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Double Take: Juan Williams Laud Obama – For Being The ‘Best President Ever’ To Our Troops
Independent Journal Review ^ | 02/21/2015 | Katie LaPotin

Posted on 02/21/2015 8:36:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

President Barack Obama has the support of at least one commentator when it comes to his command of the U.S. military these days.

Fox News and The Hill commentator Juan Williams lauded the commander-in-chief on Friday’s episode of the cable network’s “The Five,” much to the surprise of the panel’s four other hosts.

“I think he does, are you kidding?” Williams said. “When it comes to our military, I don’t think there’s any president who’s expressed himself better than President Obama in terms of support of our military.”

Williams was responding to a statement by fill-in host and actress Stacey Dash, who claimed that Obama had failed to unite the country during his six years in office. Upon hearing his comments, she quickly replied, “Are you kidding?” and “You couldn’t be more wrong” while whipping her head in disbelief.

Fill-in commentator Jesse Watters and Kimberly Guilfoyle’s comments also echoed Dash’s in tone. It was ultimately up to funny man Greg Gutfeld to bring some decorum back to the table, comparing Obama to a high school gym teacher “with athletes he favors.”

(Sadly, the show’s resident liberal Bob Beckel had the day off, as his reaction would have likely been priceless.)

Williams may applaud Obama’s support for the armed forces, but the love isn’t mutual. A poll commissioned by The Military Times last summer found that just 15 percent of active duty troops approve of their commander-in-chief – a record low for his tenure.


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KEYWORDS: harfalert; juanwilliams; military; obama; troops
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To: huldah1776

Great post!

I’m amazed that someone as clueless as Juan Williams gets a substantial paycheck from FOX.


41 posted on 02/21/2015 9:33:49 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Everytime the cash register rings in a gun store, a Founding Father gets his wings.)
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To: noinfringers2

I’ll be fair and say the Republican Party didn’t exactly offer appealing alternatives (President McCain?!? Boggles the mind), but I agree. Too many people fell for hope and change without bothering to ask what that entailed.


42 posted on 02/21/2015 9:35:15 PM PST by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; ...

Active Duty ping.

I wish the graph included a snapshot of opinions of troops from 2002 and 1999.

Clinton was the pits. GW Bush things improved a great deal.

Obama has been a nightmare.


43 posted on 02/21/2015 9:39:26 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Lockbar

It’s simple, and he’s right.

The reason that people at other parties are having a better time is because he’s not there. He brings a bad time with him where ever he goes, I mean, just imagine having Juan Williams at your New Year’s Eve party.

The only problem is that Juan is too dumb to figure this out himself.


44 posted on 02/21/2015 10:00:49 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

From one Assclown to another Assclown.


45 posted on 02/21/2015 10:10:31 PM PST by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Look up dipshit in the encyclopedia and you will find a whole chapter on Juan Williams.


46 posted on 02/22/2015 12:44:09 AM PST by Bullish (Not even a smidgeon of integrity or sanity in this whitehouse.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Once again race trumps reason and experience.

Juan is vying for Revrund Al’s Job.


47 posted on 02/22/2015 1:10:23 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I can’t find a different thread where the following belongs, so will put it here - because of the military subject.

Sat. night I attended a fantastic event at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. It was a Gala saluting Viet Nam Vets. Many people were there, including vets from all wars.
There is a packing for the troops organization in Simi that hosted the event. Last year I was at the Gala saluting Korean vets. Understand the year before they saluted WWII vets.
‘For The Troops’ was founded by a woman, Paula, who was inspired by her husband to do this after his relating tales such as not brushing teeth for a year(!) while in the Korean War!
We are in hopes of having made a huge profit last night.

In order for this 501 C(3) organization - ‘For The Troops,’ to do their 5-day a week packing of ‘care packages’ for the troops, they must raise funds. The postage alone is sky-high to send off these boxes. Thankfully the contents of the boxes (toothbrushes & paste, canned tuna, packages of crackers and cheese, cookie, a written note of thanks, etc, plus - NO box goes out without baby wipes and a magazine for men) are donated, by organizations, banks, corporations, individuals.
All year long they have fund-raisers, and public and private donations, but the Gala is outstanding and hugely profitable.

I myself place bins of thank you notes on every table (lately, 18 bins -) to be written to the troops by a monthly women’s organization luncheon, and take the notes to ‘For The Troops’ every 2 months. I stay and do volunteer work - the more ‘menial’ the better for me! The result is 122,000 medium flat rate boxes have been sent to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2004!

While we dine on delicious food at the Reagan, (by an outside caterer) we are entertained by musicians and comedians, raffles and bidding on fantastic items (like donated 11 days in Hawaii; catering party for 6 in your home, beautiful gift baskets, art work, a Remington Gun that was won by the man next to me)! On and on.
I ate so much I can still feel it! And no, I didn’t win anything - - -


48 posted on 02/22/2015 3:21:59 AM PST by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Obama has decimated the military, used and abused it for social engineering (homosexuality), generated false statistics to paint its members as serial sexual assaulters and rapists, cuts its equipment, and is now backing the slashing of retirement, the end of TRICARE, slashing of pay and benefits, and he generally hates the men and women who serve.

Juan Williams knows all of this. He is simply a liar.

The only people Obama cares about are the Gibsmedats, Illegal Invaders, and Homosexual Perverts.

49 posted on 02/22/2015 3:47:17 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Someone has to be paying Williams to say things this false.


50 posted on 02/22/2015 4:48:40 AM PST by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

From the man who stated on national television the he doesn’t have a gun in the house because he doesn’t believe in them. So you tell all the bad guys your home with family is a gun free zone? That’s insanity. This poor man is delusional, at times like the one being discussed, I actually feel sorry for him. He really is pathetic. Beckle, Coombs, Rivera...disgusting liberals...but you somehow also know they have an IQ guiding their misguided thoughts. Juan is simply lost and you can see the “blankness” on his face often reflecting his thoughts. This man should not be on TV.


51 posted on 02/22/2015 4:54:33 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$ Don't Defund the Government...Defund Obama and his illegal policies $$$$$)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

From the man who stated on national television the he doesn’t have a gun in the house because he doesn’t believe in them. So you tell all the bad guys your home with family is a gun free zone? That’s insanity. This poor man is delusional, at times like the one being discussed, I actually feel sorry for him. He really is pathetic. Beckle, Coombs, Rivera...disgusting liberals...but you somehow also know they have an IQ guiding their misguided thoughts. Juan is simply lost and you can see the “blankness” on his face often reflecting his thoughts. This man should not be on TV.


52 posted on 02/22/2015 4:54:54 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$ Don't Defund the Government...Defund Obama and his illegal policies $$$$$)
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To: Rummyfan

Is Juan Williams Brian Williams’ long lost brutha?


53 posted on 02/22/2015 5:02:53 AM PST by vis a vis
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As a father to one of those troops, I beg to differ.


54 posted on 02/22/2015 5:52:01 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: aces

“Its a black thing, Hitler would have been praised if he was black by this apologetic..”

That’s a fact.


55 posted on 02/22/2015 5:52:48 AM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As a father to one of those troops, I beg to differ.


56 posted on 02/22/2015 6:07:51 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Juan, why aren't the troops feeling the love? Are they too stupid to understand the nuance?

The troops despise Obama.

57 posted on 02/22/2015 6:23:30 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (You can have freedom or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep, he loves us so much...

http://nation.foxnews.com/obama/2013/01/26/obama-cut-healthcare-benefits-military

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/veterans.health.insurance/index.html


58 posted on 02/22/2015 8:54:35 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: huldah1776

military cuts....
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-mulls-cutting-troops-in-alaska-officials-say-1.331058


59 posted on 02/22/2015 2:50:03 PM PST by huldah1776
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