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Obama belittles Gettysburg Address.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:44 PM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Quote: Obama falls flat in marking Gettysburg Address anniversary Obama chose to address business leaders, although he did send a handwritten tribute to the event to mark the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. ‘It didn’t work schedule wise,’ says a top aide. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-misses-gettysburg-tribute-ceo-meeting-article-1.1523672#ixzz2lEhzyJiS
Quote: President Obama’s recitation of the Gettysburg Address for a Ken Burns documentary about the famous speech sparked a round of backlash after a local news radio host first noticed and reported a curious omission: He left out the phrase “under God.” Chris Plante of “The Chris Plante Show” reported the discrepancy this week, and it wasn’t long after that the story caught on media fire. His WMAL report, posted on Breitbart, stated: “Curiously enough, in his version of the speech, President Barack Obama’s delivery contained an omission — in a line that every other celebrity delivered as ‘that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom,’ the President left out the words, ‘under God.’” Following, CNN reported that Mr. Obama — who claims a longtime affinity for President Abraham Lincoln, who delivered the brief remarks on Nov. 19, 1863 — was the only person of several who taped a version of the speech to post to Mr. Burns’ documentary site that didn’t include mention of “under God.” Other media outlets subsequently clarified that Mr. Obama was reading a version of the speech that doesn’t actually include the words “under God.” And liberal and mainstream sites rushed to slam those who found the omission in any way strange. Raw Story, for example, slammed the conservative outcry with the headline “Conservatives flip out after Obama reads original Gettysburg Address without ‘under God.’” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/20/obama-under-god-omission-gettysburg-address-sparks/#ixzz2lEhYpSoY
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:18 PM
JONGSSTRAW
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:40 PM
M52NICKERSON
DALEK!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:43 PM
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:46 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor:If W had done something similar, the Left would feign outrage and crucify him.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:50 PM
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:53 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Oh yeah, like reading to kids in class, or for not stopping Katrina from slamming into New Orleans...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:12 PM
Thursday, November 21, 2013 5:32 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:24 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: And you're being dishonest when you try to dismiss Obama belittling the Gettysburg 150th Anniversary. He was 'busy' ?, My muscular buttocks. The guy is an arrogant little narcissist.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:11 AM
Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:19 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Barry has time to jet out to Vegas when our ambassador is missing, or call a gay basketball player , who'll likely never see the league again anyways, or hang out w/ Hollywood elites, play 150 rounds of golf, but no time for this ?
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:26 AM
Quote:Originally posted by M52NICKERSON: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Barry has time to jet out to Vegas when our ambassador is missing, or call a gay basketball player , who'll likely never see the league again anyways, or hang out w/ Hollywood elites, play 150 rounds of golf, but no time for this ? At the time he was addressing CEO's. You know the guys who lead large corporations that help move the economy. I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:35 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: The Left likes to claim the capitalists of bribing the politicians, but in reality, it's a shake down by big govt. It's not bribing politicians, it's extortion , BY politicians. Pay us protection $, and we'll let you keep some of your earnings. Maybe. So, yeah. Obama was shaking down big business. Been doing that since day 1 he was in office. And how's that helped the economy ?
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:45 AM
Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:10 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Ryan isn't the President.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 12:39 PM
ELVISCHRIST
Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:04 PM
STORYMARK
Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:07 PM
Quote:Originally posted by ElvisChrist: Bush never attended any. Including this one.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:09 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: And you're being dishonest when you try to dismiss Obama belittling the Gettysburg 150th Anniversary. He was 'busy' ?, My muscular buttocks. The guy is an arrogant little narcissist. Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen Resident USA Freedom Fundie " AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:18 PM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:Obama's decision not to attend the Gettysburg commemoration ceremony is typical for a sitting president. President Reagan did not attend the 125th commemoration of the Gettysburg Address - in fact, Reagan never visited Gettysburg during his tenure in office. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton also never visited the battlefield as president, and President George W. Bush toured the site in 2008, but did not speak or attend a commemoration ceremony. In fact, according to Hanover, Pennsylvania's local paper, The Evening Sun, William Howard Taft was the only sitting president to ever visit the site on the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/19/foxs-obama-derangement-syndrome-gettysburg-edit/196967]
Quote:Attacking Obama for this type of perceived snub is nothing new. In June 2010, Fox host Gretchen Carlson hyped Obama's supposed "perception problem" because he "did not acknowledge the D-Day anniversary as it passed this year," while ignoring the fact that Obama's D-Day commemorations mirror the Bush administration's; both commemorated D-Day on significant anniversaries but not annually. In fact, Fox has routinely set up a double standard for Obama, attacking his actions even when they mirror those of previous Republican presidents. Fox News has criticized President Obama for shaking hands with Hugo Chavez, but ignored President Bush's handshake with Uzbekistani President Islam Karimov; scrutinized Obama's church attendance -- while ignoring Bush's infrequent church attendance; and asked whether Obama was "disrespecting the Oval Office," because of a picture showing him with his feet up on the office's desk, though a nearly identical photo shows Bush doing the same thing.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:27 PM
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Thursday, November 21, 2013 2:05 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Yeah Mark; after reading that I went back up the thread...I see Rap disappeared ever since it was pointed out that only one other President HAS attended the event. So I guess this is a dead thread, like so many others...
Thursday, November 21, 2013 2:46 PM
BIGDAMNNOBODY
Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:03 PM
Quote:Originally posted by BIGDAMNNOBODY: Why don't the four of you get a room? I like how each of you need to make the same point. What you all fail to realize is this is the way of things. If you do not like or agree with the current President, you must find every single fault with them. Where were all of you during the last administration to "decry" the daily threads about Bush and his grammar? Or Bush dressing in the local fashions? Or Bush holding hands with the Saudi King? Or Bush inappropriatly touching Merkle? Or...
Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:06 PM
Quote:Originally posted by ElvisChrist: What's different about the 150th anniversary as opposed to the 149th, or 125th, or 140th, or any other year? Is it more of a snub now because it's yet another year further in your nation's past?
Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:49 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: Quote:Originally posted by ElvisChrist: What's different about the 150th anniversary as opposed to the 149th, or 125th, or 140th, or any other year? Is it more of a snub now because it's yet another year further in your nation's past? 150 yrs. is very special landmark in history. 149 yrs. isn't. If you don't know that, you're just a huge fucking idiot.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 5:08 PM
Quote:Originally posted by M52NICKERSON: Yes because....well...you know it's divisiable by 50. ....oh and 25.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:03 PM
Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:18 PM
Quote:Originally posted by M52NICKERSON: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Ryan isn't the President. Nor is he a Democrate, or blindly hated by you.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:23 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote:Originally posted by M52NICKERSON: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Ryan isn't the President. Nor is he a Democrate, or blindly hated by you. Nor is Ryan the President. Or black. Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen Resident USA Freedom Fundie " AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:37 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote:Originally posted by M52NICKERSON: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Ryan isn't the President. Nor is he a Democrate, or blindly hated by you. Nor is Ryan the President. Or black. Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen Resident USA Freedom Fundie " AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall Wow, repeat what you've already said, miss the point, and still ignore that no other presidents went... Hilarious. Note that the single person to keep bringing up race, yet again, is the guy who continually claims to not be about race (despite mentioning it at every opportunity). Sad, sad little man.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:45 PM
Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:50 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: Quote:Originally posted by M52NICKERSON: Yes because....well...you know it's divisiable by 50. ....oh and 25. The word is divisible, not divisiable. And I'll repeat that if you can't understand the historical significance difference between 150 years and 149 years, then you're a fucking idiot just like the Elvis sockpuppet.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by m52nickerson: There have been a fuck ton of significance anniversary's
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:05 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Holy shit! THAT is your response??? Who denied he was black, you fucking idiot?? And why is the 150th anniversary so much more important than all the others? Oh, right, because you can't bitch about Obama. You're fucking pathetic.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:08 PM
Quote:Originally posted by m52nickerson: Guess what? There have been a fuck ton of significance anniversary's that Presidents did not attend. You trying to even make this an issue shows that you truly are a petty moron. I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.
Quote:Originally posted by JONGSSTRAW: All your posts show your shocking lack of education. I guess the reason that you're not embarrassed is because ignorant idiots like you never are.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:11 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: it's also amusing to see those with little to no knowledge of US history get all bent out of shape and start insulting others for no apparent reason. What SHOULD have been an actual AMERICAN gesture by this President instead gets tossed aside, as he was " too busy ". I expect he'll show more interest in his 150th round of golf as President than that other 150th anniversary.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:14 PM
Quote:Originally posted by m52nickerson: It is funny to see you talk about having no knowledge. While trying to argue that what Obama did is somehow bad while giving Bush and Ryan and any other GOP member a pass. I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Bush isn't black, nor is Ryan, who also isn't President. Obama, 1st black President this nation has had, SHOULD be aware of the special historical significance of this anniversary. But I guess such things are completely lost on him. And you.
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:30 PM
Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by m52nickerson: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Bush isn't black, nor is Ryan, who also isn't President. Obama, 1st black President this nation has had, SHOULD be aware of the special historical significance of this anniversary. But I guess such things are completely lost on him. And you. For the first Black President wouldn't the 150 anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation be the important one, as opposed to a speech which does not mention slaver? For you most likely not since you can't fake outrage over that... http://newsone.com/2118464/obama-150-emancipation-proclamation/ I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:41 PM
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Friday, November 22, 2013 10:26 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: Story Yeah, OK. I have to say, you are entertaining.
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