Color Me Suspicious

“We are not a collection of Red (Republican) States and Blue (Democrat) States — We are the United States of America"-- Barack Obama, January 3, 2008.

The national flag of the United States of America (the "American flag") consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton.

The school colors for the University of Arizona are cardinal red and navy blue.....



The memorial service (turned pep rally) to mourn and honor those killed and injured during an assassination attempt in Tucson, Ariz., which killed six and injured 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords was held Wednesday at the University of Arizona.  60,000 T-shirts were distributed in an effort to "unite Tuscon and the USA". Blue and white? Was there a shortage of red ink? Perhaps it had all been consumed by Obamanomics.

You draw your own conclusions, but my pea-brain that politically matured at the 6th grade concludes another moment of abysmal optics.

• The University of AZ admits to the T-shirts being their idea,that I will concede. But why only blue and white? There is absolutely no doubt the White House with their security, marketing, logistics team, etc.that arrives in advance of the President with all of their expertise was very aware of the T-shirt promotion--but NO ONE from this administration can intervene and say "Hey, what do you think about RED, white and blue?" Failed leadership.
• While in full denial the "Together We Thrive" was not and will not be part of their next campaign efforts, what do we find over at Obama's own blog? Yes, the author is only a contributing writer and yes the site has the disclaimer "content may not represent our campaign". But if you are adamant this was not your campaign launch, why would you not strike this entry from the President's own web site and eliminate any doubt? Courage anyone? Failed leadership.
• While I believe the President did an admirable job reading a prepared speech from the teleprompter, what was with the hoot and hollering at a memorial service? Clapping? Standing ovations? Allowing 'booing' of their own governor? We have the Jumbotron displaying the word "applause" for the deaf in attendance-seriously! I was just waiting for the Wildcat cheerleaders to launch into "Give me an "O", give me a "B", etc.At no time does the President intervene and ask for the inappropriate behavior to cease and to remind the attendees of the sadness and sorrow many may be experiencing. Instead, it was written off as "what did you expect of college students"? Failed leadership.
• What did Obama just remind the Republican leadership LAST WEEK to do--"There will be plenty of time to campaign for 2012 in 2012. Our job this year is to make sure we build on our recovery". But yet today we find out the White House states they will announce their 2012 campaign team later this month as they need the extra time to raise $1 billion dollars. Failed leadership. 

“Together We Strive!” is the new “Yes, We Can!”. T-shirts available ONLY in blue, unless you are a union member, then we will gladly offer up purple. When all you know is how to campaign, everything becomes a campaign......

And for those who have forgotten what a memorial service should look like INVOLVING A COLLEGE CAMPUS, take a view of George W. Bush as he offers up his condolences to the friends and families of the tragic Virginia Tech shooting that claimed 32 lives several years ago:



See the difference, hear the difference?....

Remember-- Tuesday, November 6, 2012....

/S/ dave