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UPDATE: Obama fiddles while Ft. Hood smolders

UPDATES FOLLOW.

No, I’m not bashing B.O. for what happened at Ft. Hood yesterday.  Unlike the left who blamed everything under the sun on Bush, I am not saying, implying, or even thinking that this was B.O.’s fault.

Then what am I trashing him for?  This:

THE PRESIDENT: Please, everybody have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing just an extraordinary conference. I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow was around, and so I want to give a shout-out to that Congressional Medal of Honor* winner. It’s good to see you. (Applause.)

My understanding is, is that you had an extremely productive conference. I want to thank all of you for coming and for your efforts, and I want to give you my solemn guarantee that this is not the end of a process but a beginning of a process, and that we are going to follow up. (Applause.) We are going to follow up. Every single member of my team understands that this is a top priority for us. I want you to know that, as I said this morning, this is not something that we just give lip service to. And we are going to keep on working with you to make sure that the first Americans get the best possible chances in life in a way that’s consistent with your extraordinary traditions and culture and values.

Now, I have to say, though, that beyond that, I plan to make some broader remarks about the challenges that lay ahead for Native Americans, as well as collaboration with our administration, but as some of you might have heard, there has been a tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.

Man’s got his priorities in order, huh?  Give a little “shout out” to his homies in the Interior before…”wait, what was I going to address?  Oh, right, now I remember”…honoring our soldiers.  You know, if I didn’t know any better, I’d swear that the left doesn’t really give a rat’s rear end about or soldiers.

By the way, despite the MSM’s attempts to make this look like a lone nutjob (with no religious or political motivation) fearful only of deployment who committed this horrific act, it looks like the camelhumping bloodthirsty jihadist has a soft spot for suicide bombers and the Muslim who shot up the Arkansas military recruitment center.

UPDATE (11/06/2009 – 2:10 PM EST): Apparently, I’m not the only one who feels like B.O. really dithered on this one.  Here’s a great column by Robert George entitled “Obama’s Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting”.

Also, as tnjack points out in the comments, The Gilded Leader has implored us not to “jump to any conclusions” about the shooter.  Yeah, really!  I mean, if only we could all be as restrained as a man who didn’t have all the facts about a white cop who “acted stupidly” and a loudmouthed beligerent black professor…

November 6, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | Ft. Hood, Obama, religion of peace, shameful