[cc2k]

fieldmarshaldj wrote:

Let us not forget this intellectual giant of unknown origin thinks putting his hand over his crotch during the pledge of allegiance is patriotic.

Have you ever seen a video of that happening?

Just FYI, there actually is a time when everyone except POTUS will be saluting. It happened when George W. Bush was President. It happened when BJ Clinton was President. It even happened when Reagan was President. Just because you see the military people in a sharp salute and the civilians with their hands over their heart, it doesn't mean that (any) POTUS is being disrespectful by having his hands crossed at his waist. If "Hail to the Chief" is playing at that time, it is entirely inappropriate for any POTUS to be saluting himself.

Every time someone sends me a picture alegedly of Pres__ent Obama doing a "crotch salute," search for video of that pose reveals that the still is from the beginning of "Hail to the Chief," just after everyone else comes to a salute, but before Obama starts moving from his "at ease" position. There is no disrespect in that.

I don't like him either, but lieing about him doesn't help our cause.

[JohnJ]

cc2k wrote:
Just FYI, there actually is a time when everyone except POTUS will be saluting.

He was not POTUS when the picture was taken but just a candidate as were many of those others.

[Just A Nobody]

This is not a video, but it is a well known, well documented, widely dispersed photo of the now infamous crotch salute during the campaign 2008. It did not, and does not have anything to do with the military and/or saluting. IIRC, the national anthem was being played or the pledge was being recited.