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Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin. Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a...

**UPDATE** Jopek Mother Confirms She Asked Obama NOT To Use Bracelet in Campaign This afternoon the Associated Press was at last able to contact Tracy Jopek, mother of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek, the KIA soldier on the bracelet that Barack Obama is using on the campaign trail. Ryan's Mother is confirming that she gave the bracelet to Mr. Obama, but is also confirming that she asked him to stop using her son's name on the campaign. After Tracy Jopek gave Sen. Barack Obama a bracelet in honor of her son who was killed in Iraq, she asked Obama not to...

Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin. Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a...

Despite reports to the contrary, Tracy Jopek , mother of the late Sgt. Ryan David Jopek, very much approves of Senator Barack Obama's mention of her son during Friday's debate. She acknowledges e-mailing the campaign in February asking that Obama not mention her son in speeches or debates. But she says Obama's mention on Friday was appropriate because he was responding after Senator John McCain said a soldier's mother gave him a bracelet. Jopek says Obama's comment rightfully suggested there's more than one viewpoint on the war.

MILWAUKEE -- The mother of a Wisconsin soldier who died in Iraq says she was "ecstatic" during Friday's debate when Sen. Barack Obama mentioned the bracelet she gave him in honor of her son....

Obama needs to apologize for this right now. He ineptly tried to use the memory of a fallen soldier to score points against McCain at Friday's debate, but it turns out the mother of Sgt. Ryan David Jopek had already asked him to stop doing that. Brian Jopek: Because of some of the negative feedback she's gotten on the Internet, you know Internet blogs, you know people accusing her of... or accusing Obama of trying to get votes doing it... and that sort of thing. Radio Host Moberg: Yeah Jopek: She has turned down any subsequent interviews with the media...

Family Asked Obama TAKE OFF THE BRACELET !!! Remember the debate Friday night, when Senator Obama said, "I have a bracelet too" Good Old WHAT'S HIS NAME? He had the name of an American Hero Sergeant Ryan David Jopek . Well Sgt Jopek's mother asked the Senator to STOP WEARING THE BRACELET because she didn't want it to become a campaign Issue. Obama ignored her request. It seems that he REALLY DOESN'T GIVE A RATS ARSE ABOUT MRS JOPEK OR HER SON "WHAT'S HIS NAME" and of course no mention of this in the media. If the reverse was true,...

Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin. Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a...

Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet... Where is Media? By Warner Todd Huston (Bio | Archive) September 28, 2008 - 03:53 ET Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David...

We all saw Barack Obama stumbling to remember the name of the fallen soldier on the bracelet he wore during the first Presidential debate. It seems there may actually be a reason that Obama forgot the name. The family of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek has repeatedly asked Obama to stop wearing the bracelet because he is using it for political purposes. Crafting the death of their son into a campaign slogan. "I have a bracelet too." Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet... Where is Media? Jopek began by saying that his ex-wife was taken aback, even upset,...

Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin. Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a...

My son is shipping off to Marine bootcamp in a few weeks. He visited his myspace page last night and one of his many friends in the military told him that they checked their sources and indicated that the name that Barry said was on his bracelet was not active duty military. Some even indicated that he was an older gentleman. Apparently these guys are livid at what Barry did. Is anyone able to verify if this is just a rumor or if Barry may have simply made up this name?

His Name Is Ryan David Jopek The phoniness was hard to disguise as Barack Obama attempted to invoke the “me too” tactic in last night’s debate. After McCain talked about the bracelet given to him by the mother of a slain soldier, Obama mentioned that he had one, too. Unfortunately, he couldn’t recall the name of the solder, Ryan David Jopek, and to had to read the name off the bracelet. How could this be possible? Obama was given the bracelet by Sgt. Jopek’s mother in February of this year. So, for the last seven months that he has allegedly...

In recent memory, every presidential debate eventually distills down into a few catchphrases. Al Gore became known for his sighs and love of lockboxes. John Kerry actually served in Vietnam. Dan Quayle was no Jack Kennedy. Barack Obama has a bracelet, too. That inartful comeback will likely filter out through the political ether in the days ahead. What might not filter through our partisan press is that shortly after pointing out that, like John McCain, Obama sports a bracelet given to him by a military family, the Democratic candidate had to stop and look at it to find out the...

Two strikes, Obama has 1 left before he is out. What a gaffe. If you can't remember the dead soldiers name just don't wear the bracelet, pandering politician. Where is your lapel pin now. Story about Kissinger denials will have legs for at least a day. Still a few in the drive-by media that will ask Obama and Kissinger about the real story regarding preconditions. Keep the CHANGE.