Obama on Letterman
----- Original Message -----From: DFTo:Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:06 PMSubject: Re: [WETHEPEOPLE_UNITED] Obama on LettermanI couldnt watch Letterman the liberal.I watched at least the first half of Obama's interview on Letterman last night, and I had the most bizarre feeling of disconnect. He looks and sounds like a sane, rational person. He is glib, projects a warm personality, and exhibits a decent sense of humor. But DAMN! He's a freaking mass murderer!!
It was surreal to watch Letterman and the audience sitting there drinking in every word this man said, while knowing that he is a soulless bastard who murders innocent people every day. Why were they not talking about that? Why wasn't the audience screaming for his arrest, and perhaps pelting him with rocks and garbage? Why didn't Letterman ask him how it feels to go to bed each night knowing he has murdered over 1200 innocent people, many of them children, in the last nine months? How did Letterman sleep last night, knowing he had provided cover for a coldblooded killer?
Does anyone else feel this way? Do you ever look around and wonder how people can act so normal, like everything is right in the world, while deep down knowing we are responsible, as a nation, for the deaths of millions of people around the world? I swear, it tests my sanity at times.
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Jo
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