Petty President Pantywaist demands F-22 removed during speech

[fossten]

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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.

But he didn't mind being photographed with Hugo Chavez.

 

[Joeys Lincoln]

How much oil do we import from Chavez's failing government? I don't think this is off topic because you saw the need to include it in the original post.

 

[Calabrio]

How much oil do we import from Chavez's failing government? I don't think this is off topic because you saw the need to include it in the original post.

It's completely off topic, but...

How much oil do we import from Venezuela?
They are the 4th larger supplier of oil to the U.S., behind Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia. And the amount of oil we have been importing from them has been falling in recent years. We might actually import more oil from Nigeria than Venezuela by now, but I'm not sure.

ON TOPIC, I think it was reasonable for the President's press office to have the F-22 taken out of the pictures. Noting his lack of support for the program, it would seem out of place and a bit hypocritical for him to pose before them. The F-15 is still a great aircraft.

 

[Joeychgo]

ON TOPIC, I think it was reasonable for the President's press office to have the F-22 taken out of the pictures. Noting his lack of support for the program, it would seem out of place and a bit hypocritical for him to pose before them. The F-15 is still a great aircraft.

And believe me... SOMEONE would have used the photo of him in front of the F-22 against him.

 

[fossten]

It's completely off topic, but...

How much oil do we import from Venezuela?
They are the 4th larger supplier of oil to the U.S., behind Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia. And the amount of oil we have been importing from them has been falling in recent years. We might actually import more oil from Nigeria than Venezuela by now, but I'm not sure.

ON TOPIC, I think it was reasonable for the President's press office to have the F-22 taken out of the pictures. Noting his lack of support for the program, it would seem out of place and a bit hypocritical for him to pose before them. The F-15 is still a great aircraft.

But he could have picked a different venue. He didn't have to insult the men and women of the military. He went out of his way to make a point.

 

[Calabrio]

But he could have picked a different venue. He didn't have to insult the men and women of the military. He went out of his way to make a point.

He'll be the first to tell you, President Obama thinks the military is a "great photo-op."

 

[fossten]

He'll be the first to tell you, President Obama thinks the military is a "great photo-op."

But not the parts of the military that he voted to defund.

 

[Calabrio]

But not the parts of the military that he voted to defund.

No not those parts.
Just the people in uniform.

And it gets even better:
The ones that like him can be given cameras.
The ones that don't are ordered to be polite.

 

[PetesSweets86]

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