Army Keeping Media From Palin Event (at Fort Bragg; Afraid of Obama's Wrath)

AP via Denver Post ^ | Thursday, November 19, 2009 | Mike Baker

[kristinn]

Army officials plan to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg on Monday, saying they fear the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

Fort Bragg spokesman Tom McCollum told The Associated Press on Thursday that Army officials had decided to keep media away from Palin's book promotion at the North Carolina base.

SNIP

McCollum said the Army did not want the event to become a platform for Palin supporters to express political opinions "directed against the commander in chief."

[tet68]

This book signing is to benefit the survivors and their
families, do these people think Sarah is so clueless
and cruel as to use this for her own political ends?

More projection from the Usurper in chief.
Hello EVERY AMERICAN, can you not see the
wrongness of this manipulation!!!

[george76]

Then Sarah can have it just outside the gate

[Publius6961]

Army officials....Zero supporters

Only at the very top.
The politician-"warriors."

At the pointy end of the business, there is only silence. A good thing.

[Sarah Barracuda]

If only the Pentagon had paid as much attention to Nidal Malik Hasan and banned him from base.

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THANK U!! Post of the day!
But But, you gotta be politically correct when your dealing with Muslims, especially muslims carrying SOA cards around, but when your Sarah Palin, standing up for our military and for our Constitution, yeah that’s considered a bad thing

[ElayneJ]

McCollum said the Army did not want the event to become a platform for Palin supporters to express political opinions “directed against the commander in chief.”

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Sure - good luck with that. Members of the military are not to oppose the CIC, but others absolutely can. And should, according to “dissent is patriotic” Hilary Clinton. Looks like the obama camp continues to be frightened of Sarah. :)

[GI Joe Fan]

Exactly.

A muslim terrorist has more rights and freedoms on an Army facility than an American patriot.

[Mac from Cleveland]

Yeah, it’s not like this is a free country or anything....

/s

[Califreak]

>McCollum said the Army did not want the event to become a platform for Palin supporters to express political opinions “directed against the commander in chief.”<

I guess they don’t know the media will edit that stuff out and do everything in their power to hide it.

[Nickname]

“There are Army regulations that basically prohibit military reservations from becoming political platforms by politicians.”

Yeah we wouldn’t want someone using our military for a “photo op” now, would we?

I’ll bet this order came from way up high. Someone doesn’t want to be upstaged by our military showing unsolicited enthusiasm for Sarah Palin.

[Publius6961]

It's hard to blame the brass. They're between Barack and a hard place.

Sad but true.
On the other hand, under extreme pressure, when all seems hopeless, is when character counts.

I have known many Marines, Air Force, Army and Navy types.
I'm not in the least worried.

[Terabitten]

I think you guys are reading this wrong.

They are NOT saying the troops can’t express their anti-Obama sentiments. They’re saying they don’t want the press reporting it.

The brass is protecting their soldiers from retaliation by the administration.

[a fool in paradise]

The Commander in Chief has more resentment for Conservatives than he does for Islamic terrorists.

[GI Joe Fan]

In a way, this Army "leadership" decision stinks of a Berlin Wall style scenario.

The "leadership" have constructed a barrier between the Soldiers and Governor Palin.

Therein is the freedom and liberty of American patriotism on one side, and there are those who seek the message on the other.

The Army "leadership" is the barricade that prevents the message from being heard.

[massgopguy]

Will Obama have the Army keep the Media away from the 2012 Republican Convention?

[Drill Thrawl]

Gee where is the diversity that Gen. Casey is so worried about?

[Gator113]

Exactly.

[a fool in paradise]

It also eliminates “compare and contrast” photos between Obama meeting with our troops and Palin meeting with them.

[sarasota]

Utter nonsense.

[B-Cause]

If only the Pentagon had paid as much attention to Nidal Malik Hasan and banned him from base.

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Right on!

[markomalley]

Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, has already agreed not to give a speech at Bragg, McCollum said. But he worried that Palin's supporters might make the event political and use the media to express opinions from the base.

So in other words they are worried about "us," not "her."

 

 

 

 

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.