Barack's father was in WWII? Is this doctored? I googled and did not find much.

Snopes confirms that he said it, but gives him a pass anyway. Go figure...

I guess the teleprompter was broken that day....

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I loved this clip. It is clearly taken out of context, and all anyone has to do is the least bit of research to find out the President meant what he said.

For those of you that are somewhat fact adverse: The President was raised by his Grandparents. His Grandfather, on his Mothers side, was the Father figure in his life. I have known of enough broken homes to know that this is not an unusual circumstance.

The Presidents' Grandfather did serve in WW 2.

What right-wingers seem to be trying to do is run from the shameful treatment Vets received under the Bush rule, and I really can't blame them for this. Vets returning from WW 2 did receive excellent treatment, and Vets returning from the wars now were not.

The President recently, to use the term Republicans love to use, 'rammed down our throats' a bill to provide more funding for the care of our Vets despite the Republicans doing everything they could to stop it.

I think what really has right-wingers torn up is that the President kept his promise to do this.

I figured there was a reasonable explanation.

It is a mystery to me that the majority of vets currently seem to vote R considering the shameful treatment given them by the current brand of R's in congress and formerly in the white house.

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That's because most vets did their duty NOT for what they could get from the country, but what they could GIVE to the country.

Of course. Nothing wrong with that. ...still though it would be nice if our political leaders would take as good care of them as themselves, medically at least.

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with that, I agree, especially for something that occured during a war.

A pass? What was Snopes supposed to say? That it was a horrible lie for Obama to use the word "father" to refer to the man who raised him?

Is this the best you guys can find? I still like Obama, so I probably don't take note of his transgressions as much as I should, but I've got to think you anti-Obama guys can find something better than this.

BTW, do any of you disagree with Obama's message in the clip quoted by Snopes? He seems to be making sense there, doesn't he?

Methinks the OP is probably busy doing more research, but is grateful for the clarification of the subject and responses to his inquiry . . .

Most of the military folks I know really well served in Veit-Nam. Some of them were drafted and some of them joined and one of them even rose to be on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

ALL of them, when they first went in, cited the care and bennies the military offered. They knew that if something terrible took place they would be cared for and would not be a burden to their loved ones. This meant a great deal to them and many took risks that most people would call bravery because they knew their loved ones would be cared for if they died.

My personal opinion is that if I expect someone to walk barefoot through Hell for me then I should do what I can to care for them if they are injured during the walk. If my taxes have to go up to pay for this then so be it. I can still take care of myself in a one on one fight (at least I like to think so), but I don't think, at my age, I am up to repelling any armed invasion force.

Ross Perot used to say that he was no hero. Sure he built a big company, made a lot of people rich, etc., but he had to quit the Navy to do so. The guys who stayed in were the real hero's, and our country should never turn their backs on them.

Absolutely spot on, perfect, and correct. This is a concept that is both foreign and unimaginable to people who have never served. They can’t compute those values and will never be able to do so.

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Obama signs legislation to increase benefits

2008 Campaign: Obama Criticizes McCain Over Proposed GI Bill

John McCain -- like George Bush -- opposed it, even though John McCain didn’t come back to vote, " Obama explained, "I don’t understand why he would side with George Bush in opposing a bipartisan bill that does so much to make college affordable for veterans. George Bush and John McCain may think that the bill is too generous, but I could not disagree more."


I guess there are no absolutes.

So you think only the military has a sense of duty to their country? Funny, most of the thinking I see like that comes from places like Nazi Germany. Got news for ya Billy boy, lots of people love their country and none of it is "foreign and unimaginable" to them. You drip militarist elitism.

Thank you very much! You reek of vainglorious pusillanimity.