After awful* speech in Dallas, Obama meets with BLM leader DeRay McKesson

*Apparently a good speech made awful by the tangent it took in the latter half.

Joe Newby

. . . "In other words, much of the leadership of the race-hustling racket.

“ 'I think it’s the president’s desire to try to move the ball forward and make some progress in helping communities identify steps that they can take to address this problem,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday, The Hill added.

"But that’s not the role of the federal government — that’s why we have city governments. (Google 10th Amendment)

"Meanwhile, officers across the country — like those in Austin, Texas — are being threatened with their lives.

"Of course, we all know what this is a prelude to — complete federal control of local law enforcement…" . . .

'We’ve got to do better as black people': Charles Barkley speaks out on recent police shootings

Daily Mail

"He's mad black people 'never get mad when black people kill each other"

. . . "Barkley's comments hit nerve with the radio host, who pointed out that police are more likely to panic around black men than other races.

"Barkley responded, saying he didn't think racial profiling was right but that he could see why white officers stereotype black people because 'some are crooks'. 

" 'There is some reason why there's racial stereotypes because some of those black people out there are committing crimes. Let's don't sit there and act like all our hands are clean,' Barkley said.  

"As for Barkley's claims that black people don't get mad when black people kill each other, Le Batard said 'that's not true'. 

" 'We don't nearly have as much outrage as when a white cop kills somebody,' Barkley shot back, after calling Le Batard out for not being black himself. 

" 'Dan, I've been black all my life, most black people I know are killed by other black people.'  

Hillary Clinton and the reset of Obama's administration

"Hillary Clinton dodged a recommendation for indictment by the FBI Director last week. She has not even been elected and already she’s as close to impeachment as Bill, who didn’t get impeached until his second term. It just shows that a woman can accomplish more than a man, in less time, and do it all in a pants suit."

"Hillary Clinton went on the offensive Tuesday in New Hampshire where she was endorsed by Bernie Sanders. Hillary rejected the FBI Director’s claim that she had been extremely careless with her home office e-mails. She would only admit to being extremely careless in picking a husband."

Comedian Argus Hamilton

While You Were Sleeping

President Obama Gets Destroyed On Twitter After Politicizing Memorial For 5 Slain Cops

Young Conservatives  "Families of slain police officers are sitting RIGHT THERE as the president calls their department part of the problem."  Ben Shapiro


Heartbreaking: 9-Year-Old Daughter of Slain Dallas Officer Recalls What He Asked Her Just Before His Final Shift  Video at the link.

"Dallas police Sergeant Mike Smith was just two years away from retirement when he was fatally shot last Thursday night — one of five officers ambushed and killed by a gunman during a demonstration against police-involved shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana."

. . . 

“ 'He was leaving to go to work, and I was leaving to go to a movie, and he said to me, ‘What if this is the last time you ever kiss me or hug me?’” Caroline recalled during a CBS News interview.". . . 

Reprimander-in-Chief Obama hijacks Dallas Police memorial service

You knew we would get scolded, didn't you?  Remember this article from this past week:

As Obama Heads To Dallas, Fed-Up Americans Have Just 5 Words For Him

. . . "Americans all over the country are sick and tired of his rhetoric that further divides our nation, and they are making it clear. Many share the sentiments of one Dallas resident, who tweeted these five words: “We don’t want him here,” and their message was met with a lot of “amens.' ”

Didn't we all know this was coming? 

Thomas Lifson  "The malignancy of Barack Obama’s narcissism was on full display yesterday at the memorial service for five ambushed Dallas Police officers. His address bore all the markers of his cunning self-absorption. As Peter Hasson in the Daily Caller noted, he mentioned himself 45 times, and referred to himself twice before mentioning the names of the honorees." . . .

. . . "He started losing the law enforcement part of the audience. Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit noticed that Obama:

…included mentions of Alton Sterling (twice) and Philando Castile (twice). He even mentioned poor black children inhoodies – a reference to Trayvon Martin.

At one point police officers refused to applaud his defense of Black Lives Matter.

 "The Obama claque in the media are applauding the president’s sentiments. It is as if they saw a different speech."

A number of these excellent links come from the resourceful Lucianne.

Many in law enforcement feel frayed relationship with Obama  "After each fatal shooting of a black man by an officer, President Barack Obama has swiftly spoken out against bad policing, giving voice to the generations of African-Americans who have found themselves at the wrong end of a baton, a snarling dog or a gun. As much as those words have comforted blacks, they have rankled many of the nation´s men and women in blue. Some have described the remarks as an insult, an all-too-quick condemnation before all the facts are in and a failure to acknowledge the thousands of cops who do a good job and routinely. . . "

Real Ben Garrison

How Obama ruined his Dallas memorial speech 

"He was a national healer who became a crashing bore."

. . . "But as the president’s words flowed and deepened in Dallas, I was sure I was listening not only to the best remarks of his presidency but possibly one of the great presidential speeches of our age.

"This was true even though he was making certain arguments with which I did not agree — but because his tone was so beautifully modulated and his argumentation so civil, the president himself got me to listen, pay attention, and respect the seriousness of his contentions.

"And then he blew it." . . .

As usual, Obama made strange use of the word “we,” because when he says “we,” he means “you,” and when he means “you,” he means people who aren’t as enlightened and thoughtful as he and his ideological compatriots are.
Worse yet, the excessive length gave rise to a few extraordinarily ill-conceived flourishes that would have been discarded from a more contained and controlled final speech.

John Podhoretz 

"Again, imagine the grieving families feeling trapped in a political pep rally. President George W. Bush showed them respect, Brown showed them love, and Obama read a speech.
. . . 
Obama does Dallas wrong  "Leading up to yesterday’s memorial service, the New York Times declared that President Obama “Seeks to Console Dallas and Reassure the Nation.”

"He did neither." 

. . . "Certainly in a memorial service so soon after a massacre, it does not need to be said that not all police officers are angels. It was outrageous for Obama to go there."

‘Day of Rage’ protests reportedly set for multiple cities across U.S. this Friday — Video

Conservative Firing Line 

"On Tuesday, reports began circulating around the Internet that the group Anonymous is proclaiming a “Day of Rage” to be marked with protests in cities across the U.S.

"According to the Daily Caller, 37 cities in 26 states and Washington, D.C., are supposedly going to see these protests at 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time this Friday, July 15.

"The Daily Caller reported:" . . .  Read more

"The Gateway Pundit posted a list of the cities that are supposedly going to be hit by the protests:" . . .

Watch for photos of rioters carrying away merchandise they will have looted.

The Odd Couple

Legal Insurrection    "No Principles, No Regrets"

Words from the Man Himself

Dallas Police Chief David Brown Is Helping Pull a Nation Back from the Brink

David French  "It’s difficult to imagine a more difficult challenge than running a police force during the worst massacre of law enforcement officers since 9/11 — all against the backdrop of intense protest and ideological scrutiny. No one can do it perfectly — indeed, it’s difficult to even imagine what perfection would look like under these circumstances — but it’s hard to conceive of a more effective public voice than Dallas Police Chief David Brown. At a time when the loudest voices are seeking to increase conflict and often capitalize on tragedy, he’s charted a different course entirely. He’s a reformer who’s responded to the shootings from a position of credibility with many liberals and conservatives." . . .

Obama’s race baiting lecture at the Dallas memorial worthy of rotten tomatoes (Updated)

Lisa Payne-Naeger  "Today, President Barack Obama should be considered the luckiest man in the United States. No one heckled him as he spoke at the memorial service for the slain police officers in Dallas. No one threw rotten tomatoes at him or stormed the podium as he openly spewed racial barbs and admonished Americans for being racially biased. His speech, today, had to be the most egregious and insulting display ever by the race-baiter-in-chief. Rivaled by none. He put Sharpton and Jackson to shame in their abilities to divide a nation and its people. And again, he is the luckiest man in the United States in that none of the officers in the room slapped the cuffs on him and hauled him off to jail for intentionally inciting disruptive discourse.

"But I guess you have to consider the source, from whom this kind of race-baiting speech comes, and the dignity of the audience to which it was delivered. Even faced with profound disparagement, the officers, and other mourners, behaved with class and integrity. But the rest of the country is gonna be hopping mad when they see this video."

"Shameful doesn’t begin to cover it folks. We have six more months of this mega-@$$ and his embarrassing, insulting, and humiliating exploits. Hopefully there will be no more memorials for fallen heroes, and only a celebration of a nation that anxiously awaits the exit of the greatest racial divider this nation has ever seen."

Obama Mentions Himself 45 Times During Memorial Speech For Dallas Officers

To help counter the Obama effect, we are thankful for these people:

Chick-fil-A’s Act Of Support For Cops Could Be Considered Real Act Of Courage

. . . "But a position at one of its Texas locations that was noble last November could put the sandwich-making outfit on the receiving end of more than mere hate speech in this environment — it could lead to violence, if recent events are any indication." . . .

UPDATE:  AS EXPECTED, OBAMA MAKES SPEECH ABOUT GUN CONTROL, RACE AT DALLAS COP MEMORIAL SERVICE
 . . . "If you were stupid enough to think that Obama was actually going to act presidential and show some real compassion for the families of the cops who were killed by a black lives matter terrorist, then you are probably gullible enough to vote for Hillary Clinton." . . .

Obama swims in a sea of racism and bigotry, getting drenched in the process

Obama: Every American Is Racist

. . . “ 'If we are honest, perhaps we have heard prejudice in our own heads and felt it in our own hearts. We know that. And while some suffer far more under racism’s burden, some feel, to a far greater extent, discrimination’s sting, although most of us do our best to guard against it and teach our children better, none of us is entirely innocent.' ” . . .

After Dallas, Obama Faces Class Action Lawsuit For Inciting Violence   . . . "Larry Klayman, the head of Freedom Watch and founder of Judicial Watch, filed a class action lawsuit on Monday in federal district court in Dallas against President Obama and others for inciting violence, leading to the killings of law enforcement officers.

In his complaint, Klayman named not only Barack Obama but Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, former Attorney General Eric Holder and the Rev. Al Sharpton, among a total of nine defendants." . . .

Obama Refuses Request To Honor Dallas’ Fallen Heroes  . . . "Although the White House has been illuminated for occasions such as Breast Cancer Awareness (pink) and the Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriages (rainbow), Obama refused Adler’s request." . . . Petulant juvenile.
The Texas governor's mansion, however, did honor the fallen officers.

Words that a Democrat liberal could have said but did not seem capable of:
George W. Bush’s Remarks at Dallas Police Officer Memorial Ceremony Were a Welcome Change   

 . . ."President George W. Bush spoke at the memorial service for the fallen Dallas officers killed in last week’s attack. His remarks were a welcome departure from the current narrative and a reminder that principled leadership can still be found in this country.

"Speaking of American values and our common bond, President Bush said, “we have never been held together by blood or background. We are bound by things of the spirit, by shared commitments to common ideals.”

“ 'Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples, while judging ourselves by our best intentions,” he observed.

"A uniter indeed." . . .

Is anyone out there sick of Obama's reprimands?

Victor Davis Hanson: "Fundamentally Transformed"

NRO

"Have we reached a point of no return?"

"Multicultural societies — from 19th-century Austria–Hungary to contemporary Iraq, Lebanon, the former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda — have a poor record of keeping the peace between competing tribes. They usually end up mired in nihilistic and endemic violence."

The only hope for history’s rare multiracial, multiethnic, and multireligious nations is to adopt a common culture, one that artificially suppresses the natural instinct of humans to identify first with their particular tribe. 

. . . 

" But such a bold experiment was always tenuous and against the cruel grain of history, in which the hard work of centuries could be easily torn apart by the brief demagoguery of the moment. Unfortunately, President Obama, ever since he first appeared on the national political scene in 2008, has systematically adopted a rhetoric and an agenda that is predicated on dividing up the country according to tribal grievances, in hopes of recalibrating various factions into a majority grievance culture. In large part, he has succeeded politically. But in doing so he has nearly torn the country apart. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to suggest that no other recent president has offered such a level of polarizing and divisive racial bombast." . . .

. . . 

"Punish our enemies” characterized Obama’s approach to race and bloc voting. Each time an explosive racial confrontation appeared on the national scene, Obama — always in his accustomed academic intonations — did his best to exploit the issue. 

"When Obama invited Black Lives Matter founders to the White House in February, he praised them by asserting that they were “much better organizers” than he had been at a comparable age, adding that he was “confident that they are going to take America to new heights.” Prior Black Lives Matter marching death chants to police should have been known to Obama at the time.". . .