Obama Visits Marine Corps Base for Christmas

ABC News ^ | 12/26/08 | Patrick1

[Patrick1]

Obama Visits Marine Corps Base for Christmas December 26, 2008 8:34 AM

FROM ABC NEWS' SUNLEN MILLER IN HAWAII:

President-elect Obama stopped by the Marine Corps base in Hawaii Kaneche Bay where servicemen and -women were eating Christmas dinner in Kailua Thursday evening.

“Just wanted to say hi, hey guys,” Obama said as he walked into the Anderson dining hall which was decked out in Christmas decorations.

The diners represented seven military units -- Marine and Navy -- some of whom were joined by their families for Christmas dinner.

As Obama entered the room, it was absent of the regular fanfare of cheering and clapping. The diners were polite, staying seated at their respective tables and waited for the president-elect to come to them to stand up.

[celtic gal]

That's right! He like my husband are aviators. He is one of us and all the nonsense about his reserve time..if anyone ever bothered to ask a Reservist how the points and duties are done could have learned a great deal. But no, the MSM merely wanted to make him look like a shirker.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

Well I do not know but I would not be too surprised if this did come to pass.

[Bronwynn]

Speak for yourself if you’re going to predict who is going to be “forced” into taking orders from Obama, Sarah Barracuda. Just speak for yourself. You don’t speak for the military.