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8:30 eastern- LIVE THREAD- Obama at Normandy, 6 June 2009
FOX NEWS ^ | 6 June 2009

Posted on 06/06/2009 5:14:29 AM PDT by SE Mom

President Obama's public schedule for Saturday, June 6, 2009

ET/LT 0810 1410 The President & First Lady arrive American Cemetery

0820 1420 The President & First Lady tour the Visitors Center

0855 1455 President & three other leaders stand at overlook with two veterans

0910 1530 President Obama, Sarkozy, Brown & Harper participate in 65th Anniversary of DDay

(Excerpt) Read more at whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anniversary; auntesther; bho44; bhodod; bhovisit; dday; itsallaboutme; normandy
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I have the same thoughts. I’m no Clinton fan, but geez, this guy has no heart. The whole little story thing, what was that about? Pres Bush cried at almost every speech when it concerned any Veteran. This guy stumbles over his words and makes it obvious he’d rather be anywhere but there.


261 posted on 06/06/2009 7:18:09 AM PDT by Bush Revolution (We are so screwed...)
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To: NautiNurse

He’s bored. Wants to get on to Paris and continue his vacation.


262 posted on 06/06/2009 7:18:26 AM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: jennyjenny

Of course! ;-)


263 posted on 06/06/2009 7:18:27 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Right_in_Virginia
SPIEGEL: At first Mr. Obama claimed that one of his family members was involved in the liberation Auschwitz. How did this misunderstanding come about?

Payne: He couldn’t have gotten it from me since we had never talked about this particular episode in the war. My sister and her husband were both great storytellers and sometimes made up the details to go along with it. They told him about my deployment with the 89th Infantry Division and apparently they mixed up a few details. Of course it came out immediately that he was wrong since there are enough people in America who know that Auschwitz is in the East and that the camp was liberated by the Red Army.

SPIEGEL: Afterwards, Obama called you. What did he want to know?

Payne: He wanted to know where this camp was that I had helped liberate. I told him that it was Ohrdruf and that it was a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. I described a little bit of what I had seen.

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-great-uncle-speaks

264 posted on 06/06/2009 7:18:44 AM PDT by McGruff (Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency - Obama)
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To: maggief
One of these two should be on reality TV "what not to wear"..
Can we guess which one?

sw

265 posted on 06/06/2009 7:19:41 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife ) (No more Czars!)
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Obama spent his early years in Indonesia and then a sheltered life in Hawaii. He went to Occidental, Columbia Chicago, Harvard and then back to Chicago. Not exactly representatives of mainstream America.

He has no frame of reference of American History except from the left. The suburbs “bore” him. He knows nothing about the men and women who are the heart and soul of this country.

Has he ever been to St John's Church? Monticello? Mount Vernon? Montpelier? Has he ever walked the grounds of Cold Harbor? He knows (and cares) nothing about our Founding Fathers and the blood that was shed in the name of Freedom.

His speech sucked.

266 posted on 06/06/2009 7:20:29 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Bush Revolution

I AM IN SHOCK OF WHAT I JUST SAW.

But then, none of Obozo’s generation gets this. They do not know history.Thanks to the left and the bastardization of our education system.


267 posted on 06/06/2009 7:20:30 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: SE Mom

Maybe I missed something but all 0bama talked about was some truly brave souls - separate individuals - who had to face gunfire and death. He completely ignored the motivation for the entire campaign that made the war worth the sacrifice.

Did zer0 refer at *all* to the larger reason we fought that war and risked and lost so many lives in the first place - the defense of Democracy?


268 posted on 06/06/2009 7:20:37 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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To: Right_in_Virginia

Ohhhh, flyover. Was Air Force One included for a campain photo op?


269 posted on 06/06/2009 7:20:48 AM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: spectre

I’ll give Gordon Brown points. He watched the missing man formation. Obama was glad handing.


270 posted on 06/06/2009 7:20:52 AM PDT by Sparko
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

He began with the usual campaign speech. Thanking this that and the other dignitary honoring him with their presence.


271 posted on 06/06/2009 7:21:28 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: All
Ooooo, the planes did a couple neat maneuvers. Terrific!

Leni

272 posted on 06/06/2009 7:21:43 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Don't Blame Me..............I Voted for the American.)
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To: McGruff

“My sister and her husband were both great storytellers and sometimes made up the details to go along with it.”

Well, now we know where The O gets his habit of telling tall tales, truth be d#$ned.


273 posted on 06/06/2009 7:21:53 AM PDT by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: ladyvet

Just a bunch of white guys at D day...nothing to see here...move along.


274 posted on 06/06/2009 7:22:09 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: paulycy
Did zer0 refer at *all* to the larger reason we fought that war and risked and lost so many lives in the first place - the defense of Democracy?

Nope. Not once.

275 posted on 06/06/2009 7:22:22 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: romanesq

And apologies to Queen Elizabeth. The only head of state who actually served in uniform in the second world war.

For shame.


276 posted on 06/06/2009 7:22:24 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: cycle of discernment; All
EVERYONE here needs to go to your link!

OMG!!!!GREAT POST!

sw

277 posted on 06/06/2009 7:22:42 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife ) (No more Czars!)
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To: MinuteGal

Excellent missing man formation. Well done.


278 posted on 06/06/2009 7:23:09 AM PDT by afnamvet (I see stupid people.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I’m of his generation and many of us get it. We are just regular folks, not in the spotlight.


279 posted on 06/06/2009 7:23:12 AM PDT by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: exit82

Wonderful story. God bless him.


280 posted on 06/06/2009 7:23:32 AM PDT by LucyJo ("...guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism...". George Washington)
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