[PleaseNoMore]

I had the pleasure of gathering with my nephew in Jacksonville, NC, and a house full of his fellow marines & their wives and girlfriends for a cookout for a few of them who were getting out, recently. I was picking around with them, and asked them how they liked their new "boss". Well, when I asked that, the conversation took a serious turn, and some of the things I personally heard these marines say, I cannot repeat in a public forum. A couple of the guys were going to re-enlist, but said an Obama presidency is why they chose not to. Not one single one of those guys had a single complimentary thing to say about Obama; not even the black marines who were present. Even a couple of them said while they wanted to see a black man as president, it wasn't this particular one they had in mind. One of them even said he wanted Ken Blackwell to run and win. These men DO NOT respect Obama...at all.

As an aside, what tickled me are the profanity laced tirades about Obama followed by a courteous, "excuse my language, ma'am" when they spoke in my presence. You just have to love those marines.

[12Gauge687]

As the guest of the 1st Radio Battalion at their 2008 USMC Birthday Ball, I heard similar remarks. The classic was: “We’re a little concerned about your senator becoming CIC.”

My reply was, “He’s NOT my senator; I voted for Alan Keyes.”

To be fair (and repetitious since this has been on FR at least 3 times), the events the author cites are quite different. Bush’s visit to troops in Iraq was more personal while Obama’s speech at Camp Lejeune was more of an official policy statement. Marines at Camp Lejeune were at attention and more than likely not allowed spontaneous response (positive or more likely negative) to Obama’s entry into the room.

That being said, the Marines were free to express themselves at the end of the presentation and the lack of enthusiasm spoke volumes.

[devistate one four]

It’s like we say “no better friend, and no worse enemy”.

Semper Fi

[A.A. Cunningham]

Marines is a formal title and needs to be capitalized.