When a president doesn't have the option to skip out on speaking on a few disasters without over-the-top ridicule, then does this say something about the presidency as a form of government ... where does your light shine?
Few years back, a little girl fell down a well and there was a massive rescue effort mobilized to save her. Reagan sent her a teddy bear.
A little bit after that, a child got AIDS from a blood transfusion and loving neighbors burned his family's house down to get them to leave the community. Reagan did not send a Teddy bear.
I honestly have no idea if Reagan knew anything about the teddy bear, but part of the government machine of running the country has people who read headlines and send cards, or condolences, or congratulations from the President's office, to reflect the fact that he's aware of what's going on in the country.
They do it on the campaign all the time, the candidate's office will send out a statement on any sort of news-worthy item as soon as the guys on the bus hear about it, whether the candidate's even awake or not.
Someone should have the PR power to at least slip a statement across FFvC's desk for a signature or to be aware that a statement is going out in his name. Or brief him later. "We denounced this act.'" or "You blamed this event on Common Core" or whatever. Or "you cautioned people that if Hillary were President, she'd use this to disarm the nation."
When these no-brainer position statements do NOT come out at obvious opportunities, it makes one question
1) the priorities of the machine
2) the competence of the machine
3) the existence of the machine
Seven dead, it shouldn't be hard to figure out of POTUS is or isn't in favor of such things and make a comment about it. He certainly made a big deal about such shootings when Obama could be blamed.
