# Comments on President Obama's Charleston speech and Amazing Grace **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-president-obamas-charleston-speech-and-amazing-grace/723565 "2015-06-26T21:52:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-president-obamas-charleston-speech-and-amazing-grace/723565/38 "2015-06-28T16:09:12Z")
The only words I’m “putting in your mouth” are those that you yourself typed on your keyboard. See below. > [@Charleston, SC church shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charleston-sc-church-shooting/722823/176): > > > [@ralph124c](#): > > > > Not an Obama fan, but he did his best. Really, what can you say about a senseless act of violence? All you can do is offer some kind of explanation-whether that resonates with the audience is something only doing it can reveal. > > Last week, you seemed to think a speech was an inadequate response (see below). Now, it’s the best he can do? > > > [@Charleston, SC church shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charleston-sc-church-shooting/722823/176): > > > > To me, this sad affair is a lot like the Connecticut school shootings-Obama makes a speech, will probably appoint a commission (to study it), and the whole thing will be forgotten…unless there is political capital to be made off it. > > Our cynical politicians have no answers, they just talk a lot. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-president-obamas-charleston-speech-and-amazing-grace/723565)._