Oh man... On Jun 24, 11:45 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> Obama flubs > on Medal of Honor > Recipient<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/obama-flubs-on-medal-of...> > *Scotty Starnes > <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| June 24, > 2011 at 9:28 AM | Tags: > Afghanistan <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=afghanistan>, Jared > Monti <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=jared-monti>, Medal of > Honor<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=medal-of-honor>, > President Obama <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=president-obama> | > Categories: Political Issues > <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?cat=35145>| URL:http://wp.me/pvnFC-5wa > > <http://scottystarnes.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/e24f0eff5b32464fb38a...> > > Idiot-in-Chief > > The so-called great orator flubs again while going off teleprompter. > > From the > DC<http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/23/obama-flubs-on-medal-of-honor-recip...> > : > > President Obama got his Medal of Honor recipients mixed up today, > accidentally referring to a posthumous recipient as alive. > > Speaking in upstate New York to troops at Fort Drum Thursday, the president > was > remembering<http://blogs.cbn.com/WhiteHouseWrap/archive/2011/06/23/commander-in-c...>the > times he spent with the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division. > > “Throughout my service, first as a senator and then as a presidential > candidate and then as a president, I’ve always run into you guys,” Obama > said. “And for some reason it’s always in some rough spots.” > > “First time I saw the 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern > Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones > there. I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of > yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal > of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously.” > > *Jared Monti was killed in Afghanistan on June 21, 2006. He was awarded the > Medal of Honor posthumously, September 17, 2009*. > > Imagine the outrage the liberal media would have shown had this been someone > like Sarah Palin making such a huge gaffe. > > When contacted about the gaffe by CBN reporter Dana Ritter, White House > Press Secretary Jay Carney said, “At Fort Drum, the President misspoke when > discussing the first Medal of Honor he presented posthumously to Jared > Monti, who was a member of the 10th Mountain Division. The President paid > tribute to Monti in his remarks to troops in Afghanistan in March 2010. Last > year, the President presented the Medal of Honor to Salvatore Giunta, who > was the first living recipient of the Medal who served in Afghanistan.” > > Continue > reading>>><http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/23/obama-flubs-on-medal-of-honor-recip...> > > Add a comment to this > post<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/obama-flubs-on-medal-of...> > > [image: WordPress] > > WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! > Manage > Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&;...>| > Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&;...>| > Reach > out to your own subscribers with > WordPress.com.<http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> > > *Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your > browser:*http://subscribe.wordpress.com
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