Inhofe Suggests Newtown Families Can’t Think for Themselves

[Political Junky]

Inhofe: Gun-Control Fight Hurts Newtown Victims -- Daily Intelligencer

As what's left of the gun-control bill attempts to slowly wind its way through Congress, staunch opponents of new legislation can't help but be condescending and offensive. According to Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, President Obama is manipulating the families of Newtown victims into supporting gun control, when it has nothing to do with them in the lawmaker's own twisted version of reality. "See, I think it's so unfair of the administration to hurt these families, to make them think this has something to do with them when, in fact, it doesn't," Inhofe explained. And if they believe it does, "that's because they've been told that by the president."
To be clear, the senator's crassness is directed at independent, free-thinking adults whose children were brutally murdered by a mentally ill man in possession of a military-style arsenal. People who, as part of their grieving process, have decided that their time is best spent telling their story and offering suggestions that they believe could help prevent similar nightmares. These are not paid consultants, actors, props, or pawns, and their involvement is not political, but personal. Not every Newtown parent agrees, which is fine. But to discount their voices as if they've been brainwashed in the name of partisanship is both disgusting and cruel.
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[Clementine]

Some of them have opposed gun control.

It's not that people can't think for themselves. They went through an incredibly shock and Obama was there exploiting them before they had even begun to heal. It would be normal for people under that level of stress to react to things emotionally.

I wish people would think before they speak.

Thing is, none of those people have had to speak for themselves because the left jumped in right away to do it for them.

I think the left's assumptions about the families and the way they've used this tragedy for their own gain is sleazy.

 

[Old Rocks]

I think that you 'Conservatives' are the ultimate in sleazy. You put the right to have military style weapons above the right of children to life itself.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Some of them have opposed gun control.

It's not that people can't think for themselves. They went through an incredibly shock and Obama was there exploiting them before they had even begun to heal. It would be normal for people under that level of stress to react to things emotionally.

I wish people would think before they speak.

Thing is, none of those people have had to speak for themselves because the left jumped in right away to do it for them.

I think the left's assumptions about the families and the way they've used this tragedy for their own gain is sleazy.

"Some of them have opposed gun control" What are you, trying out to get a job as an on camera faux reporter on Fox Group? Name them! And, tell us exactly what they said.

I find your comments sleazy, at best.

 

[OriginalShroom]

I think that you 'Conservatives' are the ultimate in sleazy. You put the right to have military style weapons above the right of children to life itself.

Hmmm..

What do you say about the fact that Planned Parenthood, which gets Tax Payer Dollars every year, has killed over 300,000 unborn children a year for at least the past 3 years and the Left still supports them?

That is sleazy.

Where has the outcry by the left about the abortion doctor in Philly that killed over 100 children that were born alive? Remember, Obama didn't want to make that a crime when he was a Senator. FactCheck.org : Obama and ?Infanticide?