Obama refused to be photographed with F-22
posted at 2:55 pm on December 3, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
How petty can the White House get in setting up Barack Obama’s photo ops? According to Foreign Policy, petty enough to refuse to be photographed with America’s most advanced fighter. The Obama administration successfully killed further production of the F-22, and when visiting Elmendorf AFB in Alaska — where F-22s are the pride of the base — the White House insisted that the Air Force move an F-22 out of the hangar in which Obama gave a speech:
When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska’s Elmendorf Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane in the hanger[sic]. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter because they didn’t want Obama speaking in front of the F-22, a controversial program he fought hard to end.
“White House aides actually made them remove the F-22-said they would not allow POTUS to be pictured with the F-22 in any way, shape, or form,” one source close to the unit relayed.
Stephen Lee, a public affairs officer at Elmendorf, confirmed to The Cable that the F-22 was parked in the hanger[sic] and then was replaced by an F-15 at the White House’s behest.
The airmen there took offense to the Obama aides’ demand, sources told The Cable, seeing it as a slight to the folks who are operating the F-22 proudly every day. They also expressed bewilderment that the White House staff would even care so much as to make an issue out of the fact that the F-22 was placed in the hanger [sic] with the president.
This is unbelievably petty and unnecessarily political. After all, one can agree or disagree on the strategic decision to stop building more F-22s without turning the system into some sort of bête noir. The US has 187 F-22s defending the nation, and thousands of men and women flying and maintaining them. The crews that operate the F-22 take justifiable pride in their performance, and it would make sense for them to display their latest and best fighter platform as representative of their efforts.
Instead of acknowledging Elmendorf’s pride, the White House instead turned it into a political football. Will Obama now only be pictured next to military equipment of which he personally approves? No one would have assumed that before this incident because the choice of equipment for such appearances would have seemed too inconsequential for anyone to notice.
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Once again a slap in the face of our military men and women. What a dirtbag.
milwife88 on December 3, 2009 at 3:36 PM
We may wind up watching the christening of the U.S.S Sarah L. H. Palin one day.
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Once again, the so-called Commander-In-Chief blatantly demonstrates how much he really abhors the military while paying them the same kind of lip service that fellow Chicago Democrat Political Machine politico Richard Daley has been paying to the police and fire personnel in the city for years. Both these guys have the gifted ability of speaking BS out of both sides of their mouths at the same time.
pilamaye on December 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM
LibTired on December 3, 2009 at 3:16 PM
You are on a roll today. Well done.
NebCon on December 3, 2009 at 3:38 PM
The White House staff switches planes behind Obama in a photo-op, and THAT is the proof you needed to declare Obama is evil?
Yeah, ok buddy. Maybe its time to take a break from politics for awhile.
e-pirate on December 3, 2009 at 3:38 PM
PERHAPS JAY JAY THE JET PLANE.
http://pbskids.org/jayjay/
Somebody get on that – wish i could do photoshop stuff.
poppieseeds on December 3, 2009 at 3:38 PM
btw…Are we sure it wasn’t the F-22 that didn’t want it’s picture taken with Obama? Just sayin’…
JetBoy on December 3, 2009 at 3:38 PM
does he actually approve of any of our military equipment?
total insult and absolutely shameful…
cmsinaz on December 3, 2009 at 3:39 PM
The most advanced fighting machine in the world and the finest example of American leadership in aerodynamics, electronics, warfare and technology in general and light years ahead of any other country…..and this dips…t refuses to be photographed with it. He is NOT one of us folks. Not by a long shot. He is not from around here…and I don’t give a crap where he was born. He just aint from around here. Gather strength for the next three years. Come on Sarah, tee it up and let’s roll!!!!!
highninside on December 3, 2009 at 3:39 PM
The only thing dear leader should be photographed in front of is a white flag of surrender. It is the only flag the coward embraces.
djtnt on December 3, 2009 at 3:40 PM
I feel ya.
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 3:41 PM
I looked up traitor in the dictionary but didn’t see anything there about “swapping out air force planes.” Maybe its because Obama already got to Webster’s!!
e-pirate on December 3, 2009 at 3:41 PM
they had better not even considered naming any of our fighting ships/planes after this dirtbag….
he is not worthy of such distinction…
cmsinaz on December 3, 2009 at 3:43 PM
I can think of a couple others……..
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 3:43 PM
That’s what I keep telling my brother, but he’s convinced there’s some kind of plan. I, jokingly, blame Beck.
Esthier on December 3, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Maybe you should look up “fundamentally transforming the United States”, “The Constitution is a document of negative rights”, “Americans think America is exceptional just as British think Britain is exceptional”, ect. ect.
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 3:46 PM
True. He’s done far worse as president, guys. Why aim so low?
Esthier on December 3, 2009 at 3:47 PM
a long long list of things for the next pres to “undo”
VTWaldrup on December 3, 2009 at 3:50 PM
I’m not a big fan of the FIFY-style parsing, but is this argument from silence (I think?) mixed with a good, hearty staw man presumption not an example of Hot Air Derangement continuing in full force?
BlueCollarAstronaut on December 3, 2009 at 3:52 PM
PETTY?
Isn’t that the norm of the current White House?
GarandFan on December 3, 2009 at 3:53 PM
F-22 has Israeli made parts. Some Apple Macintosh computers have Israeli made parts and muslim countries will not import them. Just sayin’.
noblejones on December 3, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Why ruin a perfectly good photo of the F-22 with a POS like Bowbama.
faol on December 3, 2009 at 3:54 PM
The pathetic stories surrounding this weasel president of ours just never end.
And every one involves a sissified political calculation.
fogw on December 3, 2009 at 3:56 PM
How much more evidence is necessary to convince some that this man, and the democrat party of which he is the titular head, hate the military?
SouthernGent on December 3, 2009 at 3:56 PM
F-22 has Israeli made parts. Some Apple Macintosh computers have Israeli made parts and muslim countries will not import them. Just sayin’.
noblejones on December 3, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Back in the early 80′s a company I worked for sold the Saudi’s Israeli manufactured pagers. They knew, but had us remove the labels before we shipped them. Guess they wanted something that actually worked.
faol on December 3, 2009 at 3:57 PM
SouthernGent on December 3, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Guess he was in the enemy camp again.
faol on December 3, 2009 at 3:57 PM
” Will Obama now only be pictured next to military equipment of which he personally approves?”
No. Only equipment from manufacturers who have donated to his campaign chest.
davod on December 3, 2009 at 3:58 PM
To make amends, the POtuS is going to authorize a flight of Raptors to
buzzmake a publicity flyover of the Statue of Liberty/NYC.red winger on December 3, 2009 at 3:59 PM
So I doubt he will be setting foot on the Bush or Reagon Aircraft Carriers anytime soon….
barnone on December 3, 2009 at 4:00 PM
I was just thinking…Bush & Reagan got carriers named after them, Carter got a sub…Obama should have a sunken ship named after him.
CP on December 3, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Mostly I’m surprised anyone in the Obama administration could actually distinguish between an F-15 and an F-22
DarkCurrent on December 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Hi, Rahm!
Del Dolemonte on December 3, 2009 at 4:04 PM
I hear he was surprised and somewhat disappointed to learn there were no MiGs of any kind on hand with which the F-22 could be readily replaced.
Blacklake on December 3, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Either way we’re right to be upset over the F-22 cancellation. It leaves us with a serious hole in our air dominance for the future. A hole the JSF wasn’t designed to fill.
liquidflorian on December 3, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Let me be clear on this: the community leader’s acts of stupidity are unprecedented in the annals of men who have attained the oval office
Goldy1 on December 3, 2009 at 4:08 PM
How about one of these? Lots of wind and supported by air.
Link
Aviator on December 3, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Isn’t “Obama” Kenyan for …
“Titanic” ???
Seems to fit.
HondaV65 on December 3, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Or a rubber ducky.
fogw on December 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Excellent point! Maybe they dressed up a staffer in uniform and sent him into the enemy audience to gather intelligence as to what it was. “Hi, fellow warrior! This sure would be fine weather to freedom-bomb some brown children, wouldn’t it? Hey, look there! Isn’t that one of them new-fangled F-14′s?”
Blacklake on December 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Bingo! Somebody gets it! Every Raptor thread someone says “the F-35 is cheaper, let’s just buy more of those and get more for our money”.
WRONG.
These two planes were designed to compliment each other, not compete for the same duties.
It’s referred to in aviation circles as the “High Low Mix”, as illustrated by the F-15 Eagle, and F-16 Falcon.
Two different planes that help each other protect our guys, and put a hurtin’ on the enemy, as a TEAM.
It has been budget politics that has twisted this into F-22 vs. F-35.
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 4:15 PM
I was at an air show last year where the F-22 Raptors were buzzing the crowds. The sound those suckers make penetrate a body down to the bone. I said to my son, that’s got to make the bad guys scatter when they hear that thing coming.
He said, “If they hear it, it’s too late to run.”
fogw on December 3, 2009 at 4:17 PM
OT: The Secret Service today debunked a favorite claim by our local bridge dwellers today.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/03/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5879268.shtml
Grammar typo thanks to the C-BS intern who “wrote” the story.
Del Dolemonte on December 3, 2009 at 4:18 PM
By the time the sound reaches you, if you are a target, you’re already dead.
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 4:18 PM
I was in the Army, and am not really that much into fighter jets…but I would luuuuv to have a pic myself taken in front of one of those things!
What the hell is wrong with this guy? :=(
Dr. ZhivBlago on December 3, 2009 at 4:20 PM
The silver lining in all this petty idiocy is that the obamacruds are spending less time plotting to destroy healthcare and industry. Putting energy into these activities shows how floundered this beached whale of a myth the narcissist Ollegal Olien truly is.
Western_Civ on December 3, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Busting the Federal budget for Nationalized Medicine to ensure a permanent dependent Democrat Majority is more important to this President than our pilot’s lives, or the troops on the ground they protect.
It is really that simple.
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 4:23 PM
He’d be in trouble with this site if he had taken a picture in front of the F22.
lexhamfox on December 3, 2009 at 4:24 PM
I have a few pictures of me in the cockpit of the US Army’s meanest bird, the AH-64 Apache helo.
Got up close at an Army exhibit in the local air show a few years ago. There was a flight demonstration, as well as another one for static display, and they let you sit in the seat and get your photo taken. Really cool!
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Yes he would, because he stupidly canceled the program.
If we were still employing Americans building this aircraft for our pilots to win in, there would be no problem at all with the photo. If that were the case, he would not have had to remove it from the hangar in the first place, would he?
Bad policy does not make for good image management.
Brian1972 on December 3, 2009 at 4:29 PM
So next time someone says “We give Israel all this aid,” no, it’s mutually beneficial arrangement: joint training and intelligence and stuff like this. (But Israel should diversify its alliances more anyway.)
Intel has a big presence in Israel. I dont know exactly what parts they make or design but it’s way more than just Macs.
Then there’s all the medical devices made or designed in Israel which I am sure the Arabs use and have to pretend they dont know where they comes from.
YehuditTX on December 3, 2009 at 4:31 PM
They should’ve rolled one of those new fangled Fiat-Chrysler shoe boxes in there behind him.
jimmy2shoes on December 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM
I’m going to be charitable and suggest that it was not Obama, himself, who ordered the switch, but one of the ground-pounding “advance team” who decided to do a little of the Boss’s thinking for him, without fully considering the consequences. Being even more charitable, I’ll suggest that Advance Guy thought to himself, “Uh, oh. The Boss fought to kill this plane. A picture of him with it could be used in Bad Ways. I can just see Cheney saying, ‘Obama killed the F-22 program, and he has the audacity to be photographed in front of it?’ Better get these guys in the baggy suits to swap it out. I’m so glad I caught that!”
skydaddy on December 3, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Wrong! Obama could have avoided the plane altogether, but he went out of his way to insult the troops.
fossten on December 3, 2009 at 5:17 PM
When they scheduled this stop, the media made it a “give Obama credit” moment. He’s “visiting” the troops. He’s going out of his way to honor their service.
Heck. Turns out it was all about him.
(as if I’m surprised)
jeanneb on December 3, 2009 at 5:21 PM
If he had, it wouldn’t have become a news item at all. Paranoia’s not a good look for anyone…Obama, advance staffers, you….
James on December 3, 2009 at 5:27 PM
And as you all are still talking about the photo ….
I just saw 4 F-22′s flying high over Anchorage in their normal routine. THANK YOU U.S. MILITARY, AIRFORCE AND ARMY! :)
upinak on December 3, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Brian,
Nate Hale (Spook86) at Formerspook has been writing on this topic for quite some time. I credit him for bringing my thinking around to supporting F-22.
Aside from the two points you made earlier (age of F-15′s and the complimentary nature of the F-35′s mission to that of the F-22), Spook86 makes another point.
Even though F-22 is now vastly superior to anything other countries operate, we run the risk of falling into the Luftwaffe’s trap: having so few “vastly superior” airframes vs overwhelming conventional numbers deployed by our enemies. For example, China may not have glamorous planes, nor do their pilots exhibit anything approaching exemplary skill (Indian pilots, by comparison, have become quite good in the past several years).
BUT.
China’s industrial complex has the capacity to crank out thousands of those crappy fighter planes. Also there are literally millions of young men who could be trained as aviation cannon fodder to fly them at a rudimentary skill level.
In its day, the ME-262 Schwalbe was superior to the P-51.
But there were thousands upon thousands of P-51′s, and a relative handful of ME-262′s.
The same can be said for several other German innovations during WWII, all the way up to the V-2.
In the end, wars in the air are won by numbers.
We are fools, IMHO, to ignore this. And Barry Sotero is perhaps the biggest fool of them all, because the man is nothing more than a political parasite.
BTW, if Dave Rywall wants Barry, he can have him. Meanwhile I’ll take some stupid uninformed idiot Canuck’s opinion of us seriously only when he becomes a US citizen and can vote in our elections.
(canopfor, however, makes me laugh and I enjoy his comments here; I agree with him quite a bit :) )
Wanderlust on December 3, 2009 at 5:38 PM
I agree, and I wonder if I didn’t communicate my point well. I was trying to point out to e-pirate that the tone and presumptions of his unsubstantiated claims of “Obama Derangement” in this topic actually seemed to indicate his own “deranged” motivation.
And as much as I agree with you, I think the larger issue here with the President, as others have pointed out, is his sheer pettiness on this issue. Setting aside the issue of whether or not it was correct to stop F-22 production, Obama — using his own words — “won” that fight, but he seems unwilling to move on.
It seems to me there were three approaches to solve this “dillema”
1) take the picture with the surroundings as-is: most people wouldn’t have given it a second thought; they wouldn’t have really noticed or cared that an obsolete remnant of a canceled project still exists in its natural environment.
2) stage the event elsewhere: Okay, allowing for a bit of neurotic politicizing, one wants to pick the perfect scene for an event. It seems a bit paranoid to be sure, but it’s something that wouldn’t have really caused a stir. It’s a low-impact adjustment to just pick a slightly different backdrop.
3) Actively relocate the offensive object and replace it with something more suitable to your agenda. Is he so insecure with himself or so inexplicably horrified by the mere presence of the F-22 that he can’t even be pictured with one in the background?
He chose option 3, and that, to me, seems very weird!
BlueCollarAstronaut on December 3, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I guess the jet didn’t make a ‘good’ photo op….he needed many planes, of different colors….
HornetSting on December 3, 2009 at 5:44 PM
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Shhhh you will give can a big head. But there are quite a few canadians I enjoy speaking with. Dave is just the washed out hasbeen that canada needs to recycle.
upinak on December 3, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Also unnescessary, because Obama supporters couldn’t tell the difference between an F-15 and an F-22.
Somewhat, but when it comes to aircraft, you can’t really compare the two eras.
WWII was up close air to air combat, primarily with mgs and later mgs/cannons. These days, the roles of fighters are vastly different. Even fighter-bombers are totally different.
I just think the difference between the F-22 and a crap Chinese fighter is far greater than the Me262 and allied fighters of the day. Vast numbers of P40s, Spitfires, etc… could overwhelm a smaller force of 109G4s, Focke-Wolfe 190, Me262, etc… but it would tkae even more J-10s* to overwhelm a smaller force of F-22s (and all the support that comes with them).
*Not really sure what the breakdown of Chinese fighters is, how many Jian-XX, Su-XXs they have, etc… I assume it’s more of the J series.
reaganaut on December 3, 2009 at 5:55 PM
and yet I was mocked to no end simply for asking to see this scumbags original birth certificate. I hope it is being clearer and clearer to you all that every f-cking thing this “man” does is unnatural an unamerican!!! Everything he does! EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!
Ghoul aid on December 3, 2009 at 6:06 PM
DarkCurrent on December 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM
That’s funny!! I am stationed at Langley-I am proud of that fact-get to to see them flying everyday. Awesome does not begin to describe this plane….
Static21 on December 3, 2009 at 6:07 PM
I think they should have replaced the aircraft with a giant dildo. He would feel comfortable with that.
LarryG on December 3, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Well it’s not like he is a Marxist or a traitor to the nation or anything.
Heck it almost sounds like he hates the country or something?
We all need to cut Judas some slack.
PappyD61 on December 3, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Many a veteran of the Israeli Air Force would surely find that an interesting statement.
Blacklake on December 3, 2009 at 6:14 PM
He would have been blasted if he did take the picture with the F-22 after cutting off funding.
This was a lose-lose situation for Obama, and he bet on nobody noticing.
uknowmorethanme on December 3, 2009 at 6:17 PM
He is a light weight, and probably doesn`t even know what an F-22 looks like. He is also the schmuck that voted against funding the Afgan war in May 2007. Excuse me, Bama said there is no war on terror, and the US has not declared war, but the socialists are looking to pass a “War Tax” for an undeclared war. Go figure
HAGGS99 on December 3, 2009 at 6:18 PM
That will mean he won’t be able to poise with any weapon. Maybe his rapier wit, but that’s about it.
Hucklebuck on December 3, 2009 at 6:24 PM
e-pirate is an ass-in-the-hat.
rlwo2008 on December 3, 2009 at 6:25 PM
My thought, exactly!
Mutnodjmet on December 3, 2009 at 6:35 PM
He doesn’t like the F-22, huh? How about this then? FUBO!
Mirimichi on December 3, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Obama would look mighty small next to that F-22
I am surprised he isn’t sending it to Afghanistan with the other expendables
Twerp-in-Chief
entagor on December 3, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Who does ObaMao think that he is kidding? He has no interest in spending money on state-of-the-art tools for our national defense. They take away from his social engineering plans and the spreading of Obama money, which he and his peeps think of as his private stash.
onlineanalyst on December 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Obama would have been more comfortable with a Sukhoi Su-35 or the Jian-10 behind him. What nonsense. How did we end up with this poseur to be President?
GW_SS-Delta on December 3, 2009 at 7:10 PM
So was the decision to cancel production after 187 purely to make Obama happy or was it based upon deep analysis of the national interest of the USA? Did it take into account that the F-35 was likely to be many years late and tens of millions over cost on a per plane basis? How do warfighters feel knowing that for the first time in nearly 80 years, the USA won’t have an operational front line fighter in production once the F-22 is done?
richardb on December 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM
That pretty much leaves uncooked pasta and pet rocks.
Wait, at least uncooked pasta has potential.
DrAllecon on December 3, 2009 at 7:18 PM
If the F-22 was in the photo, it would’ve crossed it’s talons for the photo since it was coerced into being in the photo.
Knowing this, the Obama Admin. seemingly made the first smart move of its presidency and put in the F-15… which also crossed its talons but it was edited out.
Now we have photoshopgate.
Get on it blogs!!!!
Yakko77 on December 3, 2009 at 7:23 PM
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The only caveat being, They won’t be allowed any ammo!!!
Like our poor Nat Guardsman on the Borders. It would be funnier if it weren’t true.
MBoogie on December 3, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Obama doesn’t deserve to have his photo taken with an F22. George W. would’ve brought his flight suit, came early, served them all dinner and shook all their hands.
Dork B. on December 3, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Why not just use Scare Force One for all of his photo ops…?
Seven Percent Solution on December 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Obama is a pathetic excuse for a Commander and Chief!
MCGIRV on December 3, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Air dominance battles don’t let you go back and rearm.
A single F-22 can only carry/deliver so much ordnance at one time. A small group of them can only carry/deliver so much. They planned the original number of F-22s to allow them to deliver enough ordnance to defeat the number of enemy aircraft they were expected to face.
Each airframe taken away from that original number means not only that there are less to defeat the enemy in detail, but also that more are likely to be lost in combat as they do get individually overwhelmed.
James on December 3, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Reason number 9,876,342 that Sarah Palin will make a better Commander-In-Chief than this idiot!
Sarah doesn’t use troops for photo ops.
Not only has she been photographed AND VIDEOED doing weapons training in Kuwait, she was all over the USS Stennis this summer before she went to visit her troops in Kosovo! (where she flew in Blackhawks)
Sarah was photographed in the conning tower going over flight control. She was photographed on the flight deck in full gear, helmet, goggles, overalls, the works.
Sarah has been photographed with troops all over and Navy in their dress uniform aboard ship.
My guess is her only gripe would have been if there was JUST ONE F-22 in the hangar!
Can it hurry up and be 2013 so we can see this magnificently awesome woman sworn in and this metrosexual moron we have now unemployed!
gary4205 on December 3, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Unfortunately, Rahm Emmanuel was busy deleting NASA climate data files and couldn’t attend.
Knott Buyinit on December 3, 2009 at 7:48 PM
I thought F22 fighter jets always accompany Air Force 1???
TN Mom on December 3, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Hopefully if Obama Force One ever is attacked by air and the crew gets out safely leaving the POTUS on-board, they’ll be able to scramble some less offensive aircraft like a P-47 or a P-51 so he isn’t offended.
Ego maniac the likes of a mad Roman emperor.
Hening on December 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Whoopee freakin’ doo!
fastestslug on December 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM
On a more honest and serious note someone please explain to me how a President Palin or Romney or Gingrich, etc would be able to restart the F-22 program after Congress has trimmed it from the budget?
You know separation of powers and all
SgtSVJones on December 3, 2009 at 7:59 PM
He is a sorry piece of S–t. After sending 30000 troops on a short misson that he insured will fail, he would rather, as stated, slap the military again in the face to insure that he still has the adoration of the left liberals who disaprove of any war. Likewise he would not want the muslims, especailly the radical ones, to think he approves of using the militaty that he commands against them. Standing in front of F-22 just is not the right image and photo op for him. He much prefers to screen out his supporters in the military and place them near him so that he can bask in their enthusiastic support and adoration. As well, he would not want to project military power at a time that he is activly engaged in guiding it to failure; as he so clearly pointed out in his reference to Vietnam, a triumph to him and his mentor, Frank Davis, where we lost to communist.
Franklyn on December 3, 2009 at 8:05 PM
The F-22 may have a replacement coming that has better characteristics for small wars with guerrilas. But the F-22 is the only Air Superiority Weapon that says Up Yours to the rest of the world’s airforces. Naturaly our Surrenderer-in-Chief hates it
jimw on December 3, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Calling this spineless conniver a dirtbag is an insult to good, honest soil everywhere. He’s a D-bag, all right, only the D stands for something else.
Lurking Vet on December 3, 2009 at 8:14 PM
And that, my friend, is an insult to honest feminine hygiene equipment everywhere! D-bags have a use; so far as I can tell, BHO has no use at all. :-D
Mary in LA on December 3, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Day by day a bit more imperial each and every day.
johnsteele on December 3, 2009 at 8:23 PM
DMFD……..
dmann on December 3, 2009 at 8:28 PM
F-22s won’t be marginalized by Obama. In the end, Obama will be in the gutter where he belongs.
BottomLine5 on December 3, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Remember when Carter killed the B-1?
Regan restarted it, WITH a hostile Congress.
So when Sarah becomes President, she can fix what Carter 2.0 screws up.
gary4205 on December 3, 2009 at 8:54 PM
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