Obama’s frightening insensitivity

An NBC Chicago blog report that is making the rounds remarks upon Obama’s frightening insensitivity several hours after the attack on Ft. Hood:

After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.

But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a “shout-out” to “Dr. Joe Medicine Crow — that Congressional Medal of Honor winner.”  Three minutes in, the president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him?

Aside from the fact that Robert George is completely correct, I couldn’t help contrasting Obama’s performance with Bush’s in the wake of 9/11.  As you may recall, Michael Moore had a field day with the fact that Bush, who was reading a book to elementary children, went back to the reading the book after the news about 9/11 was first whispered in his ear.  I’ve always thought that Bush did the right thing, and that he showed a tremendous amount of courage.  A couple of minutes of reading made absolutely no difference to what was to happen, but staying calm in a televised classroom meant that he prevented a panic from happening, both in the classroom and in the outside world.  In the hours, days and weeks afterwards, Bush showed himself to be a man of normal, even extraordinary compassion, able to hug people in need, all the while maintaining his presidential duties.

And yet here we have a narcissist who just can’t stop having everything be about himself, his goals, his interests.  Nothing interferes with Obama’s own Obama obsession.  This is a deeply disturbed man and it is deeply disturbing that he is our president.