Servicewoman told DUI cost her a Christmas call from Obama

Tampa Bay Times (via Charlotte Observer) ^ | 8 Jan 2012 | Jodie Tillman

[Hoodat]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Only 10 military service members get personal Christmas Day phone calls from President Barack Obama. Last month, Coast Guard Petty Officer Golda Payne learned she would be one of them.

Payne, a 25-year-old Tampa native stationed in Kuwait, couldn't wait. She researched the Obama family. She planned to keep things "light," maybe ask about the family dog and tell him about her bulldog puppy. She gave an interview to the Coast Guard newspaper.

But Christmas came, and Obama never called. Two days later, Payne said her officers told her this was why: The White House had run a criminal background check on her, saw a 2006 drunken driving conviction and didn't want to risk negative publicity.

Payne said she was hurt and disappointed. The drunken driving arrest is her only criminal charge, according to state records, and was a turning point that led her to join the military.

"The Coast Guard has been hands down the best thing that has ever happened to me," Payne said in an email. "It provided me structure and discipline when I needed it most." . . .

[Little Bill]

My father was a CPO in the Coasties (East) in WW2. I have a picture of him, my mother, future wife, and the Chief of the Boat, when he was a First Class, in a Gin Mill in Boston, probably 1943. The guys are drinking triple Hookers and old Ma thinking, when he is mine this ain't going to happen again.

[Gene Eric]

That’s a bizarre incentive.

[Engedi]

But it’s ok for a sitting President to have used cocaine in his past....sure whatever....

[mkjessup]

You gotta work on your insults.

Countless FReepers would disagree with you, lol

Say the president did call you. Instead of sounding like grandpa after beans...

That's all 0bama is worth. With the mouthpiece of the phone positioned right at the seat of my pants too.

However I take my hat off to your precision formulated and targeted insults to the Klown from Kenya, nicely done. ;)

[Recovering_Democrat]

See, there ya go: ONE positive thing that came from a DUI.

Seriously, I wouldn't go across the street to answer a call from that clown.

I would go to give him a piece of my mind, but to listen to him ramble about how "grateful" he is, and let him bask in some kind of self-induced glory? Not a chance.

Here is a link to a great American who heckled TOTUS,
told him he should be impeached, was a liar, and should quit--from the early days after Hussein seized power:

Hussein heckled on a shuttle bus

Here is the context: Hussein was set to speak at a Memorial Day event, I believe, in 2010...God allowed a storm to come in and the event was cancelled, people were rushed to buses because of the lightning. Hussein, eager to pretend his still cared about the "little people" walked onto the bus, and someone in the back gave him a piece of their mind. A great piece of video.

[JRandomFreeper]

It was an art form in the 1700s/1800s. I'm trying to bring it back. It's not easy, being politely, but obnoxiously insulting.

/johnny

[yup2394871293]

If they took away her $10 Walmart gift certificate too, that might be enough to drive her over the edge.

[Avid Coug]

However, bomb throwin’, unrepentant Bill Ayers is welcome to drop by the Whitehouse whenever he wants.

[Avid Coug]

Obama didn’t even run the required FBI background check on his illegal recess appointments to the NLRB, but he runs one on a member of our armed services before favoring them with a phone call at Christmas.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Blow a whistle into the phone!