How presidential disaster visits matter

[TalkRadio]

President Donald Trump has clearly invested a vast amount of time and effort convincing Americans that as their chief executive he is clearly on top of properly managing the government response to Hurricane Harvey’s desolation.

By all reports from the scene this impression has accurately reflected reality there. And, no offense to print journalists, that is largely attributed to the optics, photos and video. Strangely though, this probably won’t do much of anything to improve his historically low job approval ratings. What it will do, however, is eliminate a major opportunity for critics to unload on his alleged incompetence.

President Barack Obama often seemed tone-deaf in his reactions to bad news. When he was invisible during the night in 2012 that four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador, were murdered in Benghazi, he held a short photo-op next day in the Rose Garden to vow swift justice to the perps, which we are still awaiting.

Obama then flew off to Las Vegas for several campaign fundraisers. When the first American was beheaded on camera during Obama’s vacation, he again made a brief statement to vow swift justice, then went golfing with NBA buddies. Same when Afghan insiders killed the first U.S. general in combat in years.

Obama was also tardy visiting the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 after Deepwater Horizon, the nation’s worst oil spill, which sympathetic media didn’t bother to point out. The reality, of course, is that his visit would have done absolutely nothing about the damage.

http://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/article171203142.html

 

[Hypoxia]

POTUS tells refugees who have lost homes, loved ones, everything, "Have a good time!"

Yeah, presidential visits matter. Fuckheads reveal themselves.

And he was selling his hats too.

 

[phrodeau]

Hey, if he has found some part of the job that he's actually good at, more power to him. Keep him away from the hot mics, and he'll be fine.

 

[Hypoxia]

Hey, if he has found some part of the job that he's actually good at, more power to him. Keep him away from the hot mics, and he'll be fine.

How good is he at selling his Chinese-made boogerpicker caps?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Funny how we judge Presidential action by party.



The optics of Obama golfing? NO BIG DEAL!!!

The optics of Melania's shoes? BIG DEAL!


Well, I watched the footage of Trump in Houston and the largely minority crowd in the shelter were very thankful that he showed interest in their plight. President Obama, on the other hand, is choosing to focus on DACA. Great optics...

 

[richard_daily]

Funny how we judge Presidential action by party.



The optics of Obama golfing? NO BIG DEAL!!!

The optics of Melania's shoes? BIG DEAL!


Well, I watched the footage of Trump in Houston and the largely minority crowd in the shelter were very thankful that he showed interest in their plight. President Obama, on the other hand, is choosing to focus on DACA. Great optics...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/politics/donald-trump-vacation-obama/index.html

"I'm going to be working for you," Trump said in August 2016. "I'm not going to have time to go play golf."

Except that was just another lie.

 

[TalkRadio]

Obama criticized for golfing while Louisiana grapples with deadly flooding

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/politics/donald-trump-vacation-obama/index.html

Except that was just another lie.

President Obama is facing a backlash for continuing his annual Martha’s Vineyard vacation as widespread flooding has damaged tens of thousands of homes and killed at least 13 people in Louisiana.

A newspaper in the state editorialized that Obama ought to cut his vacation short to visit “the most anguished state in the union” and show “his solidarity with suffering Americans.”

http://www.latimes.com/nation/polit...d-for-golfing-while-1471566793-htmlstory.html

 

[Rightguide]

Funny how we judge Presidential action by party.



The optics of Obama golfing? NO BIG DEAL!!!

The optics of Melania's shoes? BIG DEAL!


Well, I watched the footage of Trump in Houston and the largely minority crowd in the shelter were very thankful that he showed interest in their plight. President Obama, on the other hand, is choosing to focus on DACA. Great optics...

As usual it was the nation's leftists sitting at home, warm and safe, who were outraged.

 

[Tigersman]

Trump could have stayed in the WH but sent Melania. At least she seems sincere and caring.