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AP (Naturally) Ignores Widely Noted 'Tepid' and 'Icy' Obama Reception at West Point
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Posted on 05/28/2014 9:25:14 PM PDT by chessplayer

Following President Barack Obama's speech today at West Point, the UK Daily Mail reported "tepid applause and a short standing ovation from less than one-quarter of the audience upon his introduction." In a CNN video clip found at Mediaite, Jim Clancy noted that Obama did not sound like a “commander-in-chief speaking to his troops.” He further observed: “You heard the reception; it was icy."

The video posted at the White House's web site doesn't include the reception Obama received when he was introduced. There's a reason for that. The first 14 seconds of a Reuters video clip (HT Nice Deb) shows, especially for those of us who recall the enthusiastic receptions George W. Bush routinely received, that describing it as "tepid" may be an overstatement:


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To: maine-iac7

i’m referring to this picture of the cadets. by the look of it, the Marxists are about a generation too early. better luck about thirty years from now.


21 posted on 05/28/2014 10:40:56 PM PDT by willywill
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To: chessplayer

you think they would welcome a guy that would gladly toss them all into a blender, literally? and for good measure, those that didn’t die immediately would be killed off slowly by withholding medical treatment and once they’re finally dead... tossed into a warehouse and forgotten

yea... I’m pretty sure they’d rather unzip and piss then salute

I’m amazed 0failure showed up considering the level of hatred towards him, especially by that audience


22 posted on 05/28/2014 10:42:02 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Cowboy Bob

from what I could tell from you tube, the only ones who stood were the professors up front with obama


23 posted on 05/28/2014 10:44:41 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: maine-iac7

You notice too that Bush didn’t go up there with some lame folder in his hands telling him what to say. Those cadets were thrilled Bush was there and felt like *yawning* when dumbo strode to the podium.


24 posted on 05/28/2014 10:45:15 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

In all fairness, the guy isn’t really American. Doesn’t have a clue what it means to be CIC.


25 posted on 05/28/2014 10:46:39 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: yldstrk

from what I could tell from you tube, the only ones who stood were the professors up front with Obama


Some audience people, but not many of those either.

I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall on Dumbo’s flight back home. I can just imagine the ranting and raving over the poor reception he got. I’d bet the people in charge of the academy got a talking to.


26 posted on 05/28/2014 10:51:13 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: chessplayer

This boy isn’t a traitor to our country. He is an enemy of our country.

And our military is smart enough not to believe anything coming out of his mouth.


27 posted on 05/28/2014 10:54:33 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: leapfrog0202

he should have known better

and then Biden was at the Air Force Academy

wonder who thought that up, obama at the West Point and Biden at Colorado Springs, what a mess


28 posted on 05/28/2014 10:59:46 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: chessplayer
The real question is
29 posted on 05/28/2014 11:00:02 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Hoodat

My daughter called me this morning, venting about Obama speaking all about himself at this graduation of America’s finest.


30 posted on 05/28/2014 11:06:55 PM PDT by antceecee (Bless us Lord, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.)
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To: yldstrk

Agreed. Dumb and dumber.


31 posted on 05/28/2014 11:07:03 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: F15Eagle

I just feel to be a traitor you would have had to have been a citizen of this country. Therefore he is just an enemy of the state.


35 posted on 05/28/2014 11:15:46 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: maine-iac7

the cader thrid from the right second row appears to have ...let her jaw drop...

likely this occurred due to having heard the great leader endlessly intone the words ...me... my... and I


37 posted on 05/28/2014 11:50:36 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: maine-iac7

as to our leading.....if we dont....you can be mister ohbama...be sure that someone else sure will

thats THE bottom line


38 posted on 05/28/2014 11:54:42 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: leapfrog0202
I'll bet ValJar was on hand to greet obozo when he arrived home from West Point. I'll bet she held obozo on her lap, and snuggled him to her breast as she soothed his ruffled feathers, and told him to take his thumb out of his mouth. The poor ahole was hurt...hardly anyone adored him! Betcha she ordered up milk and cookies, and some drugs to soothe her puppet boy pResident, and told obozo that he could have a sleep over tonight with Reggie..ANYTHING to soothe her boy.
39 posted on 05/29/2014 12:03:32 AM PDT by itssme
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To: chessplayer

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40 posted on 05/29/2014 12:29:33 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
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