Obama White House Junior Staffers Traipse Through Rose Garden Lawn

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[flyfree]

The President walked alone across the South Lawn grass, gave a quick wave to the press and boarded Marine One. But, first he stopped to shake the hand of the very startled, caught off-guard Marine who was standing at attention at the steps to the helicopter.

[flyfree]

It's going to be a loooong 4 years

[acoulterfan]

Wouldn’t a salute have been more appropriate?

[EagleUSA]

Pretty soon he will be bumming cigarettes from the soldiers....what a POS. Zero class.

[SMCC1]

everday is like a show

[flyfree]

Obama, salute? You must be kidding!

[flyfree]

Reminds me of a Vietnam era class B movie

[DustyMoment]

But, first he stopped to shake the hand of the very startled, caught off-guard Marine who was standing at attention at the steps to the helicopter.

What an idiot. Since he knows ZERO (Oh!! His name!!) about the military, he has ZERO concept about discipline and protocol and why it is out-of-bounds for him to do that!! He's their C-in-C, NOT a drinking buddy!!

[Gunflint]

Who is ‘personal advisor Reggie Love’?

[cripplecreek]

I don’t believe salutes are the traditional greeting from a president. Especially when the president has never served.

I’m not military, It just seems like I’ve read that.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It must take every OUNCE of a Marines professionalism to stop themselves from cold-cocking this guy when he’s within range, LOL!

[Old Sarge]

[usmcobra]

Yes a returned salute would have been more appropriate, the trouble is Obama doesn’t know American customs.

[SteamShovel]

Wouldn’t a salute have been more appropriate?

Has he even given a salute to this point?

[savedbygrace]

Of course the Marine was startled. He’s required by duty to stand at attention until the Commander in Chief is boarded. Obama broke protocol, like the idiot he is.

And of course Obama saw the Washington Monument. The jagged flight plan of Marine One goes fairly close to the monument as it flies right around it coming and going, because of all the restricted air space in D. C.

[SENTINEL]

That marine is going to have his a$$ absolutely reamed when the commanders at 8th and I hear about this.

Leadership by example is expected, even if the president is the one needing the example. He should have saluted even if zero wanted to shake his hand.

What a punk we have in the white house.

[Tarpon]

Hire a street walker, get a street walker. Why is anybody surprised.

There is one word you will never associate with Obama and that word is character.

[Right_in_Virginia]

everday is like a show

More like a circus. This fool is still campaigning. When does he actually act like a President?!

[sneakers]

"every day is like a freak show"

There, I fixed it. :-)

[NonValueAdded]

Attention to orders ... order of the day ... henceforth all senior officers shall respond to the salute rendered by an inferior grade not with a return salute but ra^ther stop and shake their hand. That is all.