Obama compares murdered American officials in Libya to his Las Vegas campaign volunteers

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

President Barack Obama compared his campaign volunteers to the American officials killed in Libya, saying that 'like them, you guys are Americans who sense that we can do better than we’re doing'.

Obama's remarks came during a meeting with volunteer leaders in Las Vegas. 'And obviously [our] hearts are broken for the families but I wanted to encourage those folks at the State Department that they were making a difference,' he said, according to a pool report.

'The sacrifices that our troops and our diplomats make are obviously very different from the challenges that we face here domestically but, like them, you guys are Americans who sense that we can do better than we’re doing….I’m just really proud of you.'

Obama also described how he had reminded State Department diplomats in Washington that 'as difficult as change is' they had to be resolute and they had to be realistic about 'how hard change is' - language that was uncomfortably close to an Obama campaign slogan.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202769/Obama-compares-murdered-American-officials-Libya-Las-Vegas-campaign-volunteers.html

[Penny Lane 8,159]

'like them, you guys are Americans who sense that we can do better than we’re doing'.

'The sacrifices that our troops and our diplomats make are obviously very different from the challenges that we face here domestically but, like them, you guys are Americans who sense that we can do better than we’re doing….I’m just really proud of you.'

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this quote. What am I missing?

Edited September 13, 2012 by Evylin

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

He told the Las Vegas volunteers: 'I had a chance to go to the State Department to comfort some of the friends and co-workers of the the folks who had fallen and I reminded them that as hard as things are sometimes, as difficult as change is that if we’re resolute, if we don’t give up, if we don’t give in, if we don’t become cynical, if we continue to be realistic about how hard change is but also keep in our hearts that sense of idealism and sense of purpose then over time good things happen.'

On the campaign trail, Obama often states that 'change is hard'. In a video to activists at the progressive Netroots Nation in June, he said that 'change is hard, but we've seen it's possible'.

During her prime-time Democratic convention speech this month, Michelle Obama said that her husband often reminded her that 'change is hard and change is slow'. In June, she told a Chicago audience: 'Real change is slow. Real change is difficult and it's painful.'

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[Penny Lane 8,159]

Again, what's wrong with anything said there?

[JohnR! 5,495]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this quote. What am I missing?

You're missing the fact that even a sensationalist British rag such as the Daily Mail is praising the POTUS!

Edited September 13, 2012 by Gegel

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Some of the comments:

An American ambassador is killed on his watch and Obama immediately continues his four year campaign tour. Sick!

And Team Obama criticized Romney for mixing tragedy and politics?!

Comparing the people who died to campaign volunteers, once again he shows how little he values the lives of Americans.

Absolutely disgusting! Obama should suspend his political campaigning and recreation immediately and tend to his job as President of the U.S.

More proof of the bias in US media... had to find this in the Dailymail. If Bush had done these very things (go to Vegas, make the comparisons), it would be on every talking head show, 24x7, for a week, at least.

Disgusting! What a self absorbed idiot. Already he's using these dead Americans as political fodder. What a disgrace to their memory! I am truly sorry for the fallens families. Disgusting!

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[Penny Lane 8,159]

I'm so confused...

[akihon 129]

The world loathes intelligence these days, huh? (Almost) Everybody just wants to be stupid.

Edited September 13, 2012 by mebbe

[JohnR! 5,495]

Some of the comments:

You  shouldn't be shocked by the comments really. In the community, the Daily Mail, is considered yellow journalism, at best, so it should come as no surprise they use the current political moment in American affairs to sell papers in Britain.

Perhaps they ran out of pictures of the naked prince or Elvis' apparitions and were desperate for something out of which to make news.

The world loathes intelligence these days, huh? (Almost) Everybody just wants to be stupid.

Edited September 13, 2012 by Gegel

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You shouldn't be shocked by the comments really. In the community, the Daily Mail, is considered yellow journalism, at best, so it should come as no surprise they use the current political moment in American affairs to sell papers in Britain.

But almost all those comments come from the US, from Americans.

Note you had to get this from a British source?

U.S. Mainsteam Media too busy on their knees trying to catch a load from Obama, to mention this.

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1987417/pg1

[JohnR! 5,495]

But almost all those comments come from the US, from Americans.

According to a tabloid, to be sure.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

According to a tabloid, to be sure.

Why would they lie about something so easily verified?

[akihon 129]

Because it's the Daily Mail. They've printed lies before anyway.