Sleeping or smoking a cigarette.

I thought the same thing when I read the story. Where were Obama’s condolences? But, then again, we knew what he thought about Poland when he ended the missile shield program[ for Putin]. Will be very interesting to watch this play out, won’t it.

FWIW, I reported it here on Red State immediately.

Ronald Reagan often spoke of Poland and supported Lech Walesa’s efforts. It was the lynchpin that provided freedom for Eastern Europe.Reagan wouldn’t have wasted a moment in supporting Poland.

I visited Eastern Europe around 2000, and you could see the businesses and tourism and freedom that were celebrated all over. It was like a new life had been granted to the region.

The United States could have offered crash inspectors, if Poland wants help in determining a fair and honest assessment of the airline crash.

A true president would have interrupted his basketball game and invited the Polish ambassador to the White House.

It’s a dark time to be a friend and ally of the United States under this president.

It took George Bush 6 days to release a statement on Richard Reid. If Obama takes a few hours to make sure a press release doesn’t have any typos, that doesn’t bother me too much. Let’s beat up Obama for things he does wrong that matter.

I would be careful about jumping to conclusion based on the date of a white house blog post. Here is a story from 9:43 AM ET that contains Obama’s statement.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/91449-obama-offers-condolences-on-polish-tragedy

if Poland was one of our 57 states.

I was listen to the speech George W Bush gave after Columbia was lost. Even though Obama is a great reader of a teleprompter he would never instill the heartache and reverence that W could. I tried to think of a speech the Obama could do for the President of Poland in the way Bush did and it is hard. Something like this needs more than a simple press release it needs camera time even if just to read the release. It would be something like this.

Michelle and I are sadden by the lose of President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife and many Polish government officials. The American people stand with the Polish people in their time sorrow and of healing and look forward to working with the new President and great people of Poland. I have talk to the acting President Komorowski, Polish Prime Minister Tusk, Russia President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin to show American support and have alerted the NTSB and the department of transportation to help the investigation.

I was listen to the speech George W Bush gave after Columbia was lost. Even though Obama is a great reader of a teleprompter he would never instill the heartache and reverence that W could. I tried to think of a speech the Obama could do for the President of Poland in the way Bush did and it is hard. Something like this needs more than a simple press release it needs camera time even if just to read the release. It would be something like this.

Michelle and I are sadden by the lose of President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife and many Polish government officials. The American people stand with the Polish people in their time sorrow and of healing and look forward to working with the new President and great people of Poland. I have talk to the acting President Komorowski, Polish Prime Minister Tusk, Russia President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin to show American support and have alerted the NTSB and the department of transportation to help the investigation.

To be fair all around, it was five hours later in UK and France; they were already awake.

The important thing was the response, which was more or less appropriate.

Much as I generally agree with you, this is not a significant issue one way or another.

…..between this and ObaMao’s sudden ditching of the WH press corps on Saturday morning. It appears that there is no clear evidence that he actually attended his girl’s soccer game.

The whole chain of events certainly you go hmmmmm…..

This is just reason 3,954 to despise him and welcome the end of his regime Jan 20, 2013.

that would have all but guaranteed Polish security and independance for decades, why would he care one once what happens to anyone who tries to defend and safeguard their country? Maybe he’ll send an iPod with a touching message to the bereaved. Unless this story has legs, then I’m sure the teleprompter will give him a real emotional eulogy to give as world healer in chief.

Sat morning was when Potus succeeded in slipping out without the press…he had a busy morning.
I agree with Stephen. Could be an innocent explanation, but put it all together and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture.
That is one sign of immaturity/self-centeredness: the inability to see how your actions are appearing to others. And specifically, the inability to even have it cross your mind that your actions stick out like a sore thumb in relation to the observer’s circle of everyday interactions. (and,I might add, becoming annoyed and even outraged that others could draw such an opinion from your actions)

There is a horrible truth to EVERYTHING that has happened vis-a-vis Red Barry and the World.

That truth is that Barry has gone out to the world begging (probably on bended knee) for the once great Socialist Powers to join him in creating the Socialist Utopia – and it has fallen on either deaf ears or those who will use his stupidity to further their own nationalist goals.

Most of the Socialist countries have gone over to Nationalist dictatorships that are trying to manage their way into controlled Capitalism without internal revolutions.

None of them want to return to the sort of insane communist societies that finally started to revolt against their miserable lives (after seeing how the West lived under freedom) and they have been trying to ride the tiger into being on top of their nations futures.

Now here’s Obama and all of ideological idiots who’ve so dreamed at creating the Socialist Utopia crying out to the dictators “no wait Comrades, we’ve killed America, we are good Socialists, we are ready to worship you!!!”

Other than them being well and willing to use Barry’s stupidity to steal market share, wealth, and power over their neighbors (and their resources) – they are having none of him and his stupid Utopia.

I suspect pretty soon now that douche bag boy is going to decide that the only way to bring them back onto the reservation is to show them the wonders of Neo-Stalinism and how an utterly crushed and oppressed society is good for the cause.

A horrible accident? When I heard this I wondered.

Obama–who ares.

What is worrisome here is that a person would compare Reid to a situation in the U.S. where the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House and the Presidents Cabinet as well as the head of the Joint chiefs of Staff and the top Admirals and Generals that are the head of our respective Military services that were all involved in such a tragedy. This demostrates that people are either clueless as to interpretations and analyzing things in fair comparisons or they have an agenda.Then you have a President who has stated in Public several times that the U.S.Constitution is ” flawed because it doesnt provide enough assistance to the disadvantaged”. This means to me that this Potus sees the U.S. Constitution as a means of wealth redistribution enstead of enforcing equal opportunity. Both the Republicans and the Democrats have been tramplong on the Constitution for some time and the above people keep voting at least 90% of the incumbents back to offoce and a president of such views.

When the people become so gullible ,misinformed and uninformed that they allow such a situation to exist then we are doomed and whether or not a statement gets out in a certain time is basically irreve,\lant especailly when this Potus is warming up tp our enemies and dissing our friends. Israel is our only ally in the Mifddle East and this Potus doesnt seem to get it.His approval in Israel is only 4%. Look it up.How many Jewish voters voted for this Potus and got a knive in the back. These are your problems. A gullible, misinformed and uninformed electorate.

Obama probably had a hard time getting Stern and Soros on a conference call.

A sad tale of three erstwhile close, but now grievously offended, major allies. In chronological order. First, the Israelis: before he was even sworn in, the Israeli antennae were twitching & had calculated that BHusseinO was going to be bad news for them. Standing wary distance they have not been harmed too much. Next came the grievous, hurtful offense to the British with the idiotic offer to mediate that Hillary made in Argentina concerning the Falklands. Our press didn’t even bother to report it but I monitored major opinion sources in the UK at the time, believe me our true friends in the land of Churchill, were shaken to the core over this shabby treatment (partly their own fault thinking Obama was going to be something special for Europe). Lastly, Poland poignantly shunned, as she has been so many times before, by a major power who could have/should have helped but cruelly has changed course without consulting them. Obama’s diplomatic hat trick from hell is no accident, it is just what it appears to be happening, and right in front of our eyes.
Obama is a radical. Folks, we have Third World- agitator foreign policy in place now. Chavez and Castro must truly be feeling upstaged and at a loss as to what attention grabbing stunt to pull next since OBH seems always a step ahead of them. Meanwhile we have about run out of maintaining any deep and faithful alliances left (UK-Israel-Poland), whose nations’ soldiers and ours have, by the way, often died in nasty ditches together – for freedom – all over this world.

Maybe the Philippines? Look out Manila. Then “B” lister allies Columbia, Panama, Turkey, etc., you are next (!) for the Obama treatment. As far as being treated well by the US, you’re better off being Yemen than Australia today. Someone please wake us up from this awful dream.

Erickson:
Perhaps you’ve never been in a band, but the headliner plays last.

Cactus Jack:
If Europe wants our respect, let NATO commit troops to Afghanistan and Iraq in a meaningful way. I find Americans dying to keep Dutch filmmakers and London buses safe abhorrent.