tucson: Was Obama holding the "Applause" sign? Why do they blame Obama for Americans loving him soo much that they can't control their cheers? He wasn't asking them to make noise! Is it jealousy? or are they angry because they found out that Fox News lied to them?|||They're blaming him because they know that fomenting anger and hatred is the only tool they had for making electoral gains in November. They're not going to let go of that, regardless of the greater cost.|||They are showing their true colors. If anyone had any doubts about the intellect of conservatives, they shouldn't have it now. The event was not a memorial service or funeral. If the people of Tucson felt a sense of solidarity and wanted to cheer the President, why should he tell them to shut up? It was their event. The world is getting to see how desprate they are to find reasons to blame Obama for everything. People often cheer a popular president. In spite of their hatred, Obama is a popular president. The eight years of Bush has gone down in history as a failed presidency. They can't stand it. I once farted at a Bush rally, is that Bush's fault?|||I think the president did fine. The crowd needed to realize this was a memorial for the people killed by the wacko and have a little more respect. I also had a problem with the people who actually stopped the gunman not being up front, seems funny to me the only person up front that was at the incident was the guy who helped the congresswoman. Seems like they keep focusing on her, she was not the only victim.|||He did nothing to discourage it. It was going on from the beginning, before he was even the speaker. Clearly the crowd had been warmed up by the community organizers before the event even started. Please, this was no accident. It was planned this way.|||Um.. We aren't. At least I am not. But jeez why do you keep stirring the pot in this political section about the Arizona Tragedy. You are just making yourself look as bad as those conservatives that are doing that.|||OK So exactly WHO was "in charge" at the rally? On the one hand, the left proclaims Obama as a great leader. Then, on the other hand, he cannot control a little crowd of his supporters.|||He is suppose to be the leader of the free world, right? Why not simply say, "Let's keep in mind this is a memorial service" or "Please hold your applause until the end", something like that would have worked.|||What did the world leader with the microphone do to stop it? Could he have said, "No applause for me, please"? Maybe not because it wasn't on the teleprompter.|||I don't know, but as a conservative, I disagree with them. By the way, Greasy Tony's is a Tucson restaurant chain, quite coincidentally.|||The Democrats love to hold a pep rally at memorials services. They can only get approval from the audiences if it is a tragedy.|||You think this wasn't a staged affair with preplanned "spontaneous" applause and unseemly cheering at a funeral memorial?|||Interesting enough apparently for them that's shameful...|||Who's idea was the beer?|||What did he do to tone it down?