Free Republic 4th Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $12,224
15%  
Woo hoo!! And our first 15% is in!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: bodyboarding

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Obama Snubs U.S. Soldiers Again (he's busy bodyboarding in Hawaii)

    08/11/2008 9:29:09 PM PDT · by Stoat · 31 replies · 455+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | August 11, 2008 | Jaime Sneider
    Obama Snubs U.S. Soldiers Again Calling their convention "America's Townhall" takes a lot of chutzpah given Barack Obama refused to do a series of townhalls with McCain. But not as much as declining to do a townhall with U.S. soldiers because of a "previously scheduled commitment" and then jetting off to Hawaii for a vacation. Last month, Obama refused to do a military townhall for 6,000 veterans, service members, and military families at Fort Hood, Texas. That event would have taken place tonight, but Obama spokesman, Phillip Carter, said at the time Obama couldn't make it because “we unfortunately...