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CU Guru [1598]
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Just found out from my mom the Marine who Obama forgot to
May 25, 2013, 10:17 PM
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salute Friday before boarding Marine 1 is my cousin. He's assigned to Marine 1 as a crew member.
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Re: Just found out from my mom the Marine who Obama forgot to
May 25, 2013, 10:28 PM
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Im no obammer lover but as the prez he doesnt have to salute anyone but out of respect you should.
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Thats right. The president has typically saluted for sake of
May 25, 2013, 10:39 PM
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tradition. While he is commander in chief he's not required to salute, though. The military must salute the president of course. In fact, Obama didn't even have to get back off the helicopter and speak to Kyle but he did. So that's cool.
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yes, Obama is apparently very Nixonian.***
May 26, 2013, 8:50 AM
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Hall of Famer [22392]
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but no #### W. Cheney***
May 26, 2013, 10:08 AM
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Cheney was the worst President. oh wait.
May 26, 2013, 3:10 PM
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if we judge by Vice Presidents, then Obama must be considered full ###### (aka Joking Joe Biden).
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Nixon had no decency***
May 26, 2013, 1:58 PM
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Re: Nixon had no decency***
May 26, 2013, 3:23 PM
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more than the current guy.
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Yes, it really makes you wonder what could be different
May 26, 2013, 12:12 PM
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about this president than all the others that causes southern "conservative" men in particular to just go ballistic when he does the same things that every other president has done. My theory is it's that southern "conservatives" just don't like tall men.
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Re: Yes, it really makes you wonder what could be different
May 26, 2013, 12:20 PM
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Ah yes the race card. Never leave home without it.
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right, this is totally the same as Reagan's head nod. the curtsy is a nice
May 26, 2013, 3:07 PM
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extra touch.
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Of course, when the President realized he forgot
May 26, 2013, 2:50 AM
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to salute the young man, he ran off the chopper, back down the ramp and shook the man's hand.
It would take a sick mind to make this controversial.. But such is the times we are in.
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Pubs live for moments like this, Cola. They live for them.
May 26, 2013, 10:19 AM
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And putting loud bumper stickers on their car.
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Orange Blooded [2663]
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1)Presidents are under no obligation to salute anyone; in
May 26, 2013, 6:49 AM
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fact, it was never done until Reagan started doing it, much to the horror of the military brass; 2)There are a host of situations where officers are not obligated to return salutes from enlisted men. So even if Obama was in the chain-of-command, which he is not, because he is a civilian, he would not have been obligated to return a salute there.
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he personally killed bin Laden, he don't have to salute nobody!***
May 26, 2013, 8:52 AM
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He =/= Obama, right?***
May 26, 2013, 1:45 PM
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So goes the diseducation of today's youth.***
May 27, 2013, 10:30 AM
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Orange Blooded [2772]
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Yep! "Commander in Chief"
May 26, 2013, 9:44 AM
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*Sigh*
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Yes, o.k., he IS in the chain of command, but you know
May 26, 2013, 12:16 PM
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what I meant. He isn't a line or staff officer, so there's no reason for him or any other president to return military salutes.
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Commander in Chief is still a civilian designation….
May 26, 2013, 1:36 PM
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You are obviously very ignorant of American History. The American Presidency is a civilian position, not a military position. That's what separates us from Military Dictatorships. The USA is a Representative Democracy not a Military controlled government. If you want live in a country controlled by the Military move to Burma.
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Re: Commander in Chief is still a civilian designation….
May 26, 2013, 1:42 PM
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The United States of America is a Republic.
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Representative Democracy.***
May 26, 2013, 1:59 PM
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Sorry for all the confusion over my use of the term "salute"
May 26, 2013, 12:37 PM
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As a veteran myself I should have said the president failed to acknowledge the Marine. That would have been more appropriate. But still, the president doesn't have to acknowledge the Marine, but he realized perhaps he should have and returned to speak to him. Regardless, the family is proud of him and his service.
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I have a friend who is in the Air Force Reserves…..
May 26, 2013, 1:40 PM
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and while he was on duty President Bush walked right by him and didn't salute him or talk to him, and he took no offense to this even though my friend is a Democrat. President's don't always stop and talk to every single Military member.
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CU Guru [1598]
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It's funny, if you've seen the news clip you can a Marine
May 26, 2013, 1:53 PM
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pilot who appears to remind Obama of what he did. That Marine has a serious set of 'nads if he indeed called out the president,
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All-TigerNet [14090]
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You're missing the point. All American President's don't...
May 26, 2013, 2:01 PM
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stop to talk to every Military member or even salute them. President's don't salute.
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Orange Blooded [2348]
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It's a long and sacred tradition that goes all the way back
May 26, 2013, 12:43 PM
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32 years. Oh the humanity!
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President's never salute
May 26, 2013, 1:30 PM
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Re: President's never salute
May 26, 2013, 3:22 PM
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false
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Reagan was the first I can remember to salute the troops.
May 26, 2013, 1:38 PM
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Half the country thought it was a disgrace for a non-military person to disrespect the troops with a salute.
Now the other half is complaining about failure to salute. This political chit is ridiculous.
Thank your cousin for his service. He's a leather neck I'm sure his feeling weren't hurt by a pantywaist liberal progressive ignoring him. 
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CU Guru [1598]
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You're right, i doubt he was offended. I think my family is
May 26, 2013, 1:55 PM
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more excited over this then he is.
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Oculus Spirit [93673]
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It's a honor thing.
May 26, 2013, 2:04 PM
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Evidently, the Marines thought he deserves the honor and so do I. He honors God, his parents, faimly and the rest of us by being selected from thousand to serve at that capacity.
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