There was a moment I found both touching, yet unsettling in Friday’s debate. John McCain, when attacked on the war in Iraq mentioned he was wearing a bracelet for Cpl Matthew Stanley, who lost his life in Iraq. Not to be outdone, Obama reversed to school yard antics and displayed his own soldier’s bracelet for Sergeant Ryan David Jopek.
Now, there are reports (I’d say “breaking news”, but we all know what a joke that would be), hidden deeply and not discussed by our “media”, that this was not a decision supported by Jopek’s family. The mother had emailed Barack Obama to not publicly discuss her son, as the father would later discuss in a radio interview.
“Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son's name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.”
That interviewed where these statements of Mr. Jopek were heard in APRIL, .. I’m sorry.. so the debate took place in September.. maybe Mr. Obama hasn’t had time to get to his email.
One of Obama’s aides was on FOX news (the only media outlet readily reporting this story), this morning saying that FOXnews didn’t have their facts straight “as always” and should read the AP report. Here’s how that turned out;
“This afternoon the Associated Press was at last able to contact Tracy Jopek, mother of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek, the KIA soldier on the bracelet that Barack Obama is using on the campaign trail. Ryan's Mother is confirming that she gave the bracelet to Mr. Obama, but is also confirming that she asked him to stop using her son's name on the campaign.”
Maybe the AP reports are the ones that need to be “fact checked.”
“But, we have another little mystery with these AP reports. The original headline for this report was "Soldier's mother 'ecstatic' about Obama's bracelet," released at about 7PM the evening of the 28th. But a few hours later, the AP changed it to "Soldier's mom defends Obama's mention of bracelet."
Apparently, Jopek's mother did NOT say she was "ecstatic" about Obama continuing to use her son's name on the campaign trail even after she told him to stop. The AP had to change its headline to reflect the truth.
The fact remains, the woman has repeated that she asked Obama not to mention her son on the campaign trail and this AP report confirms that. Will Obama stop using her son, now that we are sure she said she wanted him to stop?”
Now, there are reports (I’d say “breaking news”, but we all know what a joke that would be), hidden deeply and not discussed by our “media”, that this was not a decision supported by Jopek’s family. The mother had emailed Barack Obama to not publicly discuss her son, as the father would later discuss in a radio interview.
“Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son's name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.”
That interviewed where these statements of Mr. Jopek were heard in APRIL, .. I’m sorry.. so the debate took place in September.. maybe Mr. Obama hasn’t had time to get to his email.
One of Obama’s aides was on FOX news (the only media outlet readily reporting this story), this morning saying that FOXnews didn’t have their facts straight “as always” and should read the AP report. Here’s how that turned out;
“This afternoon the Associated Press was at last able to contact Tracy Jopek, mother of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek, the KIA soldier on the bracelet that Barack Obama is using on the campaign trail. Ryan's Mother is confirming that she gave the bracelet to Mr. Obama, but is also confirming that she asked him to stop using her son's name on the campaign.”
Maybe the AP reports are the ones that need to be “fact checked.”
“But, we have another little mystery with these AP reports. The original headline for this report was "Soldier's mother 'ecstatic' about Obama's bracelet," released at about 7PM the evening of the 28th. But a few hours later, the AP changed it to "Soldier's mom defends Obama's mention of bracelet."
Apparently, Jopek's mother did NOT say she was "ecstatic" about Obama continuing to use her son's name on the campaign trail even after she told him to stop. The AP had to change its headline to reflect the truth.
The fact remains, the woman has repeated that she asked Obama not to mention her son on the campaign trail and this AP report confirms that. Will Obama stop using her son, now that we are sure she said she wanted him to stop?”
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2 comments:
this is definately a man with no integrity whatsoever.
Real classy fellow, that Mr. Obama!
Only cares about looking good for the cameras. I've read this story about the Jopek family on several blogs, as well as other websites, so I feel that it's legit.
As far as the Fanny and Freddy stuff goes, I find it apalling that Obama, Reid, and Clinton aren't all called before Congress and put under oath to testify about the hundreds of thousands they received from Freddy and Fanny. It doesn't look good that a candidate for POTUS is on of the top money-getters in this situation.
anyhoo, I'll get off my soapbox now.
Excellent posts here! Love your blog.
I'm friends with Carrie, by the way.
Nice to meet you!
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