People continue to drool over Obama's speech at the "Together We Thrive" Rally/memorial service in Tucson on Wednesday night.
I think they should wipe the slobber off their faces before they declare that speech to be a definitive moment in Obama's presidency, elevating him to the level of a great healer. Unless Obama gets his act together, he will have revealed himself to be the hypocrite-in-chief.
Obama's words, his lecture on civility, will prove to be a complete embarrassment if he doesn't live up to the standards that he has set.
He pulled at the American people's heartstrings when, referring to the murdered 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, he said:
"I want to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as Christina imagined it. I want America 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."
Obama missed an opportunity to be concrete in his remarks. He did not take responsibility for his specific comments that most definitely do not live up to what he believes were Christina's expectations.
Obama did not say, "I want our democracy to be as good as Christina imagined and that effort will begin with me."
Obama did not apologize for his personal role in the current climate of hate. He did not take responsibility for his actions.
John Nolte and Jim Holt assembled a summary of some of Obama's reckless rhetoric:
Obama on the Gulf oil spill: "We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers so I know whose ass to kick."
Obama on Univision radio, to Hispanic listeners: "We're going to punish our enemies."
Obama on ACORN Mobs: “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!”
Obama to His Mercenary Army: “Hit Back Twice As Hard”
Obama to voters: Republican victory would mean “hand to hand combat”
Obama to lib supporters: “It’s time to Fight for it.”
Obama to democrats: “I’m itching for a fight.”
Obama to voters at a fundraiser in Philadelphia: "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."
Obama's lecture in Arizona will ring extremely hollow if he continues to use such violent terms in his own rhetoric.
It's bad enough that he didn't apologize for his verbal irresponsibility and ask the American people to forgive him. Without question, Obama should have directly apologized to the family members of the dead and wounded in the Tucson shootings for his failure as president to promote civil discourse rather than exacerbating the problem.
Obama's has raised the bar for himself, not just the "great unwashed."
Obama cannot possibly heal the country that he believes is in dire need of renewal before he heals himself.
1 comment:
"Obama did not apologize for his personal role in the current climate of hate. He did not take responsibility for his actions."
Nor should he. It's obvious to virtually everyone where the climate of hate originates - the President of this great country has shown time and again he's a true leader and only distructive, negative people are the ones still banging the drums of unreasonable complaint during this sad episode.
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