There was absolutely nothing remotely suggesting it was a national emergency, a t3rr0r!st attack on the nation, nor even any connection to the Tea Party (which even if there had been that level of threat, responsible government leaders wouldn't want to evoke a hysterical response by yelling "Fire" in this crowded and stressed theater), but the White House went into 'BushCheney on 9/11'-mode to exploit and play on the public's fears by releasing images like these.
If this wasn't bad enough, in the hours and days following, with all information to the contrary that this was a standard FBI-profile kind of mentally disturbed lone shooter, the White House and Democrats fanned out over the air waves to try to connect Loughner to the Tea Party and to Republicans, "the result of overheated political rhetoric", and "all Limbaugh's and Palin's fault":
By 4:46 PM EST on the day of the sh00tings (1-8-2011), Obama had moved to the White House State Dining Room to make this statement to the nation, and followed-up by official statements from these members of the Obama administration: Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.
On Monday, 1-10-2011, I turned on my television to these images.
Two hours later, Obama apparently felt he needed to conflate images of 'presidential leadership' and the sh00tings by turning the subject again to the tragedy in Arizona when he and France's president (Nicholas Sarkozy) faced the traditional photo op gaggle after their meeting in the Oval Office.
And then that national memorial service political pep rally, where Obama continued to promote the false notion that Loughner's actions were the result of Republicans' partisan political divisiveness.
Michelle Obama stretched it out for another day with her 'open letter to parents'.
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