Posted on 08/26/2014 1:00:33 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
President Barack Obama faced a tough crowd on Tuesday – American military veterans – and fell flat on his applause lines as he failed to win over the American Legion's convention-goers.
The 35-minute speech seemed to have reminded the audience of the stark divide between the White House's policy choices and the feelings of the men and women often called on to carry them out.
A Virginia legionnaire who served in the U.S. Marine Corps told MailOnline that 'a small group of Obama's admirers – and there are some here – sat near the front and tried to generate applause for him about 10 times.'.....
Most of the veterans sat on their hands, leaving awkward silences where White House speechwriters expected ovations. ......
......After the customary introductions and thank-yous to dignitaries, Obama spoke for nearly eight full minutes on Tuesday without a single clap.
He touted his foreign policy bona fides, boasting that 'even countries that criticize us – when the chips are down and they need help, they know who to call. They call us. That's what American leadership looks like.'
Silence.
'Sustaining our leadership, keeping America strong and secure, means we have to use our power wisely,' Obama cautioned, in keeping with his slow approach to battling ISIS and other terror groups overseas.
'History teaches us of the dangers of overreaching and spreading ourselves too thin, and trying to go it alone without international support, or rushing into military adventures without thinking through the consequences.'
Crickets.
'You know that we should never send America's sons and daughters into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary and we have a plan and we are resourcing it and prepared to see it through.'
Tepid clapping followed pregnant seconds of emptiness.
'We removed more than 140,000 troops from Iraq and welcomed those troops home. It was the right thing to do.'
Nothing.....
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You watch. He'll do something vindictive toward them to show them who is the Imperious Leader.
“Anyone notice that he doesen’t look well.
What’s your prognosis, doc?
Hussein looked a bit out of it because
1: He HATES those people and did NOT want to be there and
2: In 28 months he will be making that same exact teleprompted speech but blaming EVERYONE but himself and it will have net him 300 THOUSAND dollars, multiply that by a 100 speeches a years and.....
He will do something spectaculary bizarre and most likely Illegal to attempt to gain accolades from the L.I.V.
If that doesn’t work AND the rats lose control of the Senate he will either go massively intraverted and into deep depression to the point of suicidal or he will start WW3.
Either way it’s going to be a bumpy ride the next 2 1/2 years
How about just getting up and walking out like they should have done?
Because Brown is the idiot stick he is.
Guys like him have no strategic common sense. If it feels good, do it.
Well, it does, so he is.
That works for me. Anything that makes a reasoned public statement about this guy’s merits, is fine with me.
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