Posted on 05/28/2014 9:25:14 PM PDT by chessplayer
Following President Barack Obama's speech today at West Point, the UK Daily Mail reported "tepid applause and a short standing ovation from less than one-quarter of the audience upon his introduction." In a CNN video clip found at Mediaite, Jim Clancy noted that Obama did not sound like a “commander-in-chief speaking to his troops.” He further observed: “You heard the reception; it was icy."
The video posted at the White House's web site doesn't include the reception Obama received when he was introduced. There's a reason for that. The first 14 seconds of a Reuters video clip (HT Nice Deb) shows, especially for those of us who recall the enthusiastic receptions George W. Bush routinely received, that describing it as "tepid" may be an overstatement:
i’m referring to this picture of the cadets. by the look of it, the Marxists are about a generation too early. better luck about thirty years from now.
you think they would welcome a guy that would gladly toss them all into a blender, literally? and for good measure, those that didn’t die immediately would be killed off slowly by withholding medical treatment and once they’re finally dead... tossed into a warehouse and forgotten
yea... I’m pretty sure they’d rather unzip and piss then salute
I’m amazed 0failure showed up considering the level of hatred towards him, especially by that audience
from what I could tell from you tube, the only ones who stood were the professors up front with obama
You notice too that Bush didn’t go up there with some lame folder in his hands telling him what to say. Those cadets were thrilled Bush was there and felt like *yawning* when dumbo strode to the podium.
In all fairness, the guy isn’t really American. Doesn’t have a clue what it means to be CIC.
from what I could tell from you tube, the only ones who stood were the professors up front with Obama
I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall on Dumbo’s flight back home. I can just imagine the ranting and raving over the poor reception he got. I’d bet the people in charge of the academy got a talking to.
This boy isn’t a traitor to our country. He is an enemy of our country.
And our military is smart enough not to believe anything coming out of his mouth.
he should have known better
and then Biden was at the Air Force Academy
wonder who thought that up, obama at the West Point and Biden at Colorado Springs, what a mess
My daughter called me this morning, venting about Obama speaking all about himself at this graduation of America’s finest.
Agreed. Dumb and dumber.
I just feel to be a traitor you would have had to have been a citizen of this country. Therefore he is just an enemy of the state.
the cader thrid from the right second row appears to have ...let her jaw drop...
likely this occurred due to having heard the great leader endlessly intone the words ...me... my... and I
as to our leading.....if we dont....you can be mister ohbama...be sure that someone else sure will
thats THE bottom line
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