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President used Marine base on vacation (shows "that he supports the troops")
UPI ^ | January 3, 2010

Posted on 01/03/2010 3:17:07 PM PST by maggief

"The military tends to be more right wing, conservative leaning, and there's a bias when you have a Democratic, liberal president," said Michael Naho'opi'i, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1986 and retired as a lieutenant commander. "A lot of it has to do with security. But it does show that he supports the troops."

The Marines "enjoy a superb relationship with the White House staff and Secret Service, and eagerly look forward to supporting future presidential visits to Hawaii," said Col. Robert D. Rice, commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: golferinchief; numbnuts
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1 posted on 01/03/2010 3:17:08 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Loser


2 posted on 01/03/2010 3:17:45 PM PST by gibtx2 (End Tenure)
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To: maggief
shows "that he supports the troops"

What a total crock.

3 posted on 01/03/2010 3:19:06 PM PST by Dustbunny ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
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To: maggief
It's a safe place to hide from the Paparazzi...


4 posted on 01/03/2010 3:20:03 PM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: maggief

“......forward to supporting future presidential visits to Hawaii,” said Col. Robert D. Rice, commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Hawaii..... reading from the teleprompter provided by the Obama staff.


5 posted on 01/03/2010 3:21:32 PM PST by maddog55 (OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: maggief
“The military tends to be more right wing, conservative leaning”

That's because the military performs testing to insure that people that are joining are sane. And sane people tend to be conservative.

There is no entrance exam to be a liberal. Hence the number of nutcases, perverts, and dolts that are liberal.

See how easy it is to explain.

6 posted on 01/03/2010 3:23:27 PM PST by I cannot think of a name
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To: darkwing104

Safe place to hide, period. Zero was noticably out of view. Made me wonder if there had been more then the usual amount of threat chatter.


7 posted on 01/03/2010 3:24:58 PM PST by moehoward
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To: maggief
I have used the can at the visitor center on I-24 near Clarksville; does this show I support the Tennessee DOT?

Mr. niteowl77

8 posted on 01/03/2010 3:27:04 PM PST by niteowl77 (You wanted him, and now you have got him. I say, "Good day to you," America.)
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To: maggief

I thought the reason we spent all that money on upping security measures at Zero’s chicago home was because he intended to spend all his off time there?


9 posted on 01/03/2010 3:27:19 PM PST by blueplum
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To: niteowl77

Uh, not unless you closed it down to the public for your own private use.

Bonus points if you skipped out on work during a major crisis.


10 posted on 01/03/2010 3:30:50 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief
Most of the Marines that I have been around are conservative or libertarian and politically correct in their response about the current president....they say he is their CIA and leave it at that.....call me wrong but their response speaks volumes as to true feelings for their CIA, which I think of as _________ (insert your own adjective)
11 posted on 01/03/2010 3:32:03 PM PST by Kimmers (Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
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To: gibtx2

What a crock of crockpoop. Resident 0bama USES the Marines ( Marines are never referred to as troops, always refer to them as Marines The Army has troopers), So he uses a conference room and podium to look more presidential..well anything to make him LOOK the part..wonder if they had teleprompters..prolly not Marines don’t need them. He prolly had cue cards held up by one of his pals on the trip.
And a facility where Marines have aircraft is not is an Air Station...MCAS. The media never get it right.


12 posted on 01/03/2010 3:33:29 PM PST by celtic gal (For the first time in my life I am not proud of my country.)
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To: maggief
Great metaphor for his administration: Obama shanks another shot.....
13 posted on 01/03/2010 3:34:24 PM PST by Apercu ("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)
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To: gibtx2
"Loser."

Agreed. The Marines had no say, and having been a military wife for 16 years, I know how thrilled they were to have tons of SS men and WH staff telling them where and when they could do whatever.

When O used the private beach, I feel sure it was closed to military families to give the Os privacy.

This arrogant excuse for a POTUS makes me sick. If I hear one more media shill extol his speechifying elegance and superiority, I will go to the door and give a primordial yell. If you hear a strange gut-wrenching roar, that is just me--join me and maybe DC will hear.

vaudine

14 posted on 01/03/2010 3:35:50 PM PST by vaudine
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To: maddog55

Colonel bucking for Brigadier——Love your tagline!!


15 posted on 01/03/2010 3:39:49 PM PST by taillightchaser (When a democrat says "The American people" you know the next words out of his mouth will be lies.)
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To: Kimmers

CIA? The President is the Commander in Chief and as uniformed personnel it would be a violation of the UCMJ to speak out against the present CIC. That does not mean they do not, among themselves privately express their own opinion. We did about Clinton..in our circles he was the Coward in Chief( ref: his protests organized in the UK against the US in Viet Nam during his student time there).
I retired during the Clinton administration which was a shame since I would rather have had my certificate of appreciation signed by Bush..That said, I am soooo glad I am not serving under this ‘Resident.


16 posted on 01/03/2010 3:40:32 PM PST by celtic gal (For the first time in my life I am not proud of my country.)
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To: maggief
"President used Marine base on vacation (shows 'that he supports the troops')"

This shyster used the marine base as a prop...that's all.

You go on an eleven day, all expense paid vacation in paradise, spend ten and 23/24ths days on the golf course - and hour with the marines on a well-protected base, and call that 'supporting the troops'?

President Bush when to Kuwait, and Iraq - War Zones - and personally served Thanksgiving dinner to the troops, you dingleberry. President Bush was first on the scene at Fort Hood, and he wasn't even President anymore.

This asshat couldn't support the boy scouts, much less the United States Military.

Bottom line: How is it a man who doesn't support the Constitution of the United States - the document every military man vows to protect and serve - how could such a man then "support the military"?

I don't think he gives a fig about the military based on just the way he returns salutes...he gives it one of those "f**K you" salutes - just for the cameras.

Just like the old admonition, "follow the money", you have to always apply one line to obama...first and foremost before any other thing about him is, "obama supports obama" and that is it. If we forget that line, we are dead.

He speaks poorly of his mother, threw his grandmother under the bus, and except with cameras are around has little time for his family. He's a jive turkey who got lucky.
17 posted on 01/03/2010 3:43:44 PM PST by FrankR (Hey Wishy-Washington....cram it down our throats in '09, we'll shove it up your ass in '10)
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To: maggief

The bias is from the Demo Pres who looks at the military as his potential enemy.


18 posted on 01/03/2010 3:45:02 PM PST by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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To: gibtx2

Loser? Obama or Col Rice? I’d say Rice - looks like he thinks if he kisses zero’s ass enough then he’ll get a star.....I absolutely detest military members that put their desire for a promotion ahead of this country....btw, before I get flamed, my dad retired after 26 years in the AF and I worked for DoD for 21 years before transferring to DoJ. Needless to say, in my 21 years I ran across alot of officers who were more interested in their next promotion then what was best for the country....and sad to say, I personally know a bunch of those idiots (retired general officers) who came out and endorsed zero....people that I considered friends and was absolutely shocked when they came out for the Kenyan instead of the Vietnam War hero! I’m still shaking my head and feeling such sadness!


19 posted on 01/03/2010 3:45:05 PM PST by BamaDi (I'm glad that I'm free, though I wish I was a dog and Obama was a tree!)
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To: maggief

That pic needs to be Photoshopped. The possibilities are endless. Some, not so nice.


20 posted on 01/03/2010 3:50:23 PM PST by Cobra64
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