Maybe he's not such a bad guy after all

[madokie]

Nope, they'll still stab him in the back every chance they get you can bet on that. The last time he visited our state no one in government even bothered to show up, this time its different, we had a disaster so that brings out the bigots and racist with their hands outstretched and palms up looking for a hand out.

Obama gets a warm welcome from Oklahoma officials, tornado victims

MOORE - President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore on Sunday, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising his administration will be behind them "every step of the way."

"I'm just a messenger here," the president said, adding "folks are behind you" across America. He offered moral and monetary support in the wake of the monstrous EF5 tornado that killed 24 people, including 10 children, last Monday afternoon.

Standing with Gov. Mary Fallin and other state and federal officials, Obama noted a substantial rebuilding job ahead and said that "our hearts go out to you."

(snip)

The White House said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has already provided $57 million in rebates and incentives to help build about 12,000 storm shelters in Oklahoma.

More: http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Obama_gets_a_warm_welcome_from_Oklahoma_officials_tornado/20130527_11_A1_ULNSrs101990

Thank you President Obama for being the better person here.

[Heidi]

1. Kick!

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Been thinking about you!

Glad you survived the storms.

[madokie]

3. Thank you

I'm 35 miles east of Tulsa. We didn't get enough rain those two days to settle the dust here. It was like a parting of the storms, part went north the rest stayed south of us, we stayed high and dry. Well not actually high but we did stay dry.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. We're in SE Kansas for the weekend. Looks like we'll be driving home in some crappy weather.

Yuck.

[MADem]

5. 'High' probably would have eased the stress!

Hope OK recovers soon; what a terrible tragedy for the families who lost loved ones.

[madokie]

6. No doubt about that

I'm hoping that with this visit some of my fellow okies will soften up a bit towards President O. He really is a good man and I hope they'll be able to see that now.

[MADem]

8. He didn't go eat cake and play the geeeee-tar, that's for sure!

And his FEMA really does do a 'heckuvajob'....so there's that!

[sheshe2]

7. Oklahoma Strong! nt

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Are you joking? Tom Coburn is Obama's closest personal friend in DC,their wives are also

tight, this is according to them. They share 'faith and values' and love to spend time discussing how to get the lesbians out of the bathrooms, the cause that first motivated Tom into politics.
Oklahoma, Obama says, is lucky to have Coburn. This cake and eat it bullshit gets old and tired.

[VPStoltz]

10. My thoughts exactly. It happens EVERY time...

No, no, no until... they need something and then it's no, no, no but give it to me anyway.

[chuckstevens]

11. Their Memory Will Be Short

When the next disaster hits a different region of the nation, these same grateful people will forget and start bitching about "big government" again. Furthermore, if it is (God-forbid) a huge earthquake in California, some self righteous Christian will proclaim that, the disaster is because God is displeased with the immoral gay lifestyle of San Francisco. Funny, I haven't heard any liberal stating the tornadoes in Oklahoma are God's condemnation of bigoted rednecks who have perverted his son's teachings!

[Dustlawyer]

14. Lets get Michael Moore or some other well known liberal to say it, it will be fun watching their

heads explode!

[Mortos]

12. I live in Choctaw, work in Oklahoma City.

There has been a softening of the rhetoric since the storm but the hate is still here. Even in the quotes from some of the people he talked to there were underlying jabs.

Caleb Sloan, 24, who lost his home in the storm, said Obama's words gave him hope that help would be forthcoming.

"He has no choice but to live by his word," Sloan said. "I hope and pray and think he will keep his promises."

Some people here are slamming his visit with backhand compliments.

"It is fantastic he came, but his visit shut down everything," said Carol Hull, who has been working to feed and counsel victims. "We have no place to send people for food and aid while he is here because the roads and centers are shut down."

Many of the comments on these stories were terrible.

I have noticed that there has been a huge reduction in the public and workplace comments bashing the president but they still surface daily.

I am glad President Obama came and proud of how he has handled tragedies in both red and blue states.

[Cha]

15. I guess it's hard to let go of the brainwashed state even in the

face of getting help from the US Gov after a Devastating Tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma on May 20, 2013.

this poor guy thinks PBO is a liar even though in reality it is those who are telling him this are the ones who are lying. But, in the end he "thinks PBO will keep his promises." Good.

"He has no choice but to live by his word," Sloan said. "I hope and pray and think he will keep his promises."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110210201

thanks for the report from Choctaw, Mortos.

[mountain grammy]

13. Obama is first and always the president for all Americans..

Unlike W who did the "fly over" after Katrina, and, after almost 2000 people died, told the idiot in charge of FEMA he was doing a "heck of a job.

Madokie, so glad you are ok. We can only hope the good people of Oklahoma are humbled in the presence of a president who really cares and feel lucky that we finally have a president who values competence in government.