Posted on 12/21/2008 9:42:31 PM PST by melt
KAILUA, Hawaii – He’s not the commander in chief yet, but was President-elect Barack Obama briefly practicing his salute on Sunday?
On the first morning of his vacation here, Mr. Obama arrived at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii for his daily workout. As he walked out of the Semper Fit Center, his gray T-shirt soaked in sweat, he lifted his right hand and gave a quick salute to two Marines in fatigues who were standing in the distance.
The brief moment was not captured by cameras. Photographs and video were not permitted to be taken on the military base, according to campaign aides.
Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, opened their day with a 45-minute workout inside a large gymnasium at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, which is located on the Mokapu Penninsula on the windward side of Oahu, about 30 minutes outside Honolulu. It is sunny and warm here, a world away, at least in terms of the weather, from Chicago.
The Marine base seemed sleepy when the motorcade rolled through shortly after 7 a.m. Home to the 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Aircraft Group 24 and the 3rd Radio Battalion, the base is located only a few minutes from where the Obamas are staying, a rented home at the end of a series of cul-de-sacs (and security barricades) along Kailuana Place.
Mr. Obama, who arrived to his native Hawaii on Saturday afternoon, is taking a 13-day holiday vacation with his family and a few friends from Chicago. At least some work, though, followed him to Hawaii.
He is receiving his daily national security briefing and his transition team is scheduled on Monday or Tuesday to release an internal review of any contacts between his advisers and the Illinois governor’s office over filling his vacant Senate seat.
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Are you sure he isn’t trying to sheild his eyes from the sun.No one could be that dumb.
I wish President Reagan hadn't started the practice. It was positively painful watching Clinton salute. I imagine Obama's attempts will be as bad.
Ping your lists to the lefty salute. If I see him, I probably will not salute him.
The title alone makes me want to throw up!
I figure Obama’s fascination with using the technology will be instrumental in his downfall.
Obama is too glued to the devices and people know it.
Sounds like the excuse they used for Obama: The Euro-Tour.
Incorrect.
Egg-zackley.
You are right! That mere feature esceped me for a moment. Thanks for shining the light of truth on that!
Cheers.
That has to be shocking to see that. On the other hand, I know families where one voted for McC and the other for the big 0...so maybe it was that situation that the poor car found itself in for all to see.
What am I missing....the article doesn’t say anything about a left hand salute; not that I see anyhow.
Exactly what I was thinking. What gets me about this thread is that I fear that Free Republic is turning into the 2009 version of the Democratic Underground.
For criminy sakes, let's not spend the next two years looking for a conspiracy in every word and deed the man does. All that will accomplish is marginalizing the entire Conservative movement to the point that Obama-lini could end up with VETO-PROOF majorities in Congress & the Senate in 2011.
It's got to be GWB lending him "courtesy" that he does not deserve. Otherwise, since he'd resigned the Senate, he's just another civilian, who should not be given access to military facilities. Not until January 8th, will he even legally be President Elect.
What an Arrogant Bastid.
Since he's never released his transcripts, how would we know? Maybe, without his teleprompter, he is that dumb.
????? He's already got majorities on his side, doesn't matter if they are veto proof or not. He'll sign anything they pass. Especially gun control, higher taxes on the rich, Universal Free Health Care, and multitudes of new environmental laws.
Or do you mean "filibuster proof"? That doesn't matter in the House, where the rules don't work that way. In Senate, he's close enough to being filibuster proof (only 1 or 2 votes shy, depending on how Minnesota comes out) that on any given issue, enough of the RINOs or Independents will vote for cloture and they'll have their way (with us!).
Although I prefer to:
The article in the early part said no photos were taken but it seems someone got a picture or perhaps this is an older photo of him shielding his eyes and it looks like he is trying to render a slaute to a couple Marines who were in the area.
The point is, when a salute is rendered to one who rates it, such as a senior officer, it is done with the right hand, never the left. Is this the question you have? If so, I hope my answer helped.
Cheers.
Actually, I did mean VETO-PROOF. That would allow the moonbats to come out in droves and put in some pretty stupid things.
Regardless of what one thinks of Obama’s natural political leanings, even he isn’t crazy enough to ascribe to some of the far left’s ideas, knowing that the electorate can still turn on him big time in ‘12.
However, if there were, say, 67 ‘rat Senators and 291 ‘rat Congress-critters, the Soros gang can run roughshod over anything remotely capitalistic, and Obama-lini would have his political cover.
I was thinking of running my cat for president in 2012. Shes a black and white cat and probably has as much experience.
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