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Soldier's Mother 'Ecstatic' About Obama's Bracelet
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| POSTED: 4:59 pm CDT September 28, 2008
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Posted on 09/28/2008 4:20:46 PM PDT by gorush
MILWAUKEE -- The mother of a Wisconsin soldier who died in Iraq says she was "ecstatic" during Friday's debate when Sen. Barack Obama mentioned the bracelet she gave him in honor of her son....
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008debates; jopek; obama
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There was a recent thread that claimed the parents had long ago requested that BO not wear that bracelet...somebody is lying.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:20:47 PM PDT
by
gorush
To: gorush
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:21:49 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: gorush
$100,000 is the over/under they paid her off with.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:22:23 PM PDT
by
rvoitier
(Democrat--gateway ideology to Communism / It's the Revolution, Stupid!)
To: gorush
Or it could be Mom is Obama freak
Dad is a patriot, doesn want a freak wearing his sons bracelet.
Or Obama campaign paid a little visit and I mean paid.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:22:56 PM PDT
by
Texas4ever
(SIT DOWN JUNIOR :))
To: gorush
Doubtful Obama would have the bracelet if she didn’t want him to have it...
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:23:17 PM PDT
by
bahblahbah
(http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/)
To: gorush
I wonder if she was “ecstatic” that Hussein couldn’t remember Ryan’s name without reading it off the bracelet.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:23:34 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama - The Next Josef Stalin.)
To: gorush
Waitaminute, according to newbusters/Drudge the family don;t want Big Ears to wear the bracelet.
To: gorush
The recent thread describing Mom made her sound like Cindy Sheehan Redux.
I no longer know who to believe.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:24:17 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Illic Haud Deus Est)
To: Texas4ever
Or it could be Mom is Obama freak Dad is a patriot, doesn want a freak wearing his sons bracelet.
I think that this is the case.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:24:34 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: gorush
Guess they overlooked telling her that 0bama voted against funding for the MRAPS that might have saved her son...
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:24:54 PM PDT
by
DelaWhere
(First Fred! Then Mitt. Geesh, maybe Huck - But now McCain/Palin, Sarah Rocks!)
To: gorush
ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE OBAMA CAMP IS OUT....THEY ARE QUICK TO CUT OFF REAL NEWS.....
ALERT....OBAMA CAMP IS OUT!!!!!
WATCH OUT FOR THE FIRST WAVE!
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:25:06 PM PDT
by
Texas4ever
(SIT DOWN JUNIOR :))
To: max americana
Actually they were just reporting off an interview the dad of the fallen soldier had with NPR.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:25:10 PM PDT
by
Dawn531
To: gorush
ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE OBAMA CAMP IS OUT....THEY ARE QUICK TO CUT OFF REAL NEWS.....
ALERT....OBAMA CAMP IS OUT!!!!!
WATCH OUT FOR THE FIRST WAVE!
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:25:21 PM PDT
by
Texas4ever
(SIT DOWN JUNIOR :))
To: gorush
Its Cindy Sheehan Derangement Syndrome- The mom is a loon and the father is sane.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:25:23 PM PDT
by
Bommer
(Who was Obama's diction coach? Bevis or Butthead? Uhhhhhh.....)
To: gorush
Channel 3000? If they have a tv station then why the text article with no video. I have read a lot of places that this women did not want 0 using her son’s memory for political gain.
To: Lexinom
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:26:08 PM PDT
by
Norman Bates
(Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
To: gorush
She criticized Internet reports that suggested Obama exploited her son for political purposes. She acknowledges e-mailing the campaign in February asking that Obama not mention her son in speeches or debates. Hmm.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:26:19 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
(Welcome PUMAs!)
To: gorush
“ECSTATIC” poor choice of words from someone who lost a son.
I would have thought humbled, honored, heartfelt thanks....
ECSTATIC...YUP THAT WAS FROM OBAMA CAMP
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:26:58 PM PDT
by
Texas4ever
(SIT DOWN JUNIOR :))
To: itsPatAmerican
O must have a special fund for this sort of thing.
If true (still need to see other sources of this article), I wonder how much it cost to get her to go along.
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:27:05 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
("I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" Obama, from Au)
To: gorush
And guess which one interests the AP?
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posted on
09/28/2008 4:27:07 PM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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