by Randall Terry
Christian Newswire – It is now glaringly obvious that President Obama has offered little
moral support to the citizens of Nashville, Tennessee and the
surrounding areas that have been devastated by the recent flood.
Has the President visited the area? No. Has he done a “fly by?” No.
Has he held a press conference discussing this tragedy, and the valor
of those who are rebuilding? No.
The obvious question is, why? Why has the Obama administration all
but ignored one of the largest non-hurricane disasters in American
history?
Is the death toll not high enough? Are the citizens too
self-reliant? Was there not enough rioting? Were there not enough
suffering minorities?
Could it be that any involvement he had would not bring him much
personal credit for “fixing” the crisis? Is it because there was not a
big enough political payoff?
Is it because he lost Tennessee in 2008? Or perhaps he just hates country music.
Whatever the reason for his absence, it is scandalous.
The role that Nashville plays in our country’s history, folklore,
entertainment, culture, and especially the music that makes us laugh
and love and weep is singularly unique.
For that reason alone Obama should have been on the ground offering
his heartfelt sympathy, condolences, and admiration for the valor shown
by those in the crisis.
Instead he is conspicuously absent, focusing on oil and its political fallout in the Gulf of Mexico.
A key secondary insult in this debacle is that the national press
has all but ignored the depth of the crisis Tennesseans are facing.
I started calling friends and family asking them if they knew what
was happening in Nashville. Almost none of them did. The story has not
dominated the news in the DC/New York corridor; for that matter, it has
barely been covered.
The net result of that is that hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans
are suffering significant hardship, dozens are dead and missing, and
most Americans are clueless. The benefit concert that was held to raise
money for the victims of this flood was ignored by the national media.
Why? Because Obama ignored it.
All President Obama has to do is visit Nashville, or even fly Air
Force One over Nashville, and hold a press conference in the air, and
it will change the entire equation. Then the New York Times and the
Washington Post and the major TV networks will give this tragedy the
coverage it deserves.
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I live in Nashville. Our governor talked to Obama immediately after the flooding, and when Obama offered to visit, he told him he didn’t want a presidential visit because it takes too many resources, which were better used to deal with the flooding. He also said that FEMA was there “before the first raindrops fell!”
Since the flood, Obama has had a slew of officials visiting to try to keep the medias attention on this. He has several government agencies in Nashville, working to set things right. He declared flooded areas disaster areas so they could get emergency funding.
Oh, please, I am just as glad that he didn’t come to Tennesee, he would just find some way to suck more of our hard earned money out of our pockets for his own greedy agenda. Let’s show the Nation how great the citizens of this state are. Let’s show the Nation why we are called the Volunteer State. Let’s ban together and rebuild Nashville
Your points are so valid and true. A perfect example is the way Katrina was covered. New Orleans got all the media, but Mississippi was the one that took the direct hit from the storm. Look at the demographics and there’s your answer. We’re pulling for you here!