N.Y. Daily News Hypes Up Obama's Heartbreak Over Murdered Iranian Student

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While conservatives like National Review’s Kathryn Lopez were unimpressed by President Obama describing the shooting of student protester Neda Soltan in Iran as merely a "problem" – like having to stand in line for concert tickets? – the New York Daily News supinely painted Obama as emotionally distressed: "DEATH THAT BROKE HIS HEART," screamed their front page headline.

Inside, reporter Helen Kennedy at least acknowledged that Obama had toughened his rhetoric, contrary to his odd insistence at yesterday’s press conference that he’s been absolutely consistent in his Iran rhetoric:

President Obama dramatically toughened his criticism of Iran's crackdown on election protesters Tuesday, paying emotional tribute to slain student Neda Soltan and declaring the U.S. "appalled and outraged" by the violence.

"I strongly condemn these unjust actions, and I join with the American people in mourning each and every innocent life that is lost," he said.

Obama said he had watched the graphic Internet video of the death of Neda Soltan, which has turned the 26-year-old student into a global symbol of the pro-democracy protests.

"While this loss is raw and extraordinarily painful, we also know this: those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history," Obama said.

He called the video "heartbreaking."

"I think that anybody who sees it knows that there's something fundamentally unjust about that," he said.


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jessieH      Give me a break. He probably never thought twice about it.                       Start thinking with your dipstick,            Jimmy!

Maybe if he gave stronger

Maybe if he gave stronger admonision of the sham election and regime in the beginning, ala RR and "Tear down this wall" & "evil empire", the regime may not have felt as free to mow down its citizens

HMMMM

 

 Ill bet he drowns his sorrow in ice cream of hot dogs.

 

 Give me a break this idiot only cares about "O" Dumbo ears. 

Nice to see he's got that

Nice to see he's got that Bill Clinton lip-biting thing down...

He's all broken up, I'm sure.

Other than that, though, he sees this as a "problem" and a "debate" that the Iranians have to  decide on.

Can anyone imagine if President Bush had called this a "debate"???

As it is, Obama said of the terrorists "Now, do these folks deserve miranda rights? ... Of course not."

and the press remained silent.

Does anyone else remember the brouhaha when President Bush referred to the 9/11 terrorists as "folks" ???? They were outraged.

But then again, he didn't do "nuance."

I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows.  -Bart Simpson

 

HMMMMM

 

 When will our Goverment get some balls and tell the Iranian and N. Koreans that any missile headed within 2000 miles of any U.S. Territory or ship will be a provacation for WAR!!!!!

 

 Any detonation of a Nuculear device by these two countries will be a provacation of war!!!!!!!

 

 I believe that China is working with N Korea and are trying to produce a EMP!!!!!!!!  Thats why China is OK with the Norths testing!!!!!!!

 

 Get some balls America before "O" Dumbo ears cuts them off!!!! 

Kind of like when he was

Kind of like when he was "saddened" by the soldier in Arkansas being murdered by a peaceful Muslim.

 

When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!

Give me a break

 GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!  He was sooooo taken back by her death, so much so that HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HER NAME during the ongoing publicity tour known as his presser. You ignorant asshat, I am so sick of your BS and your fake anger and _________ ( fill in the blank with whatever you want ), I had to watch that presser, and he couldn't even recall her name, he looked like he was trying to but couldn't. Believe me, if you see that video once, you'll NEVER forget it or that poor young womans name, it will stay with you forever. I can't wait for 2012 so we can issue this moron his walking papers, but until then 2010 is coming up fast, let's start there and work our way up.

 

Why is it that EVERYTIME a liberal opens their mouth, I feel a sudden urge to hand them a roll of toilet paper?

Mega-crock

The Obamabots at the NYT are SOOO jealous they can't get away with the whole-front-page tabloid treatment.

Thank God for the NY Post. 

I love that faux 'frown of

I love that faux 'frown of infinite and noble saddness'.

Must've been taking lessons from Slick Willy.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

It would be nice....

....if BHO would be as upset with the non-stop killing going on in his home town.

Eighteen murders in June as of the 18th.  But they actually managed to go three days in a row last week without one.

 http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/red-chicagomurders-map,0,2276.story

Strange Face?

It's funny that when he gets angry there's that weird bulge between his lower lip and the bottom of his chin. An odd facial feature.

That bulge is his tongue,

That bulge is his tongue, which he is using to suppress the demonic laughter.

How we measure trust

It would not be difficult to tell the world, concerning Iran and North Korea, that we in the United States seek to negotiate peace with anyone. However, we have to set a realistic assumption about how much we trust the words of those whom we negotiate with. If we try to establish a common commitment with a nation, we need to evaluate whether their word can be trusted.

When a nation deceives its own people, we expect them to offer us no surer word. If they lie to their own people, they will lie to us.

When we see Iran lie to their own people, and murder them if they resent being lied to, we know what we're dealing with. We adjust our negotiations accordingly.

Two days?

News of Neda's murder broke on June 20, according to the YouTube video as posted by Michelle Malkin.

Obama made a statement on June 23 - a full 3 days later.  And only after former opponent John McCain gave a scathing speech about the situation in Iran.

So it took 2-3 days for the president to have a broken heart over a woman - who was MY AGE, mind you - and say something about it.  Funny, because the few times I've had my heart broken, like when my grandfather passed away, the grief was pretty darned instantaneous.  Surely Obama - the technical whiz, all knowing messiah - would have heard about Neda's death shortly after it made the rounds on the Internet, so why the delay in his "heartbreak"?

The guy's a hack.  Pure and simple.  And morons in this nation elevated him to a position of power.  Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

Re Two Days

And, at his carefully choreographed 'Press Conference' yesterday, when asked if his position on Iran has changed because of statements made by McCain and Graham, he simply snottily snickered - 'what do you think?'  The questioner should have said 'well sir, I believe that they have had an effect on your position', but that may have been the last question they ever asked. As often is the case, he didn't answer the question.

Does Obama ever answer

Does Obama ever answer questions directly?

No.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

She Was Murdered On Saturday

You are correct.

My immediate reaction was his golf weekend, the news media has yet to mention. 

Obama would have ignored the story had it not become too hot yet mentioning this alone, as late as he did, was truly an insult to both our nation and the protestors. 

JDW

DAILY WAVE

When people fear their government there is tyranny.

When government fears the people there is liberty.

Deja vu all over again....

Behold, The One in whom great and impassioned Hope has been invested, has now, after much agonzing hand wringing, earned the much deserved award of....

 

Kitty Genoevese Moment in Presidential History

 

Whatta man, whatta man.

Way to go, Weenie-in-Chief!

 

I find it hard to believe

I find it hard to believe that only 17 deaths have been reported, which seems strange, since hundreds of thousands are in the streets, with bullets flying into the crowd and bombs going off, I am wondering if the toll is not in the hundreds, if this does happen to come to light, Obamma is really going to be in the shit to put it mildly.

By whom?

Certainly not the US media.

BULLSHIT!!

Obama is full square behind the mullahs. He is a good little dhimmi. The proof of his submission is his bowing to the murderous Saudi king. The Sunni's and Shiite's may be rivals, but they are both still muslims. And submitting to Islam is what Barack is concerned with. His supporters loose sight of that fact because they are blinded by their racism for him.

Obama is only fooling his idiot supporters

Obama has been trying to arrange a threesome with himself, Akhmedinadinnerjacket, and that Nork gargoyle since before he even took office.

He is not friendly to the idea of freedom.

-Dave

Obama's health care "reform" plan is to blow up the building in order to fix a leak in the roof-Herman Cain

You know the irony of Obama

You know the irony of Obama soft pedaling the deaths of non violent protesters marching in Iran is they attempting to register their dissent and disagreement with how the Mullahs are running the country.  The response of the Mullahs is to have them beaten and killed.  Now, how can Obama claim he can negotiate with them when he has nothing to offer them in exchange as the current protesters? I.E. either force or actively undermining Iran's government.  The fact that Obama has soft pedaled the unrest in Iran in order to preserve a negotiating position over nuclear arms tells the Mullahs how weak Obama's position is and his own unwillingness to back up what he says.  The Mullahs know very well the CIA under Obama is NOT going to make any attempts at regime change.  

In fact, from a negotiating standpoint, you want to convince your opponent into believing their position is so weak as to take the best offer on the table instead of losing a better deal than standing pat.  What Obama has done is to tell the Mullahs, by standing pat they will get a better deal - no US action when they have a nuke in their possession.  

Kissinger has messed up, we are not dealing with a country of almost our equal like Russia or China, we are dealing with a tinpot dictator run state who could very easily be drop kicked into the stone age by taking out their one and only gasoline refinery.  This is a geopolitical cold war where we are facing off against Iran who is acknowledged to be the number one financier of terrorism throughout the world.

Obama sacrificed supporting the liberty of the Iranian people for a negotiating position.  Talk about short sighted.

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.

hey obama

why doesn't your heart break over all the babies who are murdered every year in the country?

Re-write history, as it happens, nano second by nano second.

This has to be some of the fastest redos in histooory....

Shame free... the complaint minions of the  Rudderless Affirmative Action Hero.

And then there is this, delivered by ponyexpress a MONTH AGO.

 

Reagan VS Carter and 0bama

Che Guevera.  I thought

Che Guevera.  I thought the article was going to be about Che Guevera.  

When asked if he went to war with Iraq  to derail the impeachment vote:  “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

WAKE UP MR. PRESIDENT!!!

When is this home boy president going to wake up and know what his position is as the "leader of the FREE world" ?

I have friends whose families are being killed there in IRAN by the brutes that answer to their religious leader.  This is a modern day  Hitler's Germany in the mideast!

The President of the Unites States is more than just a title.  The person who holds that office is the leader of the FREE WORLD in more ways than one but the title and position speaks more than words to the disenfranchised who don't know of our laws, they just know our standing in the world....LIBERTY for ALL and FREEDOM!

Stand up Mr."I want to be all popular, HOMEBOY" Mr. President.

Know your real position.  Send the right message and make it strong!

Our Persian counterparts will make right of this and rectify what is wrong if they have the spirit to do so!

My prayers are with the

My prayers are with the innocents suffering in Iran.  Sadly, Obama's position to Iran is groveling at the feet of those in power.

I will not dignify this

I will not dignify this A$$hole with the title of President!

 

Obama has no idea what he's doing

He waits for republicans to tell him what is important to act on in world matters, by focusing on the most vigorous complaints.Why don't young idealistic liberals recognize this. Obama ..."silence", til days later when he sees what any rational thinking American would do, and then tries to pretend like that's what he meant all along. And the libamas praise him for being so "smart". Well he's about half smart.