This Way Lies Madness

The Left's grasping at opportunism is mind-boggling (first example) and disgusting (second example).

From Jonathan Alter's essay in Newsweek (hat tip to Weasel Zippers):

Can Obama Turn Tragedy Into Triumph?

Saturday’s shooting spree could prove a turning point in the Obama presidency. How the White House should talk about the tragedy.

...This horrific event offers the president a chance to show leadership qualities that he’s inexplicably hidden away in some blind trust. The shootings and the resulting debate over the climate of incivility play to his strengths as a calm and rational leader. Just as Bill Clinton’s response to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings helped him recover from his defeat in the 1994 midterms, so this episode may help Obama change—at least in the short term--the trajectory of American politics.

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Whether or not he attends the funerals for the Tucson victims, Obama’s big chance to lead will come in his State of the Union address on January 25. He can both to speak to the moment thematically and confront the substantive concerns raised by the tragedy....

Some biographical information about Jonathan Alter, author of the above-cited essay, is HERE.

And more lunacy — or downright evil, if you prefer that term! Westboro Baptist Church (so-called church but really a hate group led by Democrat Fred Phelps) plans to picket the funeral of Christina Taylor Green, the youngest shooting victim of Saturday's murderous shooting spree in Tucson:

Christina Taylor Greene
September 11, 2001 - January 8, 2011

Yes, the Right can be shrill. I won't deny that fact.

But for downright insanity and meanness, the Left cannot be outdone.

OBAMA'S PROFESSED EMPATHY

Does anyone really believe this nonsense?

Obama said...that he and his wife Michelle were not far removed from financial pressures facing Americans.

"Not far removed from financial pressures?" Talk about a laughable statement worthy of ridicule!

Reality check:

The Obamas reported an adjusted gross income of 5.5 million dollars in 2009...

The Obama administration - out of touch and striking a hollow note with pretended empathy.

Desperation in the face of the coming elections this November?