President making a naked appeal to emotion to support gun control

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I just got an email from the White House. I've never gotten an email from the White House. But today I got one. Here it is:

Hello, everybody --
Each week, like many presidents before me, I sit down to record a short address to the nation. It's something I take very seriously because it offers a chance to bring focus to an issue that needs to be part of the national dialogue.
But today, I've asked someone to take my place.
Francine Wheeler is a mother. She and her family live in Newtown, Connecticut. Four months ago, her six year-old son Ben was murdered in his elementary school, along with 19 other children and six brave educators.
Joined by her husband David, Francine shares her perspective about the steps we can take to reduce gun violence and prevent the kind of tragedy she understands all too well.
It's a message that every American should hear:
Watch Francine, then join her in speaking out to make our country safer.
This week, because people like Francine and like you got involved, the U.S. Senate took a step forward on commonsense reforms to reduce gun violence.
And that's good. Because this shouldn't be about politics. This is about doing the right thing for families that have been torn apart by gun violence, and for all our families going forward.
But we've got a lot of work to do before Congress finishes the job.
So if you believe that we can take sensible steps to protect more of our kids from gun violence and protect our Second Amendment rights, stand up and join us.
Just visit WhiteHouse.gov to get started:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/newtown-address
Thanks,
President Obama
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So the president puts a grieving mother up before the public so we'll all wring our hands and cry how terrible the Newtown massacre was, and be too heartstruck or too embarrassed to oppose new gun control legislation.

I don't wish to make light of this woman's grief in any way. I can only imagine her suffering. But none of the proposals the president or other gun banners want to shove down our throats would have done a thing to stop the Newtown shooting, and they won't stop the next one either. Rather than go after criminals or reexamine the criteria for involuntary commitment of dangerous mentally ill people, or improve security in schools, they'll go after the easy target of guns and pat themselves on the back that they've "done something."

And with these people who are so willing to make an outraged, grieving mother their mouthpiece... Well, most people seem to see the shooting as a tragedy. With the president, and others, I definitely think they see not just a tragedy, but also an opportunity they're not about to let slip by unexploited.

Ugh!
 
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Not only is this tactic despicable, but as you point out, it is emotion based without any logic or representation of the facts regarding gun violence.
 
wild cat mccane said:
Something the NRA NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR does.

:rolleyes:
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For starters equating the POTUS with a civil rights group like the NRA is a flawed analogy from the start.

However why don't you give one example of where the NRA has the national microphone and has a recent victims family member make an emotional plea to allow guns in a restricted area.

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It bugs me that they are flown up on the taxpayer's dime for the express purpose of manipulating the votes of elected representatives - and for most of which they are not constituents!

Heck the executive branch of the government is supposedly barred from using appropriated funds for lobbying congress.

Nick
 
I still don't understand the notion that any politician should be telling constituents what to believe in... isn't the whole point of a republic to be the exact opposite of that?
 
archigos said:
I still don't understand the notion that any politician should be telling constituents what to believe in... isn't the whole point of a republic to be the exact opposite of that?
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There in lies the truth: The citizens of this country are the problem. Without their foolishness, foolish politicians could not exist.
 
I can. You would think they wouldn't promote an agenda that will result in more parents in the same boat as them, but I guess misery loves company.
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That is an unworthy sentiment, and no comment to be proud of. I am quite sure the last thing these parents would want is to see another set of parents go through what they have endured. It is merely that, like so many people who have undergone a profoundly tragic experience, they are thinking about the issue emotionally rather than rationally.
 
Billy Shears said:
That is an unworthy sentiment, and no comment to be proud of. I am quite sure the last thing these parents would want is to see another set of parents go through what they have endured. It is merely that, like so many people who have undergone a profoundly tragic experience, they are thinking about the issue emotionally rather than rationally.
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Precisely. We won't win any friends by criticizing those who have had their lives ripped apart by a horrific crime.
 
clutch said:
We can thank President Obama for making this grieving lady a victim twice over. You are a real piece of work.
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that I agree with 100 percent. It doesn't surprise me, though. Ole Barry has been in perpetual campaign mode since 2007.
 
Throw a picture of Barry up there doing the same thing. The story will not be completely told until you do.

In general, I have observed that Liberals have no shame and apparently a stunted conscience. I guess when you feel, act and live like you are never wrong, it comes naturally that humility is deemed a weakness.

And so the Nation goes.
 
@ plainjain

Thank you for posting a very real example of where this 'leader' is taking us.

I am very sick to see him using and abusing the grief of those wronged by a sick person.

To pass laws that will do NOTHING AT ALL to prevent such sickness from happening another day.

Wayne LaPierre was correct,IF you doubt that then PLEASE ask yourself why the president has a dozen ARMED guards at his childrens school ?.

I cannot fathom anyone believeing any politicians children are worth more than their children are.
 
I understand what you're saying, but emotion should accelerate logic and logic should steer emotion. I can't begin to comprehend the grief these people are presently enduring, but mishandling that grief will do no good for them nor anyone else. The statement was obviously an exaggeration - I realize that they don't actually want others to experience the same grief - but their failure to appropriately process emotion will only create grief for others.
I realize that I hold standards for handling the relationship between emotion and logic that are well above the human average, but that doesn't necessarily make them unreasonable.
 
Some Newtown parents just want to get on with their lives, and they've said so. All this faux "do it for the children" grandstanding is deplorable. I have never seen such exploitation of tragedy in my lifetime. The constant reminders of the lunatic who did this to their children are keeping emotional wounds open, and may do no good to the long term psychological well being of the grieving parents.

Then, you have the whole "gun control" facade, launched by this administration, who admittedly, had it ready, just waiting for the right tragedy to occur.

A shameful, egregiously opportunistic atrocity. I can't say how I really feel about what this administration has done, or I would be banned from THR.
 
Let the parents' psychological wounds heal.

What an abysmal failure this administration has proven to be.

The same failed administration that will not address the murder and mayhem in the streets of metro cities across this nation, but instead blame law-abiding citizens. The same failed administration that is pushing ineffective, asinine legislation based on emotion, instead of prosecuting crimes with laws already on the books.

The same failed administration, that is so disconnected with American reality, their myopic vision has completely overlooked what is rational, sane, and worthy of applause to DO SOMETHING ABOUT INSANE, MURDEROUS CRIMINALS in our society.

There is a plug disconnected from its socket somewhere in the White House. I hope someone finds it, and reconnects it to its power of sanity. The scourge of "disconnects" in this administration is truly frightening.

I really don't know what else to say.
 
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When will people wake up and see this guy for what he really is?
 
I've never known Obama to miss a chance to exploit a great tragedy for personal or political gain. Same as those Congressional members who push the same agenda. You can't use logic and reason to convince enough people to support it. Gun control just doesn't make sense when you break it down. You MUST appeal to emotion.

But none of the proposals the president or other gun banners want to shove down our throats would have done a thing to stop the Newtown shooting,
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Maybe if we made it illegal to kill someone and steal their guns.

Oh wait....
 
In general, I have observed that Liberals have no shame and apparently a stunted conscience. I guess when you feel, act and live like you are never wrong, it comes naturally that humility is deemed a weakness.

Remember when the picture of George Bush came out:
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And how the liberals cried 'foul'? Just imagine if it was Bush who was using the Sandy Hook children for a photo op. Typical hypocrites liberals are.
 
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