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‘Ignorance:’ White House sends unrelated form letter after 9/11 survivor’s request to pull bin Laden ad
An open letter from a 9/11 survivor to President Obama requesting that the president cease invoking the death of Osama bin Laden as a re-election tool has been answered with a completely unrelated form response from the White House.
That response, provided to The Daily Caller, did not include a single reference to Army Major David King’s objections and instead reminded him that, “Each day, I hear from concerned men and women who are struggling in this economy.” What follows is an 1100-word insistence that Obama is attempting to turn the economy around. The letter ends by telling Maj. King, “For more information on jobs, health benefits, housing assistance, and other public resources, you may also call 1-800-FEDINFO or visit www.USA.gov.”
Nowhere in the White House letter is the bin Laden raid mentioned. A Google search of the text shows the same response letter is often sent to individuals who write critical letters to the White House.
“I was disappointed that I didn’t receive anything specifically addressing my concern,” King told TheDC in a phone interview. “All I got back was a re-election letter.”
King is a former Army Special Forces operator and wounded survivor of al Qaida’s September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. One of his colleagues described King’s injuries that day.
“Maj. David King came walking out of the smoke from the direction of the fire,” recounted former Army Major Bill Delaney in a description published on VillageLife.com in 2011.
“As he limped toward us with his shredded uniform and skin hanging from his burns, completely covered in a white ash, he looked like a ghost. Dave shared an office with Jerry Dickerson and Staff Sgt. White. Tragically both were killed in the [plane's] impact, but miraculously Dave had survived. Dave had burns on 70 percent of his body and would endure many months of recovery before he returned to duty,” said Delaney.
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scribble
September 25th, 2012
obama has more important things to do – party with Beyonce, fundraise in Vegas, pontificate on The View, golf, visit with sport stars, be carried around by a big brawny pizza shop owner – to respond personally (or even properly) to a 9/11 survivor. C’mon,
priorities people!
God bless Maj. King.
Annie
September 25th, 2012
May we take this as an F you?
bitterclinger
September 25th, 2012
It’s sad to see what a once-great country has sunk to.
Anonymous
September 25th, 2012
Damned Lawyers
September 26th, 2012
0bama had his One Chance, and a hell of a lot of other chances to do something for America.
It is clear that he has no desire to save America from our enemies — HE IS THEIR BEST FRIEND because he Hates America just as much as they do.
No more chances for that one.
muddjuice (Absolutist)
September 26th, 2012
Unfortunate, but not uncommon.
It’s not like in the old days when any average Joe could knock on the door of the President and voice his concern.
There is a story out there about someone doing just that with Abe Lincoln. He was upset about having to deal with Mary Todd Lincoln so he went and spoke to Abe.
Abe said, “I have dealt with her for 15 years, you can survive 15 minutes.”
Not sure if it’s true, but it’s interesting to think that the office of president was much more “open” than it ever could be now….