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]Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't
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By Mike Bates (Bio | Archive)
November 6, 2009 - 01:18 ET
The Washington Post this afternoon reported "President Obama delivers remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference." The transcript begins:
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
[*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing just an extraordinary conference.
I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow (ph) was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It's good to see you.
Ah, the dangers of giving shout outs without a teleprompter. Crow is not a Medal of Honor recipient. As noted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society:
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Crow's name is not included on the Society's Medal of Honor recipient list. He was, however, awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in August.
Obama, often described as "cerebral" by the mainstream media, should know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow. Don't expect his blunder to receive wide coverage. It's not something he can blame George Bush for.
I will gladly post these kinds of articles until people admit "the one" is not the great speaker that many believe he is.... And you guys posted up every time Bush said nuke-you-ler or tried to open a locked door. Get over it. I am not saying we need to impeach Obama. Just pointing out that O is not perfect.
I will gladly post these kinds of articles until people admit "the one" is not the great speaker that many believe he is.... And you guys posted up every time Bush said nuke-you-ler or tried to open a locked door. Get over it. I am not saying we need to impeach Obama. Just pointing out that O is not perfect.
No one is perfect.
I heard he gave the shout outs just before talking about the shootings that happened in TX.
Could be loose talk but if its true, that's pretty messed up and much worse then his slip up.
Although, if you took your 350Z into a Nissan dealer and had the master tech tell you that your GTR is nice looking. I think you'd think twice about the shop lol.
Small mix up for a lot of people but for other people it's not something to just brush off.
Hopeychange has been to 57 states. How many has Bush claimed to have been to? All you a-holes need to STFU about Hopey. He's been to your state and some you've never even heard of
Obama gives shout out...
