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| 'It made him look like a butler': Retired general blasts President Obama for ordering U.S. Marine to break military rules by holding an umbrella | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 24 2016, 03:50 PM (1,192 Views) | |
| Tsalagi | Apr 25 2016, 07:30 AM Post #21 |
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Of course it is OP, just something else they can get twisted over...the fact is, those Marines are friggin honored just to be on the Presidential detail at the White House. Mostly they open doors..speedy I guess doesn't think anything bad or humiliating about a warrior who just stands there all day opening doors, but hold an umbrella and whoa, all bets are off? |
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| ringotuna | Apr 25 2016, 07:34 AM Post #22 |
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The president is the Commander in Chief. They signed up to serve, whether holding an umbrella or going into combat. It's their job. |
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| 70-101 | Apr 25 2016, 08:18 AM Post #23 |
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Air-Force and Navy can use umbrellas, Army & Marines can't, it's been like that for a long time. |
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| Right-Wing | Apr 25 2016, 09:09 PM Post #24 |
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I think it's beneath our service men and women to hold an umbrella for the POTUS or any other official. Surely one of the many people in the Presidential entourage can hold an umbrella for the President. |
| Donald Trump is Barack Obama's President! | |
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| Mr. Tik | Apr 25 2016, 09:47 PM Post #25 |
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As opposed to sending them on a WMD bug hunt in Iraq? |
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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up | |
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| Right-Wing | Apr 25 2016, 09:55 PM Post #26 |
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| Donald Trump is Barack Obama's President! | |
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| Opinionated | Apr 25 2016, 10:09 PM Post #27 |
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Oh for the love of freaking pete, when I was in the service I cleaned more than a couple of toilets and mopped and waxed more than a couple of floors, yet holding an umbrella is "beneath" today's service members? Cut me a freaking break. That's a load of steaming bovine excrement. There are service members right now, today, this very minute doing things far worse than holding a freaking umbrella and that's just part of the job. |
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| Mr. Tik | Apr 25 2016, 10:15 PM Post #28 |
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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up | |
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| Right-Wing | Apr 25 2016, 10:37 PM Post #29 |
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All true...but I still think someone (non-military) from the Presidential entourage should hold the umbrellas... |
| Donald Trump is Barack Obama's President! | |
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| Deleted User | Apr 26 2016, 07:01 AM Post #30 |
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RW would you like for me to fix your youtube so it'll show? |
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| Opinionated | Apr 26 2016, 08:25 AM Post #31 |
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You're entitled to that opinion. But Obama isn't the first President to have a service member hold an umbrella for him, nor is he likely to be the last. And I have to be honest with you, that Marine held that umbrella like a boss. None of his staff would have looked half as good and would have probably fidgeted and been unable to hold still for more than a few seconds at a time, completely distracting from the President. |
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