Don’t Mention the War
If you, like me, were watching TV or listening to the radio when the news broke about the Ft. Hood jihad, you may have had the appalling experience of hearing President Obama’s reaction. The cable news outlets broke their coverage to go to his live remarks, and, well, you might have thought it was April 1st, not November 5th.
It took him two and a half minutes of light-hearted introductory remarks to even mention the shooting. His manner was that of a cheap lounge act; I expected him to break into “Mack the Knife” or “Danke Schoen” at any moment.
I cannot begin to fathom how this man thinks. But it seems he believes the job of President of the United States makes him community organizer in chief, not commander in chief. Men and women under his command lay dead, dying, and wounded, and he was giving shout-outs and wassups. It was obscene, as this writer observed.
PS: I repeated here reports that President Obama skipped election return coverage on TV in favor of watching a documentary about himself for the second time. While it made a great story, and allowed me a couple of good shots, it was not true, but a misunderstanding (correction appended at original post).
My apologies to the president and to our readers.