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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: rojawe on December 17, 2011, 08:44:42 AM
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Yes, he told us in advance what he planned to do.
Few were listening.
The following is a narrative taken from a 2008 Sunday morning televised "Meet The Press."
From Sunday's 07 Sept. 2008, 11:48:04 EST, Televised "Meet the Press" the then Senator Obama was asked about his stance on the American Flag.
General Bill Ginn, USAF (ret.), asked Obama to explain WHY he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.
The General stated to Obama that according to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171...
During rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present (except those in uniform) are expected to stand at attention, facing the flag, with the right hand over the heart. Or, at the very least, "Stand and Face It".
NOW GET THIS !!
'Senator' Obama replied:
"As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides....." "There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression...." "The anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air, and all that sort of thing."
(ARE YOU READY FOR THIS???)
Obama continued:, "The National Anthem should be 'swapped' for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might salute it. In my opinion, we should consider reinventing our National Anthem as well as 'redesign' our Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love. It's my intention, if elected, to disarm America to the level of acceptance to our Middle East Brethren. If we, as a Nation of warring people, conduct ourselves like the nations of Islam, where peace prevails - - - perhaps a state or period of mutual accord could exist between our governments ......"
"When I become President, I will seek a pact of agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity, and a freedom from disquieting oppressive thoughts .We as a Nation, have placed upon the nations ofIslam, an unfair injustice, which is WHY my wife disrespects the Flag, and she and I have attended several flag burning ceremonies in the past."
"Of course now, I have found myself about to become the President of the United States and I have put my hatred aside. I will use my power to bring CHANGE to this Nation, and offer the people a new path. My wife and I look forward to becoming our Country's First black Family. Indeed, CHANGE is about to overwhelm the United States of America."
WHAAAAAAAT, is that???
Yes, you read it right.
I, for one, am speechless!!!
Dale Lindsborg, Washington Post
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Got a link for this? I made it a practice not to look at the bastard. I still don't, for that matter..
I've got a transcript here. O isn't in it. Biden is..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26590488/
I'd love to see the video of what you're talking about. (Well, kinda anyway...)
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Santahog try Rush Limbaugh's site, he has played the audio of this interview a couple of times. The last time was this summer if IIRC, check the stack of stuff or the archives.
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All those bombs busting in are were about us defending our country and not about any aggressive acts.
Of course we were defending from a belligerent Western evil empire and not our Peace Loving and Warm Middle East Brother and Sisters.
Maybe we should rewrite the Anthem to include Airplanes Crashing Into Buildings.
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I've rooted around and I can't verify it.It's not on Rushs site, that I can find. (Yes, I'm a member.)
The closest I can find is something called "Semi-News". There is a list of stories there. I tried to verify the one at the top too, but got about as close as the last one, (the Obama story). I can't find the video of Meet the Press interview. It shows Biden that day, and that other idiot... Thomas Friedman (Fried, man)
http://azconservative.org/Semmens118.htm
I don't know if it's real..
On the bright side, I just got a snooze on Saturday morning, courtesy of BO and Tim Russert..
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I don't know if you consider it a trustworthy source or not, but this is from Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/stance.asp (http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/stance.asp)
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No, Snopes is not trust worthy.
I believe there was a thread on this site that included a video clip of the above statement, but my Google foo is weak today and I can not find it.