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Topic: Obama and Bush Eulogies:
The Grotesque and the Graceful |
Obama and Bush Eulogies:
The Grotesque and the Graceful
American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By:magnante, 12/23/2012 11:47:33 AM
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| President Obama has a very serious ego problem, and when he goes off teleprompter, it sticks out like a sore thumb. His eulogy for Senator Inouye on Friday was grotesque in its focus on the speaker, not the dearly departed. Unsurprisingly, President George W. Bush delivered a graceful eulogy for Gerald R. Ford´s funeral, a model from which his successor should, but will not, learn. As David Paulin points out: A great funeral eulogy and not a single mention of "I" or "me" by President Bush.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
lazyman, 12/23/2012 12:00:46 PM (No. 9080696)
If Bush were in office now it would be 24/7 Staten Island devastation from Sandy and FEMA failure.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 12/23/2012 12:03:48 PM (No. 9080698)
~~If conservatives are ever going to learn how to respond the streetfighting ways of the left´s propaganda machine, now would be a perfect time. We are faced with a ruthless political-media machine that targets and takes out charismatic conservative political talent through the use of media-sponsored ridicule.~~
How true.....
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
farmwife, 12/23/2012 12:07:32 PM (No. 9080703)
How I miss a man who can speak from the heart, without that sing-songy cadence Obama uses! And a man who can speak about someone other than himself.
I also miss an Ameica where a man was measured by his ´honesty and courage´ as George Bush said about Gerald Ford.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
secondtimelucky, 12/23/2012 12:32:51 PM (No. 9080738)
yeah well - reevaluation doesn´t do us much good now, does it? We´re still stuck with him for 4 more years...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Spidey, 12/23/2012 1:11:09 PM (No. 9080783)
This country still felt like America under Bush and that´s more important than anything else. there´s millions of people in country identification limbo now,just zombieing their way through life.
The other day on the weekly jobs report they said new claims went up 17,000 last week and that´s almost become a meaningless number except to the folks who got the pink slip.An "economist" then rationalized it by saying this number of jobs losses is expected in an economy creating 2 million jobs a year.Pure oxymoronism..So Obama has co-opted every bit of info coming from the media and somehow bad news becomes good news.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
vinegrower, 12/23/2012 1:32:23 PM (No. 9080812)
I can´t stand it when Obama says ´my Secty of State or my Def Secty´. The other presidents have never said it this way, they have always just said ´the secty of whatever´, but this guy is all about himself. These cabinet members work for the people of the United States.
Just listened to the eulogy by President Bush, what a wonderful man. I really miss him.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bugger, 12/23/2012 2:03:00 PM (No. 9080849)
We just listened too #6, and yes, we miss him terribly. I still am mystified as to how they were able to paint him as an imbecile who couldn´t speak and supposedly was an embarrassment. I never saw that.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Grambo, 12/23/2012 2:03:25 PM (No. 9080852)
The low class of the Democrats was apparent at the Wellstone funeral, and now again at the Inouye funeral, but for sheer brazen bad taste and manners, Obama’s long speech about himself is a new low
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mitzi, 12/23/2012 2:25:23 PM (No. 9080875)
I heard a bit of this on TV (couldn´t get to the remote fast enough) and never realized it was a eulogy. I thought it was one of the usual B.O. orations.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Mr. Hanky, 12/23/2012 2:35:06 PM (No. 9080881)
Obama is a graceless, classless bozo. Everything is about him.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bob913, 12/23/2012 3:19:44 PM (No. 9080917)
During eulogy for war hero senator, obama refers to himself 63 times...
http://tinyurl.com/bmsxcbf
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Momma Walton, 12/23/2012 4:01:43 PM (No. 9080958)
Too bad that many Americans did not comprehend Obama´s true spirit when they went to vote.
America has lost many good leaders of value, yet still cling to those who do not believe in the goodness of America, the blessings of Almighty God!
Christmastime should bring to our memories of the wondrous love God poured out in the body of Jesus, Lord/Savior to all who will call upon His Name, live according to His Word, receiving His blessings through His Love/Grace available for all who will believe, to receive daily all that we need - His Presence!
Thank God that the Bush presidencies presented Jesus as Savior/Lord, evermore to prosper US in His Name. They openly prayed, privately sought God´s will, always willing to listen/learn/obey!
One day George and George W. Bush will hear their Lord/Master call their name and to "enter in to ALL God has prepared for those that love Him.
Obama hasn´t yet decided who he believes - depends on the climate/politcal-correctness.
I pray all readers have made their choice. I await seeing you in the Kingdom Jesus came to provide - forever to bask in His goodness!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
novakid, 12/23/2012 6:54:02 PM (No. 9081145)
Get used to it. 0bama thinks he is a Dictator.
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