DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post - Will Obama "politicize" tonight in Tuscon?

**ThisIsOK** · 12-02-2011, 03:11 AM

No frustration.

A little surprised. From a man who has been very challenged on how to act 'presidential,' I find this rather refreshing.

Can he keep this up for the next 2 yrs. ?

Does it even matter at this point ? We can only watch and see.

I don't think it matters too much if he doesn't keep it up for the next two years..whatever "it" may be. Obama's biggest job tonight was to present a reason to stop the bickering and I think that, at least for the time being, he did that.

There were two points in the speech that I though were pretty good. There was the remark about not laying blame and then a comment regarding not being able to know what would have stopped the shots (or something to that effect). That, in my opinion, was the right idea. Now it's going to be up to his "legion" to live up to those ideals.

I have to say, though, that a couple of things struck me as strange. I really never got the sense of "memorial". It wasn't a particularly intimate or warm display and, frankly, the cheering gave things kind of a pep-rally feel. I don't know as if that really makes a difference as I think that the important thing for this particular event was, in fact, more political than personal.

12-02-2011, 03:11 AM	#37
ThisIsOK Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 515 Senior Member	No frustration. A little surprised. From a man who has been very challenged on how to act 'presidential,' I find this rather refreshing. Can he keep this up for the next 2 yrs. ? Does it even matter at this point ? We can only watch and see. I don't think it matters too much if he doesn't keep it up for the next two years..whatever "it" may be. Obama's biggest job tonight was to present a reason to stop the bickering and I think that, at least for the time being, he did that. There were two points in the speech that I though were pretty good. There was the remark about not laying blame and then a comment regarding not being able to know what would have stopped the shots (or something to that effect). That, in my opinion, was the right idea. Now it's going to be up to his "legion" to live up to those ideals. I have to say, though, that a couple of things struck me as strange. I really never got the sense of "memorial". It wasn't a particularly intimate or warm display and, frankly, the cheering gave things kind of a pep-rally feel. I don't know as if that really makes a difference as I think that the important thing for this particular event was, in fact, more political than personal.
	Quote