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Obama says Hagel won two Purple Stars
Heard on npr - Democracy now | February 15, 2013

Posted on 02/15/2013 10:37:16 AM PST by don-o

From a "live chat" Obama had yesterday afternoon. He corrected himself to say "Purple Hearts." Simply a slip of the tongue or yet another evidence of profound and invincible ignorance?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: all57states; chuckhagel; iran; israel; mymuslimfaith; purplehearts; purplestars; waronterror
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To: JamesP81

Yeah. And don’t forget ‘’corpseman’’.


21 posted on 02/15/2013 11:29:23 AM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: don-o
Just more evidence that Obama did not grow up in America. What kid hasn't heard 'Purple Heart'?
22 posted on 02/15/2013 11:32:20 AM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Lazamataz

And the citation reads: “In service of the male sex everywhere and as an aggressive hitter of all things female, above and beyond the call of duty and nature; FReeper Lazamataz is hereby awarded two Green Clovers and three Yellow Moons’’.


23 posted on 02/15/2013 11:34:02 AM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: don-o

Please produce the evidence!


24 posted on 02/15/2013 11:36:10 AM PST by rashley (Rashley)
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To: Gaffer

I think Barney the dinosaur gives those out.
Good for you Chuck Hagel!


25 posted on 02/15/2013 11:37:33 AM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: JamesP81
If the press gets to lambast Marco Rubio for taking a sip of water, I think we should get to lambast the President for calling it a Purple Star instead of a Purple Heart.

If the media didn't catch on to the CIC reading "corpse men" (a glaringly obvious gaffe to anyone who's been in the military) from the teleprompter, a "Purple Stars" reference will surely never see the light of day.

26 posted on 02/15/2013 11:38:04 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: rashley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp_zigxMS-Y&list=PL8C61A61D646F0865&index=1

I shall try to mark the time. Running it now. Good call. Verify.


27 posted on 02/15/2013 11:40:51 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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To: don-o

I am actually listening to the lying liar lie. Above and beyond the call of duty. I seldom regret that I quit drinking.......


28 posted on 02/15/2013 11:43:35 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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To: don-o

uh uh uh uh uh lie uh uh uh uh lie uh uh uh uh lie


29 posted on 02/15/2013 11:49:21 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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To: don-o

Thanks. Like many on this Blog, I’m sure, I immediately change the channel or hit the mute button whenever I see or hear the Poseur. So..., I would appreciate your marking the time. Not only will that spare me a bit of agony, but when I forward the link to friends and family, I can advise them of the good spot, sparing them an otherwise repugnant experience.


30 posted on 02/15/2013 11:52:55 AM PST by rashley (Rashley)
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To: don-o

The evidence comes at exactly 40:00 in the video. The other day during the presentation of the ‘Medal Of Honor’ to the Army Soldier, Obama at the podium stated the trooper was hit with ‘Sharp-nel’ instead of Shrapnel.


31 posted on 02/15/2013 11:53:49 AM PST by Cold Case Posse Supporter
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To: Cold Case Posse Supporter; rashley

Excellent! Thanks a lot


32 posted on 02/15/2013 11:58:57 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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To: Gaffer

I think Obama meant brown stars.


33 posted on 02/15/2013 1:36:24 PM PST by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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To: don-o

As a holder of the Purple Heart, you don’t WIN the danged thing. No soldier set out to WIN a Purple Heart. You don’t get into a firefight and say, man, I hope I can WIN a Purple Heart today! Idiots. It is an award for wounds received in action by enemy fire. Not awarded for falling down and cutting your pinky finger as our wonderful Sec of State did.


34 posted on 02/15/2013 1:41:51 PM PST by RetiredArmy (1 Cor 15: 50-54 & 1 Thess 4: 13-17. That about covers it.)
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To: RetiredArmy

Well said. Forgive me if I said it wrong


35 posted on 02/15/2013 1:53:57 PM PST by don-o (Proud Papa of a USMC Reserve Sgt and Officer Candidate in December 2013.)
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To: don-o

Obama says “has two Purple Stars.” I misquoted him. I guess it’s all over for me, now.


36 posted on 02/15/2013 1:59:40 PM PST by don-o (Proud Papa of a USMC Reserve Sgt and Officer Candidate in December 2013.)
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To: don-o


37 posted on 02/15/2013 2:02:46 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JamesP81

If the press gets to lambast Marco Rubio for taking a sip of water, I think we should get to lambast the President for calling it a Purple Star instead of a Purple Heart.

——stars, hearts, 57 states....

What difference does it make.....SARC


38 posted on 02/15/2013 2:05:34 PM PST by patriotspride
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To: Cold Case Posse Supporter

I wonder if my husband’s grandfather would feel like he “won” his purple heart. He was killed in Pearl Harbor.


39 posted on 02/15/2013 2:07:59 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Impeach the Liar.)
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To: don-o

It’s not necessary for the Commander in Chief of the armed forces to know the name of the medal awarded to soldiers injured or killed defending the Country.../s


40 posted on 02/15/2013 2:19:01 PM PST by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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