Excerpts: Charles Hurt on Obama's Fort Hood Performance
"With a pained face and a voice laced with somber reverence, President Obama yesterday properly mourned the dead and wounded at Fort Hood."
"And, wisely, the commander-in-chief steered clear of all the knee-jerk justifications we have heard this past week from his trusted friends in the media."
"The president properly stowed his most soaring oratory for this occasion because it really wasn't about him and his legendary speechifying."
