{"id":286,"date":"2013-04-26T02:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T02:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/26\/obama-shows-how-to-pay-tribute"},"modified":"2013-04-26T02:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T02:29:00","slug":"obama-shows-how-to-pay-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"Obama shows how to pay tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I could not have been prouder of President Barack Obama than I was today.<\/p>\n<p>Twice he stood before crowds to pay tribute first to his immediate predecessor \u2013 whose economic policies he has blamed for much of the difficulty during his first term in office \u2013 and then down the highway a bit at Baylor University to honor the memory of those who died in the fiery explosion in nearby West.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/04\/25\/17912435-america-needs-towns-like-west-obama-thanks-texas-fallen-at-memorial?lite\" href=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/04\/25\/17912435-america-needs-towns-like-west-obama-thanks-texas-fallen-at-memorial?lite\">http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/04\/25\/17912435-america-needs-towns-like-west-obama-thanks-texas-fallen-at-memorial?lite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s remarks at the dedication of the George W. Bush Library and Museum were spot on in their appropriateness. He honored the 43rd president by saluting his courage and his steadfast belief in whatever position he took. President Bush and the three other ex-presidents \u2013 Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush \u2013 all took their turns at the podium to honor W\u2019s library dedication. <\/p>\n<p>It was a day to set aside partisan differences, which isn\u2019t exactly an easy task in these contentious times.<\/p>\n<p>Then the president ventured to Waco and honored the memories of those who died in that horrifying fertilizer blast. It killed 14 people, 12 of whom were first responders, such as volunteer firefighters. \u201cAmerica needs town like West,\u201d Obama declared and vowed that the country will not forsake the community as it seeks to rebuild itself.<\/p>\n<p>This is the president as consoler in chief. And Barack Obama is getting quite good at fulfilling this tragic, but necessary, role.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I could not have been prouder of President Barack Obama than I was today. Twice he stood before crowds to pay tribute first to his immediate predecessor \u2013 whose economic policies he has blamed for much of the difficulty during his first term in office \u2013 and then down the highway a bit at Baylor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=286\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Obama shows how to pay tribute<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}