Obama Speaks at Memorial for Tucson Shooting Victims
- Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:07pm by
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A transcript of President Obama’s prepared remarks for the Tucson memorial service available here.
Update: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ office released the following statement Wednesday evening:
“The outpouring of support from the people of Arizona and Americans across the country has been truly moving. We appreciate everyone’s thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. The resolution before the House today was a further reflection of the best of America — one after another, Members came to the floor, without party labels, in support of those impacted by this tragedy. They honored the fallen, those recovering, and the heroes who responded quickly to save lives.
“The efforts of the Congresswoman’s colleagues have not stopped there — starting with Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi, staff and Members from both sides of the aisle have reached out in words and deeds to help our office in our time of need. Even during the darkest times, our nation’s capacity for kindness and fellowship reminds us of the best in people. To everyone who has expressed well wishes, we offer our most heartfelt thanks.”
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Tarheel Country
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:32pmI was just saying to my boyfriend that this is supposed to be a memorial service. This looks like a campaign rally or something. Funny, I thought a memorial service would have a more somber tone. Guess Im living in the past.
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:36pmWow, what an amazing ceremony.
And just like that, Sarah who?
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:45pmEveryone that watched wondered what the heck we were seeing.
Report Post »Cat-calls? Cheering? Campaign style clapping?
This was supposed to be a memorial for the dead, that what memorials are…for the dead.
WhiteTeaParty
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:08amWhat a wonderful ceremony. The city of Tucson dictated the ceremony, it is not for us to judge what kind of ceremony or memorial it was suppose to be.
Just reading some of the post already I love the fact that the Mexican Americans speaking tonight is driving you racist Tea Partiers crazy.
Daniel Rodriguez spoke so eloquently, Sarah Palin should take lessons but she’s so stupid the thinks this tragedy is all about her.
Report Post »0bamanation
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:31pmso far, almost all of this is politics! and i do not appreciate it at a memorial!
Report Post »rojotx
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:30pmcan anyone say “Wellstone memorial”! nuttin’ but a rally!
Report Post »Vince Foster
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:30pm.
Sick and disgusting! A memorial service and everyone is cheering for 0bama?
Feel sorry for the victim families to be used in this manner.
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How sad.
glennbeckisstooopid
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 10:19amIf you actually watched, you would see they were cheering the fact that Rep Gifford opened her eyes for the first time since the tragedy. Maybe it’s about time you did also. They were also celebrating the unarmed heros who stepped up despite the danger. Thousands of people showed up so I think they were O.K. with the service. I didn’t see people leave in “disgust”. People mourn differently. To criticise how people react to tragedy is what’s disgusting.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:30pmyeah, this is just one huge democrat rally. but hey, what can we expect, it was all innocent democrats standing there getting slain by a leftwing mental case .. had it been Republicans slain, there would not be anything on this grand scale. seeing Gov. Brewer there was surreal.
Report Post »TX Progressive
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:38pmyes with biblical readings, Brewer speaking, just like a Progressive rally
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:36pmOkay TX,
If it was a Republican shot in the head, innocents killed at a Republican political outreach event…
How would YOU set up the memorial service? Would you even have a memorial service? Would you claim that it was right-wing hate speech that incited the tragedy?
I am completely serious. Don’t claim to be above partisanship when you are not.
Report Post »Are some people in here partisan? Yes. Are some people in here truly offended or dismayed regarding a “memorial service” that has cheering and clapping and the trimmings of an event not conducive to a “memorial” service? Absolutely.
Restored One
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:29pmSo far, 27 minutes in, I AM APPALLED, DISGUSTED with this so called memorial. It is like a friggin graduation ceremony. What is with all of the cheering. I just can’t believe what I am seeing.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:29pmMy God, the community here on the Blaze is nothing but a bunch of petty partisans, who can not see what’s before them except through the tainted glasses Beck stampled to your faces.
A NAtive American has every right to offer a blessing, my god, the man had a son fighting in Afghanistan and yet you people still see him only as what his ancestors where.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:34pmOf course you just do not get it. We understand that. Why don’t you just scurry on back to huffpo or wherever you came from.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:36pmBTW, you capitalized “Native American” but you failed to capitalize “God.” You do not have a God…That is why you do not understand.
Report Post »TX Progressive
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:37pmgood one, agree completely
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:42pm@trolltrainer
What I don’t get is how cold and heartless Beck fans are. What I don’t get, get even at a memorial Beck fan’s bicker over what the First Lady is wearing or who is giving an invocation. What I don’t get is where is the humanity of the Beck fan.
You and your kind are nothing more than petty creatures, forever critical of those you do not agree with, demonize those that hold a different opinion and finally close your mind and heart to world beyond your paranoid beliefs. This is Beck greatest sin, every creature like you that he created.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:48pmer…right…so what are you doing here? Trolling? Hmmm….
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:50pm“…you people still see him only as what his ancestors where”
No, what his ancestors “where” has nothing to do with it, nobody has a problem with his race, they have a problem with him delivering a Native American (pagan) blessing at a memorial service for people not a one of whom practiced his religion.
Pay attention, will you?
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:58pm“What I don’t get is how cold and heartless Beck fans are.”
Typical left-wing ad hominem, and a very ballsy one at that, given that your people (with the exception of the Pres., good for him) have done nothing but try to score political points over this.
Nit-picking over the First Lady’s attire may not be in good taste at this moment, but she does have an image to uphold, and if she is failing at that, then critcism is warranted.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:58pm@komponist-ZAH
Typical of a closed minded Christian, what is a Pagan, just another religous person who has another name for the sky god. You follow and are entranced by Beck, yet he is not a christian, he’s a Mormon with beliefs, world apart from christian beliefs.
Just another petty creature, unable to deal with the facts of the world as it is and must retreat into a paranoid world that others created for him.
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:06pmAgain with the ad hominems.
The voices in my head are telling me to ignore you, or else “they” will come and take me away ha ha.
Bigot.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:46pmthe Native American stressed he was a mexican first, which was bizarre as hell considertng he said he is 5th generation HERE. then came the huge smile from obama at the kids cheered at the intimated swipes at the AZ Immigration Law. no doubt we just witnessed the inappropriate start of the 2012 campaign ….as well as Amnesty for Illegals
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:09pma Native American Medicine Man was at the 8/28 rally…..do you guys feel better now ?
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:27pmYou see everything through the blurred lenses of your lib glasses!
Nobody has a problem with the Native American or his religion… the problem is the insertion of the individual into the event.
It would be the same poor taste and lack of class.. if lets saaaayyy…. a mosque got shot up, and for the memorial service we had a Catholic priest, or better yet a Pentecostal Pastor open the memorial service with a blessing because “This is America, and Christianity was here on American soil before Islam was..
But see you wont get that, because you do not understand or possess common sense.
Report Post »LizB
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 6:55amI thought the Native American blessing was just fine. It was a way to include the heritage of Arizona and pay tribute to the souls, which have passed, and the souls, which are healing.
Report Post »The crowd, yes, they were a bit over the top, but it was a college crowd at a university, and so be it. Perhaps it was their way of healing. After all, after a funeral there is always food, kind words and laughter with the sadness.
And, I will give credit where credit is due … President Obama spoke well tonight and was wise in his choice of words. I agree wholeheartedly and was already thinking that we should live up to what the wide and loving eyes of Christina saw in her Country and her future.
God gave her to not only her parents on Sept. 11, 2001, but he gave her to our Country. She was our shining light on such a sad day, we just didn’t see it yet. Perhaps God took her back to his side on Saturday to remind us of this wonderful gift that we have here in our Country and on earth … freedom, liberty, and love. Let’s not waste it on bickering, let us move past this time and into a greater time … if not for anything else than for our children and for Christina’s memory.
CarolinaGirl
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 10:28amHey ENCINOM, please learn how to spell and write your remarks correctly. You have too many grammatical errors. Better yet, leave this site. And by the way, Beck fans are very compassionate people. What happened at this so-called ‘memorial’ was a travesty in that it came across as a pep rally.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:21am@CarolinaGirl
Beck fans are barely evolved humans. Beck fans are petty trolls that blindly follow their master’s lies. Reading the comments here it is clear that Beck fans only show compassion when they are ordered to by their master. Beck fans are ignorant of the world around them, retreating to their God and Guns for comfort.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:36pmENCINOMOM, actually, if they BLINDLY followed they would be touting this: “…This is probably the best speech he has ever given, and with all sincerity, thank you, Mr. President, for becoming the president of the United States of America last night. It was needed, and you accomplished the job, and you did it expertly. Thank you, Mr. President…” (link is above) We need to hear from the families before passing judgment on the memorial, I’ll listen to THEM. It appeared to me to be at least in part a celebration of the heroes, the first responders…
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 10:29pmOK ENCINOMOM, I read through the next MANY pages….yep, blindly follow… ;)
Report Post »Vince Foster
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:28pmWhat a Freak Show Funeral.
The Voodoo Witch Doctor Opening Act Followed by the Disgusting Cheering Crowd of Fanatical Liberal Nutjobs.
How sad for the Victim Families to to be exploited by the Liberals…again
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:24pmThis wasn’t the funeral. The funerals are today forward.
Report Post »Texas woman56
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:28pmEvery memorial I have ever seen or att. has prayers and nice words for the lost. This can not be happening. It is all about Tucson and how wonderful and great it is. I am sure lots of people will want to move there. Why are these people cheering? I can see a small clapping, this is not respective of the dead and injured. I feel so bad about this.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:27pmwow, sure feels like one big democrat rally.
Report Post »NE Cowboy
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:40amI CAN’T believe Obama turned this memorial service into a friggin re-election speach!! Are you kidding me???????
Report Post »MyCommonSense
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:26pmWait, I think I get it. Could they be purposely trying to enrage us? These people are really evil man.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:24pmObama says “Let me make this clear, I will not call out the left. May the FCC surpass my wildest dreams!”
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:43pmSomeone wake up Mrs O
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:45pmWho let the Dawg Out?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:47pmIf twinkle toes was there he would of made certain Obama’s tie was straight.
Report Post »Tulsatime
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:23pmAm already confused. This is a great pep rally! Ithought this was supposed to be a memorial..
Report Post »CarolinaGirl
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:23pmI can’t believe Michelle Obama is wearing what she is wearing! She really should have dressed up more for this memorial service. It‘s not like she can’t afford to…..my goodness! She’s the First Lady of the United States! What a total lack of taste!
Report Post »TX Progressive
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:42pmNice addition to the commentary, being critical of her clothes…good one
Report Post »ANewActivist
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:59pmHer attire was the first thing I noticed. A wee bit casual perhaps?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:19pm…because really, out of this whole thing, that is what matters…
Report Post »MyCommonSense
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:22pm..I just can’t watch anymore…this is truely embarrasing…
Report Post »TX Progressive
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:30pmso is not being able to spell truly
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:34pmI Agree Maybe thats how they do it in Arizona Just kindda disturbing hearing the hootin an hollerin With familes of the dead greiving and others praying for the wounded Very hard to “GET” the message
Report Post »coloradolife
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:53pmlol, txprog
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:07ami turned and watched iron man again 2 minitues after the indian started his thing…..
Report Post »MyCommonSense
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:20pm…and then everyone is cheering this solemn event like it’s a sporting arena! …America has lost it’s manners totally…so sad.
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:01pmI thought the same exact thing! This was a memorial service and the audience was cheering and giving standing ovations like they were at an awards dinner or an acceptance speech or something. The tenor was way off!
Doesn’t matter how we argue the merits of anything; these victims were made into political pawns.
Report Post »Slobaphobe
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 6:03pmBeen to a university graduation lately? Right after the prayer for social justice the air horns start in the audience.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:45pmThe cheering was arranged and came from the University, tee-shirt clad, students grooped together as a CHEERING SECTION for the Progressives. Did you note the cheers for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano? Where did THAT come from? From the CHEERING SECTION; ordinary citizens KNOW exactly how to act at a Memorial Service: respective, quiet, and not trying to make themselves notiticed like that stupid sheriff and Rep. Clyburn. This was NOT a Memorial Service. It was a PEP RALLY, the first of many for Obama’s run for re-election. GOD HELP US. There is NO RESPECT FOR THE DEAD when it comes to Politics. Did you notice that when Obama mentioned “scriptures” he did NOT say “the HOLY BIBLE”?
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:20pmYep, I am already pissed. First, the opening music was totally inappropriate, then we had a half hour “blessing” from a Native American. Were any of the victims Native American? I know there were a couple Jews. No prayer to Jehovah God? Oh well…Never mind that…Then we have the president of the college giving an advertisement for his great University…
I should have expected as much. I hope Obama does not put his foot in his mouth. I have hope…I do…I want him to speak well…
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:32pmThat was classical music the preferred music of 9yr olds or the elite blue bloods .i hope his teleprompter works.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:19pmDid anyone else notice the sheriff Dumpnickers posing for pics ?
Report Post »He wasn’t working or supervising hisdeputies.
H is a VIP in the auduence …shameless tool
spirited
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:30pmNo.
>But, did notice the good heriff sat quite near Conressman James Clyburn.
Report Post »MyCommonSense
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:17pmWho the hell had the idea to open this memorial with a Pagan blessing rather than a Christian one???? I’m not believing my eyes!!!
The message is that America is Pagan – not Christian!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:22pmWatch it buddy, that might be “hate speech”! (GROAN)
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:24pmMy first response was why not a voodoo witch doctor?
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:43pmprobably went with this guy because he‘s 5th gen here but he sure is proud he’s really a mexican. not doubt there are plenty of good 100% Native Americans who know ACTUAL prayers and blessings but they were too busy or the wrong pol party to be invited to speak. .
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:17pmwonder when obama learned the lyrics to the National Anthem.
TX Progressive
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:24pmidiot
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:28pmA Texas progressive? How is it you haven’t been lynched? I hear Texas is just full of violent tea party nuts…
Report Post »TX Progressive
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:32pmI just keep my head down…plus righties aren’t the only ones that can protect themselves :)
Report Post »c10win
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:19pmYeah, TP… At a rally of liberals, a crazed gunman fired off 31 rounds before being disarmed by a 61 year old woman. Must not have been any virile men like yourself in attendance. I’ve yet to see a progressive…. well you know what I mean ;)
Report Post »c10win
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:19pmYeah, TP… At a rally of liberals, a crazed gunman fired off 31 rounds before being disarmed by a 61 year old woman. Must not have been any virile men like yourself in attendance. I’ve yet to see a progressive…. well you know what I mean ;)
Report Post »Texas woman56
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:17pmThis is horrible. This is not a memorial service. Do they think loved ones are getting peace from this?
Report Post »GEW
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:17pmThey the Dem’s used them. I am so sorry for the families and loved ones of the injured and deceased. I am embarrassed for our young people that they behaved so badly, I don’t care if their man was in town, this was not a pep rally. You have no manners, and your parents ought to be embarrassed by your show of disrespect and lack of any since of dignity.
Report Post »SGTruth
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:17pmIt’s all the cheering and whooping that seems out of place to me. The opening speech by the Native American was confusing to me as far as relevancy, but the atmosphere is what seems the most inappropriate. “A time of disunity?” Aren’t we all united in our sadness over this tragedy? Isn’t this one event where we actually are united? And what’s with the pep rally behavior?
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:40pmyes, what got us was how the indian-mexican guy at the start began praying to the four doors of the building and to the gravel out in the parking lot etc. etc.
Report Post »caseydog27
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:16pmI am embarrassed by the hooting and hollering!! whats up with that.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:21pmI’m with you buddy.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:39pmCheering you got to be kidding me
What is wrong with those people
Message to people who are cheering YOU SUCK
Report Post »Margaret Thatcher
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:40pmCollege kids.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:33pmI know, my sister kept checking to see if he was done so she could watch her show, couldnt believe all of the cheering at a memorial service. Did anyone see if any of the families were there to witness the rally for the president from the Democrat party? Very strange
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:51pm@walkwithme1966,
Actually, we‘ve been taken in by America’s Founders, rather than Beck; and we would be just fine with an Allen West in office, because he doesn’t believe in Central Planning.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:54pmDarn walkwithme…You just lost some respect my liberal friend. You are the one that sounds “stupid.” What is this all about:
“you have no idea what you believe in and what is right for the country. You are so stupid you have been taken in by Beck and you are so stupid you don’t even realize it. You just can’t stand it that a black man lives in the White House and he will be there for another 6 years.”
It sounds like something written by a 13 year old girl. Surely you are older than this?
Some of the posts in here are indeed hateful. It is a right wing site, what do you expect? Many people do hate Obama and nothing he can say or do will ever be right. Did Bush not get the same treatment? Why bring race up, you of all libs should know better by reading the articles about BLACK conservatives. Read the one on Herman Cain today, most people in here would vote for him as president.
Listen, if you want to debate that is fine. But you consistently post these silly things that make you lose credibility. I want to respect you, I really do. But posts like this just do not cut it. You sound like a bigger crybaby than Boehner…
Report Post »barbaraw62
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:35amThe speeches all had pause stops for the crowd to cheer……. The Prez, everyone….. they paused for cheers and clapping…….That shows that this was planned! A planned pep rally ….. disgusting!
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 10:52am@walkwithme1966
That must be it. We disagree with “The One” so we are racist. I tried to accept your position, no matter how ignorant. You prove yourself, once and for all, to be an ideolouge. That was a disgusting, insult to people who died by the HANDS of a lunatic. You leftists are the worst of the worst ambulance chasers. WTF were there tee shirts with the OFA font logo doing there? Cheers, whistles? You people are all sick.
Report Post »SicSemperTyrranus
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 3:36pmToo bad for the grieving families that some people in the audience don’t have a clue about “appropriate” behavior during a memorial service. After having retired from teaching after 37 years I can truly tell you that I have seen the future and, folks, it is ugly!!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:15pmWhat a rally …what a concert…what cheering…
Report Post »its supposed to be a memorial you say ?
Hmmmm
Gonzo
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:20pmExactly!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:29pmBussed in SEIU idiots ?
Report Post »brbrem
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:40pmHow disgusting. Believe me this will get worse. I live in Tucson. How embarrassing…….
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:24pmI’m shocked
This was a MEMORIAL????
More like a pep rally for BHO
I’m saddened for the victims and their familys
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:52pmJust heard it by mistake. I’m at a loss…
To the world:
We do not all behave like this.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:17pmThey opened the gym gates at about 4PM. From what I could see, it looked like mainly students filling the seats early. I think they thought it was a political rally.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:38pmDarn walkwithme…You just lost some respect my liberal friend. You are the one that sounds “stupid.” What is this all about:
“you have no idea what you believe in and what is right for the country. You are so stupid you have been taken in by Beck and you are so stupid you don’t even realize it. You just can’t stand it that a black man lives in the White House and he will be there for another 6 years.”
It sounds like something written by a 13 year old girl. Surely you are older than this?
Some of the posts in here are indeed hateful. It is a right wing site, what do you expect? Many people do hate Obama and nothing he can say or do will ever be right. Did Bush not get the same treatment? Why bring race up, you of all libs should know better by reading the articles about BLACK conservatives. Read the one on Herman Cain today, most people in here would vote for him as president.
Listen, if you want to debate that is fine. But you consistently post these silly things that make you lose credibility. I want to respect you, I really do. But posts like this just do not cut it. You sound like a bigger crybaby than Boehner…
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:58pmClapping like a bunch of trained seals. Made me sick……………
Report Post »RAISINGCONSERVATIVES
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:51amI said the same exact thing while I was watching. I thought it was supposed to be a somber event not a “pep rally”. I was totally embarassed and felt sorry for the families and the victims. The crowd wasn’t there for the victims and their family…they were there for their “Mourner in Cheif”. I thought that it was just I that felt this was totally inappropriate.
Report Post »My heart aches for the victims and I will continue to pray for healing, not just physical, but mental and spiritual as well. God Bless.
beebacksoon
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 6:53amIt appears the closer to the 2012 elections near, BHO fakes more “compassion” and “concern”. I wonder if a member of congress had not been injured, if he and his entourage would have even made the effort. Afterall, he didn‘t make an effort to go to Arlington Nat’l Cemetary on Memorial Day, nor did he go to any of the memorials of the 11 killed from the oil rig explosion. We all know he has never stopped campaign mode.
Report Post »The way this “memorial” was put together was a disgrace and a slap in the face to those in AZ, mourning and suffering.
BurntHills
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:12pmhow sad, not 5 mins into it the first speaker to give a blessing, and the 5th generation American native indian “medicine man” points out how totally mexican he is and how great it is being in AZ, and he gets a HUGE satisfied smile from obama.
totally political not even 10 mins into it.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:14pmGive it a rest will you
cheezwhiz
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:16pmMochelle is wearing Sasha’s sweater again
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:17pmIts disgusting…I think it will end up being a rally for amnsty for mehicans and illegals.
Report Post »TX Progressive
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:19pmdude, what is wrong with you
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:19pmHow many “Native American” victims were there? This thing is not a memorial service, it’s a progressive pep rally.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:30pmHistory of Arizona is tainted with Bloodshed of Mexican Indians and white men who couldn’t tame them.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:41pmHow many “Native American” victims were there?
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It doesn’t matter.
Its their land.
The mehican said so himself at the beginning of his rant
timeout
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:44pmi did not hear the beginning. but i did see the gov. i thought her remarks were appropriate. and somber.
remember bho is not part of this world so he will not be somber. he is faking it. and personally, i don’t know why this is such a big deal.
they all need to go away, and let those who lost love ones grieve, and those who have injured, heal.
byehlik
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:49pmIt’s a freaking campaign pep rally! What a crock! The who’s who of idiots! Nothing somber about this, just a bunch more redirect. God help us, this country is falling apart. Janet & Holder pretending to be Christians. Here comes the great POTUS, let’s see what this moron has to say. Oh the crowd loves him! This is sick. Here it comes….Wait for it. The libs can’t contan themselves in his presence. The pep rally continues. What a joke. Political theater. He going Christian again….Lier! Hurray! Hurray! God has come to speak to us. Plug that university! Ah BS as everything with Obummer!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:58pm2 more years! 2 more years! 2 more years! 2 more years!
Report Post »byehlik
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:01pmObama, the great, moron!
tower7femacamp
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:02pmDid the media blame Ann Rand ?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTDaVpBPR0
ishka4me
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:07pmAdd your commentsI am waiting for rev jerimiah wright to come out and say god damn america.
Report Post »byehlik
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:08pmWhat a freaking idiot! Can’t wait to vote this sob out! I will never stop fighting and calling out this Marxist and his freinds for who they are. I will not step back from the political discourse, never! What a jerk. Now he is going to tell me how to live my life? Not taking advice from you POTUS!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:12pmyour freedom is in jeopardy You better watch Alex Jones before it’s gone forever
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/
listen to Ayn Rand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTDaVpBPR0
ishka4me
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:14pmface book is lit up with thisover the top memorial service. people who are democrats are embarassed by this event, go ahead and ask one. The people in the conservative camp just don’t get it, but we expected something odd, not this. I am expecting Rev. Jerimiah Wright to speak next. How about some comments from Bill Ayers?People will be talking tomorrow about the politically charged audience, which should have been filled with mourners. This is ridiculous and silly for what happened.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:15pmIs he still talking?
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:21pmEmbarressment for USA, Barry reeclection speach. I have never clap at a funeral, ever!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:21pmOnce again I’m not joining in this moment of showy silence.
Report Post »Anarchy_in_the_USA
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:22pmDouche……so much for not politicizing this tragedy. This man has no couth.
ishka4me
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:28pmchris matthews, and keith olbermann will have to explain the bad behavior of crowd so the democrats will understand. until they get marching orders, they are confused right now.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:32pmThe 2012 Presidential run started tonight for Obama,,,
How in the HELL does anyone call that a memorial service?????
What a slap in the face for the victims of this tradgedy!!! You should be ashamed Mr. President…shame on you for allowing this to be a pep rally. You are the president you could have told them to shut up but you did not!! You let them whoop and holler. What a sham!!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:39pmI think I barely saw a sheriff deputy take a picture of Obama towards the end of the meet and greet.
Report Post »AlaskaRick
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:57pmThat memorial was bizarre. Twilight zone.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:58pmGood thing there wasnt a cross on stage. Obama and the democrats would have covered it again, like he did when he was first elected. Remember?
AKMIIKEUS
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:12pmThank you, President Obama, for your inspiring and healing words.
It is my hope that all Americans learn the skills to live in peace.
AzDebi
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:30pmI was very pleased with Governor Brewer’s statement…other than that, I would like to know just who put this “pep rally” together…I thought it was shameful…what on earth has happened to us? I did not listen to Obama…I’d prefer that he stay out of our state…The VERY LAST person that I would want attending anything that has to do with humility and grace would be that dysfunctional phony…AGAIN…I ASK…who put this together, anyone know?
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:24pmGonzo, that’s what I thought. I watched the first part where obama and wife came in to the service and some in the crowd were treating it like Elvis had come back for one more concert!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:47pmAKMIIKEUS, jeez where did you come from? The President of the United States gave a heartfelt, moving speech, but acknowledgment of that on this website, where at least some hatred of the President is the very minimum baseline of an acceptable post, will get you slammed by a 100 vigilantes. I’m with you, but expect the worst.
Report Post »AreYouForReal
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:08amOMG you Beckbots are so full of hate and loathing it is really sad and pathetic.You must lead really fulfilling lives.What a bunch of losers you are.
FlatFoot
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:09amLay down your guns.
Lay down your bibles.
Cling to Me!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:13amExcept for the “Eye Opening” moment, the president did as one should do in paying respect.
It’s the Tucson Trash that gave the president the worst event of his term. U of A college campus isn’t where you plan a memorial with the president in attendance.
Report Post »HKP7
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:18amYeah… Give it a rest! The guy is as American as you and I are. Our ancestors all came from somewhere.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:36amI like the headline the Drudge Report used: “PRESIDENT COOL SAYS CHILL.” Can’t waste a good crisis, it would be bad for the ego. Man….
Report Post »TMAGIC
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:11amI have never seen a memorial service conducted in such a manner. Clapping, Cheering and whistling are for pep rally’s. If I were a family member of one of the victims I would feel victimized again.
Report Post »Okieflyover
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:10amWay too much cheering and hoopin‘ and hollerin’ for a memorial service. The left wants so bad to make this his OKC moment.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:36am@click4cheapandeasyweb…
I’m with you my friend…ENOUGH!
This “memorial” (pep-rally) tonight in Tucson was the final straw with me…How dare whoever put this charade on think that it in any way represented the good people of Arizona…in fact, I am certain that that had absolutely nothing to do with their intent! I don’t know a time when I have been more insulted, embarrassed and enraged!
I’m glad my profession allows me to spend 90% of my day in the company of animals…you know, the furry, lovable, innocent, four-legged kind…not the kind of ANIMALS on the LEFT!
paperpushermj
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:40amOMG I am close to tears how this memorial was conducted. Many moments with cheers and applause at self congratulation . The screams from the crowd, the total forgetfulness of why they are there is breath taking.This was not a political event but was to morn the Murder of innocents. This is what happens when Politicians become involved. They hijack our Grief and use it for political theater. Oh the pain to see these people play our emotions. Could they care less for the sweet 9 year old. Only if it looked good on TV
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 3:15amOMG I am close to tears how this memorial was conducted. Moments with cheers and applause at self congratulation . The screams from the crowd, the total forgetfulness of why they are there is breath taking.This was not a political event but was to morn the Murder of innocents. This is what happens when Politicians become involved. They hijack our Grief and use it for political theater. Oh the pain to see these people play our emotions. Could they care less for the sweet 9 year old. Only if it looked good on TV
Report Post »River0
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:36amI don’t like being cynical, at all. But having witnessed two-plus years of deceit, crass manipulation, outright theft, mendacity, and self-aggrandizement at the cost of our nation’s vitality, I agree.
The “powers and principalities” we’re facing have every advantage of media gloss and clever mass persuasion. God sees all, and knows all. If we are on His side, clinging to His robes – so to speak – we won’t be led astray.
BuckOfama
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 8:27amTotally tacky and inappropriate. How many memorial services have you been to where they hand out tshirts and posters? Very disappointing, but what else should we expect from The Purple Lipped Wonder.
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 8:39amThe intellect–or whatever, I head him say “Scripture tells us….” and I felt just like I did whenever Clinton used Scripture There is nothing holy about Scripture to Obama. His use of them meant no more than it does that the serpent in the Garden -or in the Temptation of Christ quoted his version of Scripture. Even the demons know and tremble at the name. Doesn’t make them Christian. Too much water under the bridge now for me to trust that tree can produce good fruit.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:16am@Tower
“Did the media blame Ann Rand ?”
Who is Ann Rand? (pun intended)
Is she related to Ayn Rand?
Report Post »WestOfThePecos
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:30am@poverty.sucks…couldn’t agree more. The environment overshallowed a fairly decent speech.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:43amThe exuberant Liberal Left and the children of University of Arizona who were in attendance at the Memorial for Tucson shooting victims were a disservice to their president of the United States of America when they screamed feverishly and cheered for their beloved messiah. What should have been a time for mourning was just the opposite. I believe this was the presidents largest gathering of perceived constituents. Who knows if all of them actually voted before or being citizens of this country. They were there to cheer and cheer they did. Places of worship and halls were overlooked so that The president could be seen.
Who’s idea was it to sabotage the presidents boost? Having scheduled the memorial in a beautiful historic 200 year old San Xavier Mission or any of the large sanctuaries throughout Tucson would have been the best setting without advanced public notice of the presidents anticipated attendance. Instead of addressing the memorial to the victims family in a warm
atmosphere, the families hurt was drowned out by 14,000 plus crowd of lookey looks salivating at the aweness of his majesty.
The President “performed” well and that’s what will be remembered.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:45amHaving sat through the entire broadcast, I just have one serious question: Was this a non-partisan, non-political memorial service for the victims of a shooting rampage or was it the kick-off campaign rally for Obama 2012?
Report Post »barbaraw62
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 10:01amThe TV show “V” comes to mind here, you know where they don’t want human emotions popping up in their offspring….. I was taken aback by the amount of noise from the crowd and the blatant disrespect for the families of those that are mourning their loss…. Shameful! Simply shameful for the stopping for applause moments…this was not unplanned…… Applause moments are planned stops within a speech….. nowhere did any of the speakers not stop for applause moments!
Report Post »I_C_CRAZEE
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 10:25amThis Memorial felt like the biggest pep rally ever. I felt very uncomfortable watching from the start. I was waiting for them to announce the UA of Dance Team to perform an interpretation to “Amazing Grace” followed by the Happy Hands Club performing to “Let There Be Peace on Earth and Let It Begin with Me”. On TV this morning, they reported Chris Matthews would be giving analysis on Obama’s “performance”. My head is spinning from the insanity of it all.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 10:37am“I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us – we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations.”
We are not a democracy, but a republic.
“Christina was given to us on September 11th, 2001, one of 50 babies born that day to be pictured in a book called “Faces of Hope.”
(skip)
“If there are rain puddles in heaven, Christina is jumping in them today. And here on Earth, we place our hands over our hearts, and commit ourselves as Americans to forging a country that is forever worthy of her gentle, happy spirit.”
Great! You can commit yourself to doing just that by denouncing those radical Islamic terrorist organizations which made 9/11/2001 such a sad day for us, and by firing your ambassador to the Muslim world, Feisal Abdul Rauf, who will not denounce Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Here’s more on Rauf:
The Man Behind the Mosque
Report Post »Detailed look at Imam Rauf’s history of radical rhetoric
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/index.html#/v/4309025/the-man-behind-the-mosque/
jzs
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:39amOr course you guys hate anything Obama says or does. Why even bother posting? Just say “ditto”. But here’s what the family of Giffords said through a spokesman:
C.J. Karamargin, communications director for Giffords:
“People need to cheer. People need to cry. There‘s a catharsis that’s necessary when we — when our community — goes through a tragedy like this. And that was the, I think, the great thing about the remarks that we heard tonight. It was an acknowledgment by the president of a community that’s trying to come to terms with unbearable grief. And he did, I think, an admirable, memorable job. In that arena, it was impossible not to be touched by the president’s words.”
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:55amFirst speach I heard from this President that was respectful to all, it was heartfelt and I appreciated it. It was a long time coming! The crowd on the other hand was about as classless as it could get! If it was my family members memorial service, I could not have sat through it.
Report Post »chickenbig
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:14pm@cheesewhiz…
Report Post »Its pronounced “MOO-SHELL”
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:48pm@jzs,
“Or course you guys hate anything Obama says or does.”
How soon we forget that this guy wants to destroy the American economy. Of course this is all a show.
Doc_Slammin
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:36pm@tower7femacamp: I think they should have blamed Art Bell’s rhetoric. He’s the one always talking about mind control and “occultish” things.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:40pmDoctor, President Obama “wants to destroy the economy?” Actually, the economy is improving and, although jobless rates are still high (although we‘ve stopped losing jobs and we’re far better off than the freefall in the days of the Bush administration), the stock market is doing well and company profits are at record levels.
Okay you say Obama is “trying” to destroying the economy. I say you are “trying” to destroy the economy. I say you are “trying” to get people to commit violance against government officials. I say you are “trying” to make a nuclear bomb in your basement. Can you prove me wrong?
Report Post »Clive
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:46pmeven conservatives liked obamas speech. fox news liked it. made sarah palins speech look petty and self absorbed. Give him credit when its due, and make yourself appear to have a mind of your own, for once. even after all this, most of you will still say the man is “evil”, or a “terrorist muslim”. you guys just don’t get it. after all the threats of how he’s a socialist, a communist, etc, you have to wake up eventually and realize, you are wrong. he’s no different than the other presidents. you know how different my life is from when bush was in office? or when clinton was in office? its the same, its exactly the same. the world is not ending, and you need to stop with the constant drama, the hoopla, the stories and innuendo, you are like a bunch of middle aged women.
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:28pmClive
Report Post »You are quite the hypocite, on one side of your month you say “stop all this name calling about Obama” and out of the other side of your mouth you throw your own misguided slur out about Palin! Practise what you preach and then you may find you have some credibility! Other wise you are just a two-faced-lier.
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 3:28pm@jzs,
“Actually, the economy is improving and, although jobless rates are still high (although we‘ve stopped losing jobs and we’re far better off than the freefall in the days of the Bush administration), the stock market is doing well and company profits are at record levels.”
Actually, the bubble markets are “improving”, if by improving you mean replacing the private sector with a Centrally-Planned/Socialist government-run economy. Unacceptable.
The “freefall”, as you call it, of the Bush Administration, is a misnomer. It was never logically possible for unemployment to reach 100%, because that would mean that all Americans would have to be producing nothing at all. In a couple of years, the economy would have rebounded were it not for all the bailouts and government takeovers, because realizing the actual value of labor and goods would have forced people to start living within their means and stop taking as many risks with their wealth.
Also, Bush created an unsustainable housing bubble through regulatory intervention – much like Obama is doing with the oil, automotive, financial, and health care industries. See here: “Continuing on the Road to Ruin”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiInauovWDc .
Further, all of Obama’s proposed solutions to the economic crisis are consistent with the plans of the far Left, Central-Planning, anti-American radicals of the 60′s, who wanted – and still want – to destroy the American economy.
For example, the Cloward-and-Piven strategy to destroy America involves getting as many people as possible to accept government money – which actually comes from the private sector, so it’s destroying the private sector and replacing the free market with Socialism.
And the Marxist strategy is to cause the poor to rise up against the rich in support of a dictator that will supposedly punish those evil Capitalists. What the Marxists won’t tell you – or at least can’t tell you, because they’re ignorant – is that Marxism is internally inconsistent, in that the poor is said to be denied the value of their labor – which presumably acknowledges property rights to the fruits of one’s labor – but for some reason the rich do not have the same right to the value of their labor, which is property rights to the fruit of their labor: the means of production.
so, if you own something, whether you’re rich or poor, you get to do with it whatever you want. And someone seeking employment, since they own their own labor, get to do with it whatever he wants. Since the rich own wealth, they can pay however much they want for labor, and the poor will have to bargain with the rich for the amount of a wage. And if someone can do a comparable job to another Capitalist, then both of the Capitalists, as well as the workers, have some more options with which to negotiate that wage.
America was set up to ensure the liberty to pursue happiness – which includes the means of production; Such that the status of “rich” or “poor” was not based on favoritism, but on willingness, skill, and opportunity – all of which are available to every human being.
See, no matter what kind of economy we’re talking about – except for those run under despotism – you can only sell what people want to buy. So even if you’re an “evil” Capitalist who makes the best widget, if nobody wants to buy it, then that Capitalist is going to be poor.
So, in short, Marxism will always fail because it holds to a double-standard with regard to property rights.
Back to Obama: Marxism is the goal of the Unions and the Community Organizing groups – the labor workers of the Unions, and the poor of the Community Organizing groups, are the “proletariat” of today, and they are being exploited by Marxists to rise up against a straw man – to their own destruction, since by destroying Capitalism, they destroy the ability of Capitalists to provide a wage to a worker, and they also destroy their own liberty by which they might also pursue the means of production; And in the end, they will find that they’ve just taken the capacity for anyone to own the means of production, and simply given it to a few elite of the “ruling” class – a small, Capitalist Ruling Class. Congratulations, moron.
Report Post »BeckIsNuts
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 5:18pmI have posted my email here and have asked Glenn Beck to send me an email if he disagreed with anything I have ever written on The Blaze. To date, he has not responded. I’ll have to start keeping track of how many days Glenn has agreed with me.
Glenneth, you can reach me at beckisnuts77@yahoo.com. I’m still waiting to hear from you.
Report Post »martyw
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:31pmonce again…. i have found no such results or compassion from the left on the fort hood shootings….O WAIT WE WERE JUMPING TO CONCLUSINGS AND SPECULATING…..MY ASS THIS LAME ADMINISTRATION WILL USE ANY TRADGIC EVENT TO FULLFILL THERE AGENDY…..
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 8:17pmClive, the difference is that Sarah speaks for herself, Obama has someone else write his words.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:09pmCredit where credit is due, Glenn Beck. http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/01/13/glenn-president-was-great-crowd-not-so-much/
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:27amI know I would be one mad mom or dad if my kids funeral/memorial service turned into this…I would of had a private one..
Report Post »OneBadAssMistakeAmerica
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 11:50amWait there is still time. Someone come up with a reason why this is Bush’s fault.
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 12:18pmBeckIsNuts
Report Post »Your story is provocative (and I am being way too kind) but it has become tedious! Now for the love of everything that is good please GO AWAY!