The enlisted Marines on (chopper) Marine One also "dissed" Clinton ...
... but I don't recall specifically what they did or didn't do.
Posted on 07/05/2012 9:09:27 AM PDT by EveningStar
A subset of the Marine Corps band struck up one of Mitt Romney's walkout songs while President Obama was greeting visitors at the White House Independence Day celebration.
A White House pool report said the band struck up Rodney Atkins's "It's America," and described it as an "awkward moment."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
“Oops! (snicker)...our mistake, sir”.
Heheh...
“A subset of the Marine Corps band struck up one of Mitt Romney’s walkout songs while President Obama was greeting visitors at the White House Independence Day celebration.
A White House pool report said the band struck up Rodney Atkins’s ‘It’s America,’ and described it as an ‘awkward moment.’ “
“Improvise, Adapt, Overcome” Outstanding, Marines!
Semper Fi Devil Dogs
LOL
“A subset of the Marine Corps band struck up one of Mitt Romney’s walkout songs while President Obama was greeting visitors at the White House Independence Day celebration.
A White House pool report said the band struck up Rodney Atkins’s ‘It’s America,’ and described it as an ‘awkward moment.’ “
“Improvise, Adapt, Overcome” Outstanding, Marines!
Rodney Atkins’s “It’s America,”
Never heard of it.
That was no coincidence. Nice work, Marines.
That was no coincidence. Nice work, Marines.
That was no coincidence. Nice work, Marines.
That was no coincidence. Nice work, Marines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f33KzjrjTg0
Not sure how it would sound played by the Marine Band, though.
Only reason it was “awkward” was because the last thing this walking, breathing POS wants to hear is the word “America”.
Nice to see the Marines have added passive/aggressive moves to the arsenal of aggressive offensive moves.
Haha! Sweet! Love it!
Semper Fi!
Most servicemen and women are strongly for Mitt Romney.
Marine Corpse (sic.) Band now on way to new duty station on Diego Garcia.
Just watched a video of the song and see why Obama would be upset--it's very upbeat about America and full of images he would find offensive, like white kids selling lemonade or people helping out the tornado victims in Greensburg (associated with one of his famous gaffes in 2008 where he multiplied the number of victims by 1,000). Plus country music is "white folks" music. Of course it would be offensive to Obama.
I wonder if anyone else was as disappointed as I was in the Boston Pops celebration of the fourth?
I can remember many years ago watching Arthur Fiedler sweating like a pig leading one patriotic song after another. Most of them were Sousa marches.
They did play “Star and stripes forever” and finished with “Glory Halleluiah” but the rest was just boring and I think some of it taped.
That was no coincidence. Nice work, Marines.
guess they needed a break from playing this tune constantly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpvq3hmCKCs (Soviet Anthem)
The best diss was when the band played the Monty Python theme at the first Clinton inauguration.
I believe this will infuriate him to the point of actually doing something to them to make them an example of anyone who would mock His Excellency. I hope he gets so upset about it, he has a seizure.
BTW, the fact there was a “celebration of independence day” at the white hut yesterday has got to rank up there with one of the best kept secrets of recent years. Lastly, I bet he chokes when he says Independance Day. Unless of course he comes up with some edited way of announcing the day... like he always omits saying “by our creator” when talking about the document signed on July 4th.
Good for them!
[ Only reason it was “awkward” was because the last thing this walking, breathing POS wants to hear is the word “America”. ]
especially not when the lyrics of the song refer to America as one nation under God.
On a much happier note, this year's Capitol 4th broadcatxs was one of the best in several years.
I’m sure Obomba also has a liking for the Internationale.
I was. Last night was probably the last time I watch a televised gala. My question was, what the heck does Jennifer what’s her name singing pop songs have to do with Independence Day? That and the fact the Pops played the 1812 overture first (and it was edited) and not during the fireworks. WTF?
I noticed the other televised events featured celebrity losers as well (probably singing their crap as well) so I avoided them thinking the Pops would be the more traditional one.
Bummer.
Interesting version of the Soviet anthem—with photos of Trotsky and other victims of Stalin (along with Stalin, Lenin, and others who were not purged).
Good one!!
I kept thinking to my self that she couldn’t really be as bad as she sounded because she had won all kind of awards.
She really did just seem to be mailing it in, bland and boring and for a long time too.
I never heard of it either.
Ha!
Right before they were going to start the 1812 overture, a thunderstorm moved in over the city. They evacuated everyone to the nearest tunnel.
BTW, I agree. The quality of the show has gone down over the years. I know it's the Pops, but the song selection could be better.
Ooorah. Not too subtle message there.
Unless you spell it “Amerika”
I believe it, and have seen it too. If you think some of us are ABO, you should see our service members. They are getting pretty bold in their statements too supporting Romney, something not normally allowed for active duty members.
People need to remember, that is the #1 job of the President; Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces. Do we really want our troops saluting Obama one more day?
Yeah, we always DVR it so we can speed through the 'pop tarts' warbling their biggest hits. I always watch the "1812 Overture", because I LOVE the piece, especially the big Army guns booming, and the chimes representing the Bells of the churches of Moscow. I was surprised to hear the Navy Chorus singing, because as many times as I've heard that piece, I'd never heard the hymn. Frankly I was amazed they actually sang it, because it was, literally, a prayer to God to preserve Russia from the attacks of the French.
They did do a medley of patriotic songs, though. I DO love watching the Pops orchestra play "Stars and Stipes Forever". The piccolo section is always my favorite; those ladies LOVE what they do!
We also like the fireworks, and even though they use pop music, we like the way the explosions are timed to the beat of the music.
I fear for those Marines. No insult will go unpunished.
You must have been taking a bathroom break. They played the "1812 Overture" last night, as they have every previous year. It's one of the highlights of the evening for me! Now, I don't know what network you were watching; we saw it on Boston's ABC affiliate, WCVB.
Actually, we didn't see a live performance, because the concert had to be suspended, and the Esplanade evacuated because of an impending thunderstorm. The network broadcast, instead, the previous evening's dress rehearsal, but it included choir, guns, and chimes!
Supposedly, after saluting the President when he disembarks, they would not turn to face his back after he returned their salute. However, Snopes is reporting this as false.
I watched it on CBS and I have no idea if it was the local station or the network but I just caught the cannons firing. I had missed everything up to that.
That look on his face when the mariachi band comes out is priceless.
The local station must have aired the entire concert. CBS had the national broadcast...it was only one hour..the 1812 overture was not seen. It may have been due to the weather..I was not aware that the concert had been delayed.
And yet not a single member of Willard’s family going back generations has ever put on the uniform. Ain’t a dime’s worth of difference between Willard and his tan brother Zero.
Yes, I watched for the patriotic songs and messages. All three, NBC, PBS, and CBS, were weak and boring. The fireworks, however, were grand.
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