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Military as a "photo op!"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111900904_pf.html ^ | 11/19/09 | Calicard

Posted on 11/19/2009 6:59:33 AM PST by calicard

Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern Standard Time), and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in camouflage uniforms, many holding cameras or pointing cell phones to snap pictures. "You guys make a pretty good photo op," the president said. Standing on a riser wearing a blue suit and red tie, with a cluster of troops and a large American flag behind him, Obama expressed "the gratitude of the American public" and said his meetings in four countries over eight days in Asia will help deliver a "safer more prosperous world for all of us." He got a huge cheer when he told them he was increasing military pay. "That's what you call an applause line," he said, before boarding his jet and taking off at 4:11 p.m.

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This is so disrespectful to the military it makes my blood boil!
1 posted on 11/19/2009 6:59:36 AM PST by calicard
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To: calicard

He finally admits what we have long known about him.


2 posted on 11/19/2009 7:00:33 AM PST by cranked
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To: calicard

I despise this “man:


3 posted on 11/19/2009 7:00:43 AM PST by NMEwithin
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To: calicard

It’s all about him, isn’t it?


4 posted on 11/19/2009 7:01:29 AM PST by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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To: calicard
"You guys make a pretty good photo op," the president said.

Don't know what to say.....

5 posted on 11/19/2009 7:02:37 AM PST by b4its2late (Before you can control a horse, you have to break it. Sound familiar?)
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To: calicard

Legacy building in action.


6 posted on 11/19/2009 7:03:46 AM PST by T Minus Four ("You guys make a pretty good photo op," said Obama to the troops.)
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To: NMEwithin

This is NOT a man


7 posted on 11/19/2009 7:04:26 AM PST by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think. " Adolph Hitler)
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Would it make a good photo-op by coffins?....It’s all about me,Obama!


8 posted on 11/19/2009 7:04:35 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: cranked

I guess those soldiers were lucky to cheer at their photo op ~ unlike the ones at Dover AFB.

Obama is a real piece of work,...


9 posted on 11/19/2009 7:04:59 AM PST by incredulous joe ("Live Free or Fight")
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To: calicard

THE MAN WHO DESPISES AMERICA


AWAKEN, O AMERICA, YOUR LIBERTY IS CALLING (Inspiring Video)

10 posted on 11/19/2009 7:04:59 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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2012 can’t come soon enough.


12 posted on 11/19/2009 7:06:25 AM PST by cranked
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To: calicard

Malignant narcissism.


13 posted on 11/19/2009 7:07:41 AM PST by Oratam
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received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops

Didn't know there were so many O-bots left in the military.
14 posted on 11/19/2009 7:07:56 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Newt has jumped the couch.)
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