As was noted in another thread, the President went to Dover yesterday to pay his respects to those killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. That thread started getting a bit political which seems unnecessary, though perhaps inevitable. Sometimes I catch myself badmouthing our invasion of Iraq without really considering how disrespectful it must seem to those who have lost loved ones over there. It's a shame that it's come to that.
Some at Fox News, of course, think the President's Dover visit was all political:
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The White House yesterday canceled all public events for the day, as President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base to pay his respects to the American servicemen killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. After the caskets came off the plane, the president spent about 70 minutes meeting informally with approximately 250 family members and fellow servicemen and women.
A few hours later, Fox News held a panel discussion on the day’s events yesterday, and Andrew Napolitano saw the ceremony in Delaware as part of a political scheme.
“Instead [of economic moves], [Obama] segued it to something we all agree with, which is remorse and sorrow over the loss the SEALs in Afghanistan.
“That was a very clever way of trying to get the economy off the front page, but it didn’t work, Mr. President.”
This is what Fox News has been reduced to. After one of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in a decade-long war, the Commander in Chief greets returning caskets … and Fox News sees a political ploy...
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_08/fox_news_lack_of_limits031443.php
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What a bunch of creeps. I used to say that they were a Republican network, but they might be morphing into something slightly different. They are becoming the anti-Obama network. Their disrespect of Obama has been there since 2008, but it seems to intensify as time goes by. Why are they so relentlessly hostile to him? Don't they believe that he is trying his best?
08-10-2011, 03:40 PM
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