So secret only Fox News knows about it

[olyclimber]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/07/george-w-bush-secretly-visits-fort-hood-victims/

[Off_White]

Jesus fuck, I've never looked at that site before, it looks as funny as The Onion and just as believable.

[prole]

Bush probably feared that his visit might spur more shootings.

[tvashtarkatena]

We self-parody.

 

You deride.

[Fairweather]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/11/fmr-president-george-w-bush-visits-ft-hood-visits-soldiers-wounded-in-thursday-shooting-rampage.html

 

Looks like those kooks at ABC know about it too. Too bad our current joke of a president doesn't care enough to stop by. Guess he's worried such a visit would upset his fellow 'believers'.

[prole]

Too bad our current joke of a president doesn't care enough to stop by. Guess he's worried such a visit would upset his fellow 'believers'.

 

And open himself to criticism of cynically seeking a photo-op? The Right's already decided who has the capacity for emotion and who can legitimately express it.

[Fairweather]

[tvashtarkatena]

Predictable omission:

 

Obama was at Dover giving full military honors to those killed for the better part of an entire night...most of it off camera.

 

I'd say your post says more about your poverty of spirit than Obama's.

 

Edited November 8, 2009 by tvashtarkatena

[Fairweather]

Show me the link. I found nothing but his unrelated visit to Walter Reed on Friday. So are you saying they flew the dead and wounded to Dover? Again; show me the link. I'd say your post demonstrates more about the power of Obama's cult-following than any current reality.

[olyclimber]

there is no link. it was so secret that no one knew about it.

[Fairweather]

there is no link. it was so secret that no one knew about it.

 

Except TTK.

[Fairweather]

He's still looking...

 

[Fairweather]

Geeeez, I leave for six weeks and TTK gets even dumber!

[Fairweather]

Still nothing. Conclusion: TTK knows the event he is referring to happened last week at Dover--before the terrorist attack at Fort Hood--to honor those killed in Afghanistan. TTK has no clue.

Edited November 8, 2009 by Fairweather

[prole]

the power of Obama's cult-following than any current reality.

 

Cult? Look no further than the comment boards on these articles. It's hard to tell if the respondents are invoking the name of the Lord or think that George W. Bush is Christ himself. And since when did the main occupation of the President become Comforter In Chief? Is he (or she) to be our National Griever, jetting from one disaster to another, holding and patting people, offering heartfelt condolences and words of support? The commenters on these articles would suggest that doing so is far more important than crafting legislation that would actually improve peoples' lives and might offer some real tangible support to people in need. More evidence of the ongoing infantilization of America...

 

[prole]

Yes, Bush was great at rushing in to hug the victims of his policies. What a wonderful legacy, what grace...

[Fairweather]

No. But it is beginning to seem like Obama is a little too comfortable with Islam. "Uhhhh, Let's not jump to any conclusions here folks."

[prole]

No. But it is beginning to seem like Obama is a little too comfortable with Islam. "Uhhhh, Let's not jump to any conclusions here folks."

 

Still bummed that your folks' "shovel-ready" project was rejected?

 

[Fairweather]

Sorry, but concentration camps are "your people's" gig...

 

 

[G-spotter]