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Barack Obama 'wanted to join US military'
UK Telegraph ^ | Today | Brainhose

Posted on 09/08/2008 7:56:30 AM PDT by Brainhose

Barack Obama has said he considered joining the United States military when he left school but decided not to
because the Vietnam war was over and "we weren't engaged in an active military conflict at that point".
The statement is thought to be the first time during the 19-month-long presidential campaign that the Democratic
nominee for the White House has indicated he once wanted to serve in uniform. The aspiration was not mentioned in either of his two volumes of memoirs.
Barack Obama

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I guess that revelation will have to wait until his third auto biography.
Holy crap! Obama takes a dump and he writes a book about it but he forgot this little treasure.
He must be getting desperate if he's now copying Hillary's "I wanted to join the Marines" lie.
1 posted on 09/08/2008 7:56:30 AM PDT by Brainhose
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decided not to because the Vietnam war was over and "we weren't engaged in an active military conflict at that point".

Bwahahaha! So in other words he REALLY badly wanted to fight in 'Nam. Is this going well with his followers? How does this wannabe-Rambo conform with the image of the "peace-bringer" Obama.

2 posted on 09/08/2008 7:58:43 AM PDT by SolidWood (McCain/Palin 2008)
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Yeah sure he did.


3 posted on 09/08/2008 7:59:13 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW ,)
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He wanted to tell so he could not join.


4 posted on 09/08/2008 7:59:50 AM PDT by screaminsunshine
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I wanted to join the Service, before I didn't want to join the Service.


5 posted on 09/08/2008 8:00:38 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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He wanted to “organize” the Army.


6 posted on 09/08/2008 8:00:40 AM PDT by PGR88
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Did they have selective service requirement that year?

I don’t remember having to do it...


7 posted on 09/08/2008 8:00:45 AM PDT by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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Wow! You learn something everyday. I guess quite a few people perhaps wanted to but decided to go another direction. I did join and still am in. Probably would have done Obama some good to do four years. Oh well he is too old now.


8 posted on 09/08/2008 8:01:04 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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Good lord!

Need to break out the hip-waders and the gas mask for that! that pile of BS is so High and smelly as to be beyond belief.

9 posted on 09/08/2008 8:01:09 AM PDT by roaddog727 (BS does not get bridges built - the funk you see is the funk you do)
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Yeah, like the Marines turned down Hillary because of her poor eyesight.


10 posted on 09/08/2008 8:02:42 AM PDT by dblshot
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It was just another lie. He says that he registered for selective service, as he had to, in 1979 when he graduated High School. Only problem was there was no selective service requirement in 1979.

This is right up there with Hillary's "I tried to join the Marine Corps but they wouldn't let me" lie she told.

I'm quite certain that Obama never for one nanosecond considered joining the military at any point in his life.

11 posted on 09/08/2008 8:03:28 AM PDT by marlon
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LOL! Good one. I surprised he didn’t attempt to use race as the reason he was unable to fulfill his dream.


12 posted on 09/08/2008 8:03:35 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
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It was just another lie. He says that he registered for selective service, as he had to, in 1979 when he graduated High School. Only problem was there was no selective service requirement in 1979.

This is right up there with Hillary's "I tried to join the Marine Corps but they wouldn't let me" lie she told.

I'm quite certain that Obama never for one nanosecond considered joining the military at any point in his life.

13 posted on 09/08/2008 8:03:41 AM PDT by marlon
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It was just another lie. He says that he registered for selective service, as he had to, in 1979 when he graduated High School. Only problem was there was no selective service requirement in 1979.

This is right up there with Hillary's "I tried to join the Marine Corps but they wouldn't let me" lie she told.

I'm quite certain that Obama never for one nanosecond considered joining the military at any point in his life.

14 posted on 09/08/2008 8:03:47 AM PDT by marlon
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Just the thought of this pompous ass trying to argue with a DS gives me the giggles. He seems like the type that would.


15 posted on 09/08/2008 8:03:47 AM PDT by CE2949BB (McCain/Palin 08)
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Proving once again he’s all talk and no action.


16 posted on 09/08/2008 8:04:05 AM PDT by itsthejourney (Sarah-cuda IS the right reason)
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If he really had wanted to do this, we would have heard about it long before now.

With the likes of Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright so many others like them in his resume, this shmuck is simply trying to fool people into thinking that he has an ounce of desire to truly servie this nation and patriotism in his blood.

IMHO, he does not...no one centilla.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

17 posted on 09/08/2008 8:05:32 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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I'm only 1 year younger than him and I had to register for the draft, I would bet dollars to donuts he had to as well.
Otherwise, if he were really sincere about joining he would have done it instead of telling this outrageous lie.
18 posted on 09/08/2008 8:05:48 AM PDT by Brainhose (Check Your Tire Pressure)
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Yeah, he was in line at the recruiters right behind Hillary.


19 posted on 09/08/2008 8:06:04 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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He's just a liar...what HASN'T he lied about?

Check this out:

Pay special attn to "my MUSLIM faith".... (sorry you'll have to cut and paste --->) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw&feature=related

PALIN POWER!!!!!: She's Ronald Reagan in heels and Teddy Roosevelt in a dress!!!

20 posted on 09/08/2008 8:06:45 AM PDT by NordP (Peace thru STRENGTH--because if the bully thinks you're weak..."just words" don't mean a thing!)
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