Obama speech to soldiers met with silence

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

President Barack Obama was greeted with fleeting applause and extended periods of silence as he offered profuse praise to soldiers and their families during an Aug. 31 speech in Fort Bliss, Texas.

His praise for the soldiers — and for his own national-security policies — won cheers from only a small proportion of the soldiers and families in the cavernous aircraft-hanger.

The audience remains quiet even when the commander-in-chief thanked the soldiers’ families, and cited the 198 deaths of their comrades in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The audience’s reaction was so flat that the president tried twice to elicit a reaction from the crowd.

“Hey, I hear you,” he said amid silence.

The selected soldiers who were arrayed behind the president sat quietly throughout the speech.

CNN and MSNBC ended their coverage of the speech before it was half-over.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/31/obama-speech-to-soldiers-met-with-silence/#ixzz25ETeSgm1

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I wouldn't expect anything else. All the dude does is talk BS!

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Military does not like him much. (Most)

I saw him getting on Marine one yesterday. The Marine snapped to attention and saluted and Barry did not even acknowledge hm. Walking bag of human waste that he is .

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Military does not like him much. (Most)

I saw him getting on Marine one yesterday. The Marine snapped to attention and saluted and Barry did not even acknowledge hm. Walking bag of human waste that he is .

[slim 1,530]

He really should lead our troops from the front.

[TiklingGuy 211]

To bad it didn't say anything about crickets chirping in the background.

[natty bumppo 297]

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He really should lead our troops from the front.

A candidate for fragging if there ever was one

Edited September 1, 2012 by natty bumppo

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

He really should lead our troops from the front.

Only if he takes Congress with him.

[slim 1,530]

A candidate for fragging if there ever was one

The Manchurian Candidate, that is.

Only if he takes Congress with him.

That'd be quite a unit right there. Certainly they'd defeat the mujahideen in just a few short hours.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

There does not appear to be a credible source for this story. Wonder why?

[Pooky 3,825]

There does not appear to be a credible source for this story. Wonder why?

Because a sympathetic press would consider it embarrassing to the incumbent and not report on it, thereby skewing the available sources for the story.

[Xanax 349]

There does not appear to be a credible source for this story. Wonder why?

[Póg mo 1,749]

Military does not like him much. (Most)

I saw him getting on Marine one yesterday. The Marine snapped to attention and saluted and Barry did not even acknowledge hm. Walking bag of human waste that he is .

I wonder if they would still cheer for Bush II? How about presidential candidate etcha sketch? The man couldn't even bring himself to mention the war, while accepting his parties nomination!

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I wonder if they would still cheer for Bush II? How about presidential candidate etcha sketch? The man couldn't even bring himself to mention the war, while accepting his parties nomination!

It's Bush's fault .... Will it never end. You know it's bad when the only defense you can offer of the Clown in Chief is, "they might not have cheered for someone else".

[Pooky 3,825]

I wonder if they would still cheer for Bush II?

Apparently, yes. Most American service personnel still have the opinion that BushBaby respects the military, as he has proven in his charitable activities since leaving office. He's still widely respected.

How about presidential candidate etcha sketch? The man couldn't even bring himself to mention the war, while accepting his parties nomination!

This election is predominately about the economy. The left already believes him to be eager to enter into an armed conflict with Iran. Why give them any kind of satisfaction?