Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't

Samurai Jack · 11-07-2009, 10:09 AM

Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't

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.

autosurgeon · 11-07-2009, 10:55 AM

Yes and he also persists in calling an army post a base.... too

He is just kinda dumb

tote'ngranny · 11-07-2009, 11:30 AM

Oh... he will cover his azzzz and make him one. And then GUESS WHAT ????
He will try to convince everyone that he has ESP powers and can see into the future... LOL

M&P .40 · 11-07-2009, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tote'ngranny

Oh... he will cover his azzzz and make him one. And then GUESS WHAT ????
He will try to convince everyone that he has ESP powers and can see into the future... LOL

Can't give a CMoH to a civilian. The MoF is the civilian version, and Obambi is the one that gave it to him about a month ago.

Short term memory loss??

I ask: "Smokin' a bit too much of da ganja wit Bowney Fwank der Mista Precedent may-yan?"

SR*77 · 11-08-2009, 11:33 AM

I am so sick of this arrogant "long legged mack daddy", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfZqMkdpYi0 . Yes good for you, you're the first black president. I'm not going to say that I never thought I'd live to see the day because that's selling an entire races potential short. I'll be shocked when we have the first Eskimo. But to carry himself the way he does, you can tell he believes his own hype

The military shooting should have taken priority over any agenda he's trying to push. How sad is it that ex pres. Bush beats B.O. to the scene. He should have been down there as soon as the post was secured and ready to be opened again. He could show up with his whole posse of paparazzi, maybe he could pose next to some more dead soldiers for the photo op to show he "cares".

*rant over*

11-07-2009, 10:09 AM	#1
Samurai Jack Bonafide Gun Guru Associate Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,059	Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't 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.

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11-07-2009, 10:55 AM	#2
autosurgeon Hard Core Activist Associate Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lawrence MI Posts: 804	Yes and he also persists in calling an army post a base.... too He is just kinda dumb

11-07-2009, 11:30 AM	#3
tote'ngranny Bonafide Gun Guru Contributing Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Monroe Posts: 1,377	Oh... he will cover his azzzz and make him one. And then GUESS WHAT ???? He will try to convince everyone that he has ESP powers and can see into the future... LOL

11-08-2009, 11:33 AM	#5
SR77 Junior Participant Associate Member* Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 66	I am so sick of this arrogant "long legged mack daddy", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfZqMkdpYi0 . Yes good for you, you're the first black president. I'm not going to say that I never thought I'd live to see the day because that's selling an entire races potential short. I'll be shocked when we have the first Eskimo. But to carry himself the way he does, you can tell he believes his own hype The military shooting should have taken priority over any agenda he's trying to push. How sad is it that ex pres. Bush beats B.O. to the scene. He should have been down there as soon as the post was secured and ready to be opened again. He could show up with his whole posse of paparazzi, maybe he could pose next to some more dead soldiers for the photo op to show he "cares". rant over