Tepid Applause From Cadets: Obama Cuts 'That's a lot of cheering' Line From Prepared Remarks

Sunday, May 23, 2010 | Kristinn via Drudge

[kristinn]

The Drudge Report has a teaser headline about the very reserved response Barack Obama got from the 2010 graduating class at West Point yesterday:

Tepid applause from cadets: Cuts 'That's a lot of cheering' line from prepared remarks...

Here is the prepared version followed by the transcript of the passage noted by Drudge:

To the United States Corps of Cadets, and most of all, the Class of 2010 – it is an honor to serve as your Commander-in-Chief. Under our constitutional system, my power as President is wisely limited. But there are some areas where my power is absolute. And so, as your Commander-in-Chief, I hereby absolve all cadets who are on restriction for minor conduct offenses. That's a lot of cheering. So I'll leave the definition of “minor” to those who know better.

To the United States Corps of Cadets, and most of all, the Class of 2010--it is a singular honor to serve as your Commander-in-Chief. As your Superintendent indicated, under our constitutional system my power as President is wisely limited. But there are some areas where my power is absolute. And so, as your Commander-in-Chief, I hereby absolve all cadets who are on restriction for minor conduct offenses. [Applause.] I will leave the definition of "minor"--[laughter]--to those who know better. [Laughter.]

As was noted by FReepers on the Live Thread yesterday, the cadets were not enthusiastic about Obama being there and Obama did not appear enthusiastic about being there either.

[smokingfrog]

He should remove the words “as your president” from all of his speeches as well.

[BlessedBeGod]

Did he really think that they were going to cheer him? Is he that deluded? Is he that narcissistic?

[Sacajaweau]

This president is already loathed...

Heaven help us!!!

[chevydude26]

My friend called me yesterday about this saying how his friend who works at west point was there for this...told me his friend said Obama looks like a serial liar...as opposed to Bush who he also met at west point who he said seemed funny and had nice shoes...my friend was drunk so i don’t know how accurate his statements were

[jazusamo]

Had to leave a mark on that ego of his. LOL!

[skimbell]

Yep.

[moovova]

Oh, they’ll be cheering alright...in 2012.

[BlessedBeGod]

But there are some areas where my power is absolute.

A normal president would never mention such a thing, even if it was true. Only someone drunk with power would brag about it.

[Slings and Arrows]

In vino, veritas.

[Fantasywriter]

What you said. [I.e.: you nailed it.]

[lonevoice]

Did he really think that they were going to cheer him? Is he that deluded? Is he that narcissistic?

Yes, yes, and yes. It's a trifecta!

[GeronL]

Absolving people of their offenses is not seen as a positive thing to these people. He is at the wrong college for that.

[MamaTexan]

Did he really think that they were going to cheer him? Is he that deluded? Is he that narcissistic?

Ummm. Those questions were rhetorical.....right?

:-)

[GeronL]

I am going to borrow that

[Farmer Dean]

It's way beyond loathed.
I would rather have had Hillary than this(insert pejorative of your choice)>

[Chunga]

Oh please. I despise this Administration as much as anyone, but it was the set-up line for a joke.

If we can't tell the difference between set-up lines and Mussolini-styled authoritarian pronouncements, nobody will pay attention when we point toward the truth.

[Nachum]

He did not write the words.

[crazydad]

OK where is Nelsom Muntz going” HA HA”!

[NonValueAdded]

Watch out for payback, cadets. Will this be the first class to be stationed in its entirety in Greenland? What's that you say, there are no US Army bases in Greenland? The One will build one just to station them there.

Speaking of payback, the staffer who put that applause reaction line in writing will feel the wrath of Dead Fish Emmanuel. Or they'll throw TOTUS under the bus too.