By Alain
Remember how the left wing attacked George Bush as he sat silently figuring out how to deal with the 9/11 attacks during an elementary school reading?
Despite the fact his staff was working feverishly to get AF1 ready, and he was attempting not to concern the children, and he was attacked.
Well, check out the attached video of Barack Obama giving "shout out"s at the entry of his response statement to the horrific shooting by an Islamic member of our armed forces at Fort Hood today. Remember, this is a presidential address to the nation on a horrific tragedy.
Watch it, and remember the merciless attacks upon Bush.
I am not going to attack Obama for giving a "shout out" to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner, even though it looks really inappropriate to be praising people and chumming it up as you lead into a statement on the murder of a dozen US soldiers and the injury of many more.
He probably did not know how to deal with it. Imagine how much worse if it had been 4 commercial airliners and 3000 civilians?
We are all sad and feeling pain over the murders at Ft Hood. But I am absolutely disgraced by my so called commander and chief.
I was glued to the news channels watching it unfold. I was feeling the fear and pain, like most other Americans.
When Obama came on to address the nation about this horrific occurrence, his nonchalant attitude made me so livid I nearly through my beverage glass at the television.
This is the man, whom I am to trust with protecting my family.
Please watch and decide for yourself. He has to make shout outs, act in a jovial mood, before he addresses the serious issue at hand. He thanked so many people, sent out shout-outs, he sounded more like he was getting an AWARD!
TRANSCRIPT: SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
[*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing just an extraordinary conference.
I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow (ph) was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It's good to see you.
(APPLAUSE)
My understanding is is that you had an extremely productive conference. I want to thank all of you for coming and for your efforts, and I want to give you my solemn guarantee that this is not the end of a process, but the beginning of a process and that we are going to follow up.
(APPLAUSE)
We are going to follow up. Every single member of my team understands that this is a top priority for us. I want you to know that, as I said this morning, this -- this is not something that we just give lip service to. And we are going to keep on working with you to make sure that the first Americans (ph) get the best possible chances in life in a way that's consistent with your extraordinary traditions and culture and values.
Now, I have to say, though, that beyond that, I had planned to make some broader remarks about the challenges that lay ahead for Native Americans as well as collaboration with our administration.
But as some of you might have heard, there has been a tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. We don't yet know all the details at this moment. We will share them as we get them.
What we do know is that a number of American soldiers have been killed, and even more have been wounded in a horrific outburst of violence.
My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and with the families of the fallen and with those who live and serve at Fort Hood.
These are men and women who have made the selfless and courageous decision to risk and at times give their lives to protect the rest of us on a daily basis.
It's difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas.
It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on American soil.
I've spoken to Secretary Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, and I will continue to receive a constant stream of updates as new information comes in.
We are working with the Pentagon, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, all to ensure that Fort Hood is secure and we will continue to support the community with the full resources of the federal government. In the meantime, I would ask all Americans to keep the men and women of Fort Hood in your thoughts and prayers. We will make sure that we get answers to every single question about this horrible incident, and I want all of you to know that as commander-in-chief, there's no greater honor, but also no greater responsibility for me than to make sure that the extraordinary men and women in uniform are properly cared for an that their safety and security when they are at home is provided for.
So we are going to stay on this, but I hope in the meantime that all of you recognize the scope of this tragedy and keep everybody in their thoughts and prayers. Again, thank you for your participation here today. I am confident that this is going to be resulting in terrific work between this government and your governments in the weeks, the months and years to come.
God bless you and God bless the United States of America.
Thank you.
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