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Photo: Obama Supporters Hoist Portable Lightning Rods During Storm at A. Lincoln Nat'l. Cem.
May 31, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 05/31/2010 11:36:15 AM PDT by kristinn


Obama supporters hoist portable lightning rods over their heads during President Barack Obama's rain-shortened speech at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL, May 31, 2010. Reuters photo by Larry Downing.


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KEYWORDS: napl; obama; obamagaffes; os2010memorialday; turkeysintherain
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To: Lurking in Kansas

On talk radio this past week I heard many members of the military saying Obama should not participate in Memorial Day services. I guess this means God agrees with that sentiment.


81 posted on 05/31/2010 12:03:56 PM PDT by comps4spice (Microsoft: Putting the MS in MSNBC)
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To: kristinn

you can’t fix stupid.


82 posted on 05/31/2010 12:04:09 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Looking for my generations Lexington and Concord.)
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To: goodnesswins
Well...I, for one, am glad he isn’t sullying Arlington.

That is a nice silver lining on this incident, isn't it?

Unintended consequences...

83 posted on 05/31/2010 12:04:12 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Oldexpat

In my Dad’s day at Anapolis, plebes were required to ‘sit on their imaginations’ at dinner...


84 posted on 05/31/2010 12:04:58 PM PDT by ArmyTeach ( ...speak the truth, right the wrong, follow the King)
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To: kristinn

Brilliant.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/president-obamas-memorial-day-speech-rained-out.html

The President took the stage amidst heavy rain and thunder with a large umbrella in hand and advised the crowd to take cover.


85 posted on 05/31/2010 12:05:56 PM PDT by maggief ((Fair use))
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To: kristinn

About 25 years ago there was a sudden and violent thunderstorm in Wash DC at a soccer game for two prep schools. The kids, parents, and coaches of these elite kiddies ran under the only tree in sight. I think 8 of them were killed. Their cars were only a short dash away.


86 posted on 05/31/2010 12:06:04 PM PDT by lovesdogs
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To: maggief
"Lightning cracked at the conclusion of the Pledge of Allegiance and the downpour came just as the president was introduced."

Is that impeccable supernatural timing, or what?

87 posted on 05/31/2010 12:06:26 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: kristinn; Slings and Arrows

Just Damn..


88 posted on 05/31/2010 12:06:58 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: VRWCTexan
CNN sympathizes with Obama on Twitter:

Ever have a day you should have stayed home? Obama's waterlogged motorcade had to stop on I-55 after a security SUV blew a tire.... 17 minutes ago via web

I want to know why they stopped rather than hightailing it out of there. How did they know the tire wasn't shot out.

89 posted on 05/31/2010 12:07:55 PM PDT by kristinn (I am a footnote in Sean Hannity's new book, Conservative Victory. Pgs 239, 240)
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To: VRWCTexan
...now SUV in motorcade got flat tire LOL!

(snicker...)

Geeeez, this just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it?

It's like something is chasing Zero.

90 posted on 05/31/2010 12:08:58 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: GreenStreak
I can't imagine the SS allowing O to stand in a thunderstorm with an umbrella!

I can...

91 posted on 05/31/2010 12:10:41 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: kristinn
I was born a poor, black child.


92 posted on 05/31/2010 12:11:04 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (What's black and white and red all over? - OBAMA)
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To: kristinn
I want to know why they stopped rather than hightailing it out of there. How did they know the tire wasn't shot out.

Good point. Yet another show of brilliance by the Obamatrons.

93 posted on 05/31/2010 12:14:24 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: kristinn

Pity for those poor folks who were there simply to honor their dead....


94 posted on 05/31/2010 12:14:55 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: kristinn

“He was able to meet his Chi-town politicos at various locales without the prying eyes of the press.”

No doubt, his neighborhood was cordoned off. We know he attended dinners at Jarrett’s parents’ (Bowman) and Nesbitts’ homes, but much of his time as been labeled as “laying low.”


95 posted on 05/31/2010 12:16:05 PM PDT by maggief ((Fair use))
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To: kristinn
"Obama and Supporters Hoist Portable Lightning Rods During Storm at A. Lincoln Nat'l. Cem."


96 posted on 05/31/2010 12:18:15 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Gaffer

“It’s just very discomforting for me to see that they must do their job, especially with this one.”

It would be hard to take a bullet, wouldn’t it?


97 posted on 05/31/2010 12:19:25 PM PDT by Persevero (If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?)
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To: Windflier
You do make another good point. From looking at this video of Obama, it appears the umbrella has a metal frame.
98 posted on 05/31/2010 12:21:07 PM PDT by kristinn (I am a footnote in Sean Hannity's new book, Conservative Victory. Pgs 239, 240)
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To: kristinn

It’s their antler-tribute to Obambi.


99 posted on 05/31/2010 12:23:47 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: maggief

The Karl Rove Weather Machine strikes again.


100 posted on 05/31/2010 12:26:26 PM PDT by RummyChick
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