President Obama Apologizes to Family of Fallen Soldier


President Obama today apologized to the family of a Medal of Honor recipient whom he erroneously said was still alive.

On Thursday at Fort Drum, the president told troops from the 10th Mountain Division that he previously "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.”

Wrong. Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti was actually killed in Afghanistan on June 21, 2006. In September 2009, President Obama awarded him the Medal of Honor posthumously.

On his Facebook page this evening, Monti's father, Paul, posted: "FYI- President Barack Obama telephoned me personally this afternoon to apologize for his error in his speech to the 10th mountain division re: Jared's medal ceremony. Apology accepted."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/...ldier.html

Shrub...and now... Weed. He is fitting in nicely.

Slow propaganda day?

(06-25-2011 06:36 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Slow propaganda day?

No, it just shows how incoompentent this dimwit of a President we have.

(06-25-2011 07:27 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  

(06-25-2011 06:36 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Slow propaganda day?

No, it just shows how incoompentent this dimwit of a President we have.

I concur

Sorta makes Palin's gaffes small potatoes, no?

I still think his worst gaffe was during that Fort Hood shooting. They go live. He gives a shout out to Sherrif Joe Apache or something. I still hold out hope that he didn't know the cameras were on. That was the worst moment in his presidency imo.

(06-25-2011 08:26 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I still think his worst gaffe was during that Fort Hood shooting. They go live. He gives a shout out to Sherrif Joe Apache or something. I still hold out hope that he didn't know the cameras were on. That was the worst moment in his presidency imo.

To me the worst moment of his presidency has been the whole thing. Or everything except the raid to get bin Laden. I'd have included the rescue of the merchant captain from the pirates, but I understand the administration didn't really approve and some retaliatory actions were taken.

Great guy, the only two things that have gone right for him are the acts of Navy SEALS, and his henchmen have trashed them.

By the way, Mach, I'm still waiting for your response to my comments regarding Obamacare.

Gaffe a day presidency.

shovel ready jobs weren't as shovel ready as we thought.
I created 2.1 million private sector jobs. (laughter)
If you like your health care you can keep it.
Watch it on CSpan.
You taxes won't go up one dime.
Gitmo closed in 1 year.
Laser focus on jobs.
Summer of recovery.

and on and on, one soundbite to the next.

Big Three Networks Ignore Obama's Medal of Honor Screw-Up

By: Geoffrey Dickens Friday, June 24, 2011 3:27 PM EDT

Barack Obama's confusing one living American war hero with a fallen one he honored in 2009, has been completely ignored by the Big Three network newscasts, including the same NBC Nightly News that threw a fit over Sarah Palin's recent recounting of an event over 200 years ago, Paul Revere's ride.

On Thursday, at Fort Drum, New York, as reported by the Military Times, Obama told the 10th Mountain Division he had the privilege of meeting "a comrade of yours, Jared Monti" adding it 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." Turns out Monti did receive it posthumously, as Obama presented the award to his parents at a White House ceremony in 2009. After CBN inquired about the gaffe, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney clarified that the President had confused Monti with "Salvatore Giunta, who was the first living recipient of the Medal who served in Afghanistan."

This insensitive blunder by the President was not covered the Big Three Network evening news shows on Wednesday and received zero stories on Thursday's morning shows.

NBC Nightly News, which spent three straight nights mocking Palin on her Revere account, as reported by the MRC's Rich Noyes, ignored Obama's mistake, even as Jim Miklaszewski played clips from the very Fort Drum speech in which Obama made his screw-up. While CBS Evening News also covered Obama's event with the troops they too failed to report Obama's error.

On ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer there wasn't even a story on Obama at Fort Drum, but they did air bits of a David Muir interview with First Lady Michelle Obama which Sawyer teased this way: "And still ahead, right here on World News, the First Lady talks to David Muir, what she wants for her daughters when they fall in love."

The following are the relevant excerpts from the June 23 editions of the CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and ABC World News:

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

BRIAN WILLIAMS: Last night President Obama spelled out his plan for withdrawing 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan, bringing them home by next summer. Today the President wasted on time. He hit the road to sell this plan, while back in Washington some of America's military brass weighed in on what they think of it. More tonight from our Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski.

BARACK OBAMA ENTERING ROOM: At ease everybody.

JIM MIKLASZEWSKI: President Obama took his new strategy today to the Army's 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York.

OBAMA: Thank you everybody.

MIKLASZEWSKI: The division which led the surge of 33,000 additional forces into Afghanistan. The President tried to assure these soldiers that his plan to now begin withdrawing U.S. troops would not put them or the gains they fought for, at additional risk.

OBAMA: To all of you who are potentially gonna be redeployed, just know that your commander-in-chief has your back.

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley

SCOTT PELLEY: President Obama said today the withdrawal from Afghanistan will not mean giving up the gains that America has fought for. He was speaking to some of the men and women who have fought the most at Fort Drum. Combat brigades from the 10th Mountain Division had deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan 16 times in the 10 years. At this historic turning point in the war we asked Mandy Clark what the troops in Afghanistan are saying and she found them at the hospital at the Bagram Airbase - the first stop for wounded warriors on a long trip home.

ABC World News With Diane Sawyer

DIANE SAWYER: And still ahead, right here on World News, the First Lady talks to David Muir, what she wants for her daughters when they fall in love.

...

DAVID MUIR: All of the children here, when you walk into a room their faces light up and back home we see the same thing, all of your work with children. And I'm curious, politics aside, if I could ask you personally if you would like another four years to continue your work as First Lady?

-- Geoffrey Dickens is the Deputy Research Director at the Media Research Center.

(06-27-2011 11:56 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Big Three Networks Ignore Obama's Medal of Honor Screw-Up

Because it is not a story.

(06-27-2011 12:07 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Because it is not a story.

But everything Palin is.

(06-27-2011 12:07 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  

(06-27-2011 11:56 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Big Three Networks Ignore Obama's Medal of Honor Screw-Up

Because it is not a story.

Thanks for pointing out how hypocritical you libs are.

(06-24-2011 11:02 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  On his Facebook page this evening, Monti's father, Paul, posted: "FYI- President Barack Obama telephoned me personally this afternoon to apologize for his error in his speech to the 10th mountain division re: Jared's medal ceremony. Apology accepted."

Sounds like what any red-blooded American would do. Accept apology and move on with life.

Take in contrast the two lesbians here in the Cities who had a rather unfortunate run in with a security guard at Target Field, who objected to them sharing a kiss on the concourse; these two "aggrieved and offended" have milked their 15 min of fame for every-last-dollar-and-publicity.

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/...mpione.php

President makes terrible mistake about son, calls to apologize, life moves on....

Rent a cop tells two lesbians to not play grad-ass at the stadium, make sure every media outlet knows about, lead Gay Pride Parade, demands Twins tickets....

Two America's indeed. Two Americas.

Probably because the later deals with the death of an American Hero. Hardly something to revel in by the MSM. You cons on the other hand...

(06-27-2011 12:07 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  

(06-27-2011 11:56 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Big Three Networks Ignore Obama's Medal of Honor Screw-Up

Because it is not a story.

Oddly, I find myself agreeing with Peanuts. In other news, water is still wet. Expecting that the same media which has carried the water for him to publicize it and point out his mistakes, adding to the growing list of gaffes by this clumsy administration is not really rational.

But SOAF does have a point. This isn't really a story or if it is, a small one that was dealt with and the family has moved on. However, a polarizing woman politician who has not announced that she is running for Prez is most certainly a story. We must know every detail of her life and especially we must know of a number of details that aren't even true. Truth has no place if it doesn't fit their media narrative template.

Cue Huskiefan84 in 3, 2 , 1 ....... wanting to know about "what narrative?" I'll give you an advance clue - it is a general statement, gleaned from years of observation. Just like the lamestream media is trying their damndest to get Republicans and Independents to love Jon Huntsman. Few conservatives are buying it - George Will said that every election, a candidate comes along that is great for "people that don't like Republicans" in general. IOW, he's at best a RINO, at worst, a conservative democrat registered as a Republican.

The media wants to choose the candidate that the big O will face. What a shock. Almost as much as the President has made another gaffe.

(06-27-2011 12:37 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Probably because the later deals with the death of an American Hero. Hardly something to revel in by the MSM. You cons on the other hand...

That wasn't a gaffe. It was an outright lie and he should have at least gotten his facts right on that one.

For Obama to be so GDamn uber-intelligent as you libs like to portray, he sure makes a lot of f'n gaffes. He's got Palin beat by a mile.

It is just no wonder everyone is laughing at Obabba. When he joked the stimulus was a failure because shovel ready didn't really mean shovel ready, and when he said he created 2.1 million private sector jobs. Now the comrade of the lefters is talking about dead soldiers as if they were alive.

I mean this Obabba guy is hilarious, much more funny than Bush this early on.

(06-27-2011 12:50 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  I mean this Obabba guy is hilarious, much more funny than Bush this early on.

Well, even Jay Leno, not a fan of the right, had the sense to see that Obama's release of oil from the reserve was done not for the reasons stated. Leno noted that in the past, this was done only during an emergency. He then said that the emergency was Obama's poll numbers and it drew a huge laugh from the audience.

(06-27-2011 01:03 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  

(06-27-2011 12:50 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  I mean this Obabba guy is hilarious, much more funny than Bush this early on.

Well, even Jay Leno, not a fan of the right, had the sense to see that Obama's release of oil from the reserve was done not for the reasons stated. Leno noted that in the past, this was done only during an emergency. He then said that the emergency was Obama's poll numbers and it drew a huge laugh from the audience.

Yes, it is undeniable his poll numbers will continue to slide downward as his stupid policies have only a negative effect and the idiotic people he surrounds himself with continue to be the laughing stock of the world.