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Obama mistakes first surviving Medal of Honor recipient for a DEAD hero soldier
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 6-24-11

Posted on 06/24/2011 10:49:12 AM PDT by Justaham

President Obama made an embarrassing blunder during an address to U.S. soldiers.

Speaking at Fort Drum in upstate New York yesterday, the President mixed up two Medal of Honor recipients, referring to dead hero soldier Jared Monti as alive.

For the members of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division who listened to the President's speech, the remark no doubt came as a shock.

The President said: 'Throughout my service, first as a senator and then as a presidential candidate and then as a President, I’ve always run into you guys. And for some reason it’s always in some rough spots.

'First time I saw 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones there.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: blunder; epicfail; gaffe; moh
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To: Justaham
Stupid is, as stupid does...

PROFOBAMA
21 posted on 06/24/2011 11:23:39 AM PDT by FrankR (A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
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To: kennedy

maybe it was BUSH’S teleprompter !

or it was made by....DIEBOLD !


22 posted on 06/24/2011 11:24:03 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: Justaham

When will we be free from this POS?


23 posted on 06/24/2011 11:24:19 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: Spok
This is a perfect reflection of his sincerity.

It absolutely is, and that alone should terrify everyone except those who have groomed and installed him... and I suspect that even they are probably somewhat repelled by it.

Mr. niteowl77

24 posted on 06/24/2011 11:27:11 AM PDT by niteowl77 ("Born in a well? Let me see that birth certificate again!")
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To: faucetman

Tomorrow would not be soon enough.


25 posted on 06/24/2011 11:30:10 AM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
But will the MSM go into hyperventilation mode about this blunder??????? Or will it be ignored?????

The latimes is basically laughing it off as a rare "senior moment".
26 posted on 06/24/2011 11:32:28 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: albie

Exactly my thoughts. The picture showing him putting the MOH around Guinta’s neck was painful. The soldier is a far superior man and American than the cockroach putting the medal on him.


27 posted on 06/24/2011 11:38:23 AM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Justaham

Obama is nothing more than a ghetto organizer, a flimflam man and a fraud in every way.

I expect nothing more than lies and incompetence from this white hating-country wrecking Black Bastard, born of a communist hippy whore.


28 posted on 06/24/2011 11:42:13 AM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: Justaham

What a maroon.


29 posted on 06/24/2011 11:49:09 AM PDT by bikerman (Where Has My America Gone?)
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To: animal172
I thought it was only GW that flubbed like this.

President Bush would not only have remembered the names, he would have been able to tell you several personal details about each man.

30 posted on 06/24/2011 12:17:55 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (I'm not so concerned he was born in a 3rd world toilet as I am him trying to turn America into one.)
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To: Venturer

You’re right...he’s a loose cannon. And we continue to let him shoot holes right into the deck.


31 posted on 06/24/2011 2:02:43 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (Fix bayonets!)
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