Ken Berwitz
Today\’s quote comes to us from David Jacques, who publishes the Roseburg Beacon inRoseburg, Oregon – home of Upqua Community College, where chris mercer harperkilled 9 people and injured 7 others before either killing himself or beingkilled by police (not 100% sure which).
This is what Mr. Jacques has to sayabout President Obama, who has announced he is coming to Roseburg:
“Well I think the president will not be welcomedinto the community. And that is not just my opinion. We talked to dozens upondozens of citizens, some family members of the victims, our elected officials.And you may have a copy, if you don\’t I\’d be glad to read from it on the airthat our Douglas County commissioners along with our Douglas County sheriff,who is very popular, and our chief of police all came to consensus languageabout him not being welcome here to grandstand for political purposes.”
I doubt that this information willdissuade Mr. Obama from showing up where he is so clearly not wanted. Never underestimate the power of a supersedingly large ego.
But don\’t be fooled by whateverscripted, controlled event his people will no doubt concoct for your viewingpleasure. The people there resent President Obama using their city – acity where many, many peaceful, law-abiding people legally own guns – to scorecheap political points just hours after their friends and neighbors were gunneddown.
David Jacques wins Quote Of The Dayhonors for asking the questions, getting the answers, and bluntly explaininghow his fellow Roseburg citizens feel…even if what he found out isn\’t whatMr. Obama would like to know.
Do you blame them?
