President Obama offered the nations condolences
as he called on all Americans
to draw lessons from the lives of the fallen
and the heroes that took a stand
While confronting the political debate
which erupted after the rampage
warning “…peoples of all beliefs” not to use the tragedy
to further divide with accusatory verbiage
He asked us to, “…sharpen our instincts for empathy.”
not to turn on one another
don’t blame Democrats or Republicans
the truth wont make you shudder
One of the most powerful addressees
President Obama has ever delivered
harnessing emotions generated by the shock and loss
his words made the far far left quiver
The President said:
“……to expand our moral imaginations
to listen to each other more carefully
……to remind ourselves of all the ways
that our hope and dreams are bound together.”
“At a time when our discourse
has become so sharply polarized
at a time when we are far to eager
to lay the blame for all that ails the world
at the feet of those who think differently than we do.”
“It’s important for us to pause for a moment
and make sure we are talking with each other
in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.”
I say ya’ got ‘a communicate with your brother
To a rally-like overflowing crowd
at the University of Arizona
eulogizing the six people who died
trying to maintain a neutral persona
Representative Gabrielle (Gabby) Gifford
was targeted for assassination
thoughts that, “…lurked in the inner recesses of a violent man’s mind.”
President Obama warned against “…simple explanations.”
The events should force individuals to look inward
and prompt a collective response
against reflexive ideological and social conflicts
don’t act with an air of nonchalance
While the content and tone were not political
there were clear political ramifications
for the evening he appeared above partisanship
but his re-election politics not on vacation
President Obama said, “If this tragedy
promotes reflection and debate, as it should
let’s make sure it is worthy of those we have lost.”
his words should not be misunderstood
The President then said, “Let’s make sure
it’s not on the usual plane of politics
and point scoring and pettiness
that drifts away with the next news cycle.”
He saved his final words for Christina Green
“If there are rain puddles in heaven
Christina is jumping in them today.”
TO BE CONTINUED
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