frazzledgear
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- Mar 17, 2008
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Why the fuck are you watching Fox for the coverage? Just looking for soemthing to bitch about?
Had the clearest picture. Two feet of snow outside and some of the cable stations pixilate. I never thought Fox would stoop so low. I apologize for being wrong.
But I bet when Chris Matthews was PRETENDING to be a news anchor on MSNBC and said listening to Obama gave him a tingle up his leg, you had no problem with that.
I have no problem with the comment and I'm surprised it wasn't a more negative comment than that! It is a memorial service and it wasn't about Obama. Do YOU clap at a funeral or memorial service too? Find that appropriate do you? Clinton who beats Obama hands down with his gift of speaking - gave one of the most touching speeches at the memorial service following the Oklahoma City bombing and NO ONE clapped! But it had Brit Hume on Fox nearly in tears. Did you complain about THAT happening on Fox then when he responded so emotionally to Clinton's speech?
Given the trashy and low class act so many Democrats already (and continue) engaged in by repeatedly insisting this was somehow connected to political rhetoric -specifically conservative and even accused Palin of being an accomplice to murder (because after all, disagreeing with Democrats IS how they defined "hate speech") and insisting the act of a paranoid schizophrenic was the fault of Palin, Tea Party etc. it doesn't surprise me they treated Obama's speech like it was the kick off to his re-election campaign. But it won't go down as being in the same category as Clinton's following OKC bombing or that of Bush following 9/11 both of whom were eloquent and completely apolitical in their speeches as a President should be -and both audiences respectful and always aware of the real nature of the event.
I don't find applause, much less cat calls, whistles and foot stomping to be appropriate at ANY memorial service and this was low class behavior. You'd think they would have taken a cue from Obama's demeanor which was not "Hey, we can win this thing!" but funereal as fitting the occasion. The fact the Congresswoman's husband stood up to applaud later is irrelevant, especially since his wife was not the only victim. A memorial service is to honor the DEAD -NOT to cheer a President with a round of cat calls, whistling, foot stomping applause. It was really a demeaning, undignified response and totally inappropriate for the occasion.
But it doesn't surprise me in the least about who here thinks a no class behavior of cat calls, whooping, yelling, shouting, whistles and foot stomping at a memorial service is perfectly appropriate to the solemnity, dignity and purpose of a memorial service. Yeah. Must be why we see it all the time when other Presidents speak at memorial services, huh. Oh wait -we don't.
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