Obama on the Daily Show tonite. PSA.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by mezz

It would seem that Obama's appearance on the Daily Show last night turned out to be "less than optimal" for him. His depths of callousness never cease to shock.

So, Rush didn't like it, right?

John

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by CarlV

I just watched the online edition. Great stuff!


Carl

I agree. I just watched it on Hulu. I think the President was in great form. Only someone predisposed against him could think otherwise.

John

[Rex E.]

I just watched it. I think the President summed it up very nicely in his closing remark.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by mezz

It would seem that Obama's appearance on the Daily Show last night turned out to be "less than optimal" for him. His depths of callousness never cease to shock.

Originally Posted by Boreas

So, Rush didn't like it, right?

Really, Mezz, I want to know why you said the above. Did you watch it? If you did, what did you find "less than optimal"? If you didn't watch it, whose opinion are you relying on for your information?

John

[JBS...]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I agree. I just watched it on Hulu. I think the President was in great form. Only someone predisposed against him could think otherwise.

John

Tell that to her...


"mother of slain diplomat Sean Smith, is among those who found Obama’s comments to be insensitive.

Speaking from her home in San Diego, Mrs. Smith, 72, continued: ‘It’s insensitive to say my son is not very optimal – he is also very dead. I’ve not been “optimal” since he died and the past few weeks have been pure hell.

‘I am still waiting for the truth to come out and I still want to know the truth. I’m finally starting to get some answers but I won’t give up.

‘There’s a lot of stupid things that have been said about my son and what happened and this is another one of them.’
"

[Wasillaguy]

Doesn't matter what the grieving Mom thinks JBS, someone will be along here in a minute to explain that she's a shill for Fox News.
They're just as cold as they are pathetic.

[CarlV]

Tell that to her...

On the campaign trail, Mitt Romney has been telling a story about his chance encounter with former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty at a Christmas party three or four years ago. Doherty was among four Americans killed during terrorists attacks in Libya, including on the American diplomatic post. Romney's voice audibly thickens with emotion as he ties Doherty's death to what he sees as Obama's failed foreign policies. Other GOP leaders have taken up the charge, accusing Obama of botching the U.S. response to the attacks and downplaying al Qaeda's role.

Barbara Doherty, the former SEAL's mother, ordered Romney to stop talking about her son.

"I don't trust Romney. He shouldn't make my son's death part of his political agenda. It's wrong to use these brave young men, who wanted freedom for all, to degrade Obama," she told media outlets in Boston.

http://seattletimes.com/html/edceter...in_seal_t.html

I am done with this thread.


Carl

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by JBS...

Tell that to her...


"mother of slain diplomat Sean Smith, is among those who found Obama’s comments to be insensitive.

Speaking from her home in San Diego, Mrs. Smith, 72, continued: ‘It’s insensitive to say my son is not very optimal – he is also very dead. I’ve not been “optimal” since he died and the past few weeks have been pure hell.

‘I am still waiting for the truth to come out and I still want to know the truth. I’m finally starting to get some answers but I won’t give up.

‘There’s a lot of stupid things that have been said about my son and what happened and this is another one of them.’
"

You use quotation marks, but you don't identify a source for your quotations. Therefore, we have no context for her remarks.

I watched the interview and do have context for the President's remark. He did not say that the Ambassador was not optimal. (Indeed, the comments about the Ambassador have been nothing but positive.) Obama was responding to a question from Stewart which used the word "optimal" in asking about the manner in which information about the attack came out. Obama's response was that what happened at the compound was not optimal - i.e. it was not a result that he wanted.

Regards,

D-Ray

[merrylander]

I have seen people twist things totally out of shape in my 81 years, but the pretzel job JBS and Wass have done on the President's remarks defies all comprehension. You had better pray that they do not make English the official language.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Doesn't matter what the grieving Mom thinks JBS, someone will be along here in a minute to explain that she's a shill for Fox News.
They're just as cold as they are pathetic.

Being cold and pathetic, I was just about to make that very point. Your post saved me from a major embarrassment. Thanks.

I do have a few things to say, though. First, there is no indication of whether Mrs. Smith saw the interview. The edited clip on the Daily Mail website begins with the President's answer but fails to reveal the question he was answering. It then jumps to a jokey exchange with Stewart which actually occurred at the very beginning of the interview. The clear intent is to reinforce the Daily Mail's "narrative" that the President isn't really taking this tragedy very seriously.

Second, just as with the President's response, the actual question she was asked by the Daily Mail reporter isn't disclosed. Her response is a little off-kilter unless she was asked something like, "President Obama said yesterday that the killing of your son wasn't 'optimal'. How do feel about that?"

Frankly, it's pretty easy to manipulate grief in that way and the Daily Mail is far from averse to doing things like that. It's a disgusting, sensational, scandal mongering rag of a British tabloid. It's also VERY right wing.

John