Obama couldn't be upset with the people giving him standing ovations, etc. He expected it. Why do you think they had all those t-shirts on the chairs? This was a photo-op for Nobama. He is steeped in Chicago politics, and despite Rham's denial, they are using this event to their advantage. Did you not see he got a bump in the polls? His speech was over 30 minutes long and rambled, talking about things that had nothing to do with this event, but did tie in nicely to the same stuff he has been saying. He is, was and always will be pathetic.

>>In thought this service was entirely appropriate. What I saw was people celebrating heroes and celebrating hope. Remembering the victims doesn't have to be somber.
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>I watched the ending of the service a 2nd time (I had DVRd it). Here's one of the things that really pissed me off. When Obama took the podium to give his speech, he got a standing ovation. Well, normally you don't have standing ovations in a memorial, but it was the president and this was a very unusal event, so OK.
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>But when the applause died down and he said, "Please, be seated", people kept applauding and you could hear plenty of howls and screams and other noises that you'd normally hear if Pearl Jam came to play at the local high school.
>Agreed
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>This is about as hypothetical as it gets, but had I been in Obama's position, I would have seriously considered telling those fu__ing morons to STFU, that this was a memorial service and not a damn pep rally.
>Agreed
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>Like I said, I've been full of rage this entire week over this entire incident. I hope they impale Jared Lee Loughner.
>Agreed