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In reply to the discussion: It may have not been the best moment for Pres. Obama? [View all]Lucinda
(31,170 posts)15. I think his comments here were spot on:
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"..."It's always a challenge when you have a terrorist attack anywhere in the world. Particularly in this age of 24/7 news coverage, you want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation. But the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people's ordinary lives. And one of my most powerful memories, and one of my proudest moments as president, was watching Boston respond after the marathon. And when Ortiz went out and said, probably the only time that America didn't have a problem with somebody cursing on live TV, was when he talked about Boston and how strong it was and that it was not going to be intimidated. And that is the kind of resilience and kind of strength that we have to continually show in the face of these terrorists. They cannot defeat America. They don't produce anything. They don't have a message that appeals to the vast majority of Muslims or the vast majority of people around the world. What they can do is scare and make people afraid. And disrupt our daily lives and divide us. And as long as we don't allow that to happen, we're going to be OK..."
"..."It's always a challenge when you have a terrorist attack anywhere in the world. Particularly in this age of 24/7 news coverage, you want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation. But the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people's ordinary lives. And one of my most powerful memories, and one of my proudest moments as president, was watching Boston respond after the marathon. And when Ortiz went out and said, probably the only time that America didn't have a problem with somebody cursing on live TV, was when he talked about Boston and how strong it was and that it was not going to be intimidated. And that is the kind of resilience and kind of strength that we have to continually show in the face of these terrorists. They cannot defeat America. They don't produce anything. They don't have a message that appeals to the vast majority of Muslims or the vast majority of people around the world. What they can do is scare and make people afraid. And disrupt our daily lives and divide us. And as long as we don't allow that to happen, we're going to be OK..."
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I am sure not a right winger, I purely pointing out what people on both sides have said about this!
imanamerican63
Mar 2016
#31
At this point, Obama accomplished at least 85% of what he wanted to do in office.
Jitter65
Mar 2016
#16
I am not knocking the POTUS, just putting into contexts of what people are saying.
imanamerican63
Mar 2016
#33
Well, he's not running for re-election any time soon, so why does it even matter?
underahedgerow
Mar 2016
#34
Because it still burns that that uppity black man served two terms as President...
ScreamingMeemie
Mar 2016
#36