Obama to troops: You deserve better than dysfunctional Congress

yahoo.com ^ | September 30, 2013 | Olivier Knox

[Tailgunner Joe]

With America in the grips of its first government shutdown in 17 years, President Barack Obama promised U.S. troops and Defense Department staff early Tuesday that he will fight for them and declared that they "deserve better than the dysfunction we're seeing in Congress."

“Unfortunately, Congress has not fulfilled its responsibility,” Obama said in a video message broadcast on Armed Forces Television. “It has failed to pass a budget and, as a result, much of our government must now shut down until Congress funds it again.”

Obama recorded the address late Monday but was broadcast after the midnight deadline to avert a shutdown. He did not directly blame House Republicans, whose insistence on rolling back his signature health care law as the price for funding the government slammed into Senate Democrats push for a “clean” spending measure.

“Those of you in uniform will remain on your normal duty status. The threats to our national security have not changed, and we need you to be ready for any contingency,” the president said. “If you’re serving in harm’s way, we’re going to make sure you have what you need to succeed in your missions.”

The president noted that he had signed legislation to make sure that troops get paid in the event of a shutdown – but that Defense Department civilians face “more uncertainty, including possible furloughs.”

“You and your families deserve better than the dysfunction we’re seeing in Congress,” he said.

[Bender2]

"Hi... everybody!"

"As President... and your Commander in Chief--"

"I've worked... to make sure you have the strategy, the resources and the support you need to complete the missions our nation asks of you."

"You deserve better than the dysfunction... we're seeing in Congress."

“Unfortunately, Congress has not fulfilled its responsibility... AND it has completely put me off finishing eating my grapes.”

"If has caused my golf game to suffer... It has added 10 stokes to my game!"

Does that including... all the gimmies you get?

"You know if you cross the red line of criticizing my golf playing... I will not give the Intergalactic Fraternal Brotherhood of Bending Robots a waiver on Obamacare?"

I just got my Million Bends Checkup... so I don't need Obamacare--

Well, then we will just have to come up... with something else--

Me... and my big mouth--

[Billthedrill]

I will NOT accept a shutdown inconvenience until I get the sequester horror I was promised.

Dang right! I WANT MY SEQUESTER HORROR AND I WANT IT NOW!!

[sickoflibs]

RE :”the media will try to use the shut down to demonize Republicans . it’s about the election of 2014 .the media is trying to help democrats win the House too.”

Well if Republicans are on record calling for a shutdown in public (on camera and in writing) then Dems got a pretty easy job if its their advantage that voters know that, if they now make believe they were always against one.

They should know now-a-days that their are these things called vids and cable and internet that comes back when they try to change their stories.,

That might explain why Dems are taking a 'no compromise' position on this.

[kcvl]

“What they deserve is a commander-in-chief who isn’t traitor.”

Obama allowed his own ambassadors to be murdered with no consequences while he slept so he can't shut his damn mouth.

If we had a press worth a damn who didn't have their heads up his ass they would hold the bastard accountable.

[Sarah Barracuda]

The American people deserve better than a Communist sack of crap who wants to turn America into a Communist regime

[Catsrus]

He wrote the book on dysfunction.

[Gasshog]

Every shutdown headline blurb i am seeing has Bonehead’s mug.

Get ready for 24/7 media drilling till you puke & he caves.

[TigersEye]

They deserve a president with a real birth certificate.

[Dapper 26]

I’m sure the “troops” know Obama by now, no matter what he says. They have been treated like his doormat since day one.

[CharlesWayneCT]

They passed a bill to keep funding those troops, so long as Obama signs it. Has he signed it yet, or is he going to hold the troops hostage for his tax increases on people who don’t have insurance?

[RginTN]

I can see Obama dearly wishes this country was a Communist dictatorship..

[Eagles6]

"All that for a flag?"

[silverleaf]

Tokyo Barack is up and running on the Armed Forces radio

[tet68]

Our troops deserve better than to have a dysfunctional
president too.

[rrrod]

NOTE TO ZERO:

You may have some DC cocktail party, limo generals but the TROOPS hate you!

[Redleg Duke]

What a lying scumbag! He will negotiate with enemies of our civilization, but not with Republicans!

[Future Snake Eater]

I like how he’s forced by a unanimous Congress not to use us as pawns in the budget standoff, so he acts like he’s being magnanimous and “above it all.”

I’ve no doubt he was pissed that that bill passed so easily.

[bert]

In thr Revolutionary days, local malitias formed and elected their officers. Those officers were them candidates for command at a higher level

Today, Obama would get only the queers to vote for him as CinC and perhaps not even all of them.

[Old Sarge]

Where the HELL did you find those pics?!?

It LOOKS like him!

[elcid1970]

I don’t fault those who never served but always supported the military & its mission. Good example: Rush Limbaugh.

This WH is full of draft-dodging military-hating radicals surrounding a POTUS who shares their views. Big difference.