The citizens of Douglas County and Roseburg OR have told the Presdient NOT to come to their school shooting memorial service. Thoughts?

2015-10-06T18:57:33-04:00

http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/obama-not-welcome-in-oregon-town-for-politicizing-shooting

Obama Not Welcome in Oregon Town For Politicizing Shooting

Obama has been effectively banned from visiting Roseburg, Oregon, home of Umpqua Community College, by the publisher of the Roseburg Beacon.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Oct 6 at 2015 7:05 PM

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SPC George Long While I'm no fan of Obama's, it's not right to perpetuate the misconception that ONE MAN represents 'the citizens of Douglas County and Roseburg', in either that article or your title here.

Response by LTC Kevin B. made Oct 6 at 2015 7:06 PM

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You should change your title to be more accurate, which should read:

"One rich guy hates Obama."

Response by SGT Lou Meza made Oct 6 at 2015 7:21 PM

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Why not let the family of the victims decide who to welcome or who not to welcome !

Response by 1SG Jack Crutcher made Oct 6 at 2015 7:31 PM

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Regardless of how some people feel toward the POTUS, it is not up to them to tell him where he can and cannot go. I have never seen and heard so much disrespect for a POTUS in all my life. I as a soldier was not allowed to disrespect or bash my chain of command openly. How can they do that and still claim to be Patriotic. No matter how I felt, disagreed and disliked Pres G H W Bush OR G W Bush I and others did not openly disrespect them. Pres Obama was voted in twice so apparently everyone does not think he is any worse than any other president. It is amazing that all the people that know foreign policies, politics and how the country should be ran are not in the White House but are doing nothing but sitting on their ass complaining and agreeing with what other that don't know what they are talking about. What is our Country coming to. And no, I do not agree with everything that Pres Obama is doing but I am smart enough to know that the CIA, Sec of Def, Chief of Staff and all others are not letting me in on everything so I can make a decision.

Response by PVT Robert Gresham made Oct 6 at 2015 7:35 PM

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SPC George Long From what I've heard so far, it seems that the majority of the people from the area do feel that way. Obama not only politicized the whole affair in his address, but he also told the country that the shooting was, "something we should politicize".

If I was a family member, being told that the death of my son, or daughter, was something that the Government had the right to use, at their discretion, for political advantage, I would not be happy about it either. Whereas the death of a child is a matter that a parent might actually appreciate a member of the federal Government taking note of (see Kate Steinle), abusing the information for some political agenda is just plain wrong.

Obama: Mass shootings are 'something we should politicize'

"This is a political choice that we make, to allow this to happen," he said.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 6 at 2015 8:51 PM

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I have politics!

Response by SSgt Korey Thompson made Oct 6 at 2015 9:55 PM

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You all are missing the point of this article. The extremely valid point of this article isn't to tell the president to come. It is telling the president that they see his true intentions- he shows up to these things and preaches his anti-gun agenda. These people don't want him to go take a tragedy to gain a political advantage to achieve his goals. He doesn't give a rat's ass about the victims or the community that endured this tragedy. Therefore I understand why people would want to mourn and put closure to this event without someone claiming they could have prevented the entire thing by disarming only law-abiding citizens.

Response by SPC George Long made Oct 6 at 2015 11:57 PM

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It seems the shooters mother who bought him some of his guns and moved him here from California felt he had some mental issues He also was upset that he had no girlfriend. Maybe they should have made a pit stop in Nevada on the way here.. I think mom needs to be arrested and charged.....http://news.yahoo.com/writings-ore-gunman-ranted-having-no-girlfriend-080456993.html#

Oregon shooter's mother wrote about guns in online forum

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mother of a gunman who killed nine people and himself at an Oregon community college allowed her troubled son to have guns and acknowledged in online posts that he struggled with autism, but she didn't seem to know he was potentially violent.

Response by Cpl Chris Rice made Oct 7 at 2015 4:34 AM

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Publisher of the local paper, and citizens of a city are two different things.

Response by SFC James Barnes made Oct 7 at 2015 9:24 PM

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I live in Oregon and none of the people I know that live in roseburg wanted him there. its not just the newspaper and unlike the military citizen don't have to respect the president.