Obama laughs at Armenians request to honor his promise
My opinion of Obama has dropped to a new low, after he joked about Armenian protesters asking him to honor his pledge to recognize the genocide yesterday in Los Angeles.
Seriously, Barack? Shouldn't you be finding out which promise instead of laughing about it? Ouch!
A gaggle of sign-waving protestors milled around outside The Beverly Hilton, the sprawling hotel on Wilshire Boulevard. They must have caught the president’s eye when he arrived at the hotel from an earlier stop in Las Vegas because he relayed one of their messages to the crowd.
“One of them said, “Obama keep your promise,’” the president said. “I thought that’s fair. I don’t know which promise he was talking about.”
The people at the audience – who paid $30,400 per couple to attend – laughed as they ate a dinner of roasted tenderloin, grilled organic chicken and sun choke rosemary mashed potatoes. (N.Y. Times)
Seriously, Barack? Shouldn't you be finding out which promise instead of laughing about it? Ouch!
Labels: Armenian, Armenian Genocide, barack, beverly hills, beverly hilton, fundraiser, lies, Los Angeles, obama, politician, promise
posted by Sevana at 8:44 PM
4 Comments:
typical politician...
I'm sad to say that I'm not surprised.
My understanding is that some of the other protesters were also asking him to keep his promise, but it's still not something that I think ought to be laughed at.
It was one thing to be excited about the promise of Obama (no pun intended), the wind of change he would help bring about, but it's almost too much to hope for a politician to keep his word on such a controversial matter, like the acknowledgment of our past and to uphold our dignity.
Some of my friends were gushing about Obama from the beginning whereas I was curious, hopeful, and excited for what this would mean to the U.S. and the global political arena, but to be completely honest, I didn't have any hope on the genocide issue.
As for making fun of the protesters, well, that is just tacky.
Saro
Dead End.....well armenian political parties don't care for Armenia.....all they really want is the welfare in the form of foreign aid to armenia that goes into their pockets. Why not we see the same in the USA, where they wine and dine the political representatives not the support of Armenia...but for what funds that they can obtain too feed their empty mission that exist on the blood of 1.5 million genocide brothers and sisters.....why not sell their nation for their own profits.....why didn/t the protesters march at the whitehouse....federal building in los angeles turkish embassy.....why use up your energy against armenia and not the real enemy. .....we need new leadership...new vision. new direction....
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