tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208401365281331903.post1935048071013692924..comments2023-09-20T11:31:54.194-04:00Comments on Rabble Rouser Ruminations: The Memorial Service That Wasn't, And CelebrationsRabble Rouser Reverend Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965609706204555067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208401365281331903.post-82082493314498147062011-01-13T14:30:13.255-05:002011-01-13T14:30:13.255-05:00Hey, SYD -
I know. I understand the students may...Hey, SYD -<br /><br />I know. I understand the students may have been responsible, but I cannot believe the university wouldn't have had to run that by the WH first. <br /><br />No kidding - I couldn't believe it when I saw the video of Bush v. Obama's pep rally. What a shocking difference. I saw a minute or two of an interview with Katie Couric (ugh) and Bush right before the service. She asked abt him meeting with the victims' families. He said something along the lines of just wanting to be there for them, to hug them, let them know they were loved, and to listen to them (I think I got that all right). Wow.<br /><br />I dunno - maybe I'm getting older, too, but like I said, as a minister, I cannot imagine having all of that going on at a Memorial Service. And Obama SHOULD have been able to set the tone, perhaps not for what came before him, but certainly when he was talking. The first time people applauded, he could have said, "please hold your applause. This is not the moment." But no - he likes the applause too much, and then started his campaign voice going. Blech.<br /><br />Thanks for the link!Rabble Rouser Reverend Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965609706204555067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208401365281331903.post-87563945299162403832011-01-13T13:20:18.142-05:002011-01-13T13:20:18.142-05:00Once again... thank you for echoing my sentiments....Once again... thank you for echoing my sentiments. The idea of handing out Obama t-shirts at a "memorial service" kinda creeped me out. <br /><br />That footage of GWB takes me aback. I had not listened to it at the time, either. Now I wonder exactly why? Who convinced me that he was such a god-awful President?? (That is another subject altogether.)<br /><br />But here I am... and maybe I am just getting old. I find cheering and handing out t-shirts at a "memorial service" distasteful, at least. Maybe even reprehensible. <br /><br />And when I think about how this week will be remembered.... I shock myself:<br /><br />http://syd4.blogspot.com/2011/01/same-message-from-palin-and-obama-which.html<br /><br />SYDStray Yellar Dawg?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04861846247063603370noreply@blogger.com