“Those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf”

We all know what Obama said yesterday about gay marriage and there's been lots of reaction to it but what is likely to be ignored widely, certainly by Obama's psychophantic friends in the media, is something else he said:

Mr. Obama’s statement today is a marvel:

“I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I talked to friends and family and neighbors, when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together; when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that ‘don't ask, don't tell’ is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.”

The president, when he says, “at a certain point I’ve just concluded,” appears to refer to the point where Joe Biden smoked him out, unintentionally no doubt (as are most of Biden’s actions). And it is important “for me personally” to speak, the president says; this isn’t politics, you see, but some kind of testimony, a baring of the soul. 

But Mr. Obama actually did bare his soul unintentionally today (perhaps the Biden disease is catching) with his astonishing characterization of American fighting men and women, whom he referred to as “those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf.” Really?

Most Americans thought they were fighting for the country, not on Barack Obama’s behalf.  Slip of the tongue, to be sure, but can one think of another president who’d have made it?  They are fighting under his command, under his orders, to be sure, but this particular locution is offensive and solipsistic.

It is indeed.  But you're likely not to hear much about it on your local news stations or your national news shows.

Doesn't fit the meme.

Comments

[Locutisprime]

What an arrogant POS

[GodsvthePeasnts]

Of course they are fighting for him, just like the 'civilian corps', remember them? Seems to consist of the DOJ and the new Black Panthers. Yes, it may be a slip of the tongue, but certainly a look inside the soul of the most arrogant, self absorbed man to ever be POTUS.(Yes, including Billy Bob Clinton.)