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Obama: Gabby Opened Her Eyes For the First Time

You go girl!!!
 
That's fantastic news... I hope she continues to make progress and her full recovery happens quickly.
 
hazlnut said:
Obama: Gabby Opened Her Eyes For the First Time



Great moment!

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Need any more proof?

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Was a good memorial service.
 
Wonderful memorial service! I think the President is right, we all (both sides) need to think about whether what we say will have a positive effect or not before we say it. I know I have room to improve in this area. I hope others will come to the same realization.
 
That was a great part of the speech. And I actually gave Obama kudos on my facebook status for once when he came out and basically dismissed those many on his side that have made a political mockery of this, essentially pointing out that using this tragedy to condemn "hateful rhetoric" by using hateful rhetoric themselves are wrong to do so and hurtful.
 
Zyphlin said:
That was a great part of the speech. And I actually gave Obama kudos on my facebook status for once when he came out and basically dismissed those many on his side that have made a political mockery of this, essentially pointing out that using this tragedy to condemn "hateful rhetoric" by using hateful rhetoric themselves are wrong to do so and hurtful.
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Obama always was good at giving speeches.

It's the "being a president" part he struggles with.
 
dontworrybehappy said:
Obama always was good at giving speeches.

It's the "being a president" part he struggles with.
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Thank you for that wonderful bit of partisan rhetoric that had no real purpose in this thread. It was much appreciated. I almost was going to start believing that I liked Obama as a President if not for your wonderful insight in a thread specifically about a specific moment in his speech and not about his job as president at all.

sigh
 
hazlnut said:
Obama: Gabby Opened Her Eyes For the First Time



Great moment!

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We all want Gabby to recover so much. To see that lovely smile. To hear that lively laughter. To know that everything will turn out to be alright. But, I fear that's asking much, too much. We should hope for smaller, more measured successes. This is a grievous injury. An unfair injury. And what small achievements Gabby is able to achieve, we should celebrate.

We want her full recovery which so much would serve our need that somehow everything turned out okay after all. It didn't. It can't. Six lives lost. Fourteen lives turned upside down.

Gabby opened her eyes today and we cried and applauded. We're so glad for Gabby. We want permission to feel good again.
 
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Zyphlin said:
Thank you for that wonderful bit of partisan rhetoric that had no real purpose in this thread. It was much appreciated. I almost was going to start believing that I liked Obama as a President if not for your wonderful insight in a thread specifically about a specific moment in his speech and not about his job as president at all.

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Do you really think dontworrybehappy was wrong? Did it feel like you and the liberals were just about to make peace up until that point?
lol
 
Zyphlin said:
That was a great part of the speech. And I actually gave Obama kudos on my facebook status for once when he came out and basically dismissed those many on his side that have made a political mockery of this, essentially pointing out that using this tragedy to condemn "hateful rhetoric" by using hateful rhetoric themselves are wrong to do so and hurtful.
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He busted the Sheriff in that speech, now that was good.
 
I preface this by saying that I mean this more as an observation than a criticicm.

But much like when Wisconsin senator Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash, the memorial service was very "pep rally-ish". The cheering for each name of the deceased was very strange to me. And it seemed like the wrong place to be discussing democracy and rhetoric and whatnot. It should have only been about the fallen.

By the way, Gabby was not one of the deceased, and I thought it was overly focused on her, when she is not the one we were "remembering". She's still here.

I've never personally been to a funeral or memorial service where people openly cheered. Perhaps you have.

The whole thing just seemed kind of weird to me.
 
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This is good news.
 
Erod said:
I preface this by saying that I mean this more as an observation than a criticicm.

But much like when Wisconsin senator Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash, the memorial service was very "pep rally-ish". The cheering for each name of the deceased was very strange to me. And it seemed like the wrong place to be discussing democracy and rhetoric and whatnot. It should have only been about the fallen.

By the way, Gabby was not one of the deceased, and I thought it was overly focused on her, when she is not the one we were "remembering". She's still here.

I've never personally been to a funeral or memorial service where people openly cheered. Perhaps you have.

The whole thing just seemed kind of weird to me.
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I thought that was kind of odd too. Maybe it was because there so many college students there.

I also thought it was kind of inappropriate that they handed out t-shirts to everyone there.
 
Erod said:
I preface this by saying that I mean this more as an observation than a criticicm.

But much like when Wisconsin senator Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash, the memorial service was very "pep rally-ish". The cheering for each name of the deceased was very strange to me. And it seemed like the wrong place to be discussing democracy and rhetoric and whatnot. It should have only been about the fallen.
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I just agreed with you. Is this the end of times or do I need to get my head checked? :2razz:
 
Zyphlin said:
Thank you for that wonderful bit of partisan rhetoric that had no real purpose in this thread. It was much appreciated. I almost was going to start believing that I liked Obama as a President if not for your wonderful insight in a thread specifically about a specific moment in his speech and not about his job as president at all.

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I had no idea that being a president was partisan! :lamo

You gave him credit for the speech and so did I. Where was the disconnect?

If you don't think it was weird that at a "memorial" people were cheering, maybe its YOU who is partisan.

This thread is about Obama telling us this lady opened her eyes shortlly after he left. If you can't see this man as trying to portray himself as the messiah YOU are the blindest conservative I've ever spoken with. Why doesn't his doctor tell us her progress? Since when is it Obama's job? If this would have happened under Bush, and he would have said the same thing, I'd have been asking the same questions. THAT isn't partisan. Your vitriol is blind to reality, plain and simple. If you think Obama suddenly stopped campaigning, think again. His "cheerleading" speech sounded real good, but I promise, with all the cheering, it was VERY strange. And I'm NOT the only person to think so.
 
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