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bigtree

(85,977 posts)
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 12:45 PM Mar 2013

Pres. Obama: "Shame on us if we've forgotten. I haven't forgotten those Newtown kids."

Last edited Fri Mar 29, 2013, 08:58 AM - Edit history (2)



President Obama Speaks Thursday on Common Sense Measures to Protect Children From Gun Violence - White House


tweeted by, Andrew Kaczynski ?@BuzzFeedAndrew 17m
Obama on gun control: "don't get squishy because time has passed and it's not on the news every single day."



Nerdy Wonka ?@NerdyWonka 23m
Pres. Obama: "Shame on us if we've forgotten. I haven't forgotten those Newtown kids. Shame on us if we've forgotten." #GunViolence



Lori Lodes ?@loril 26m
"Powerful voices on other side trying to run out clock...drown out the American people..." - Obama. #DemandAction



The White House ?@whitehouse 27m
"Nothing is more powerful than millions of voices calling for change." —President Obama: http://wh.gov/nowisthetime #NowIsTheTime




Barack Obama ?@BarackObama 30m
Obama: "I don’t think any of us who are parents can hear these stories and not think of our own daughters, our own sons." #DemandAction



White House Live ?@WHLive 39m
President Obama: "It is our first impulse, as parents, to do everything we can to protect our children from harm." #Nowisthetime



White House Live ?@WHLive 39m
Obama: "This is our best chance in more than a decade to take commonsense steps that will save lives" http://wh.gov/nowisthetime #Nowisthetime



Zeke Miller ?@ZekeJMiller 37m
RT @DavidNakamura: Obama notes @reidepstein story asking if Washington has waited too long on gun control? "People here aren't forgetting."



jennifer bendery ?@jbendery 38m
Obama says people should ask lawmakers who don't support universal BG checks, "Why not? Why are you part of the 10 percent?"



White House Live ?@WHLive 36m
Obama: "If you’re a mom...who wants to make this country a safer, stronger place for our children to learn & grow...raise your voices"




White House Live ?@WHLive 15m ?
"We have cried enough. We have known enough heartbreak...#NowIsThe time to turn that heartbreak into something real." —President Obama




jennifer bendery ?@jbendery 29m
Less than a minute into this WH gun violence event, victims of gun violence on stage already crying. pic.twitter.com/2j3OQcweqH



watch:



transcript: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/28/remarks-president-gun-safety

find out where your rep stands on guns: http://thebea.st/YIwKAu

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Pres. Obama: "Shame on us if we've forgotten. I haven't forgotten those Newtown kids." (Original Post) bigtree Mar 2013 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Gregorian Mar 2013 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Mar 2013 #2
Sorry Gregorian Mar 2013 #3
don't be bigtree Mar 2013 #4
update: video bigtree Mar 2013 #5
Powerful voices are working to change the subject. Robb Mar 2013 #6

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bigtree

(85,977 posts)
4. don't be
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 01:17 PM
Mar 2013

no real harm in speaking out here, Gregorian. You make very good points about Bush's violence being akin to our own domestic atrocities.

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