service. Shocking, it was. I had to test it several times to be sure they were really doing that. It's flabbergasting, how a president could use a theme of togetherness at a time like this. What he should have been saying is "Get your guns, it's every man for himself now!" Don't know, didn't watch it. But I don't have any doubts that your description is off by a million miles. Try taking off the shit-colored glasses, maybe things will look a little better. barfo
Thanks for giving me the liberal perspective, as I did ask for it earlier in the thread. It's about what I expected.
Wow, that's a really enlightening story and gives us all hope and belief... except ... Uh oh! http://sonoranchronicle.com/2011/01/09/giffords-survives-the-night-can-open-eyes/ http://sonoranchronicle.com/2011/01/09/giffords-survives-the-night-can-open-eyes/img_0350/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010911_giffords_condition
I'm still wondering how our President took credit in his speech for something that happened on Sunday. Perhaps the most narcissistic moment I've ever seen/heard, in any setting.
I thought the entire service was a bit uncomfortable. The participants were trying to treat it as a memorial while the students and others in the audience tried to treat it as a pep rally. It could have easily become another Paul Wellstone Memorial and President Obama I thought did a decent job steering it away from that kind of event.
Lies and T-Shirts I'm simply amazed that he tried to take credit for something that happened on Sunday, and he didn't even credit the medical staff. Either that, or the doctor who addressed the media is a liar... [video=youtube;R165tiBvbAk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R165tiBvbAk[/video]
DNC talking points are now circulating about the "opened her eyes for the first time" lie. It was a metaphor; the President wasn't being literal. Uh, OK. Perhaps his speechwriters should do a simple Google search before feeding their puppet such an obvious lie.
Tacky partisan hacks don't care about T-shirts at a "Memorial Service". All they were missing is the voice-over guy from ESPN to introduce the show. "Together We Thrive ... brought to you byyyyyyyyy Hope and Change...."
