On the Scene for Obama’s Speech in Joplin
I had an opportunity on Sunday few journalists will have — I had the chance to see the president of the United States in person. No, it wasn’t a press conference or a personal interview, so I had no chance to actually ask him any questions. It was a memorial service for the 142, and counting, people who died in the EF-5 tornado which struck Joplin, Mo., just one week ago.
It was, in many ways, President Barack Obama’s stock speech. He thanked the people around him, promised the federal government would be there, and pulled out a couple of stories of local everyday folks — his (and pretty much any president’s) usual fare.
It was not a major policy speech, nor was it announcing some new initiative. No, this was simply a president comforting his people a week after an indescribable tragedy struck.
And that, I must say, he did well. I’m far from a fan of this president, and this speech did not by any stretch win me to his side. But one cannot help but be inspired by what the president said: “There’s no doubt in my mind that Joplin will rebuild. And as president, I can promise you your country will be there with you every single step of the way. We will be with you every step of the way. We’re not going anywhere. The cameras may leave. The spotlight may shift. But we will be with you every step of the way until Joplin is restored and this community is back on its feet. We’re not going anywhere.” Certainly, most of the 2,000 people in the Taylor Performing Arts Center on the campus of Missouri Southern State University were inspired by his words.
Even as the president followed an established formula, the stories his speechwriters pulled out to illustrate the everyday heroism of Joplinites were not your usual fare.
Unless one cannot help gagging when his lips move.
Perhaps, Mr. Richardson, you should keep in mind the now famous line said by Rahm Emanuel (I think), something about “never let a good crisis go to waste”. I’ve stopped listening to Barry give speeches long ago and there is nothing that Barry can say that will inspire me. Stock speech, well written, brilliantly delivered as is Barry’s major talent and all of a sudden you’re drooling? Got any tingling feelings? Think about this; if a Republican President had done the same as Barry he would have been excoriated by the media. Focus Mr. Richardson, focus.
Hardly drooling Kenny,
As noted, I have very little use for this president, but intellectual honesty requires I say when he does something right.
Mr. Richardson – making promises is not doing something right. Actions speak louder than words!! Too many promises with little action as his past indicates. The President’s devious background and all his czars indicate to me he is not trustworthy when he makes promises. Smell the coffee Mr. Richardson. Obama is always around after the fact. Take a look at his domestic and foreign policy decisions. No trust on my part for words, just words!!
It is part of the JOB description of the POTUS to do such things; it was his obligation and duty to be there and he was there.
talk is cheap. he saw opportunity for a campaign speech. time will tell if he follows up.
Wait a minute. Pres. Bush was crucified for not acting immediately when Katrina hit (the media did not tell the whole story). But Odummer gets a pass for not changing his itinerary after the storm hit. Really? Did Odummer highlight how the brave white Americans pulled together to help each other instead of NO residents asking for the government to help out? Did Odummer talk about the lack of looting in this white community as opposed to that of the black community of NO? Did Odummer promise to streamline FEMA assistance for this white community? Ah, nope to all three.
What impressed me most was his gum chewing when the pastor was speaking or was it his signing autographs, grinning like a hyena, and posing for pictures as he toured the town?
I heard snippets of the speech where he was using his black preacher accent. Impressive all around.
You mean Obama slithered into town again in a vain attempt to make it all about him??? Well I never would have thought that would have happened. /facepalm
The words were written by somebody else. He read them. It was the equivalent of a McDonalds’ employee putting your hamburger in the bag for you. Required by the job.
The gum tells us what was in his heart. Contempt, utter contempt. 3 fewer hours to watch hoops and play golf. At least we didn’t get the finger…or rather, we haven’t seen the finger so far.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/obama_chews_gum_at_joplin_memo.html
Today, Memorial Day 2011 I watched a documentary about the Pentagon Memorial.
The anger, fury and rage inside is just as burning and fierce now as it was almost 10 years ago on September 11th 2001.
And at the end of the presentation; right before checking the progress of Sarah Palin and Rolling Thunder one inexplicable question remained unanswered.
Since September 11th, 2001 what in the name of God happened to the people of America that they would choose as their President a man that came straight from the loins, bowels and insanity that master minded and produced the destruction and horror of that day?
Why would they; the American people willingly submit control of their destiny and lives to a man well known publicly for his hatred of Caucasians, Jews, America and everything decent and good she stands for?
My mind simply cannot understand this.
Albiet, something else tells me that the people of Joplin, Missouri do not share the warm, fuzzy picture Mr. Richardson tries to paint of, “a president comforting his people a week after an indescribable tragedy struck.”
They know how to recognize a sneak that tries to deceive people in articles like this one.
If anything they want everyone to know that they are not about to forget what Obama is.
And they are damn sure are not one of his people!
Seek help, immediately.
*sigh*
Seriously? Have you read any of my other articles? My disdain for almost everything this president does is nigh legendary. We have to be able to assess honestly when the man does something right in order to have the credibility to criticize him when he does something wrong.
If you want to question my conclusions be my guest, but please don’t call me a closet Obama fan, nothing could be further from the truth.
Re: 7. Patrick Richardson.
No objective person will buy an article that tries to convince them that the writer is not a fan of Obama while at the same time he professes to see goodness deep within the man; when they know based on his works none exists. Period!
Obama and journalists alike long ago lost the confidence, faith and trust of the public. They did this to themselves with endless, conspiratorial betrayals of everyday citizen’s intellectual honesty and trust.
Where did I ever say I saw goodness deep within the man? Have you actually read the article? I said he did this one thing well. Meanwhile, back here on planet consensus reality, click on my name so you can go take a look at my personal blog, and read the many columns in which I rip him up. Or you could read the many articles HERE in which I expose the waste fraud and corruption of his administration.
Or is it just me personally you dislike?
Re: Patrick Richardson
“Or is it just me personally you dislike?”
I drew a parallel of the emotions related to the September 11th, 2001 terrorists attacks to the hypocrisy of Obama saying anything to the citizens of Joplin, Missouri and you immediately took a personal offense about it.
Why did you take time to make a big issue out of what I had to say when; comparatively speaking enough of the other opt-in writers butchered your article like packs of wild animals?
As far as liking or disliking you goes I can do either. Which do you prefer?
One more point Patrick:
Had the real focus of your article been to and with the people of Joplin, Missouri or even to the rightful pride of a journalist privileged to cover a President speaking to those people things would be different.
Far from it.
Using the event and what Obama said you chose to promote yourself with an opening disclaimer about how you are not a big Obama fan, but you are compelled to say something good about him in the interest of journalistic intellectual honesty.
Not everyone bought your story line.
Then, instead of accepting what they said (myself included), in that they wanted to talk about what they know Obama is or isn’t; or what the people of Joplin, Missouri are or are not, your main line of thinking continued on with yourself, your other articles and your blog.
In a few short sentences right here on PJM the scheme backfired and collapsed.
You are all a bunch of RACISTS on this site and don’t bother to deny it.
I have to say I’m with Patrick. While I disagree with most everything Obama has done policy-wise, he does occasionally give a good speech, and provide the proper leadership. It’s almost inevitable that eventually he’ll do something right, even if it’s by accident. I seriously doubt the man is truly evil. He just doesn’t know what he’s doing, in many ways. This time, however, he did the right thing, didn’t campaign, just comforted the country and the city. Why is that bad?
I wouldn’t be so sure about the evil thing.
David, too little too late. Words just words!!
David, too little too late. Words, just words!!
“I can promise you your country will be there with you every single step of the way. We will be with you every step of the way. We’re not going anywhere.”
Well, maybe not now. But, when the people were going through the worst, the President was in Europe. Barry’s “good” at making speeches because he’s got speech writers, a teleprompter, and a mellifluous voice.
So, what does “we’ll be with you every step of the way” actually mean? It’s easy to breeze into a disaster area, turn on your empathy button, then jet back to the White House. What processes will be put in place to make sure that Joplin is supported through its re-building phase? Obama’s never been very good at following through on promises; his pattern’s often to make a promise one day, and then changes it the next.
This is one guy whose word is not his bond. This is one guy who’s long on words but short on delivering.
Re David Nicholas’comment about Obama: ” … he does occasionally … provide the proper leadership,” is like saying a woman is “occasionally” or a little bit pregnant. You’re either a leader or you’re not; the “occasional” good speech and showing up at a week-old disaster for a photo op isn’t good or “proper” leadership. It smacks of opportunism. We’ll see in the next few months just how “with you every step of the way” the POTUS actually plans to be.
As for his personal response, you are correct; he will go back to Washington and do what Presidents do.
But as a Democratic President, he can let the full force of the Federal Government supply help in its necessarily blundering and beaurocratic way without being philosophically conflicted about it. He can even use it when the time comes to beat Ryan and company about the head and shoulders.
Anyway, the whole thing just proves yet again that we expect the Federal Government to “do something, do a lot” in such scenarios. The President is also supposed to appear to give figurehead solace in as believable a way as possible. Obama is actually a little too stiff, in my opinion, to be the best at this; GWB and Clinton were the best at showing/sharing human response. RR could do it…from a distance. Why don’t we get Boehner out there, and let him apply his tears to more appropriate scenarios?
You know, we really are all in this together. Half or more the people whose houses got blown away probably did not vote for Obama and many may have despised him. But if Obama does more or less what he is supposed to do, we carry on.
In the meantime, many of you can entertain yourselves with encyclicals of excommunication and damnation for Obama. It is what you do, and seems to supply reasonable entertainment. It is better than firing your weapons in the street. Carry on…. Pt. II.
“And as president, I can promise you your country will be there with you every single step of the way.”
Mr. Richardson, I am not trying to impugn your motives so please don’t take my comments the wrong way. But, when will we learn that when this president says something that exactly the opposite will happen? He is going to make sure the rebuilding of Joplin goes very slowly and then blame it on the Republicans. The media will aid and abet him in it. Watch it happen.
Mike,
I appreciate you taking the care not to make it personal. Like you I tend to think what he said and what happens may be two different things. In my day job I’m the editor of a couple of small papers near Joplin. We’ll be doing stories on this for years to come and we will be watching what actually happens over there.
My gut call is Joplin will rebuild, and do it quickly, with or without federal help, or perhaps in spite of federal “help.”
People in this part of the country in the face of disaster, generally tend to pick themselves up and get to work without waiting for anyone to come help them. Certainly that’s what I’ve witnessed in Joplin, where the digging had started before the storm had even passed. I was there within about a half hour of the end of the tornado, the rain was still falling and volunteers with skid-steers and chainsaws were already out trying to get the streets cleared.
Joplin will be back, better than ever, and probably in record time. These are some of the most resilient people I’ve ever had the privilege to see.
Mr. Richardson – “Joplin will be back better than ever and probably in record time. These are some of the most resilient people I have ever had the privilege to see.” Your above comments would make a great article and impression for the people of Joplin and the country. I for one will be waiting for your article about the brave people of Joplin. It is about We the People not about the narcissistic President and his late arrival for center stage.
That is, of course, up to the editors. But trust me, if they want the story I would be more than happy to write it. Unfortunately as a journalists we must sometimes cover stories we’d rather not — including speechifying by the president. That being said, it was a rare privilege to be able to cover a presidential speech — even if it was one by a man I personally can’t stand. I give respect to the office if not necessarily the man.
In times of national heartache like the this tornado in joplin missouri and the shooting of gaby giffords earlier this year in arizona
obama has an ability like reagan after challenger to act like mourner
in chief. Bush after 9/11 grew into the same role.
Trust but verify. Since the POTUS has an Alinsky pattern – say and do anything to fool people into supporting him – I have to withhold my accolades for the moment. I think everyone is tired of being conned by this guy; so much so that no reasonable person trusts him anymore. He could go from Joplin to a used car lot in Kentucky somewhere and sold a half a dozen car with equal skill, (lemons that is).
He’s pushing pure political ideology using radical tactics to achieve his (and others’)ambitions while at the same time smooth talking and smiling while his administrative cohorts are busy undermining the Constitution. Hard to believe really – but I’m done with this rock star bozo pea-brain and his anti-American cronies.
I’m focusing on his support for Israel; which is crucial for the health of America. September is close and the big U.N. whoopdee-do on the fate of Israel will be decided; the POTUS needs to get with the program and show strong support for Israel – without being a phony for once in his life.
God help us.
I do not think a practiced politician or public speaker should need a tele-prompter to make a speech about a topic that he believed. Speaking well and saying something are two different things. Chin held too high head swinging left to right, right to left, never focusing on people in the audience doesn’t impress me. I would pay to hear Bill Cosby, or Larry the Cable Guy before I would waste time listening to Obama. Both Larry and Bill have something to say, Obama just makes noise.
Of all the blogs and comments i read, I think yours struck my rawest nerve. I’m old enough to have heard, and seen, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Jack Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter,Lyndon Johnson and a couple I may have left out. I don’t think even one of them, “when they were speaking from their heart”,REQUIRED A TELEPROMPTER – until Barack Obama came along. I never hear a quiver in his eulogies, wet eyes, sadness, empathy, compassion or sympathy. He speaks as an auto-robot. He cannot take himself out of the community organizer, campaigner mode. He is still the “puppet” of George Soros, his puppettier. No body, but no body should compare Obama’s Joplin remarks to those of Ronald Reagan, following the Challenger disaster.
Obama’s words were well conceived, and conveyed some essential truths. No surprise that some Joplinites would not welcome anyone to the left of Bush, but I don’t see how any objective person could not be moved by the manner in which he spoke. If the test of his sincerity is how FEMA and the government responds, then hold him to that standard. I am just shocked by the negativity and ill will that people direct toward him. Having reversed the US’s declining rep in the world, coming up with a more effective war strategy, taking out Bin Laden, saving the US from an economic depression, and hit every right note in every speech he has made, you have to wonder: if this is not reason for support, what is? Conservative red state ideologues will never support a Democrat in this political climate, no matter who effective he/she may be…
KC, you might remember that Stalin’s henchmen came for the Old Bolsheviks first. But no worries, just repeat this manta three times: “It’s all Bush’s fault”. You will then feel all better.
So, there are at least two people who live in bubble worlds totally disconnected from reality.
Remember, Obama lives in a ‘virtual world’. That’s a kind of isolate bubble world made up of and only made up of: words. His own words. Obama’s words are unconnected to reality. There’s no need to factually support what he says! Obama is unconnected to reality; he lives in this virtual world where what he says, is what is ‘real’. Just the words. No facts needed.
And Obama’s words have one agenda: to manipulate you into his control. They are not meant to represent reality; they are meant to emotionally manipulate you into being ‘His’. That’s all.
So, Obama will make an emotional, seemingly heartfelt speech – but it’s just words. With that agenda of winning you to His side.
Then, two hours later, he’ll contradict what he said in a speech to a different audience.
And, since His words exist only within his own bubble of Virtual Reality and have no reference to the real world…Obama doesn’t follow through with any promises.
We’ve seen that in all his speeches. Remember his famous Tuscon speech about ‘no more hateful talk to each other’? Heh. A few weeks later, he called Paul Ryan to the front row to listen to him..er..Him, speak against Ryan’s budget proposition. He openly and maliciously insulted Ryan, who, not being on the podium, could neither rebut the misinformation spouted by Obama nor the personal insults.
His healthcare – and all his promises? Gosh, he’s silent about the costs, the waivers, the problems.
His stimulus – and ‘no unemployment above 8.5?..
The key thing to understand about Obama is that he lives in this bubble of words where he can say anything, absolutely anything – and it has no connection to facts, to reality, to future action plans. Nothing. It’s just words. Meant to manipulate you into adulation and adoration. That’s all.
That’s why – as others have so accurately pointed out – there’s the teleprompter, the cue cards (notice how Obama kept saying His Words, ignoring the reality of the British band playing God Save the Queen?). That’s Obama: unconnected to reality. Existing only within His Words.
Ignore his speeches. Watch what he does.
Sorry, but a bunch of BHO’s words…written by somebody else during campaign season, displayed on the ever-present teleprompter, and spoken, with FEELING, of course, on a three-hour tour of the devastated area…are hardly evidence of heartfelt concern for the victims. Bless his heart…he cared so much he finished his entire tour of EUROPE before coming back to take care of his own people!! We’ve also heard him declare that he’s “talking” about “revisiting” the “possibility” of restarting drilling in the Gulf again…I figure that “talk” consisted of his empty promise to do so…and he has NO intention to actually DO any drillng at all. Oh, Mr. Obama can talk with the best of them, all right…it’s why he’s sitting in the cat bird’s seat right now….but he and all of his co-conspirators are out to destroy the US and the American way of life…we cannot let his pretty words fool us again!!
He loves giving speaches. He can say whatever he wants and get away with it unchallenged. Everything he does is an act. The man lives in a world separate from reality.
Praising him for doing something that takes no courage, that helps noone, that is disconnected from everything else he does is not only not useful, it is wrong, even dangerous. Any comment made about the menace that doesn’t focus exclusively on the fact that he is fundamentally and deliberately changing the best and most important country the world has ever had is foolish, and dangerous.
It’s equivalent to praising a serial murderer for allowing the minimal deduction for the United Fund to be deducted from his paycheck.
And there you are.
Exactly, proreason. That’s the point to understand Obama. He is unattached to reality. He does indeed love to give speeches; he’s the ultimate ‘Rev.Preacher’ with his sonorous pontifications, his patronizing exhortations to ‘love one another’; his assurances that he..er..He, is ‘always there for you’.
Meanwhile, his actions betray a different Obama from the upfront used car salesman preacher. He is malicious, vindictive and a pathological liar. His actions contradict his speeches; he can exhort everyone to ‘love’ and then, viciously insult Paul Ryan sitting in front of him. He can with a straight face, tell us that doctors ‘cut off limbs because they are greedy’; tell us that ‘you’ve earned enough money -give it to someone else’…and then, go off on a Hawaii vacation.
He is hostile to dissent, to criticism – whining against any and all who do so and refusing to allow debate with him. And his agenda is, as you say, to deny and reject the entrepreneurial individualist strength of the US in favor of massive govt intrusion and dictatorial authoritarian rule.
Get.Rid.Of.Him.
All I care about is how many mentally ill people are going to vote for the liar in the next election. I guess it will be union and government employees and if he can swing the amnesty for the southern neighbors?
We are truly coming to a huge cliff with no rope if he is allowed to continue.
You know, I was thinking this morning after reading an account of Obama’s visit on a newspaper site. I was going through the comments, where one set of commenters were criticising him for not dropping the European tour and coming home at once, and another set were defending him for doing the neccessary work of our republic. I am sure that the European tour had been long-planned, and it would have been pretty serious business to have cut it short … so how could Obama have split the difference? Gone on with the business of state and yet made some kind, comforting gesture towards the citizens of Joplin; and I thought — well, he could have sent a high-level member of his administration, or a personal envoy of some sort … or even the First Lady. I mean, that’s the kind of thing that First Ladies would do, isn’t it? Her presence in Europe wasn’t strictly neccessary, she could have been excused the rest of the trip, to come to Missouri and demonstrate her empathy and concern. Isn’t that just the kind of thing that Eleanor Rooseveldt would have been doing? I can just imagine how eagerly Mrs. Obama would have looked forward to visiting and comforting the citizens of Joplin. Really, it’s a pity the administration doesn’t seem to have considered having her doing things like visiting disaster areas like this.
I heard Obama speaking at Joplin on NPR this morning. Two observations:
1) He vowed “everything they need, as long as they need it” to repair Joplin. Now, it’s my understanding that he’s given Texas, with its wildfires, the back of his hand. Without wanting to deny anything to the stricken residents of Joplin, this to me indicates that he knows he’s not winning Texas, so the hell with them, but that Missouri, where he did reasonably well last time around, is a battleground state.
2) He got all hearty and folksy, with dropped “g’s”; “We’re not goin’ anywhere!” This sort of faux-folksiness, intended to communicate sincerity and a bond with the audience, invariably rings false, communicating instead insincerity and condescension.
Are the Texas wildfires similar in scope to the disaster in Joplin? Somehow, I’m thinking not.
In death toll, certainly not. Property damage? Maybe—but even if not, the relevant point is that they are extensive, are a disaster, yet seem to have garnered hardly anything in the way of FEMA or Presidential notice. President “punish your enemies” doesn’t seem to be very quick to notice things that happen to his political opponents.
Probably these same folks would be first to criticize President Obama if didn’t visit Joplin. This President has guts, compassion and wisdom, only to be refuted by his critics. If we are blessed to have President Obama re-elected maybe some of these doom and gloom sayers will begin to see the light.
“Guts, compassion, and wisdom?”
Please provide examples of each.
Call me unduly cynical but I put very little weight on Obama saying something decent once in a while, whether it was at Tucson in the wake of the shootings of Gabrielle Giffords and the others or in Joplin after the tornado there. I think he’s proven that he is quite capable of going through the motions when it suits him. In fact, he reminds me of this quote by David Lee Roth, the original singer for Van Halen:
My uncle used to tell me, ‘Dave, the most important thing in life is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you got it made.’- David Lee Roth
Obama’s record is to the point where he has little he can say positive about his accomplishments, once you get past offing Osama. But this situation is pretty much a slam dunk for any president. You can’t see a tornado coming with more than just a few minutes notice, which makes a disaster like Joplin pretty much the most non-partisan type of tragedy a president can deal with (I’m sure there’s some loon within the administration who probably hoped to stick a “This tornado was caused by global warming” line into the speech, but even the majority of Team Obama isn’t stupid enough to politicize this event).
So he delivered a good speech in a situation where any president would have delivered a good speech. Which may help him marginally in southwestern Missouri come November 2012, but with 17 months to go before the election, his lofty speeches aren’t going to help much if the economy is in the same situation or worse at that time.
Oh please give us a break!Pretty easy for this talking head to piggy back on the heroism (and deaths) of true heros. Sure, he is there to help rebuild Joplin while his policies are destroying the rest of the country. Give credit to the speech writers, not the disingenuous speaker!
Oscumbo cares? The writer is vying for “Mr. Naive of 2011?” This four year old got to sit on Santas knee, and now he know that Santa really cares?
Sonny, hold on to your lollipop; Santa ain’t real! Santa don’t give a rodents backside about you or no one else. (The poor grammar is for dramatic impact).
Your Santabama is the one who kills 1,500,000 innocent, unborn children each year. Thats how much he cares.
Your Santa is the one who promotes homosexual perversion so the practicioners of such will be sure to burn in Hell forever.
Your Communist Santa is the one who nationalizes private enterprise and makes the USA into an economic gulag.
Your Santa is the one who fraternizes with traitors, commies and moslem jihadists; weakens our nuclear deterrent, and strengthens our enemies militaries.
Your Santa is the caring soul who permits a wave of illegal aliens to invade and eventually dominate us, while he steals our saving via inflation and subsidizes their onslaught with tax monies ripped out of our pockets.
And you, poor fool, are impressed with another mouthful of his lies. Poor baby!
Mr. Richardson, As I recall, Jim Jones was one hell of an orator and quite evidently a leader in his own right or how else could he have convinced all those STUPID people to drink the Kool Ade? Get off the Kool Ade and hold on to the truth and the hope that something will be done, but remember, the POTUS is only the figure head not a magician and the work ahead will be done by the “Peasants” he feels we are. Believe me, if he can hold on to the funds to hold up the recovery for the slightest of time and blame the RIGHT, he will.
It must really burn to see Obama being so successful. Makes that pill of being a marginalized loser a bitter one to swallow: he is more successful than you will ever be. America is based on merit: look how he got where he is – by his savvy, intelligence and ability to communicate. Oh, and ain’t this a democracy?: he was elected by popular support. But ok, you are so blinded by conservative ideology to not see Obama as anything other than a scapegoat for your own anxieties. Still what would have McCain done any differently? Except deliver an inferior speech…
Show some respect: Obama is the president. Even if you can’t accept the man, respect the office.
Respect for the office of President requires mercilessly mocking the inept bumbler who was inappropriately elevated to occupy it.
Whatever happened to “dissent is the highest form of patriotism,” which the Left incessantly mooed during the Bush years?
And so the broken hearted walking symbol of “Hope” and “Change” finally stopped campaigning for himself in Europe and trudged on home for a speech to the wounded in Joplin. How generous and caring he said WE would be even when the media goes away. You said Joplin needed to know that the president cared so much so they could be comforted. The president is BIG and IMPORTANT and the people of Joplin are small and unimportant.
I guess Joplin must have the secret or the magic to touch the otherwise uncaring self absorbed and ambitious heart of Obama. Not one speech he ever made at Ground Zero where three thousand innocent Americans were slaughtered ever convinced any of the 9/11 families or the majority of New Yorkers that he cared more than the length of his speech about us. He thought sending the murderer of 3,000 Americans to New York to be tried in the shadow of the 9/11 graveyard was a caring gesture. The same could be said for his performance at Ft. Hood where before he even addressed the 14 dead soldiers he exclaimed “let’s give a shoutout to Dr. Joe Medicine Crow and the Dept. of interior for their good work.” Then he addressed the meddlesome issue of the dead soldiers.
He’s looted the treasury, crucified the American people with a health care monstrosity that he rammed through congress, threatened New Yorkers with a circus of a trial for Khalid Sheik Mohammed and lectured Americans against racism at Ft. Hood. He’s traveled the world on bended knee apologizing to every two bit murderous dictator about the sins of America, he’s marginalized our allies, threatened Israel’s future, and he’s borrowed and yoked our children and their children with a debt that enriched his cronies and crippled the economy and gave away a billion dollars to “so called” black farmers living in the projects because their made up “farms” failed.
But in one speech lasting a few minutes you now know he cares more about the people in Joplin than in Mississippi, New York, Texas and the rest of the walking wounded in the other 52 states that he thinks exist.
Mr. Richardson thy name is “fool.”
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used car in Joplin
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