Why hasn't BO said anything about Kate Steinle?

[Horn6721]

Does Marc Theissen have it right? Here is his article from WaPO (and Chicago Tribune):
"After Trayvon Martin was killed, President Obama spoke emotionally about his death, declaring "this could have been my son."
After Michael Brown was killed, Obama promised to ensure that "justice is done". He even sent administration officials to attend Brown's funeral.
After Freddie Gray was killed, Obama walked out to the Rose Garden and declared: "We have some soul-searching to do."
But after Kathryn Steinle was killed July 1, allegedly by an undocumented immigrant with seven felony convictions, Obama said ... nothing.
No promises of "justice." No calls for "soul-searching."
His silence has been deafening.
Why has Obama been so reticent to speak out? Perhaps it is because any soul-searching in this case would require him to confront the fact that his administration has been releasing tens of thousands of dangerous undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions into our communities — including many who have gone on to commit murder.
After Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray were killed, Obama had liberal public policy points he wanted to make — about gun control, "stand your ground" laws, racial profiling and police bias. In the Steinle case, there are no issues Obama wants to highlight — because his administration supports the policies that led to her death.
No wonder Obama is silent."

BO didn't even have the courtesy/ good manners to make a private condolence call the her family. Don't #Whitelivesmatter?

 

[Horns11]

BO didn't even have the courtesy/ good manners to make a private condolence call the her family. Don't #Whitelivesmatter?

Wouldn't every gun-related death warrant a phone call from the POTUS if he's trying to make gun control one of his major political platforms? He'd only have to make 25 calls a day. Sounds easy to me.

If you're creating a hierarchy of "things Obama should respond to," then you're going to have a bad time. I disagree with the premise that Obama created the situation in which an illegal immigrant somehow ended up back on the streets of a major city and randomly murdered someone, but I agree that type of thing should be addressed. By Congress, first, but we know that won't happen in a primary season. Or an election year. Or a midterm election year. Or be mentioned by either party.

As for the #whitelivesmatter, Obama didn't create the #blacklivesmatter thing either.

 

[Driver 8]

Why has Obama been so reticent to speak out?

Probably because he is a liberal socialist muslim terrorist-loving liberty-denying America-hating Antichrist. Isn't that what you want to hear?

I heard his shoes weren’t properly shined today either. What a loser.

 

[Clean]

Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray all happen to be black. Steinle is white.... just sayin'.

 

[zork]

On the other hand Clean, he hasn't said much if anything about Chicago with their consistent killing of the African Americans(generally killed by other African Americans while Rahm sleeps).

 

[Mr. Deez]

Politicians highlight and speak out on incidents that tend to support their political agenda and disregard incidents that tend to undermine their political agenda. That's true of Obama as it is for most politicians.

 

[Horn6721]

MrD
Absolutely true. And the POTUS is the leader of whichever party affiliation. However the POTUS is also the leader of all the people and as such most good leaders speak out on hard issues. BO certainly set his precedent when he started speaking out on events ie. when he said the Cambridge police acted stupidly etc etc. Most would see this murder as important an issue as a person being arrested for breaking into a house.
And yes sometimes great leaders have to step up and speak on issue/ events that go against their political agenda.

Certainly this issue, of illegals convicted, deported and then illegally entering our country again to commit even more crimes doesn't mesh with BO's agenda. The Kate Steinle murder / tragedy is the tip of that iceberg but it has drawn national attention.
BO's refusal to even offer condolences to her family shows what kind of leader he is,most pointedly what kind of leader he is not.

 

[Crockett]

I want Santa Claus to be president. From what I've heard, Santa would have the logistical capabilities to respond to every unjust homicide in this country.

 

[Horn6721]

Croc
Really? You think the Kate Steinle murder is like every unjust homicide in our country?
So that means there are so many unjust homicides committed by convicted and previously deported illegals no comment is necessary? That there are so many murders being committed by previously convicted and deported illegals the POTUS has no need to say anything?

With your benchmark one wonders why BO said anything about a simple arrest for house breaking? Now if the police had arrested Santa for breaking into a house that would be news.

 

[Crockett]

Latest yearly FBI data I can find shows there were 16,121 US homicides in 2013. But to your point, I'm guessing only a small percentage involved attractive, prosperous white people gunned down by a previously deported illegal alien. Maybe 6721 you want to be the the White House mourning analyst and tell the President which murders matter so much they deserve his personal attention? Although, personally, I think Santa solution is better. He could handle that mourning/commentary workload so we wouldn't have to decide which homicides merit presidential attention.

 

[zork]

what is the ratio of blacks killed in Chicago to Travon Martin?

 

[theiioftx]

As PJ O'Rourke explains, Santa is a democrat so meets your standards:

God is an elderly or, at any rate, middle aged male, a stern fellow, patriarchal rather than paternal and a great believer in rules and regulations. He holds men accountable for their actions. He has little apparent concern for the material well being of the disadvantaged. He is politically connected, socially powerful and holds the mortgage on literally everything in the world. God is difficult. God is unsentimental. It is very hard to get into God’s heavenly country club.

Santa Claus is another matter. He’s cute. He’s nonthreatening. He’s always cheerful. And he loves animals. He may know who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, but he never does anything about it. He gives everyone everything they want without the thought of quid pro quo. He works hard for charities, and he’s famously generous to the poor. Santa Claus is preferable to God in every way but one: There is no such thing as Santa Claus.

 

[chango]

God is an elderly or, at any rate, middle aged male, a stern fellow, patriarchal rather than paternal and a great believer in rules and regulations. He holds men accountable for their actions. He has little apparent concern for the material well being of the disadvantaged. He is politically connected, socially powerful and holds the mortgage on literally everything in the world. God is difficult. God is unsentimental. It is very hard to get into God’s heavenly country club.

What an unbelievable crock of ****.

 

[Crockett]

O'Rourke is a writer of humor, not religion.

Not to get too religious, but I'm hopeful all the families impacted by murder called upon God's Grace and mercy. Without faith, dealing with murder of a loved one would be an especially lonely and heartbreaking journey. Unlike a President, God can indeed be present everywhere.

 

[Mr. Deez]

And yes sometimes great leaders have to step up and speak on issue/ events that go against their political agenda

And I'd like to see a President who will speak out on illegal immigration, but that's not going to happen. Obama is following the example say forth by every President in my lifetime. He certainly isn't the first president to be in office when an illegal immigrant kills somebody and to shy away from it.

 

[Driver 8]

Santa Claus is preferable to God in every way but one: There is no such thing as Santa Claus.

The evidence for either is the same, but Santa always gave me what I asked for.

Advantage: Santa.

 

[huisache]

as for santa, tell that fat sob to stay off my roof or I will blow his azz off with my Uzi. As for the woman in San Francisco, this was god's way of punishing her for living in a den of iniquity like the Bay Area, which god should destroy in its totality. Or else dig up Sodom and Gomorrah and apologize.

 

[Driver 8]

As for the woman in San Francisco, this was god's way of punishing her for living in a den of iniquity like the Bay Area, which god should destroy in its totality. Or else dig up Sodom and Gomorrah and apologize.

Well, he did send Katrina to New Orleans in 2005. Unfortunately, the tracking was off a bit so it missed the decadent French Quarter and mostly killed poor suburban Christians but, hey, nobody’s perfect.

 

[huisache]

One thing I did like about his speech: he brought up the subject of prison rape and how it is accepted and even the subject of humor. Jim Webb is running for president as a democrat and he has been talking about this issue for years and got some legislation passed when he was in the senate to address the issue. Our great ex governor Perry responded at the time that the state of Texas did not need the US government telling it how to control prison rape.

We have our own method: like our environmental regulation, it is faith based: you just pray to god you don't get raped.

Of course the governor doesn't care that a lot of the prison gang problem arises from men joining gangs for protection from such activities.

Hats off to Obama for talking about it.

 

[Mr. Deez]

Prison rape is a *****, especially when you're the *****.