Kevin noted yesterday that despite the objections of the fallen soldier’s family, Barack Obama continues to wear the bracelet with the soldier’s name on it and using it as a political tool.
What I find just as horrible as Barack Obama using a fallen soldier’s life for political purposes against the family’s wishes was his apparent lack of caring enough about the soldier that he couldn’t even remember his name during the debate, and had to look at it, in order to read the name:
From Charles Hurt via the New York Post:
The results are in, and Barack Obama clearly lost the Dueling Bracelets segment of Friday night’s debate at Ole Miss.
It began when John McCain mentioned a bracelet he wears on the campaign trail that was worn by a soldier killed in Iraq.
As he often does while campaigning, McCain told how the soldier’s mother gave it to him as a reminder to make sure her son’s death “was not in vain.”
Obama wasn’t about to get left out of the patriotic symbolism.
“I’ve got a bracelet, too,” he said.
Then things seemed to go bad.
“From Sergeant . . .” he paused awkwardly as he fumbled through the layers of his suit jacket and shirt, looking for the bracelet with the soldier’s name.
“From the mother of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek,” Obama finally said.
The Obama spin is that he was merely attemping to show the bracelet, but few are buying that one:
“McCain knew the name on his bracelet. Obama had to read the name on his,” fumed Bob Arnold from Fayetteville, Ga.
“I don’t think that this guy’s life is exactly burned into the memory of Obama,” Lyle Shive said. “Sincerity is not Obama’s strong suit.”
Char DeWalt, a wife and mother of naval aviators, said the moment was telling.
“Obama is an elitist who only wears the bracelet in a feeble attempt to make points,” she said. “Nice try, but it didn’t work.”
“Never Forget” is something said a lot. Whether it’s about the Holocaust, 9/11, or fallen soldiers, it is something most of us take seriously. Unfortunately, Barack Obama doesn’t.
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