Obama’s Potemkin Military Reception=No Scandal-..were pre-screened,asked ...“Who voted for Obama?”

Flopping Aces ^ | 4-11-09

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“Cheered wildly by U.S. troops,” begins Jennifer Democratic Operative Loven’s AP report on Obama’s surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday.

Quite a contrast to the silent treatment Marines gave Obama at his Camp LeJeune speech in late February. Just how did Obama manage to fix that little problem?

According to a sergeant in Iraq :

*****We were pre-screened, asked by officials “Who voted for Obama?”, and then those who raised their hands were shuffled to the front of the receiving line. They even handed out digital cameras and asked them to hold them up. [Via Macsmind.]****

As supporting evidence for the digital-cameras part of the story, the sergeant (or Mac, can’t tell which), suggests that the identical cameras can be verified in the AP photos. Looks right:

Charles Dharapak/associated press

So will the press cover this evidence of a staged and unrepresentative show of military affection for our anti-military president? The reporters were there. Did they actually see the troops being sorted by whether they voted for Obama, which the sergeant describes as happening on the spot?

Stephen Hurst’s AP report is upfront about Obama’s fervent desire for a hero’s welcome:

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama went for the defining television shot by capping his first extended foreign tour with a surprise visit to Iraq.

He got it – pictures of hundreds of U.S. troops cheering wildly as he told them it was time for the Iraqis to take charge of their own future.

Just no mention of HOW Obama managed to fake this response: Obama lover’s to the front!

FLASHBACK: How the press treated the merest impression of a staged troop response under President Bush, even when there was no actual manipulation

Remember this headline from 2005:

Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged

It dominated the headlines and the television news-analysis for days, and the fabricated scandal was utterly dishonest. The so-called “staging” involved no manipulation whatsoever. A group of soldiers who were scheduled for a televised chat with President Bush were “caught on tape” discussing ahead of time who would answer questions on what subjects. There was NO discussion of WHAT should be said.

Now there is evidence that Obama perpetrated an actual fraud right under the watching eyes of the press, handpicking Obama voters to represent on television the views of our soldiers, and the press reports nothing but the fraudulent story.

Piling it on

Of course the AP stories about Obama’s surprise Iraq trip are larded with other bits of pro-Obama, anti-Bush disinformation as well. Hurst ends with his own interpretation of the glorious new age of Obama:

The world has been alerted to a new U.S. approach that breaks with the “go it alone” style of Bush.

“Go it alone” as in going into Iraq with a coalition of 40 countries and an evenly split minority party (same degree of Democrat support in the Senate as opposition in the House).

Neither did the press note the glaring counter-factuals in Obama’s speech. From The New York Times:

The president said that it was time for Iraqis “to take responsibility for their country and for their sovereignty.”

So why does it take Gateway Pundit to point out that sovereignty has already been transferred in 13 of 18 provinces?

All the disinformation that fits in print.

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As supporting evidence for the digital-cameras part of the story, the sergeant (or Mac, can’t tell which), suggests that the identical cameras can be verified in the AP photos. Looks right:

Despicable manipulation and stagecraft ... using our brave military, no less. Sickening fraud!

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~~No words ......

[darkwing104]

Nothing new. Clinton did it also.

[Colonial Warrior]

[bigheadfred]

My tagline.

[Frantzie]

Unreal manipulation. Someone posted a video showing Bush with Marines and Obama (not this event). It looked like the Marines were picked at random. The Marines cheered for Bush while they were stone cold for O.

Hussein and his people especially Rahm are evil.

[OldMissileer]

I now need to vomit.

As a retired military type for the first time I question the members of the military who voted for this POS.

He traces his entire political career back to communists and still keeps them close. Everything he does is communist in nature and yet there are people in uniform who think he is great.

His anti-US views are not hidden and so I try to find where any military member can vote for him and still not violate their oath of office or enlistment.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Thank You Rush]

All we feel is outrage and all we can do is hope and pray the “O” is exposed every day!!!

[rbosque]

When I was in the Navy, they tried to do the same thing when Clinton showed up. They tried to get a welcoming crowd but NO ONE volunteered. People were ordered to greet him.

(I hid.)

[SampleMan]

You have to know how to get the right photo:

[Chode]

do I really have to say it???

[HotLead61]

I have a relative serving in the miltary. She is also very close to one of our brave warriors in Iraq.

This relative of mine told me that "No one in my office likes Obama, not even the Democrats. One of the guys actually had a black "armband" tattooed onto his arm to signify his mourning over the loss of our civil liberties."

Her friend in Iraq has told her "I didn't go to Obama's appearance in Baghdad, because if I did, I would have been too tempted to throw one of my boots at him."

[fish hawk]

I guess we are lucky they weren’t handed a little red flag and little red book.

[AmericanVictory]

Comrade Chavez is truly proud.

[rocksblues]

As our military is less than 12% black, this is an awful dark picture.

[ASOC]

Time to take a deep breath.

IF this were the case, we would likely have
1) More than one source - the FOBs do have internet access

2)Sources other than an (un-named) enlisted. IF a superiour (high ranking) officer pulled this kind of blatent stunt, I have no doubt the many professional soldiers would call him/her on it. So we would have more backscatter.

3) Who got the cameras to hand out like candy? Sound lke FWA - again, someone would low the wistle on this part.

IS it possible that the SS (seecrit service) wanted a small group and the local officials thought ‘bammay voters would get the most enjoyment out of the dog and pony show?

THis kind of carp can happen - years ago, when ‘lil Bill and Hil come a visiting to Elmendorf to see “their troops” attendance was madated, so I can see this Iraq as pluasable. THat folk were forved to show was also very well known in the community. Nothing in the press of couse, the Bill and HIll show was a Dem production after all.

In the end, if the group huggie/hopechangethingie was a staged event, it says a lot about the “leadership” of our Nations warfighters, and what it says it not good.

[Godwin1]

I did think there was a disproportionate number of Black female soldiers in the photos. But I had thought that this was because the visit was to a relatively secure rear-area installation where service troops would predominate. Still possible, I suppose, but the anonymous Sergeant's story is quite credible, and the speed and enthusiasm with which the MSM parroted the “GIs Love Obama” line only increases the Sergeant's a credibility. A put up job from the beginning.

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Jennifer Loven’s article

Obama in Baghdad, tells troops Iraq must take over

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97DP9U83&show_article=1

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Mac’s Mind
About that Obama Iraq Visit

*snip*

Yeah Jennifer we get the point. Still the lowest casualty rate in any war in the modern era - a testament to the professionalism of our men and women in uniform. Fact is more died on active duty during Clinton’s reign. Nevertheless, about that “surprise visit”.

It wasn’t. The visit was communicated a full 24 hours in advance and a small contingent of soldiers - not screaming hoards - were rustled into a meeting place at Camp Victory.

Got this email from a sergeant that was there.

“We were pre-screened, asked by officials “Who voted for Obama?”, and then those who raised their hands were shuffled to the front of the receiving line. They even handed out digital cameras and asked them to hold them up.”

Take a look at the picture at AP and notice all the cameras are the same models? Coincidence? I think not.

http://macsmind.com/wordpress/2009/04/07/about-that-obama-iraq-visit/

[alloysteel]

So much of what the now failing nascent obama regime does IS just one great Potemkin village display.

Of course any carefully choreographed appearance seems to show him being cheered....

The power of a posed “spontaneous” demonstration.