Open Thread: Hillary and Barack
Posted: October 17, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Libya | Tags: Benghazi tragedy, Hillary Clinton, Republican ratfuckers 10 Comments
President Obama stands with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the transfer of remains ceremony.
This will be short and sweet, just a little follow-up to Dakinikat’s post on the right wing fantasies of President Obama scapegoating Hillary Clinton for the Benghazi tragedy. Today I came across some photos Clinton and Obama that I wanted to share. They were taken at the ceremony when the four bodies of the murdered State Department employees were returned from Libya to the U.S. The NYT reported:
The arrival, broadcast live on news channels, proved an emotional culmination to an episode that has rocked Washington and American embassies around the world. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looked stricken and seemed to be fighting to control her emotions as she and the president addressed an audience of family, friends and colleagues inside a hangar at the air base. Mr. Obama, himself somber, put his arm around her shoulders in comfort.
“Four Americans, four patriots — they loved this country and they chose to serve it and served it well,” the president said. “They had a mission, and they believed in it. They knew the danger, and they accepted it. They didn’t simply embrace the American ideal; they lived it, they embodied it.”
Mr. Obama offered a few words on each of the slain Americans. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was “everything America could want in an ambassador.” Sean Smith, a Foreign Service officer and an Air Force veteran, “lived to serve.” Tyrone S. Woods, a former member of the Navy SEALs providing diplomatic security, was “the consummate quiet professional.” And Glen A. Doherty, also a former member of the SEALs providing security, “never shied from adventure.”
Here’s the other photo:
Look at the body language in these photos. In one they are holding hands to comfort each other. In the other Obama puts his arm around Clinton. How can anyone look at these photos and question whether these two really care about each other? Yet Republican ratfuckers are claiming they are at each others’ throats. I believe they have grown to respect each other and are working well together. Call me a pollyanna if you want. That’s what I see.
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Thank you BB………..it’s unbearable to see the pain, because we all feel them surrounded by the death of our brave servants…………..I just don’t know how either one doesn’t completely fall apart and they both wake and have battlefields, the wounded and death all around them. I’d go nuts from seeing them.
I can’t begin to say how much I respect Hillary for her handling of this situation. I’m convinced that she and President Obama like and respect each other at this point. I don’t think that kind of body language can be faked.
I agree. It’s especially evident in the photos where they are both feeling grief. The Rat%%ers can say what they will, but it does not make a difference to anyone outside of their bubble.
You said it, bb. Anyone who tries to convince people or themselves that there is anything but mutual respect between these two is being willfully clueless.
That was so moving to watch that ceremony. I thought it was obvious they were supportive of each other.
I completely agree. There’s no fakery there at all.
I posted that picture back on Oct. 3rd and this is what I said about it:
I also had a post last week about my thoughts on Hillary and the Obama Bus…before all the other shit was written by the fox/rightwing and crazy puma bloggers media. It was when I noticed the trend on my google news feed.
I am glad that it turning out this way, but I can’t help and feel that Hillary will be screwed again. It doesn’t mean that I think the same way as all the bloggers that were posted on Kat and BB’s post. Just a gut feeling I have.
I’m watching old horror films so that is all I will say about this. Catch y’all later.
Let me also say that I did not see that Daily Mail shit until tonight. And that I find all the crap about voting Romney from former Hillary supporters disgusting! Good night…
Thanks for the reminder of your post, JJ. I hope you enjoy the horror movies. I loved the old mummy movies when I was a kid.
Those are wonderful pictures. Makes me proud to see those two doing the right thing.
Romney would smirk, the bastard.