Saturday, June 06, 2009

Understanding the politics behind the murder of Dr. Tiller, and the murder of Pvt. Long

John McCormack, at the Weekly Standard examines the differences.

Quoting Obama:

" 'I am deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence against two brave young soldiers who were doing their part to strengthen our armed forces and keep our country safe. I would like to wish Quinton Ezeagwula a speedy recovery, and to offer my condolences and prayers to William Long’s family as they mourn the loss of their son.' (emphasis mine)

In contrast, the White House blasted a statement to reporters via email about five hours after news broke that third-trimester abortionist George Tiller was murdered on Sunday:

'I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.'(emphasis mine)

The contrast between Obama's statements is striking: He's 'deeply saddened' by the murder of a U.S. soldier, but 'shocked and outraged' by the murder of an abortionist? The murder of a U.S. soldier is a 'senseless' act of violence but the murder of an abortionist is a 'heinous' act of violence?

Obama musters up moral outrage to denounce the wicked deed committed in Kansas, but seems almost resigned to the tragedy or 'man-caused disaster' that occurred in Arkansas."

Quoting Michelle Malkin:

"When a right-wing Christian vigilante kills, millions of fingers pull the trigger. When a left-wing Muslim vigilante kills, he kills alone. These are the instantly ossifying narratives in the Sunday shooting death of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller versus the Monday shootings of two Arkansas military recruiters.

Tiller’s suspected murderer, Scott Roeder, was white, Christian, anti-government, and anti-abortion. The gunman in the military recruiting center attack, Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad, was black, a Muslim convert, anti-military, and anti-American. Both crimes are despicable, cowardly acts of domestic terrorism. But the disparate treatment of the two brutal cases by both the White House and the media is striking."

Striking it is, but can we really say that it's not standard operating procedure these days for life in the Obamanation?

Related, at Cone's.
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4 comments:

  1. The murder of Pvt. Long was done by a Muslim, one of Obama's homies. He can't bring himself to be too harsh when that happens, can he?
    On the other hand, the murder of Dr. Tiller was perpetrated by radical right-wing extremists, a mighty dangerous bunch.

    The priorities of the Obama administration are sad and disgusting.

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  2. "The priorities of the Obama administration are sad and disgusting."

    ....and always predictable.

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  3. jaycee: I learned all I need to know about Islam on 911

    me: I learned all I need to know about christianity last Sunday.

    Hmmm...sounds really closed minded when it's reversed does it not? By the way bubs, I. AM. NOT. ANTI-CHRISTIAN. Just making a point.

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  4. Anonymous, your smarmy comment makes no sense, and has no bearing on anything.
    So why did you make it?

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