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Obama vs. Vets:most airheaded, obnoxious, arrogant,uncaring,and self-defeating political gimmick
am thinker ^ | 10/9/13 | e cooper

Posted on 10/09/2013 6:07:15 AM PDT by bestintxas

The government has been shut down since October 1st and President Obama has decided to close Washington by making life as inconvenient as possible. He did this before with the Sequestration when he would not permit any White House tours. Instead of understanding that he should work for the best interests of Americans, helping them wherever possible, he has done just the opposite. It appears he sees this as a game where he wants to win at all costs with the clear loser the American people. In response there is the possibility of a new rally, "Million Vet March On the Memorials" that will take place on October 13th. American Thinker decided to use the World War II Memorial fiasco to point out the president's uncaring ways and how he tried to use veterans as political pawns.

Last Tuesday a group of WWII veterans from Mississippi, as part of the "Honor Flights" Program, was scheduled to visit their memorial in Washington DC. Honor Flight represents America's pride in honoring its veterans for their sacrifices. They pay for the veterans' trip to Washington so they can reflect at their memorials.

Since the beginning of the government shutdown, the White House and the Department of the Interior have both rejected a request to assure that the memorial remained open for the veterans. In fact, veterans were told that if they decided to attend arrests would be made. Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss) came to their rescue. He first tried to reason with this administration, but got nowhere. He explained that the $90,000 cost was nonrefundable and that these veterans, in

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KEYWORDS: memorials; obama; shutdown; spitehouse; treason; us; vets; wwii
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To: bestintxas
Obama vs. Vets:most airheaded, obnoxious, arrogant,uncaring,and self-defeating political gimmick

Hussein 0bama being a foreigner and unfamiliar with America and American values and culture, should be warned he is play with FIRE.

21 posted on 10/09/2013 7:13:02 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: wastedyears

To a point they will.
The Czar thought the Russian army and Navy was loyal too.
Push people so far and they start pushing back.


22 posted on 10/09/2013 7:15:26 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Mmmm....good one w/ the wifey there. This is my fave.

Obama's half-brother Malik holds up photo of Obama in Muslim dress.

23 posted on 10/09/2013 7:28:23 AM PDT by Liz
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To: bestintxas
"In response there is the possibility of a new rally, "Million Vet March On the Memorials" that will take place on October 13th."

When do we leave? UH-RAH

24 posted on 10/09/2013 7:43:40 AM PDT by North Coast Conservative (God created man, Sam Colt made them equal)
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To: bestintxas

And yet they somehow scrounged up $450.000.000 to give to the propagandists at Peoples’ Broadcasting. There’s your statist priorities in stark display.


25 posted on 10/09/2013 8:26:16 AM PDT by DManA (.)
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