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Was Barack Obama smart enough to make it as an Air Force pilot?
Washington Examiner ^ | August 31, 2011 | Douglas MacKinnon

Posted on 08/31/2011 9:02:33 AM PDT by opentalk

In their quest to widen the low-road and increase its rider-ship, the liberal Washington, D.C-based Politico just offered up this hackneyed but oh so predictable headline: “Is Rick Perry Dumb?”

Really? While it’s no surprise to conservatives and independents that the liberal mainstream media would pull out the old “attack Ronald Reagan” hand-book, dust it off, and use its previously discredited assaults to go after the surging Perry, a better question to be asked is:

“What are they all so afraid of?”

First of all, something which must be highlighted and stressed by all who care about fairness and accuracy is that Texas Gov. Rick Perry not only honorably served in our military but that he was a decorated Air Force pilot.

At about the same age that President Obama (by his own admission) was trying to find himself and experimenting with drugs, Perry was strapping himself into the cockpit of multi-million dollar Air Force aircraft.

For those on the left who may not understand as many look down upon our military and mock its very existence, getting through flight training and becoming a pilot in the United States Air Force is a very exacting process which actually does take a high degree of intelligence, skill, judgment, and even courage.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012election; airforce; elgibility; journolist; maybealittleblow; msmcorruption; obama; obamalackofrecords; obamaparttimeteacher; perry; perryairforce; perrypilot; politicolies; pothead; texas; trustme; txvskenya; undermyscam; vetting; vettingobama; wecantdrivesuvs
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21 posted on 08/31/2011 9:21:15 AM PDT by devolve (If my graphics offend you/HLS scroll down - If too large simply carefully back away from your PC)
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To: Logical me
This useless asshat would be lucky to master a three wheel kids bike.

And that is about all that he has mastered

22 posted on 08/31/2011 9:21:51 AM PDT by TheCipher
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To: opentalk

I was going to answer, ‘yes’, but that was because I misunderstood the question.

I thought the question was, “Could Obama make it with an airforce pilot”

Did you see Obama ride that bicycle?

Oh yeah, Obama can toss salad with the best of thm
Em.


23 posted on 08/31/2011 9:22:00 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: Vaquero

LMAO!!!!!!!


24 posted on 08/31/2011 9:24:57 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: PGR88
I think it will back fire on them this time. More from the article and Obama/Perry comparison

...(Obama) had accomplished very little before he ran for president, having never run a business or a state; that he had a singularly unremarkable career as a law professor, publishing nothing in 12 years at the University of Chicago

other than an autobiography; and that, before joining the United States Senate, he had voted ‘present’ (instead of ‘yea’ or ‘nay’) 130 times, sometimes dodging difficult issues.”


25 posted on 08/31/2011 9:25:24 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk

That wuss could barely ride a bike. I don’t even think he has a driver’s license. Never saw him drive anything other than a golf cart.


26 posted on 08/31/2011 9:26:26 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: opentalk
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27 posted on 08/31/2011 9:27:29 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (The 2012 election is coming. Seems we have MORE TRASH TO REMOVE!)
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To: PGR88
It goes back even farther. The left claimed Adlai Stevenson was some kind of genius while Ike was an amiable dunce. Really. The same Ike who George Marshall awarded a plum job planning WWII because he was a brilliant staff officer. The same Ike who led one of the most difficult coalitions in military history to total victory.

They don't hesitate to lie and have no shame about it.

28 posted on 08/31/2011 9:28:25 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: opentalk

Answer NO,

in fact I have $100 to your favorite charity that Obama could not have passed my Written test for my instrument rating, let alone actually fly the plane. Hell The Private test would be far too difficult. Let alone Air Force Academy Training.


29 posted on 08/31/2011 9:32:07 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: opentalk

As defined by the MSM:

Smart - has an Ivy League education

Dumb - everyone else


30 posted on 08/31/2011 9:34:05 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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To: opentalk
While it’s no surprise to conservatives and independents that the liberal mainstream media would pull out the old “attack Ronald Reagan” hand-book...

As I understand it, this is more like an "attack Dwight Eisenhower" hand-book. Probably even older than that...

31 posted on 08/31/2011 9:35:01 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: crosshairs
Perry is also an Eagle scout. He continues to support the scouts.


32 posted on 08/31/2011 9:35:08 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk
Obama was never a “Law Professor”. He was a guest lecturer, telling the Students what a Racist Document the Constitution is.

Funny how all the Obama praise is based on absolutely no evidence, urban legend and the dreams of sycophants.

33 posted on 08/31/2011 9:39:27 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If Sarah Palin was President, you would have a job by now.)
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To: opentalk

34 posted on 08/31/2011 9:42:23 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: opentalk

Would he have passed the mandatory piss test?


35 posted on 08/31/2011 9:43:57 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (Very generic, non-offensive, tagline.)
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To: opentalk

Obama tried to get into the USAF, but when he got to the induction center and saw all those dopers and father-rapers* and communists, he knew it was hopeless. He went home, renounced his citizenship and applied to Harvard instead.

*Don’t be alarmed. It’s an Arlo Guthrie reference.


36 posted on 08/31/2011 9:44:08 AM PDT by Lady Lucky (Heavy the head that wears the tiara.)
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To: PGR88
The urban leftists will of course eat this narrative up, and they are the MSM after all - but I’m surprised they think the rest of us are so gullible, seeing that it is used every single time.

I wonder who will play Perry on Saturday Night Live alongside Tina Fey?

37 posted on 08/31/2011 9:44:12 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: opentalk
Community Organizer .
38 posted on 08/31/2011 9:50:42 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways a Guero y Guay Lao << >> with a floating, shifting, ever changing)
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To: Lady Lucky

Did they also show the 8 X 10 glossy pictures?


39 posted on 08/31/2011 9:54:03 AM PDT by Caribou ( www.ktok.com Red State Radio free streaming.)
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To: Lady Lucky

Obama walked into the Army shrink’s office with another guy and sang “Shrink, You can get anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant” in two-part harmony.

That’s why they wouldn’t take either of them.


40 posted on 08/31/2011 10:03:55 AM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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