Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't Photo of Mike Bates. By Mike Bates (Bio | Archive) November 6, 2009 - 01:18 ET
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The Washington Post this afternoon reported "President Obama delivers remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference." The transcript begins:
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
[*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing just an extraordinary conference.
I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow (ph) was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It's good to see you.
Ah, the dangers of giving shout outs without a teleprompter. Crow is not a Medal of Honor recipient. As noted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society:
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Crow's name is not included on the Society's Medal of Honor recipient list. He was, however, awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in August.
Obama, often described as "cerebral" by the mainstream media, should know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow. Don't expect his blunder to receive wide coverage. It's not something he can blame George Bush for.
D. Stussy wrote: > "The Wiz" <anywh...@nowhere.net> wrote in message > news:pu7Jm.2703$W77.2392@newsfe11.iad... >> Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't >> ...
> Oh, and he's not entitled to a mistake (or many)? America made one; that's > how we got him.
> Well, Democrats, there' your mistake for you!
It is he biggest mistake America ever made. It will take generations to straighten out the mess that the Kenyan village idiot has caused us.
> "The Wiz" <anywh...@nowhere.net> wrote in message >> Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't >> ...
> Oh, and he's not entitled to a mistake (or many)? America made one; > that's > how we got him.
It's actually a bit of a relief. Because of our experiences with the Republicans, I kept expecting Obama's first public mistake to be something outrageous. It was foolish for him to take a militant at his word of honor - but in the end, it's harmless.
The GOOD NEWS is that the president didn't let that derail him. Whenever Bush gaffed, he'd go hide out for a few days or weeks while others took control.
Sanders Kaufman wrote: > "D. Stussy" <spam+newsgro...@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in message > news:hd33rj$cls$1@snarked.org... >> "The Wiz" <anywh...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>>> Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't >>> ...
>> Oh, and he's not entitled to a mistake (or many)? America made one; >> that's >> how we got him.
> It's actually a bit of a relief. > Because of our experiences with the Republicans, I kept expecting > Obama's first public mistake to be something outrageous. > It was foolish for him to take a militant at his word of honor - but in > the end, it's harmless.
> The GOOD NEWS is that the president didn't let that derail him. > Whenever Bush gaffed, he'd go hide out for a few days or weeks while > others took control.
Larry in AZ wrote: > Waiving the right to remain silent, The Wiz <anywh...@nowhere.net> said:
>> Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't
> I'm no Obama fan, but give him a break. He probably meant to say "Medal of > Freedom" but "Medal of Honor" slipped out because it's a much more common > reference.
Maybe we can gibe hims a "break" for the health care travesty he just foisted through the House...
Larry in AZ wrote: > Waiving the right to remain silent, The Wiz <anywh...@nowhere.net> said:
>> Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't
> I'm no Obama fan, but give him a break. He probably meant to say "Medal of > Freedom" but "Medal of Honor" slipped out because it's a much more common > reference.
Maybe he didn't have it on his teleprompter. He's a malingering asshole. Oops, I meant to say incompetent, but "asshole" just slipped out.
On Nov 8, 3:49 pm, The Wiz <anywh...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> Larry in AZ wrote: > > Waiving the right to remain silent, The Wiz <anywh...@nowhere.net> said:
> >> Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't
> > I'm no Obama fan, but give him a break. He probably meant to say "Medal of > > Freedom" but "Medal of Honor" slipped out because it's a much more common > > reference.
> Maybe he didn't have it on his teleprompter. He's a malingering asshole. > Oops, I meant to say incompetent, but "asshole" just slipped out.
The Wiz wrote: > Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't > Photo of Mike Bates. > By Mike Bates (Bio | Archive) > November 6, 2009 - 01:18 ET
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> The Washington Post this afternoon reported "President Obama delivers > remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference." The > transcript begins:
> SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
> [*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just > thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing > just an extraordinary conference.
> I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration > officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow (ph) > was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional > Medal of Honor winner. It's good to see you.
> Ah, the dangers of giving shout outs without a teleprompter. Crow is > not a Medal of Honor recipient. As noted by the Congressional Medal of > Honor Society:
> The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against > an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the > Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its > recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name > of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor.
> Crow's name is not included on the Society's Medal of Honor recipient > list. He was, however, awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's > highest civilian honor, in August.
> Obama, often described as "cerebral" by the mainstream media, should > know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, > especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow. Don't expect > his blunder to receive wide coverage. It's not something he can blame > George Bush for.
Think maybe he had something bigger on his mind? Fucking dork fucking piece of shit
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