After Sunday’s murders at the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, President Obama wasted less time than he has before in making it a target of political opportunism concerning gun control. \u00a0He called for a national “soul-searching”<\/a>\u00a0 about ways to end gun violence. \u00a0(This prompted Instapundit<\/a> to point out the lack of Presidential self-soul-searching regarding the hundreds left dead by Fast and Furious.)<\/p>\n

The phrase rang a bell, and indeed, this wasn’t first time that Obama has found himself concerned about the state of the nation’s soul. \u00a0In his statements after Trayvon Martin was killed, Obama said that<\/a> “all of us have to do some soul-searching,” (1:13 in the embedded video). \u00a0During the college basketball game on the USS Carl Vinson, the President took time out to admonish “all institutions” to do some soul-searching over the Jerry Sandusky situation at Penn State (0:48):<\/p>\n