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Post by henryclay on Jun 24, 2011 5:40:49 GMT -5
Is there anybody left who can see that smug image and not want to puke? Yesterdy he was speaking to the troops of the Army's 36th Mountain Division at Fort Drum. Here's the vomit he left behind. . . . this time. . . . . First time I saw 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones there. I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously." Obama gave the medal Of Honor to Monti's parents after he was killed in Afghanistan. blogs.cbn.com/WhiteHouseWrap/archive/2011/06/23/commander-in-chief-misspeaks-about-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan.aspx
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Post by cme1201 on Jun 24, 2011 6:36:10 GMT -5
What did Obama obviously mean when he said this?
Personally I see this as nothing more than a true misspeak. We know (through past statements) the President much like his predecessor can and does have the human ability to become fuddled when written statements or prepared remarks are not present.
I do not see this as any intentional slight.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 7:23:07 GMT -5
How about this news headline on 04 July 2009; from undisclosed leaks to the New York Times??? Commander In Chief Misspeaks again about war in Iraq??? Or did he blame this false story on an anonymous leaker??? We seem to have a lot of those around Washington DC since 15 January 2009, a day that will live in infamy.....IMHO
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 7:28:51 GMT -5
Commander In Chief Misspeaks About Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
For those in the military these falsettos by Obama are morale killers...It makes it really tough for the troops to have much respect or admiration for their Commander in Chief when he screws up so much about the wars...and then you have Joe Biden who is even worse...IMHO
That is why Obama and Biden cannot asssume the military both active and retired will support them in the 2012 Presidential Race...
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 7:34:12 GMT -5
Nice headline. If only it were so. How would you feel if you were stationed in Iraq two years ago and saw that New York Times headline?? Think about this if you can deminmaine..... www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=J6TcpfBHlbs
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Post by mmhmm on Jun 24, 2011 7:49:08 GMT -5
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Post by cereb on Jun 24, 2011 11:07:49 GMT -5
Oh that is wickedly hilarious. these buffoons would walk on their lips through busted glass to get some goofy tidbit they think will make Obama look bad. It's an obsession with them. Little do they realize it just makes them look like incompetent boobs.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 11:14:22 GMT -5
Oh that is wickedly hilarious. these buffoons would walk on their lips through busted glass to get some goofy tidbit they think will make Obama look bad. It's an obsession with them. Little do they realize it just makes them look like incompetent boobs.
The Yes Men printed over one million fake copies of the New York Times with a headline proclaiming that the Iraq War was over. The Yes Men Distribute Fake New York Times: “Iraq War Ends” Not really millions of folks in NYC got fooled by that phoney newspaper story in the New York Times....it got as much story time as Wiener did in the Big Apple....and had fingers being pointed at everyone
It ended up on our military blogs and they were shocked to read it..and two years after it was printed they are still discussing that article and the end of the war in Iraq...is it really over??? Your call Ma'am
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Post by cereb on Jun 24, 2011 11:20:08 GMT -5
"How about this news headline on 04 July 2009; from undisclosed leaks to the New York Times???
Commander In Chief Misspeaks again about war in Iraq??? Or did he blame this false story on an anonymous leaker??? We seem to have a lot of those around Washington DC since 15 January 2009, a day that will live in infamy.....IMHO"
Except you were not aware of it, and continued to use it to lay it at the feet of the POTUS. Hence, my statement stands.
8-)Deal with it.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 11:23:51 GMT -5
Except you were not aware of it, and continued to use it to lay it at the feet of the POTUS. Hence, my statement stands.
8-)Deal with it.
I later learned it was phony but not on 04 July 2009 when it was first published and merely pointed out when that @ New York Times million copies were distributed in NYC there was lots of finger pointing..two years ago...
Most of us never heard of the YES MEN until after that story was published btw..
How about this news headline on 04 July 2009; from undisclosed leaks to the New York Times???
Did you know two years ago that this story was fake?? I certainly did NOT
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Post by marshabar1 on Jun 24, 2011 11:41:22 GMT -5
Oblunder must have monkeys doing his prep. Constant misspeaks, constant blunders. And yes, his smug arrogant demeanor makes it even worse. Bye bye, Oblunder. Feel sorry for the students who'll have listen to him pontificate from some ivy covered lectern in some wispy ivory tower.
Ha, glad he'll be gone before the White House becomes an ivy covered ivory house.
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Post by handyman2 on Jun 24, 2011 11:46:38 GMT -5
How do you mis-speak when you were the one who in person presented the medal to the parents. The only conclusion would be he is mentally impaired.
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Post by marshabar1 on Jun 24, 2011 12:04:26 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2011 12:27:08 GMT -5
With that list, how can this guy possibly get elected. Seems to me anybody that can read, think, and reason has good reason not to vote for him again, on all sides of the political aisles.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 24, 2011 12:32:57 GMT -5
oh the humanity!!! a president mangled a speech!!!!!
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 24, 2011 12:34:01 GMT -5
How about this news headline on 04 July 2009; from undisclosed leaks to the New York Times??? Commander In Chief Misspeaks again about war in Iraq??? Or did he blame this false story on an anonymous leaker??? We seem to have a lot of those around Washington DC since 15 January 2009, a day that will live in infamy.....IMHO two words: "Mission Accomplished" compare and contrast. ;]
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 12:35:47 GMT -5
Yea I know and "Mission Accomplished" was worse because most New Yorkers knew the NYT article was a fake I think??
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Post by deziloooooo on Jun 24, 2011 13:09:57 GMT -5
lordy mmhmm , why are you even trying to put some reality and truthfulness here in answer to the same incessant BS of the "tribe " in their same and same rhetoric on all things Obama , as they message each others psyche and backs with the same old , same old..normal discourse of problems we face have long been gone from these boards and you know it.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 24, 2011 13:53:04 GMT -5
Just more wildly embarassing incompetence. It's getting so routine now, I'm not even phased by it. It's quite clear the man is incompetent, his staff, and virtually everyone around him is incompetent. It's really just sad for our country that we ever let this man anywhere near our highest office. All we can do I guess is count down to the end of his one and only term in January of 2013 and hope we can stall or stop more Obama destruction before then.
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Post by Shirina on Jun 24, 2011 13:55:53 GMT -5
Hello, Cereb.
I find it astonishing how often conservatives will post jokes and pranks, and quote from sites like The Onion naively believing they have found a cache of ammunition to use against Obama. Then, when confronted with their obvious mistake, they will twist logic into a pretzel in order to defend the use of comedic material. The only laugh, of course, should be directed at them for their obvious sub-par research and cross-referencing ability.
Even now, P.I. seems to believe that, because he did not know the NYT headline was a joke at the time of its publication, it can continue to serve as a slap in the face against Obama two years later. This despite the fact that he knows full well it was a fake headline today.
Just because a person was fooled by a fake headline does not mean the headline becomes truthful. Unfortunately, however, there are far too many conservatives who seem to believe they have the gift of solipsism, among other talents (such as ESP, given how often they tell liberals what they think).
Never mind how often they are flagrantly wrong, they will continue to throw spaghetti at the wall to see if any of it will stick.
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Post by Shirina on Jun 24, 2011 13:58:49 GMT -5
Well, now, palmbeachpaul, should you ever misspeak on this forum, does that mean I can brand you with the "incompetence" label and further dismiss any subsequent post you write? I will eagerly await your next typo so I can prove to this community that you are, in fact, an incompetent.
That would, after all, equate to the same rubric you are using to judge Obama, would it not? Fair is fair.
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Post by jkapp on Jun 24, 2011 13:58:50 GMT -5
How about this news headline on 04 July 2009; from undisclosed leaks to the New York Times??? Commander In Chief Misspeaks again about war in Iraq??? Or did he blame this false story on an anonymous leaker??? We seem to have a lot of those around Washington DC since 15 January 2009, a day that will live in infamy.....IMHO two words: "Mission Accomplished" compare and contrast. ;] The left still doesn't understand the difference between a mission and a war, huh? Pretty sad...
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 14:00:37 GMT -5
Well if you lived in New York City on 04 2009 July and received a copy of that fake New York Times what would you have done??.....hindsight is great but being in the moment is far different...
Yes two years later you now know it was a fake but read that article and it looks like the "real" deal and had everyone playing the blame game.....
YesMen distrbuted over 1 million copies of that fake newspaper
Here is what I asked you in reply#2 How about this news headline on 04 July 2009; from undisclosed leaks to the New York Times???
Commander In Chief Misspeaks again about war in Iraq??? Or did he blame this false story on an anonymous leaker??? We seem to have a lot of those around Washington DC since 15 January 2009, a day that will live in infamy.....IMHO
Pls note I used the term "false story" and did NOT deny it was a phony newspaoer article but it did cause a few meltdowns in the White House..
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Post by Shirina on Jun 24, 2011 14:08:39 GMT -5
There was a declaration of war? I must have missed that. I look forward to you providing textual or visual evidence that America and its people knowingly went into a "war" and not simply the "mission" to capture Saddam Hussein and locate non-existent weapons of mass destruction. Since the former was accomplished early on and the latter was discovered to be a ruse less than a year later, it does not explain the last 7 or so years America has been there.
All stated missions have long since been accomplished, yet we are still there. It is likely we will be there forever in the same way we are still in Korea.
The bottom line is that Saddam was deposed and Iraq's military was defeated. Mission accomplished, indeed.
And, if I may ask, why was the accomplishment of one mission deserving of a pretty speech and big signs on board an aircraft carrier while other missions were not? Could it be because the accomplishment of that mission was thought to be the end of the conflict in general? But ... because the Iraqi people did not swarm into the streets to throw flowers at the feet of coalition soldiers as if this were Paris in 1944, it appears Bush was a wee bit premature in throwing a party.
Oops.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 14:15:55 GMT -5
Even now, P.I. seems to believe that, because he did not know the NYT headline was a joke at the time of its publication, it can continue to serve as a slap in the face against Obama two years later. This despite the fact that he knows full well it was a fake headline today.
Not really Shirina...... let my say again it was not at all my intentions with msg #2
I merely reposted that fake newspaper article in the New York Times on 04 July 2009 because at that time it caused such an uproar not only in NYC but in Washington DC with so many playing the blame game which is continuing until today on this thread by you ....I clearly said it was "fake" which you and others here seemed to ignore or miss the intent of my post..and claim I posted a phony newspaper article without disclosing it was fake....that is BS
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Post by marshabar1 on Jun 24, 2011 14:18:52 GMT -5
Just more wildly embarassing incompetence. It's getting so routine now, I'm not even phased by it. It's quite clear the man is incompetent, his staff, and virtually everyone around him is incompetent. It's really just sad for our country that we ever let this man anywhere near our highest office. All we can do I guess is count down to the end of his one and only term in January of 2013 and hope we can stall or stop more Obama destruction before then. I think a big part of Oblunder's mistake problem is that he has a very tight group around him chosen not for expertise but for loyalty to him. This administration has been singularly free of leaks and there's a good reason for that. Nobody who isn't absolutely trusted gets close. The advise and prep he gets suffers because of his political paranoia.
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Post by Shirina on Jun 24, 2011 14:32:00 GMT -5
That's sort of like saying, "I know there are secrets because no one is telling them."
Or it could be that there really ARE no secrets.
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Post by Shirina on Jun 24, 2011 14:35:35 GMT -5
With this statement, P.I., it does appear that you are attempting to use an article you knew was fake to discredit Obama. In fact, posting this article at all in conjunction with one of Obama's genuine mistakes reinforces that appearance.
And no, you did not, in fact, disclose it as a fake. Someone else did. This is the first time I have seen this fake headline and I did not know it was fake, either ... though I assumed it was due to the ridiculousness of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2011 14:38:18 GMT -5
Just more wildly embarrassing incompetence. It's getting so routine now, I'm not even phased by it. It's quite clear the man is incompetent, his staff, and virtually everyone around him is incompetent. It's really just sad for our country that we ever let this man anywhere near our highest office. All we can do I guess is count down to the end of his one and only term in January of 2013 and hope we can stall or stop more Obama destruction before then. I think a big part of Oblunder's mistake problem is that he has a very tight group around him chosen not for expertise but for loyalty to him. This administration has been singularly free of leaks and there's a good reason for that. Nobody who isn't absolutely trusted gets close. The advise and prep he gets suffers because of his political paranoia. I lived in Cook county (just outside Chicago) for almost 25 years and have seen plenty of Democratic machine politics locally. Now we get to enjoy it on a national level. To bad it wreaks havoc on actual leadership capability. Not to mention the possible irreparable harm to our foreign policy.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 24, 2011 14:40:19 GMT -5
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With this statement, P.I., it does appear that you are attempting to use an article you knew was fake to discredit Obama. In fact, posting this article at all in conjunction with one of Obama's genuine mistakes reinforces that appearance.
When that phony newspaper hit the streets it caused an uproar and had the White House looking for someone to blame ie leaks or disgruntled employess
And no, you did not, in fact, disclose it as a fake. Someone else did. This is the first time I have seen this fake headline and I did not know it was fake, either ... though I assumed it was due to the ridiculousness of it. [/quote][/color]
I clearly said in msg# 2 it was a "fake" story.
Commander In Chief Misspeaks again about war in Iraq??? Or did he blame this false story on an anonymous leaker??? We seem to have a lot of those around Washington DC since 15 January 2009, a day that will live in infamy.....IMHO
..and embarassed the Obama administation so deal with and do your best to spin that
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