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Cha

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6. BFD.. it worked out even Better for the Marine, imv..

Reply to Cane4Dems (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2013, 06:45 PM

May 2013

I'd rather have a handshake and talk to the CIC than the usual salute. So there, fooking fox screws their viewers.

huffpost headline.. "Obama Forgets To Salute Marine, Awkwardly Makes It Up To Him"

I see nothing "awkward" there.. just the usual grace. Course, many of the comments under the article are the usual brainwashed shit.

thanks Cane

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Breaking News for FOX- new scandal [View all] Cane4Dems May 2013 OP

A few seconds Life Long Dem May 2013 #1

This is bigger than "umbrella gate"! :sarcasm: rdharma May 2013 #2

10,000,000 x WATERGATE!!! adieu May 2013 #10

Everyone knows THIS is the proper way to salute when exiting Marine One arcane1 May 2013 #3

Oh, yeah - that's priceless. He's the reason they try to make the slightest thing stick with Obama. pacalo May 2013 #9

Is he even supposed to salute them? LeftInTX May 2013 #4

Yeah. Reagan was a Hollywood soldier who spent the entire war in studios and on Aristus May 2013 #24

Obama did it on purpose Politicalboi May 2013 #5

I think you might have a point... Grassy Knoll May 2013 #11

Brilliant, really Little_Wing May 2013 #17

BFD.. it worked out even Better for the Marine, imv.. Cha May 2013 #6

Bush was awkward, Obama is cool. Frustratedlady May 2013 #7

Yeah, fox is hurting.. so sad.. but huffpost wrote that Cha May 2013 #22

Yeah, that look on the Marine's face really says "snubbed and awkward" to me. arcane1 May 2013 #13

That's exactly what I'm thinking, arcane. :) Cha May 2013 #21

I'd say so, very memorable for him davidpdx May 2013 #25

Whoever wrote the headline for HuffPost must have a stick up their ass. LiberalFighter May 2013 #16

Ya think. Cha May 2013 #20

In Syria, people are eating each other to impress their sponsors on Youtube/video sites agentS May 2013 #8

a superior is not actually required to return a salute. maybe in ceremonies it is required pasto76 May 2013 #12

Scoop: Marine fails to salute C&C,...President gets in his face for it... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #14

At Huff Po he "awkwardly" made up for his error in protocol WTF??? ashling May 2013 #15

thanks for pointing me to your OP on this and for doing it! Cha May 2013 #23

George W Bush LITERALLY kills 4,000+ US military members with his nonsense: GOPers cheer alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #18

Salute-gate BlueStreak May 2013 #19

Lindsey Graham is gonna want answers KinMd May 2013 #26

Who's going to go to jail over this? baldguy May 2013 #27