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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:10 PM Jan 2012

If we had rescued two US hostages during a Bush SOTU...

...well, the mind boggles. I'm thinking a balloon drop during the speech at minimum.

There are some things I really like about Obama and his relative discomfort with crass self-aggrandizement is one of them.

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If we had rescued two US hostages during a Bush SOTU... (Original Post) cthulu2016 Jan 2012 OP
He doesn't have to tell us how cool he is. annabanana Jan 2012 #1
The bad guys should worry anytime Raven Jan 2012 #2
K'd & R'd DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 #3
agreed.... blm Jan 2012 #4
The "liberally-biased media" would be breaking in with a pic-in-pic like the white Bronco chase zbdent Jan 2012 #5

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
5. The "liberally-biased media" would be breaking in with a pic-in-pic like the white Bronco chase
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:24 PM
Jan 2012

with all kinds of mentions of how the soldiers were working under Bush's direct orders (and praising Bush for not mentioning it during the speech - he wouldn't have had any idea what was going on).

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