Posted on 02/15/2013 10:37:16 AM PST by don-o
From a "live chat" Obama had yesterday afternoon. He corrected himself to say "Purple Hearts." Simply a slip of the tongue or yet another evidence of profound and invincible ignorance?
Yeah....I seem to remember in Kindergarten getting some of these for not pooping my pants.
must’ve been eating a bowl of Lucky Charms at the time
If the press gets to lambast Marco Rubio for taking a sip of water, I think we should get to lambast the President for calling it a Purple Star instead of a Purple Heart.
when you’re making stuff up on the fly, the particulars don’t matter
fake it until you make it, baby!
/eye-rolling-disgusted-sarcasm
That's NOTHIN'. I won two Green Clovers and three Yellow Moons!
Does al Quaeda award Purple Stars?
(metaphorically)
What?! No pink hearts? Slacker!!
After all, most natural-born Americans probably couldn't correctly state how many provinces there are in Indonesia, and would probably stumble when called upon to name a single Kenyan military decoration ("Order of the Burning Spear," anyone?).
Regards,
Well, Obama has two purple lips. Stars, hearts, who cares.
He got purple stars on spelling tests in 2nd grade maybe.
Was he eating Lucky Charms at the time??
I found this NBC article from January 7 when Hagel was tapped for the job by Obama. It says:
Hagel would be the first former enlisted soldier to become the secretary of defense. His views of international conflict are heavily influenced by his own service in the Vietnam War; he ‘won’ two Purple Hearts for his service and still has pieces of shrapnel embedded in his chest.
It is easy to have a slip of the tongue if you first of all have no idea what you are talking about or no concept of the subject at hand.
It's amazing! How a press corps ("corpse" according to Soetoro) that can pick up on an insignificant malapropism by George W. Bush and write an entire book about, and then give a continuing pass to a phony who believes there are 58 states in the Union, can't distinguish between the Maldives (Indian Ocean) and the Malvina's (Falklands)(Atlantic Ocean) and believes the Marine Corps (corpse) is dead, is beyond me. And then, of coarse, there is Clarabelle Biden imploring a paraplegic to "stand up Chuck" among a list too long to enumerate...(sigh)
So did my mule!
That doesn't speak to his intellect!
Yeah. And don’t forget ‘’corpseman’’.
And the citation reads: “In service of the male sex everywhere and as an aggressive hitter of all things female, above and beyond the call of duty and nature; FReeper Lazamataz is hereby awarded two Green Clovers and three Yellow Moons’’.
Please produce the evidence!
I think Barney the dinosaur gives those out.
Good for you Chuck Hagel!
If the media didn't catch on to the CIC reading "corpse men" (a glaringly obvious gaffe to anyone who's been in the military) from the teleprompter, a "Purple Stars" reference will surely never see the light of day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp_zigxMS-Y&list=PL8C61A61D646F0865&index=1
I shall try to mark the time. Running it now. Good call. Verify.
I am actually listening to the lying liar lie. Above and beyond the call of duty. I seldom regret that I quit drinking.......
uh uh uh uh uh lie uh uh uh uh lie uh uh uh uh lie
Thanks. Like many on this Blog, I’m sure, I immediately change the channel or hit the mute button whenever I see or hear the Poseur. So..., I would appreciate your marking the time. Not only will that spare me a bit of agony, but when I forward the link to friends and family, I can advise them of the good spot, sparing them an otherwise repugnant experience.
The evidence comes at exactly 40:00 in the video. The other day during the presentation of the ‘Medal Of Honor’ to the Army Soldier, Obama at the podium stated the trooper was hit with ‘Sharp-nel’ instead of Shrapnel.
Excellent! Thanks a lot
I think Obama meant brown stars.
As a holder of the Purple Heart, you don’t WIN the danged thing. No soldier set out to WIN a Purple Heart. You don’t get into a firefight and say, man, I hope I can WIN a Purple Heart today! Idiots. It is an award for wounds received in action by enemy fire. Not awarded for falling down and cutting your pinky finger as our wonderful Sec of State did.
Well said. Forgive me if I said it wrong
Obama says “has two Purple Stars.” I misquoted him. I guess it’s all over for me, now.
If the press gets to lambast Marco Rubio for taking a sip of water, I think we should get to lambast the President for calling it a Purple Star instead of a Purple Heart.
——stars, hearts, 57 states....
What difference does it make.....SARC
I wonder if my husband’s grandfather would feel like he “won” his purple heart. He was killed in Pearl Harbor.
It’s not necessary for the Commander in Chief of the armed forces to know the name of the medal awarded to soldiers injured or killed defending the Country.../s
Let me guess. He got those for being able to hold his breath until he turned purple?
I wouldn't be surprised if each of his phony ghosts was wearing a purple star.
He told me: "(boop), all it takes to get one is a paper cut!"
He had seen it firsthand. And that was 70 years ago.
He was a Bronze Star winner. No, not the greatest award by any means.
But he earned it.
As a holder of the Purple Heart, you don’t WIN the danged thing. No soldier set out to WIN a Purple Heart. You don’t get into a firefight and say, man, I hope I can WIN a Purple Heart today! Idiots. It is an award for wounds received in action by enemy fire. Not awarded for falling down and cutting your pinky finger as our wonderful Sec of State did.
Thanks for your service, and integrity.
Being a 3rd generation vet I appreciate what you, my grandad & dad , and the others with whom I served have done for this country.
That’s why we referred to it as the “Enemy Marksmanship Badge.”
If Hagel “won” two Purple Hearts does that mean everyone who managed not to get wounded “lost”?
No worries.
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