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Obama speech to soldiers met with silence
Daily Caller ^ | August 31, 2012

Posted on 08/31/2012 2:28:31 PM PDT by grundle

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To: grundle
Those brave men and women know Obama and his staff hold them in contempt. Their restrained behavior is shows their incredible restraint, dignity and professionalism.
41 posted on 08/31/2012 3:31:03 PM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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To: grundle
Do these statements bother anyone else here? I keep hearing those words "Fundamentally Change America"

There was isolated cheers when Obama said his withdrawal policy would ensure “fewer deployments … more time to prepare for the future,.....

The silence deepened when the president lauded his strategy of withdrawal from the war. “Make no mistake, ending the wars responsibly makes us safer and our military even stronger, and ending these wars is letting us dos something else; restoring American leadership,” he said amid complete silence.

When he said demobilized soldiers would find jobs because “all of you have the skills America needs,” he got little reaction.

There was no reaction when he promised stepped-up recruitment of soldiers for police jobs.

42 posted on 08/31/2012 3:32:52 PM PDT by truthluva ("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking"..J.C. Watts)
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To: grundle

Poor guys have to go where they’re ordered to go...but they can’t order them to like it...or to smile.

They know they were being used as props, and they all know what Hussein thinks about the military.


43 posted on 08/31/2012 3:33:18 PM PDT by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: bjc
Any video of the actual speech?

Once they've dubbed in a lot of cheering sounds they'll release it.

44 posted on 08/31/2012 3:37:20 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I may not know all 57 states in the Union but I do know you should be facing the Flag during the “Pledge of Allegiance” or the “Star Spangled Banner.”


45 posted on 08/31/2012 3:39:57 PM PDT by John123 (US$ - I owe you nothing. Euro - Who owes you nothing.)
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To: MestaMachine

It’s over. He knows that now.


46 posted on 08/31/2012 3:54:06 PM PDT by Publius (Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
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To: grundle
demonstrably a lack of loyalty to the fraud and chief so if obozo ever declares martial law and orders the military to take control of the citizenry and to confiscate all firearms, we can expect our military to ..................
47 posted on 08/31/2012 3:54:47 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Senator_Blutarski

I am SO glad my son is at Fort Bragg now instead of Bliss. Think the shoot-down of the Chinook carrying the SEAL team was the final straw for him. Should NEVER have happenend!


48 posted on 08/31/2012 4:00:54 PM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement.)
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To: Publius

Can’t be over fast enough. Especially for the guys in Afghanistan getting blown away almost every damn day thanks to abu bama’s good buddies,


49 posted on 08/31/2012 4:03:37 PM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills and bo stinks)
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To: grundle

If it was anyone other than Obama, I would feel bad for him. There are many times when Obama gives what should be positive, military-centered applause lines, pauses, and doesn’t even have one soldier clapping. Is there peer pressure to remain silent? Do 99% of our soldiers hate Obama as much as most decent Americans do? Or were the troops standing in formation for four hours before Obama showed up, and even those who still like Obama for his diversity are too bored to care?


50 posted on 08/31/2012 4:04:11 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: grundle

The vast majority of our soldiers know who really cares about them, and you can bet your behind they know it isn’t the “won” or any democrap.


51 posted on 08/31/2012 4:07:31 PM PDT by vpintheak (Occupy your Brain!)
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To: John W
Well, that’s a fairly damning story.

And (unusually) accurate.

52 posted on 08/31/2012 4:10:53 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: skeeter
. . . but the reporter, Ann Compton . . . .

Hey, here's an idea. Maybe Michelle and Ann Compton could get into a burping contest. Always great fun.
53 posted on 08/31/2012 4:11:52 PM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: skeeter
“ABC Radio News ran a story a minute ago on the lack of applause, but the reporter, Ann Compton, said it was likely because the soldiers were using their hands to ‘snap pictures and take movies of their commander in chief’.”

Once again, Obama ( and the press) is (are) out of touch with the real world and the military in particular. Why didn't they applaud? Because they were pissed! This is the Friday before a long holiday weekend. They were ordered to attend. Otherwise the crowd would have been like all Obama’s crowds lately... exceptionally small. If they had not been ordered to attend they would have started the 96-hour liberty of the Labor Day weekend. With the speech, they were trapped on Ft Bliss until Obama was “wheels in the well” out of El Paso. Some would have attended but not nearly as many because many, many would have swooped!

54 posted on 08/31/2012 4:13:43 PM PDT by RedEyeJack
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To: bjc
Any video of the actual speech?

Yes, but it's a silent movie.

55 posted on 08/31/2012 4:14:44 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: kcvl
Debunked?!

Well.... they did try, and it was a rush.

56 posted on 08/31/2012 4:18:51 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: bjc

My hat is off to you. After only 6 minutes I wanted to put myself out of my misery! I had to stop watching!!


57 posted on 08/31/2012 4:33:41 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
Can anyone post the ... pictures of President George W. Bush ... that show ... interacting with the military overseas?

How about these?

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58 posted on 08/31/2012 4:47:20 PM PDT by doc11355
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To: MestaMachine

“’Hey, I hear you,” he said amid silence.’”
Says it all.
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Another LIE

Since he kept talking, he apparently didn’t ‘hear them’.


59 posted on 08/31/2012 4:56:08 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: grundle
I thought their response was wholly appropriate for a citizen of Kenya!!!
60 posted on 08/31/2012 5:06:06 PM PDT by ontap
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