Christ, what a surreal fucking scene

[charlie and algernon]

When have or will you ever again see the President speaking on one screen pleading for calm while police are firing tear gas at protestors on the other screen.

[pnwmom]

1. K & R

[Agschmid]

2. It astounding.

Moment left unsiezed.

[shenmue]

3. On CNN now

and I'm sure other stations.

[charlie and algernon]

4. yup, watching MSNBC

they kept a split screen up for almost his entire speech.

[Historic NY]

5. Whats astounding is that the citizens of Ferguson don't think voting...

is a good idea since they the minority, are the majority.

[bravenak]

7. They told you that?

What their views on voting are?

[Historic NY]

13. Yeah...if you read.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/17301/the_lesson_from_ferguson_about_why_you_should_vote

[truedelphi]

30. Except with the way that the police hammer down the residents,

I am let assuming how many would-be voters have felony or felonies on their arrest record and cannot vote.

Where my son would be given a warning for that jay that falls out of his pocket, during a traffic stop, an African Amerian kid is going to do hard time. And not just in Ferguson - even in Washington DC, before cannabis was recently de-criminalized, a young AA man could spend 47 days in jail for a single joint!

Then the person who was arrested has a record and can't find work, and then things spiral out of control.

[Agschmid]

18. Yup.

[mshasta]

6. is america

that's what fucking republicans do...no respect for blacks and the President of US is black.

[shenmue]

8. Protests in many places

Seattle:

http://m.kirotv.com/news/news/jury-reach-verdict-ferguson-missouri/njFNs/#__federated=1

[jillan]

9. That was horrible! I hate to say this but Obama looked ridiculous. And tired.

He should have kept it short and sweet - pleading for no violence and left the rest of his statement for another day.

He looked out of touch. It was sad.

[Dont call me Shirley]

15. The msm made him look that way. It's called SPIN!

[jillan]

17. Listen to this - Huntsman on the Cycle earlier today asked if Obama will be blamed

if there is violence.

[Dont call me Shirley]

20. Sick. Perverse. Twisted.

[Agschmid]

19. That wasn't spin he looked disconnected and out of touch against that video.

It was odd.

[Dont call me Shirley]

21. Split screen while President is speaking, not spin, huh?

Split screen showing violence erupting, not spin?

Then what is it?

[Agschmid]

22. No it's not.

[Dont call me Shirley]

23. Empty vision

[Agschmid]

24. I prefer to call it blind to reality.

[Dont call me Shirley]

26. Willful ignorance

[Dont call me Shirley]

28. Full Screen Version

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017228590

[Agschmid]

32. It was a bad choice of time to speak.

Two events were happening at the same time, they are both important.

This wasn't spin.

[Dont call me Shirley]

33. MSM would NEVER have been allowed to do that to an R pres

[Agschmid]

34. I don't believe that for an instant.

We should quit while we are ahead clearly we are on different wavelengths here.

[LukeFL]

25. He looked tired but what he said

Was right on point.

[wendylaroux]

10. so sickening

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bassemmasri?utm_campaign=JPER&utm_medium=FlashPlayer&utm_source=embed

[shenmue]

12. BBC coverage

http://m.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-30181234

[Dont call me Shirley]

14. So disrespectful to our President to "split screen"

[Iris]

31. ^^^ this ^^^

[Jenoch]

27. Can somebody explain to me why looting is an acceptable form of protest?

[AngryAmish]

29. The 60s.