I imagine by the time I get this quick diary published, there will be multiple other diaries doing a much better job analyzing Kelly’s comments, but I can’t resist a few comments first:
Kelly did an excellent job painting a picture of how the military notifies family members of deaths. He explained how the words Trump used — which did NOT contradict the reports from the family and congresswoman — could have been quite reasonable, provided they were delivered with the proper tone and respect.
But Kelly also showed no sense of irony in making other comments:
-he suggested it was outrageous for an elected official to be listening to the call, though it is hard to understand exactly what was so wrong about this, let alone why it was the fault of the representative;
-he expressed outrage and regret how gold star families no longer were respected (and if I heard it correctly), he explicitly referred to the treatment of gold star families during the campaign);
-and he expressed outrage at how women are now treated.
This administration has truly killed irony.
Thursday, Oct 19, 2017 · 8:48:53 PM +00:00 · Gideon
I found a transcript from a story at Vox. I think this is the portion of Kelly’s comments that set me off:
You know, when I was a kid growing up a lot of things were sacred in our country. Women were sacred. Looked upon with great honor. That's obviously not the case anymore, as we've seen from recent cases. Life was sacred. That's gone. Religion. That seems to be gone as well. Gold Star families, I think that left in the convention over the summer. I just thought the selfless devotion that brings a man or woman to die in the battlefield, I thought that might be sacred.