Thank you sooooo much Norb! I love my outfit, the Marine logo on it and the whole thing. ((( HUG )))
Posted on 11/30/2001 4:05:33 PM PST by Norb2569
On tonight's Special Report with Brit Hume, (hosted by Jim Angle this evening), at the close of the show when they normally have some funny video clip, they showed President Bush and the First Lady on their way to Marine One to leave for Camp David for the weekend. Jim said "You will see the president notice something unusual on his way to Marine One".
As the video starts, the First Lady is leading the way into the helicopter with the spaniel dog on the leash, and the president is right behind her with the Scotty on the leash.
As the First Lady entered the chopper, the Marine at the gangway saluted and held his salute. The scottie the president was walking decided it wanted to squat right when he got to steps. The president pulled on its' leash, but the stubborn scottie persisted in squatting. The president bent down and scooped up the pooch and entered Marine One. After he entered the Marine cut his salute and returned to the position of attention.
Moments later the president reemerged from the helicopter and out onto the steps. The Marine was standing at attention, head and eyes straight ahead. The president leaned over and tapped him on the left arm. The startled Marine turned his body toward the president and received his returned salute!
I was so impressed by this true act of respect for our military people by our president! He really does get it. Most any other person of his staure would have just continued his journey, disregarding the neglected return salute. Not George W. Bush. He is earning the respect of the military community, not expecting it - as most would.
That long held tradition comes from shipboard Marines. Part of their job was (and still is on large vessels) to physically protect the captain of the ship. By turning to face him as the captain walked away he was gesturing his commitment to that duty. It is a Marine's way of saying "I've got your back, sir."
Thank you sooooo much Norb! I love my outfit, the Marine logo on it and the whole thing. ((( HUG )))
Remember the story from early in the Clinton years, when some unfortunate military officer was assigned to ride in a limousine with Chelsea? She freaked out like Freedy Krueger had gotten in the car with her.Thanks for the flag to this thread, Sabertooth.Her parents had drilled her to loathe the military from birth.
The Officer never broke decorum. He simply exited the car and didn't say a word.
"'During Clinton’s first year in office,' writes (the U.S. Marines) Lt. Col. Tom McKenney in the (1994) book, 'The Clinton Chronicles,' 'an incident occurred which was buried by the news media.'
'The occasion was a departure for a state function, a routine operation,' Col. McKenney writes. 'Vehicles were lined up outside the White House...
Young Chelsea Clinton, like everyone else, was assigned a specific sedan.' But when Chelsea was about to get into her limo, she turned around and declared: 'I won’t ride in this car! There’s a military man in here, and I don’t ride with military men!'The 'military man' happened to be a senior U.S. officer.
Being a gentleman, however, he quietly got out of the car and found another ride.In a separate incident, Chelsea asked her young Marine security escort to wear civilian clothes in the future. 'My family doesn’t like military people,' she explained.
Where, do you suppose, the 'young Chelsea' acquired such attitudes? At her home, of course.
And those are the two women (Hillary and Chelsea) whom President Clinton sent in March (1996) to boost the morale of our troops in Bosnia?
That’s like sending 'Hanoi Jane' to cheer up U.S. troops in Vietnam'!"
I'm really surpirised ANY conservative would try to put down the professionalism of the Corps in such a way!
This is a LIE!!!
Marines, above all else are PROFESSIONALS.
You DARE to suggest a Marine would be this callously unprofessional? What kind of American are you?
As proof, I give you this link to the snopes site. You are spreading urban legends and lies, bringing into doubt the professionalism of the Corps!
In the military, one salutes the rank, not the man.
I honestly cannot stand it when somebody would dare to bring down the Corps the way you have it. It turns my stomach and makes my blood boil. Klinton was a major league immoral a$$, bordering on traitorous, but suggesting a Marine would decide to directly disobey standing orders about protocol involving the office of the presidency he is assigned to serve is beyond the pale.
Are you really some kind of Democratic plant to try and pin such dishonor on a Marine and the Corps?
LOL! humanity thats for sure! Out of so many dog breeds, instead of getting "a dawg"...he has a Scottie! Those dogs are hillairous, funny looking, and smart too. Dubya's sense of humor shines brightly though Barney ;)
Thanks !
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