Posted on 04/12/2009 10:07:03 AM PDT by STARWISE
“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.
Obvious is right! When I saw that picture I wondered how many held them like that so everyone could see it was staged. Loved the pictures of the people watching — their faces said it all that they were not impressed.
[their faces said it all that they were not impressed.]
Yes, in his first visit. I wish I had dated that one. Got flamed from one Freeper for putting ‘soldiers’ in the text instead of Marines.
I have made the same mistake. Saw the new fatigues of the Air Force when I renewed my badge and frankly cannot tell the difference now.
I have to admit that I am not very familiar with Military things. Neither my father nor my grandfather were in the military.
But I proudly support and pray for our troops. They have kept us free and I hope Obama doesn’t destroy that.
!LMAO!,,,I thought so,,,
Remember the pic of the MARINES ?...;0)
there are some who did vote for Zero. What a clever way to start to build his own military or gestapo forces..find those loyal to him..and for the others????
Zero had someone in his Administration dig up Joseph Goebbel’s to use as an example for their propaganda machine. Zero and everyone associated with Zero is a liar, cheat, and human waste. Their ultimate mistake is thinking we’re fools.
Bump that!
Obama’s wealth and power were obtained through pure fantasy money (intrigues, homosexuals, hollywood, media, manipulated oil sheiks and objects of his manipulative tricks such as pedophile like instincts of Bull Crap etc...)
As a result he and his ilks have no sense what so EVER of life.
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