RSSJan & John Vigiano Say No to Barack Obama’s Visit to Ground Zero … “They are Honored but do not Want to be Part of a Presidental Photo-Op”
50 families were selected by the White House to attend Barack Obama’s Presidential photo-op to Ground Zero. One has to wonder how you pick 50 families out of the thousands of families that were adversely and dramatically devastated that fateful September day. However, there was at least one family that said, “no”. In the video below, the Vigiano family of Deer Park, Long Island, lost both their sons on September 11, 2001, John Vigiano Jr., a 36 year old FDNY firefighter, and their youngest Joe Vigiano who was an emergency services detective with the NYPD. They declined the once in a lifetime meeting with the President because they did not want to be a part of a photo-op.
As 50 carefully selected families prepare to join President Barack Obama for a ceremony at the World Trade Center site Thursday, one of the invited 9/11 families have decided to pass on the Commander-in-chief’s visit.
Although many consider it to be a once in a lifetime invitation, the Vigiano family of Deer Park, Long Island have respectfully declined.
“If this form letter was the invitation, it was kinda lame,” John Vigiano told PIX 11 News when describing the email invitation sent to him from the White House.
One would think that if you are 50 families of the thousands that were affected by 9-11, you would get a special golden ticket … not so much.
What rubbed the Vigiano’s the wrong way was not what the email said, but how it was addressed.
“It says ‘Dear 9-11 family member,’ – no names” “ John Vigiano said, reading the invite aloud to PIX 11 cameras. “I don’t know if its disrespectful, but it doesn’t work for me.”
Posted May 5, 2011 by Scared Monkeys al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Obamanation, Osama bin Laden, Terrorism, War on Terror | 20 comments |
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Oh My Lord! What a joke this President is. He can’t even personally invite the families of 9/11 but instead send out a form letter. I don’t blame them for not wanting to take part in a photo-op that is all about King Obama and not the victims.
LOL the Vigiano’s needed a “special golden ticket” too bad guys this President ain’t rolling like that, you weren’t missed in any way BTW.
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SM: You really have missed the point, but then again I am hardly surprised.
R
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There is something lacking in President Obama. Not sure if it’s empathy but it’s the same with his whole administration and many people who work for him. They never seem to get the message just right. It’s obvious they aren’t in tune with American people.
No one in the Obama White House has the least idea of proper etiquette. In fact, no one in the Obama White House has the least idea about anything. Osama Bin Laden was killed as a result of the really superior intelligence gathering of a lot of people. Barack Hussein Obama wasn’t one of them. I read elsewhere that he dithereed for 16 days before giving the go-ahead to take care of Bin Laden. That’s par for Obama. He has difficulty making the most elementary decisions. If I were a member of one of the families who had a loved one killed on 9/11, I wouldn’t want to be part of Obama’s photo op either. He is using these people for his own opportunism to try to gain a second term. It isn’t working. He’s inept, incapable, and indecisive. The Office of President of the United States is not an entry-level position.
#2: typical response from a libbiecrat. no respect for your fellow citizens nor any respect for this family’s loss. all your boy is doing isd campaigning for the upcoming 2012 election.
They didn’t even get a phone call? That is weird; many people with children killed in 9/11 would be older and not regular email checkers.
Everything that this White House does seems to be impromptu and done on the fly.
#2 So how does the President Roll then?
He’s a jerk.
#5 You are so right there is something missing in all O’s photo ops and speeches. I don’t know if it’s the lack of empathy or he is clueless. I think he has nothing in him to be able to even sound like he cares. All I get when he speaks is words with no feelings at all. They are just words he is reading from a teleprompter. There is nothing there.
Hats off to the Vigiano’s for speaking out about the callous way the White House got in touch with the families from 9/11
They sent out a form letter? How insulting. How insensitive. How impersonal.
That’s how Obama views us— “Dear Fellow American”.
Makes me want to puke.
“Be prepared to not let the truth get in the way of a good story”, should be this President’ moto, it’s the Clinton’s.
And his slogan, “hate a good American, and tax him daily”.
THIS WAS ALL A CAMPAIGN MOVE. CONCERN FOR THEIR FELOW CITIZEN IS NOT A DEMOCRAT TRAIT.
Paul,
Your right. This president doesn’t put much effort into anything.
And, that’s the way he rolls, mostly over.
Jerry
Paula,
You’re right, this president and his whole staff; czars, etc. just don’t quite seem to get it. They remind me of Hillary Clinton in the old days. They always seem to say things in just the wrong way, and then are indignant when people don’t receive them well, and reject their regime.
Jerry
I give credit where credit is due, and I am very happy President Obama made the decision to take Bin laden out.
There is a question though..with the CIA info/intelligence the President had at his disposal, was he was he really going to do nothing?? Suppose word would have got out that he knew and did nothing? I would imagine the President was pretty much “forced” to make a decision about taking out Bin laden…
I think it was ‘pretty tacky’ of the White House to send a ‘standard’ email as the Vigino’s and 49 others received… for that many ‘invites’ I think they could have been more ‘personalized’. Kudos to the Vigino’s who did not want to be a “prop” in this Presidents campaign photo op…
It is a travesty, and to his detriment that this President won’t even admit (although he has kept about all of the policies) President Bush’s policies lead to this ‘victory Obama Claims for himself’… Without many of the policies President Bush put into place, the death of Osama bin Looser would not have been possible…
I agree also with #5 – Well said.
#2 – Just what was the “point” everyone missed?? I think we’d all like to know…
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
I give credit where credit is due, and I am very happy President Obama made the decision to take Bin laden out.
There is a question though..with the CIA info/intelligence the President had at his disposal, was he really going to do nothing?? Suppose word would have got out that he knew and did nothing? I would imagine the President was pretty much “forced” to make a decision about taking out Bin laden…
I think it was ‘pretty tacky’ of the White House to send a ‘standard’ email as the Vigino’s and 49 others received… for that many ‘invites’ I think they could have been more ‘personalized’. Kudos to the Vigino’s who did not want to be a “prop” in this Presidents campaign photo op…
It is a travesty, and to his detriment that this President won’t even admit (although he has kept about all of the policies) President Bush’s policies lead to this ‘victory Obama Claims for himself’… Without many of the policies President Bush put into place, the death of Osama bin Looser would not have been possible…
I agree also with #5 – Well said.
#2 – Just what was the “point” everyone missed?? I think we’d all like to know…
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
How can America tolerate and accept Obama’s agendas and some anti American ideals.. His going to the 911 site is a total fraud and a thinly masked photo op.. He condemned Bush and the CIA for their “tactics” in gathering the necessary Bin Laden info even up till today they are still prosecuting the very heros that gathered the importsnt info that finally put Bin Laden away. Thank you George Bush, Dick Cheney and those who really brought Bin Laden to justice G-D Bless America Obama and his ilk will not prevail By the way how do you like the gas prices??
my heartfelt condolences to you both.and thank you for standing up against this garbage.your sons are smiling down on you both
I am so sad for this family, but I am also so sad for President Obama. We are all at a loss when expressing condolences.
Nothing we can say or do is ever adequate.
HOwever, their refusal to meet with the President made me wonder why the Vigianos participated in the very touching cartoon video that made its way around the nation today. I passed it along to my family members and many friends – a photo-op that certainly brought tears to my eyes.