Obama's handling of airliner tragedy

DerekJohnson · July 2014

President Obama spent 40 seconds saying his national security team is working on identifying the dead U.S. citizens – and then launched into jokes and 16 minutes of prepared remarks.

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GrundleStiltzkin · July 2014

There's the press again, with another two-bit hatchet job on President Obama. As any counselor will tell you, humor is critical to helping people cope with the earliest stages of grief. The President is compassionately following best practices to lighten the mood and aid families through this difficult time. The negative media coverage this man has had to endure his whole presidency doesn't seem to be ending any time soon. Stay strong, Mr. President, we need you right now.

Tequilla · July 2014

You can't sugar coat this ...

The "fun" SHOULD be over in that part of the world after today ...

Instead everybody is too afraid of what might happen than to do the right thing.

You never lead by being tentative.