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Obama Snubs U.S. Soldiers Again (he's busy bodyboarding in Hawaii)
The Weekly Standard ^ | August 11, 2008 | Jaime Sneider

Posted on 08/11/2008 9:29:09 PM PDT by Stoat

Obama Snubs U.S. Soldiers Again

Calling their convention "America's Townhall" takes a lot of chutzpah given Barack Obama refused to do a series of townhalls with McCain. But not as much as declining to do a townhall with U.S. soldiers because of a "previously scheduled commitment" and then jetting off to Hawaii for a vacation.

Last month, Obama refused to do a military townhall for 6,000 veterans, service members, and military families at Fort Hood, Texas. That event would have taken place tonight, but Obama spokesman, Phillip Carter, said at the time Obama couldn't make it because “we unfortunately had a previously scheduled commitment on the date proposed.” But Obama doesn't have another event scheduled for this evening -- he's busy bodyboarding in Hawaii.

Let's get this straight: When Obama visits Europe, he'd rather address German hipsters than soldiers who were injured while fighting in Iraq. And now that he's back in America, he'd rather vacation in Hawaii than answer questions that our soldiers and their families have for him. Is there anything that would convince the self-proclaimed presumptive president that he'll have to address this country's military before he'll be ready to lead?



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bodyboarding; nobama; obama; supportourtroops
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1 posted on 08/11/2008 9:29:13 PM PDT by Stoat
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To: Stoat

Don’t worry, Obama has a potful of bubbling problems that’s going to burn him badly, and soon.

His minions keep threatening people (and their families) with death, if they don’t stop investigating his background.

Obama has lied about who he is. He won’t publicize his real name because it isn’t Barack H. Obama II, and if he does tell the truth than that part about never having been a Muslim will turn out to be false.

He has told so many falsehoods that now he’s getting tangled up in them all. It is why he is in Hawaii - that’s where his real Birth Certificate is located (the one on the internet was forged!)


2 posted on 08/11/2008 9:38:18 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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To: Stoat
Calling their convention "America's Townhall" takes a lot of chutzpah given Barack Obama refused to do a series of townhalls with McCain

If Obama doesn't to face John McCain, he certainly won't be able to stand up to Putin. Pathetic.

3 posted on 08/11/2008 9:38:23 PM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("global temperatures have not warmed for at least seven years now." Dr. Roy Spencer)
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To: Stoat
Obama (who doesn't know a Marine Lieutenant or Captain from a Navy Lieutenant or Captain) must somehow know what most in the military really think of him.

He will, like the true coward he is, avoid all situations that might put him in contact with an active duty service person (other than scripted events with screened and briefed individuals).

He (and the gracious Michelle) will make some spectacularly gratuitous speeches at the Dem convention re how they so respect the military (that they really despise.)

If elected president, Obama will undermine, weaken, degrade, defund, and insult our military.

4 posted on 08/11/2008 9:41:14 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
BRAIN FART!
Post should have read:

Calling their convention "America's Townhall" takes a lot of chutzpah given Barack Obama refused to do a series of townhalls with McCain

If Obama doesn't have the guts to do a Town Hall with McCain he sure as hell won't be able to stand up to Putin.

5 posted on 08/11/2008 9:41:23 PM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("global temperatures have not warmed for at least seven years now." Dr. Roy Spencer)
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To: SatinDoll
Indeed.

Obama is a pathological liar who not only endangers his own reputation through his nasty web of lies, but he will also endanger the people he is supposed to serve IF he is elected President.

He is evil and hatred personified, and his deceptions will get many good people killed.

He is the last person who should control the most powerful military and nuclear arsenal in the world.


6 posted on 08/11/2008 9:44:07 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon. Pray for them always.)
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To: T. Buzzard Trueblood; gonzo

BRAIN FART?

No BRAIN FART!, you just got caught up in the moment!


7 posted on 08/11/2008 9:47:54 PM PDT by TommyJoe
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To: Stoat

8 posted on 08/11/2008 9:51:19 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: Seaplaner

The Conservatives should confront him with a Navy “Captain” and an Air Force “Captain” and cojole him into addressing them.


9 posted on 08/11/2008 9:55:52 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: SatinDoll

What is the source of your information and where can we read it?


10 posted on 08/11/2008 9:59:16 PM PDT by lolhelp
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To: lolhelp

Google “Barry Soetoro”.

There is mounting evidence that Obama has, or has at one time held, Kenyan, Indonesian, U.S. and possibly British citizenship.

When he declared himself a “citizen of the world” in Germany, he wasn’t kidding.


11 posted on 08/11/2008 10:02:48 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Roscoe Karns
Is that a bicycling helmet he's wearing while windsurfing????

Not being a windsurfer I don't know much about it all, but looking through a few image search results, everybody is doing it bareheaded like this British chap

 

I can't say that I've ever seen somebody wearing a helmet while windsurfing before......

Considering that there are probably a half-dozen highspeed patrol boats with secret service agents and at least one doctor just outside of the image, I'm having trouble visualizing this threat to his head that he apparently perceives.

12 posted on 08/11/2008 10:05:10 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: lolhelp

Here’s one link that coherantly explains the issues and rumors:

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/obamas-dual-citizenship-disaster-an-overview/


13 posted on 08/11/2008 10:05:16 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah

14 posted on 08/11/2008 10:06:52 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Roscoe Karns

His head looks bigger than his puny little body LOL


15 posted on 08/11/2008 10:09:08 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Stoat
Is that a bicycling helmet he's wearing while windsurfing?

Yes but it's a photoshop.

16 posted on 08/11/2008 10:10:02 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: Roscoe Karns
Yes but it's a photoshop.

Awww darn it!  I thought we had him in an "I'm a gutless pansy" moment   :-)

I suppose we'll just have to settle for his usual "I'm an arrogant military-hating Marxist" persona and leave it at that  :-)

17 posted on 08/11/2008 10:13:46 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Patriot Babe

lol- You’re right! It’s too big- I fixed it.


18 posted on 08/11/2008 10:17:23 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: Stoat
I thought we had him in an "I'm a gutless pansy" moment

Give him time. :)

19 posted on 08/11/2008 10:21:44 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: lolhelp

Here’s your link. I strongly suggest you take a couple of days and thoroughly go through everything. It will open your eyes wide.

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/

Read TexasDarlin’s hate mail from Obama supporters. Real sweet stuff there. Gives you a good idea what kind of people support Obama.

Techdude was one of the people who’ve proven that the Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) published on Obama’s “Fight the Smears” web site was forged from his sister Maya’s COLB. (That is interesting in and of itself as she was born in 1970 in Djakarta, Indonesia. However did she get a birth certificate in Hawaii?)

Techdude has had to withdraw from outing Obama. The Obamatons have threatened he and his family with murder. And he isn’t the only one so threatened. So was the man who had the web site with a petition demanding Obama present his birth certificate proving he was a natural born citizen.

When you have a family with young children and your family is threatened with death unless you cease the free excercise of your First Amendment rights, there is something grossly wrong.

The people behind Obama are behaving like fascists. If Obama is elected I expect things will become even worse.


20 posted on 08/11/2008 10:34:10 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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To: Roscoe Karns

21 posted on 08/11/2008 10:48:52 PM PDT by Califreak (Time to give the empty suits a one way ticket to the cleaners!)
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To: SatinDoll

Yuck!

I just peeked at it and I need a shower!

And an eyewash!


22 posted on 08/11/2008 10:51:22 PM PDT by Califreak (Time to give the empty suits a one way ticket to the cleaners!)
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To: Stoat

feels inferior? Probably


23 posted on 08/11/2008 10:55:38 PM PDT by Waco
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To: Califreak
Oahu is a high-density military island. What a great opportunity for Barry to meet and greet soldiers.
24 posted on 08/11/2008 10:57:13 PM PDT by aviator (Armored Pest Control)
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To: aviator

No time for soldiers!

Must get birth certificate!


25 posted on 08/11/2008 11:02:07 PM PDT by Califreak (Time to give the empty suits a one way ticket to the cleaners!)
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To: Waco
feels inferior? Probably

If he doesn't, he really should.  I would prefer our lowest-ranking soldiers to lead our Nation instead of this Marxist trash any day of the week.

26 posted on 08/11/2008 11:12:32 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: TommyJoe
caught up in the moment!

Yes, I did, and thank you.

And I want to have another go at saying what I meant: If Obama doesn't have the guts to face McCain in a Town Hall, he won't have the guts to face Putin.

27 posted on 08/12/2008 8:24:11 AM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("global temperatures have not warmed for at least seven years now." Dr. Roy Spencer)
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To: SatinDoll; T. Buzzard Trueblood; Seaplaner; Prole; TommyJoe; Roscoe Karns; eyedigress; lolhelp; ...
Something that may interest y'all.....

VICTORIA TAFT Obama Labels Federal Immigration Law Enforcement Officers as Terrorists

(don't worry, this is a one-time-only ping....I HATE it also when people add me to their lists without asking first)

28 posted on 08/12/2008 4:35:19 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

Thank you for the reference.

The video is a hoot. He is definitely reading the teleprompters.

Well, if he isn’t elected at least he can have a career, post-Senate, reading books for CD book publishers. That is, if he stays in the country.

I read, in just the past ten minutes, that the mansion in Chicago is up for sale. Maybe he is planning on moving to Washigton, D.C., or on fleeing the country - who knows!


29 posted on 08/12/2008 4:57:31 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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To: SatinDoll
Thank you for the reference.

You're quite welcome and I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile.  :-)

Maybe he is planning on moving to Washigton, D.C., or on fleeing the country

Someone good at Photoshop needs to alter a photo of the Beverly Hillbillies in their laden jalopy with his wife in the driver's seat, of course, and with the "Rev" Wright taking Jed's spot  :-)  Barry can sit in the back with the chirren, holding a 'change' sign.

 

"snicker"

30 posted on 08/12/2008 5:14:36 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Jedidah

Sounds interesting, I just would like some proof, I can’t stand him, he and his wife and friends scare me, but I would like to be able to pass on things to others that I have more back up than just a statement. I read everything I can find about him. I am seeing statements on here I have never seen before and would like to see the evidence, I asked for it because I have not been able to find it.


31 posted on 08/13/2008 6:13:40 AM PDT by lolhelp
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To: All

A friend told me this had been rescheduled. Has it? I certainly can’t see where it has been.


32 posted on 09/07/2008 7:12:48 PM PDT by JavaJumpy (Shame on you CNN. You should be mortified at your so-called journalistic skills.)
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