You seriously think this grieving widow “went to the press”? If your perspective is that skewed, no wonder you’re being so harsh.
I assure you it was the other way around.
This is kind of an asshole opinion. There is nothing, absolutely nothing suggesting she is trying to become famous about this, that she is trying to make herself part of the political process. Her husband was killed in a public way and she answered a couple of questions about it. And that’s it. You’re inventing some huge story about her to slander someone who just lost her husband.
For fucks’ sake, what’s your problem?!
At least we know who this Pit thread is targeted toward.
To me the “problem” is she refuses a condolence because she hates something/someone. Not that they had anything to do with her husband’s death. It is just spite on her part which seems a shitty thing to add to the memory of her husband.
Did she seek out talking to the press about it? Or did the press (in this case, the tabloid New York Post) go to her? I would guess the latter (though, she certainly could have refused to talk to them).
You’re assuming spite. All we know is that she didn’t feel like taking the call. If I were to put myself in here shoes I assume that she was doing what she reasonably thought that her just murdered husband would have wanted. Maybe you can list for us all of the other condolence calls that she did take while snubbing Biden.
No, we don’t, so why assume what you did instead of what was more likely-That the press sought her out and pestered her until she answered their questions?
I don’t take calls from my friends, why would I take a call from the president? If he wants to talk to me he has to follow the proper protocol. Text me first, then I’ll decide if it’s worth dropping everything I’m doing to to talk and I’ll call back…or not. Or schedule a time that works for both of us.
Thank you for reminding me of my favorite Harlan Ellison quote:
“Everybody has opinions: I have them, you have them. And we are all told from the moment we open our eyes, that everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. Well, that’s horsepuckey, of course. We are not entitled to our opinions; we are entitled to our informed opinions. Without research, without background, without understanding, it’s nothing. It’s just bibble-babble. It’s like a fart in a wind tunnel, folks.”
People do think differently.
People who are grieving a murder aren’t thinking clearly.
This is reminding me of Ann Coulter’s comment on the 9/11 widows.
This turn of conversation is depressing me.
Bowing out.
There is a protocol; the White House operators call first and let you know that the president would like to talk to you. If you don’t answer the phone, they might call the local police or whatever, and tell them why they need to get you on the phone.
BTW, doesn’t matter if your number is unlisted or unpublished. They can get any number. My mother worked directory assistance for years, and once I went to work with her on an off-day to help her with, as I remember, some Microsoft Excel task. I was thumbing through a procedure manual that mentioned how to handle unpublished numbers. The procedure, as I remember (and this was perhaps three decades ago), was to refuse to provide the number. If you told them that you need to talk to the person because of a family emergency, the operators still wouldn’t give up the number. At best they would call the unpublished number and ask the owner if they wish to be contacted. They can call back the person trying to reach them, or the operator could make the connection without revealing the number. Except, the procedure manual said, if the call was from the White House, which was the only party that the phone company would provide the number to. Again this is a memory from three decades ago or more, so I may be wrong on the exact details. Though I kind of wish I’d photocopied that page from the manual.
