The Memorial Service That Never Was

Twitter was all abuzz about the memorial service held in Tucson, Arizona. All this time, the media did not stop with this buzz; that the President was preparing his speech, and for hours on end when I thought he was “done” with it, he wasn’t.  FOX News and other media outlets kept the pressure on; the expectations were high, while the status of the patients were still coming in.

These were tough matters to address on that speech, and to do so appropriately. He had to follow President Clinton‘s speech after the Oklahoma City bombing, and George W. Bush after 9/11. So President Obama had big shoes to fill. It was going to be a memorial service for those who lost their lives on the Safeway in Tucson, Arizona. At least that’s what we were told.

I knew it would be tricky, precisely because of this odd balance. But I knew that of all people, Obama could pull this off very easy. What I didn’t expect were the T-shirts, the concession stands, and the strange blessing of the Native American (which by experience, it is not up to par with tribes I know.) Perhaps Native American tribes in the North conduct their blessings differently.

Folks on Twitter were puzzled at the musical scores for the evening: The crowd cheering for everybody that was called onstage, even members of the Obama administration were cheered at when they read quotes from the Holy Bible.  In my opinion, the only one that did deserve the stand-up ovation was the real hero that helped Congresswoman Giffords, Daniel Hernández.

Hence the tricky part: Was it supposed to be sober? Was it supposed to be a celebration of life? It felt like neither. President Obama’s speech was good, especially towards the end. But unfortunately the cheering, applause, whistlings and “woo-hoo’s” were a big distraction. People that were in their vehicles when the memorial service started got on Twitter and wrote that they were confused, because it sounded just like a college game or an event specific to the university.

I honestly believe President Obama was surprised at his surroundings. Unfortunately, it turned out to be more of a political rally rather than a memorial service. I was very happy when Obama announced that Congresswoman Giffords opened her eyes, but Obama didn’t have to say multiple times, like a preacher would. That’s when the “tone and rhetoric” took a dive. There were people right on the front rows, directly affected by this tragedy and they were weeping. They were serious, and thoughtful. 

The crowd at thee McKale Arena at the University of Arizona should have taken notice of this, the University’s administration could have handled this differently, and President Obama should have addressed the crowd about the noise and call for respect for the deceased and wounded, restrain himself from the cult following. What do I mean by that?

The nickname “Healer In Chief” that MSNBC and the New York Times used as a past campaign “uniter” and in this case, the lie that he and only he somewhat had ”Gaby” open her eyes for the first time.

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Attacks Against Governor Palin Border On Anti-Semitism

Per my earlier post, I read carefully all the past events that Jews went through by Catholic persecution and later as a useful tool for Hitler to make his case against them. The Jewish community, Israel as a country have gone through enough times and suffering; from hangings, to starvation and torture.

As a Catholic I feel ashamed by ignorance and prosecution that still goes on today from several directions. As Governor Palin states, I stand by Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The past is gone; now we are living the early stages of the 21st Century and the hatred and bigotry haven’t stopped since Jesus Christ’s own sacrifice for all of us.

It is incredibly childish, distasteful and full of hatred-I dare say towards Jews, who will see this an either an attack, or an opportunity. If they decide to choose to “cast the first stone” and make statements against Governor Palin, liberals will gladly accept as part of their goal of Governor Palin’s political destruction. Liberals seek to bring back  a myth, which is now used as a metaphor. After all, liberals love to brag that Palin “was the one behind the trigger,” and not Jared Loughner. Therefore, Palin has blood on her hands by proxy.

Liberals have scrubbed off online material that may be compromising to them of extreme hatred towards Congresswoman Griffin and have been on the offensive and their extreme hatred continues to this day.

Personally, I believe it’s time to call on those on the GOP to task to stand side to side of Governor Palin, and later on the winners of their districts and states that Palin helped, campaigned for, and donated to them this past November.

It’s on time like these that you know who your friends really are. Unfortunately, that has been the family’s problem since 2008.

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Arizona Morning Primary Results

Fox News and Politics Daily have been revealing the totals for yesterday’s primaries.  I am hopeful that Alaska will dump Lisa Murkowski, and picks up Joe Miller who has a lifetime track record of conservatism, loyalty to our country and wants to get dirty to help fix the mud that is DC.

Arizona:  I expected J.D. Hayworth to get more votes than he did; it was a major smackdown on the part of the McCain team, which finally did what they should have done on ’08 before Palin was picked:  Campaign hard and often to the right, not shoot himself to his foot praising Obama, and certainly the Palin factor helped him.  Certainly I thank McCain for bringing in Palin.  Without her, liberal heads would be happily contained. 

These are Arizona’s results:  (more if you click on the link)

Governor – GOP Primary

August 25, 2010 – 07:25AM ET

Arizona – 2232 of 2239 Precincts Reporting – 99%

Brewer , Jan (i) GOP 404,801 87%
Mills , Buz GOP 43,374 9%
Jette , Matthew GOP 16,603 4%

U.S. Senate – GOP Primary
August 25, 2010 – 07:25AM ET

Arizona – 2232 of 2239 Precincts Reporting – 99%

McCain , John (i) GOP 281,347 56%
Hayworth , J.D. GOP 160,858 32%
Deakin , Jim GOP 58,705 12%

The avalanche of votes that Governor Jan Brewer is a clear message that is sent to Obama:  Take care of the border!  My take on the McCain victory:  This better be your last term, and take care of the border-oh, and stay REPUBLICAN!