There are certain moments in history when a trend becomes an inevitable truth, when a fact that has slowly been uncovered is suddenly fully unveiled. Today brought us one of those moments. The Obama White House has now been revealed to be totally out of touch with the American people.
For months, president Obama and his staff have done or said things that seemed strange to anyone who perceived the mood of the country. In recent weeks, these events have become more and more frequent. The Obama White House had the National Park Service "close" the WW II memorial to elderly veterans who had come from across the country just to visit that shrine. The same folks allowed steps to be taken during the shutdown like closing public parking places in South Dakota because folks could use them to take pictures of Mount Rushmore. Less silly but with huge impact, the White House allowed the NIH to keep cancer patients from treatment. They also required the end of visits to sick children by dogs, a program run strictly by volunteers, all in the name of the partial government shutdown. Then we learned that despite passage of a bill funding the military even during the shutdown, the White House allowed the cut off of death benefits to survivors of Americans killed in action in Afghanistan. Indeed, the White House did nothing about this outrage until it was reported in the press.
But today we hit the defining moment. Today we learned that the Obama White House is truly out of touch. It is no longer a rumor or a feeling; it is now a fact. Today, the Senate finally passed the bill previously approved by the House to restore funds for the payment of death benefits to the families of the heroes killed in action. And today, the White House announced that the bill now passed by both houses of Congress was "unnecessary" and a "gimmick". The bill passed the House unanimously, but it is supposedly "unnecessary" and a "gimmick". The Democrats in the Senate agreed that the bill was required, but to the White House, it was "unnecessary" and a "gimmick".
There have been few events which have transpired during the shutdown that generated as much outrage as cutting off survivor benefits to the families of heroes lost in action. Obama did nothing to restore these benefits. Then, when Congress acts to put the benefits back in place, Obama calls the move a "gimmick". He should tell the bereaved families of the Americans killed in action since the partial shutdown that helping them come to Dover Air Force Base to collect the remains of their loved ones is a "gimmick".
Today's action by the Obama White House is the lowest of the low.
For months, president Obama and his staff have done or said things that seemed strange to anyone who perceived the mood of the country. In recent weeks, these events have become more and more frequent. The Obama White House had the National Park Service "close" the WW II memorial to elderly veterans who had come from across the country just to visit that shrine. The same folks allowed steps to be taken during the shutdown like closing public parking places in South Dakota because folks could use them to take pictures of Mount Rushmore. Less silly but with huge impact, the White House allowed the NIH to keep cancer patients from treatment. They also required the end of visits to sick children by dogs, a program run strictly by volunteers, all in the name of the partial government shutdown. Then we learned that despite passage of a bill funding the military even during the shutdown, the White House allowed the cut off of death benefits to survivors of Americans killed in action in Afghanistan. Indeed, the White House did nothing about this outrage until it was reported in the press.
But today we hit the defining moment. Today we learned that the Obama White House is truly out of touch. It is no longer a rumor or a feeling; it is now a fact. Today, the Senate finally passed the bill previously approved by the House to restore funds for the payment of death benefits to the families of the heroes killed in action. And today, the White House announced that the bill now passed by both houses of Congress was "unnecessary" and a "gimmick". The bill passed the House unanimously, but it is supposedly "unnecessary" and a "gimmick". The Democrats in the Senate agreed that the bill was required, but to the White House, it was "unnecessary" and a "gimmick".
There have been few events which have transpired during the shutdown that generated as much outrage as cutting off survivor benefits to the families of heroes lost in action. Obama did nothing to restore these benefits. Then, when Congress acts to put the benefits back in place, Obama calls the move a "gimmick". He should tell the bereaved families of the Americans killed in action since the partial shutdown that helping them come to Dover Air Force Base to collect the remains of their loved ones is a "gimmick".
Today's action by the Obama White House is the lowest of the low.
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