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Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin. Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a...

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Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet... Where is Media? By Warner Todd Huston (Bio | Archive) September 28, 2008 - 03:53 ET Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David...

My son is shipping off to Marine bootcamp in a few weeks. He visited his myspace page last night and one of his many friends in the military told him that they checked their sources and indicated that the name that Barry said was on his bracelet was not active duty military. Some even indicated that he was an older gentleman. Apparently these guys are livid at what Barry did. Is anyone able to verify if this is just a rumor or if Barry may have simply made up this name?

Gaffe of the night.

I wonder if we had a "Bush looking at his watch" moment tonight. After McCain talked about the bracelet from the mother of a slain soldier, Obama mentioned that he had one, too. Unfortunately, it would seem that he didn't have the name of the solder, Ryan David Jopek (sp?), quite on the tip of his tongue. He seems to have to read the name off the bracelet:

In recent memory, every presidential debate eventually distills down into a few catchphrases. Al Gore became known for his sighs and love of lockboxes. John Kerry actually served in Vietnam. Dan Quayle was no Jack Kennedy. Barack Obama has a bracelet, too. That inartful comeback will likely filter out through the political ether in the days ahead. What might not filter through our partisan press is that shortly after pointing out that, like John McCain, Obama sports a bracelet given to him by a military family, the Democratic candidate had to stop and look at it to find out the...

You can vote multiple times in this one. Taken the pulse of Freeper.

Please post the lies and gaffes that Obama made.    I know he made one --   Saying "the eight years the Bush administration has concentrated on Iraq." (I'm paraphrasing)   What a farce he is.     Please add the versions of Obama gaffes and detected lies that you heard.................

Two strikes, Obama has 1 left before he is out. What a gaffe. If you can't remember the dead soldiers name just don't wear the bracelet, pandering politician. Where is your lapel pin now. Story about Kissinger denials will have legs for at least a day. Still a few in the drive-by media that will ask Obama and Kissinger about the real story regarding preconditions. Keep the CHANGE.

Barack was the very junior senator on the defensive the entire evening. After John McCain eloquently (and without notes) discussed the bracelet he wears given to him by the mom of a dead Iraq war vet. Trying to prove his own support for the troops, Obama chimed in with a pathetic "I've got a bracelet, too," as he looked down at his notes to read the name of the soldier.

Mods, if one already exists (I couldn't find one), please delete this one..many thanks in advance.. First things first..what are the drinkin words? xxx = take a sip xxxx = take a gulp xxxxx = bottoms up

The Department of Homeland Security has solicited a proposal from a Canadian security company to develop a stun bracelet. In order to enhance the security of air travel and to help manage illegal immigration, the Department of Homeland Security has solicited a proposal from a Canadian security company to develop a passenger stun bracelet.

Just when you thought you’ve heard it all... A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers. This bracelet would: • take the place of an airline boarding pass • contain personal information about the traveler • be able to monitor the whereabouts of each passenger and his/her luggage • shock the wearer...

FAIRMONT, Minn. - It won't fit him anymore, but a Massachusetts man has his metal identity bracelet back after it was found inside a chicken gizzard in this southern Minnesota city — more than 25 years after he lost it in his grandfather's barn. Aaron Giles, 31, of Gloucester, Mass., lived in Fairmont as a child and played hide-and-seek and other games with his brothers in their grandfather's barn near Sherburn. "I would spend most of my time out at his farm and that's the only place I can think of that I would have lost it," Giles said Thursday,...

Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Makes Poker History! JUNE 12,2007 - 3:01:02 AM PST by: Nolan Dalla Poker Superstar First Player to Reach 11-Gold Bracelet Milestone Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan Linger In Second Place with 10-WSOP Wins Each Las Vegas, NV (June 11, 2007) – Poker superstar Phil Hellmuth, Jr. made history today becoming the first player ever to win 11 gold bracelets at the World Series of Poker. The WSOP bracelet is considered the gold standard of the poker world. Each bracelet represents a single win at the world’s largest and most prestigious poker tournament. Coming into this year’s World...

Repeat drunken drivers in Sacramento County may find themselves wearing some unfashionable new jewelry -- a high-tech ankle bracelet that can tell if they've been drinking. Sacramento Superior Court officials and the county District Attorney's office will explore requiring some drunken drivers to wear electronic devices called SCRAM -- Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitors. The half-pound ankle bracelet -- now being tried in several California counties and other states -- detects alcohol in the person's perspiration. The results can be monitored daily via computer by court representatives. The ankle device checks hourly for traces of alcohol, and stores data throughout...

"Referendum C opponent Jon Caldara today had an employee hand-deliver a red rubber bracelet stamped "What would Reagan do?" to Gov. Bill Owens’ office. "

  Charity bracelets shouldn't be fashion trend By M.J. Editorial Board Published: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 Rubber bracelets started as a way to support cancer research and have since become a full-fledged fashion trend. From the original yellow Lance Armstrong bracelets to bracelets in a multitude of colors, the rubber bracelets now support everything from tsunami relief (teal) to American troops (green). There are the pink bracelets that support breast cancer, Michigan bracelets in blue that donate proceeds to the new Mott's Children's Hospital and blue Pistons bracelets that donate money to the Read to Achieve program. Some bracelets don't...

I saw Kerry on TV today and he had some sort of a bracelet on, on the same wrist as his watch. Is that one of those abstinence bracelets, or maybe it's a hospital bracelet? Maybe a Madonna Kabalah (sp)? bracelet? Just wondering.

Regarding the red-and-blue woven bracelet Bill Clinton has been seen wearing while promoting his autobiography, "My Life": Yes, the bracelet has a connection to a "magnificently attractive" (his words) woman he once entertained at the White House. No, it isn't what you're thinking. Nevertheless, it's hard to keep a good rumor down, especially where our 42d president is concerned. Thus, tongues have been wagging and Internet chat rooms have been chatting since Clinton launched his publicity blitz last weekend by waving the bracelet -- what in the name of Bob Marley is that thing?...