Thread: Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting

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Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting


WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings.

Obama met Friday morning with FBI Director Robert Mueller and other federal leaders to get an update on what they've learned. Thirteen people were killed and 30 others injured in the shooting rampage at the Texas Army post on Thursday. The suspected shooter is an Army psychiatrist; his motive remains unclear.

"We don't know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts," Obama said in a Rose Garden statement otherwise devoted to the economy.

"What we do know is that there are families, friends and an entire nation grieving right now for the valiant men and women who came under attack yesterday," the president said.

His aides, meanwhile, worked to make way for Obama to attend a still unscheduled memorial service for those slain at the nation's largest military post. The White House's top spokesman said Obama would attend that service and emphasized it would take place at the family's convenience, and that it will not be dictated by the president's schedule.

"When a service is scheduled, the president will attend," Robert Gibbs told reporters during his daily briefing.

Yet Obama is also scheduled to leave on a 10-day trip to Asia on Wednesday. Gibbs would not rule out delaying the trip so Obama could attend the service before setting off on the major international trip of the year.

Gibbs said the president's schedule remains in flux.

Obama ordered the flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be at half-staff until Veterans Day. He called it a modest tribute to those who were slain and to those who put their lives on the line in the armed services each day.

"We stand in awe of their sacrifice, and we pray for the safety of those who fight, and for the families of those who have fallen," he said.

The president promised that that his administration would update the nation as it learns more about what happened, and why, at Fort Hood.

The suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was shot and remains hospitalized.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_ ... _fort_hood

Obama will do what he always does. Support the infidels and race baiters. What a jerk!

It's too bad obama doesn't have as much care and respect for the soliders and their familes that the shooter killed as he has does for the shooter.

Yep, consider this:

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics ... ident.html

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting

A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.


President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.

After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.

But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow -- that Congressional Medal of Honor winner." Three minutes in, the president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him?

Anyone at home aware of the major news story of the previous hours had to have been stunned. An incident like this requires a scrapping of the early light banter. The president should apologize for the tone of his remarks, explain what has happened, express sympathy for those slain and appeal for calm and patience until all the facts are in. That's the least that should occur.

Indeed, an argument could be made that Obama should have canceled the Indian event, out of respect for people having been murdered at an Army post a few hours before. That would have prevented any sort of jarring emotional switch at the event.

Did the president's team not realize what sort of image they were presenting to the country at this moment? The disconnect between what Americans at home knew had been going on -- and the initial words coming out of their president's mouth was jolting, if not disturbing.

It must have been disappointing for many politically aware Democrats, still reeling from the election two days before. The New Jersey gubernatorial vote had already demonstrated that the president and his political team couldn't produce a winning outcome in a state very friendly to Democrats (and where the president won by 15 points one year ago). And now this? Congressional Democrats must wonder if a White House that has burdened them with a too-heavy policy agenda over the last year has a strong enough political operation to help push that agenda through.

If the president's communications apparatus can't inform -- and protect -- their boss during tense moments when the country needs to see a focused commander-in-chief and a compassionate head of state, it has disastrous consequences for that president's party and supporters.

All the president's men (and women) fell down on the job Thursday. And Democrats across the country have real reason to panic.

Yep, consider this:

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics ... ident.html

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting

WOW! Obama must really be in trouble if NBC Chicago is writing these negative opinion pieces. I mean before the election they were acting like he was the second coming of God.

Originally Posted by Bowman

Yep, consider this:

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics ... ident.html

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting

WOW! Obama must really be in trouble if NBC Chicago is writing these negative opinion pieces. I mean before they election they were acting like he was the second coming of God.

He's NOT the second coming of God? Darn, I"m heartbroken .....

Originally Posted by USAFVeteran

***respectfully snipped for space***
He's NOT the second coming of God? Darn, I"m heartbroken .....

**passes the latest repair-the-heart meds to USAFVeteran**

"Don't jump to conclusions..."? That really goes a long way towards explaining his apparent disinterest in the Ft. Hood masacre in his address afterwards, doesn't it? This from a President, a Commander-in-Chief with zero experience other than the corruption he learned in Chicago politics looking for Muslims for positions in the White House, doesn't it? And if a Christian is more qualified for the position? Is this the Nobama version of Affirmative Action for Muslims?

Call this latest article exactly what it is...a pathetic attempt at damage control after his pathetic address to the Ft. Hood masacre yesterday.

Why is this man always telling us what to think and how to act? I'm really tired of this.

Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting

Didnt Obama "jump to conclusions" whe he accused Sgt Crowley of being racist when Crowley arrested Prof Gates? And he stated this on national tv.
Americans know first hand about Islamic terrorism. No One is
"jumping to conclusions" because the writing is right on the wall. This was a deliberate act of terrorism by a Muslim.

I just heard that there are about 1500 muslim soldiers at Ft. Hood that swore to protect the USA.

I have a problem with this.

Im no expert on the Qoran or muslim ways, but there is an unspoken rule in with islam where it's ok to lie if it furthers a muslim agenda. Why oh why are we allowing these people here in the country or especially in our military? Oh wait, I remember now-it's not PC to do that!