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Parents of murdered British students criticise Barack Obama (edited)

If the president took time to address every incident of murdered individuals, he would never make it out of the wonderful communities he 'organized'.
 
Hmmm... wait... so this is a case of parents being angry because Obama didn't comment on their child's death even though the kid got the justice he deserved? Unlike Martin? Who's killer was given a slap on the wrists and backed by the police before the investigation was even concluded? Apples and Oranges is one thing but this is ridiculous.
 
White kids don't make good political fodder.
 
So, Obama is criticized for "interjecting himself" into martin's case after answering a question posed by a reporter regarding a wildly televised nation-wide news story, yet the right wing press is now crucifying him because he didn't apologize to a relatively unknown victim's family regarding a case that has not been in the national news, been nearly completely under the radar and has not been posed as an issue/question to the president himself? Make up your mind already. I would personally prefer he not comment on any of these situations to avoid the painfully stupid and accusatory interpretations that ensue.
 
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There are plenty of legitimate issues upon which we can sling mud when it comes to Obama. This is such an incredibly ridiculous non-issue I'm surprised anybody bothered with writing the article.

Murder is always a tragedy for somebody. Should the president hold a press conference everyday to prepare a personal speech for every person murdered? Why stop there? Why not make him prepare a personal speech for every person who dies in this country every day. And when he gets into the swing of things we can also get him involved in speeches for those who die overseas, as well.

Absolutely ridiculous.
 
Why the fuss? It's not as if they were American or anything.
 
Why the fuss? It's not as if they were American or anything.

Right, because we only express the level of tragedy when it's an American. We completely ignore anybody else who experiences loss in this country. Which is why we're so damned evil to all those foreign-born immigrants that come here every year (legally and illegally) to seek a better life for themselves.
 
There are plenty of legitimate issues upon which we can sling mud when it comes to Obama. This is such an incredibly ridiculous non-issue I'm surprised anybody bothered with writing the article.

Murder is always a tragedy for somebody. Should the president hold a press conference everyday to prepare a personal speech for every person murdered? Why stop there? Why not make him prepare a personal speech for every person who dies in this country every day. And when he gets into the swing of things we can also get him involved in speeches for those who die overseas, as well.

Absolutely ridiculous.
You're right. I am sure thousands if not tens of thousands of kids who could look like his son are murdered every year, mostly by other kids who could look like his son. Surely he can't take the time to comment on them all - completely understandable!
 
You're right. I am sure thousands if not tens of thousands of kids who could look like his son are murdered every year, mostly by other kids who could look like his son. Surely he can't take the time to comment on them all - completely understandable!

In my experience, Obama rarely, if ever, comments on the death of anybody. In the case of Martin, he was specifically asked for his view on the situation. Has he been specifically asked by the press for his comments on the multitude of deaths that occur in the U.S. everyday? I'm betting no. This is just a fool's game.
 
There are plenty of legitimate issues upon which we can sling mud when it comes to Obama. This is such an incredibly ridiculous non-issue I'm surprised anybody bothered with writing the article.

Murder is always a tragedy for somebody. Should the president hold a press conference everyday to prepare a personal speech for every person murdered?
Nobody is demanding he "prepare a personal speech for every person murdered" - just pointing out that the line dividing those he chooses to speak out upon and those he chooses not to... is a political one:

"We would like to publicly express our dissatisfaction at the lack of any public or private message of support or condolence from any American governing body or indeed, President Obama himself...It would perhaps appear that Mr Obama sees no political value in facilitating such a request"

Answer: True

As to there being "plenty of legitimate issues upon which we can sling mud" -- the only reason this story came about is because the Trayvon Martin has topped the news cycle for several days now.
 
Nobody is demanding he "prepare a personal speech for every person murdered" - just pointing out that the line dividing those he chooses to speak out upon and those he chooses not to... is a political one:

"We would like to publicly express our dissatisfaction at the lack of any public or private message of support or condolence from any American governing body or indeed, President Obama himself...It would perhaps appear that Mr Obama sees no political value in facilitating such a request"

Answer: True

As to there being "plenty of legitimate issues upon which we can sling mud" -- the only reason this story came about is because the Trayvon Martin has topped the news cycle for several days now.

Let me make this as clear as possible:

The press corps asked Obama to comment on the Trayvon Martin case, and he did.

Did the press corps ask Obama to comment on the case referenced in this article? Did anybody outside of those in that community even know about that case until this article came out?

No? Well then just maybe it has nothing to do with political expediency and everything to do with how the media controls the flow of information.
 
Has he been specifically asked by the press for his comments on the multitude of deaths that occur in the U.S. everyday? I'm betting no. This is just a fool's game.
When asked by the press to comment on the execution of Troy Davis, the adminstration response was that Obama "has worked to ensure accuracy and fairness in the criminal justice system," and that it is not appropriate for him "to weigh in on specific cases like this one, which is a state prosecution." Basically a cop-out on having to comment on that particular case. And, hollow words given that he has chosen to "weigh in on specific [state prosecution] cases" a number of times: Duke Lacrosse, the Beer Summit fiasco, Penn State, etc.
 
When asked by the press to comment on the execution of Troy Davis, the adminstration response was that Obama "has worked to ensure accuracy and fairness in the criminal justice system," and that it is not appropriate for him "to weigh in on specific cases like this one, which is a state prosecution." Basically a cop-out on having to comment on that particular case. And, hollow words given that he has chosen to "weigh in on specific [state prosecution] cases" a number of times: Duke Lacrosse, the Beer Summit fiasco, Penn State, etc.

Link?.......
Also, the bolded? Another reason the Martin case is different, as federal investigative agencies are and were involved in this case at the time of the press corp question to Obama
 
If the president took time to address every incident of murdered individuals, he would never make it out of the wonderful communities he 'organized'.

Why does he comment on ANY of them then? Oh, when he thinks he can make political hay out of one he does. I see.
 
Let me make this as clear as possible:

The press corps asked Obama to comment on the Trayvon Martin case, and he did.

Did the press corps ask Obama to comment on the case referenced in this article? Did anybody outside of those in that community even know about that case until this article came out?

No? Well then just maybe it has nothing to do with political expediency and everything to do with how the media controls the flow of information.
Your point is moot. I've already provided an example where the press asked Obama to comment on a case and he refused, and examples where he commented on murders or cases without any prompting by the press.

I heard about the murder of these two teens when it occurred. I'm not from Sarasota, it was national (international) news. Sorry you weren't privy.
 
I would personally prefer he not comment on any of these situations to avoid the painfully stupid and accusatory interpretations that ensue.

Ha ha...right on.
 
I didn't accuse you of anything. But having a link gives better perspective than a selective quote taken without context and used in debate. And my point still stands. The Martin case is different.
The point about the press corps asking Obama to comment and it having "nothing to do with political expediency and everything to do with how the media controls the flow of information" - is what is moot.
 
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