Obama Decides To Lead National Moment Of Silence This Morning

January 10th, 2011 (13) Posted By Pat Dollard.

Fox News:

When President Barack Obama steps out on the South Lawn of the White House Monday morning, the thoughts of the nation will turn to Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of an assassination attempt against her.

Obama will lead the nation in a moment of silence to honor the congresswoman and the six people killed and 14 wounded in Saturday’s shooting outside a Tucson supermarket.

“It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflection, keeping the victims and their families closely at heart,” he said Sunday in a statement.

The Supreme Court plans to convene early so the justices can observe the moment of silence.

Giffords, 40, remained in intensive care at a Tucson hospital after being shot in the head at close range. Among those killed were Arizona’s chief federal judge, a 9-year-old girl interested in government, and one of Giffords’ aides.

“Gabby was doing what she loved most — hearing from her constituents — when this tragedy occurred. Serving Southern Arizonans is her passion, and nothing makes her more proud than representing them in Congress,” astronaut Mark Kelly, Giffords’ husband, said in a statement issued late Sunday.

“We must never forget [the victims], and our prayers are with their families. Our hearts go out to everyone injured yesterday; we hope and pray for their quick recovery,” Kelly said.

Prosecutors charged 22-year-old Jared Loughner with one count of attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of attempting to kill a federal employee. More charges are expected.

House Speaker John Boehner told lawmakers in a conference call Sunday to “pull together as an institution.”

“What is critical is that we stand together at this dark time as one body,” he said. “We need to rally around our wounded colleague, the families of the fallen and the people of Arizona’s 8th District. And, frankly, we need to rally around each other.”

Giffords, a Democrat, represents Arizona’s 8th District.

House business this week, including a contentious vote scheduled for Wednesday to repeal Obama’s new health care law, has been postponed to focus on any necessary actions in the shooting aftermath.

Connecticut Rep. John Larson, who heads the House Democratic Caucus, said Sunday that lawmakers will continue to have open sessions with their constituents, although they are likely to take more precautions.

The chief law enforcement official in the House, Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood, is holding a conference call Monday with House members to discuss security.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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  • Ty

    Well, thank God it’s not a school teacher leading it or he/she’d get in trouble.

    • josephus

      Hmmm..quite a different reaction than Ft. Hood, dontcha think?

  • tlk

    He’s such an asshole.

  • http://samsonblinded.org/news/ Fjora@Israel

    But what else apart from this moment of silence can they do for those poor people who suffered and their families? The tragedy is so big that there’s nothing to say but hopefully still something to do to prevent such accidents in the future.

  • Richwill

    I cannot post what I would like to say, it might incite a violent act.

    • Thrasymakhos

      Me neither. :smile:

  • Neofish

    I’ve already had my moment of silence seeing the interview yesterday with Roxanna Green. mr. obama doesn’t deserve the attention he’s drawing to himself with this; the attention should be focused on the victims, family and friends affected by this tragedy.

    Now back to the “vitriol”…

    I wonder if mr. obama will give a “shout-out”, maybe to cloward and piven, before he starts?

  • GRIZZ

    Is he going to refer to her as “Gabby” as if they were childhood friends?
    Give it a rest odipshit

  • http://n/a MaelstromOfAnonymity

    I wonder though when members of our fine military will get their National Moment of silence ? Most of whom I wouldn’t even know existed if not for this website..among a few others.

    This is not a slight on the Congress woman, but for fuck sake, we have men fighting and dying for this country. They DESERVE a moment of silence. They deserve so much more than we can give them…and that is the least this motherfucker in the white house can do.

    • Hawkerdriver(PissontheKoran)

      :beer: :beer: :gun:

  • Ruby

    I read an article posted at citizenwells.wordpress, it was printed in a foreign newspaper. They mentioned the federal judge that was killed and that days before his murder he ruled against the Obama regime, part if the ruling stated it was unconstitutional for Obama to use American retirement funds, 401k, etc., to bail out big business and foreign nations.

    Makes you wonder why we aren’t hearing anything about the judge, doesn’t it?

  • Ty

    Good point. I’m sorry for the congresswoman and all; however, the Federal Judge actually died. Why is his death mostly being ignored?

    • derised1

      Probably because of the Media bloodlust to defame Sarah Palin and the Tea Party by trying to establish a political link. There is no connection between Loughner and Sarah Palin/Tea Party.

      Sadly, it looks like Loughner did target Giffords for assassination because she couldn’t answer some strange question he had re: whether words are meaningless. Per the Criminal Complaint, he seems to have stalked her since 2007.

      The Fed Judge just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time as far as we know.