If Chuck Todd wrote captions: 'Angry Veterans Shun Obama in Normandy'

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[bigtree]

1. kick

[stuartsdesk1]

6. The RIGHT WING Are Out of Their RIGHT MINDs

How can you explain the reaction of the right wing media to Bowe Bergdahl's release?

Are they truly patriotic? (No)

Are they being fair? (No)

Are they being consistent? (No)

Are they being logical? (No) Reasonable? (No) Practical? (No)

They are simply out of their RIGHT WING MINDS. (Yes, indeed)

Driven by hatred of this president.

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http://www.stuartsdesk.com

(Check out a few more cartoons on right wing craziness by clicking

on "Tea Party Tales" and "Oldies But Goodies" in upper left of home page)

[GReedDiamond]

50. I like your drawings!

I 'd like to be able to see them in more detail, or larger.

Your captions seem to fit the bill for the topics at hand.

[stuartsdesk1]

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[GReedDiamond]

65. Got it, thanks for the additional info...nt

[riqster]

2. I heard on NPR this morning that a soldier who parachuted onto the beach for D-Day

...did it again today. A 93-year-old veteran of the 101st Airborne.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. "101st Airborne."

AKA The Screaming Eagles.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/US_101st_Airborne_Division_patch.svg

[riqster]

5. Another outlet:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/world/europe/d-day-paratrooper-jumps-again/

Martin was part of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division that parachuted down over Utah Beach in their bid to retake France and, eventually, the rest of Europe from Nazi Germany. They actually touched down in enemy-controlled territory a night before what's referred to as D-Day.

His jump Thursday in the same area was different and -- despite his being 93 years old now -- a whole lot easier.

"It didn't (compare)," Martin said, "because there wasn't anybody shooting at me today."

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. That must have been something to be hanging target practice.

[blackspade]

13. Considering the type of chutes they were using...

Your exactly right.
One of the reasons for night drops.

[ewagner]

9. Wow...

93 years old and still did the jump...way to go "PeeWee".!!!

[SteveG]

19. best part

is that he did it by himself. It was also cool that they were able to jump from the same type of airplane that they did on D-Day.

[Beartracks]

51. It actually was a tandem jump. But still badass.

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[greiner3]

48. You can see the event dramatized in the movie 'The Longest Day'.

The 101st comes down into the middle of a German held town and were shot down before they could land.

This is the scene where Red Buttons gets hung up next to the church bells which are ringing calling the villagers because of the raid and also because of a fire that has started.

The bells rang for so long that Red is nearly deaf when he is cut down the next morning.

John Wayne comes along the next morning after his command takes the town and orders the still hanging dead parachutists are caught in various overhead obstacles.

[7962]

59. And it wasnt a tandem jump!! I saw a clip of him coming in. Amazing. nt

[blackspade]

12. My father's unit.

Only in Korea.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. My grandfather used to say that as a foot soldier he had to carry the Airborne's lunch....

I'm sure that was a comment on the weight of his field pack.

[blackspade]

23. I'm sure...

[greiner3]

49. Shows my age;

My grandfather was a gunner in WWI of those huge guns that stood 30 feet tall; he nearly went deaf because of that.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

54. Those things weren't exactly OSHA approved.

[DashOneBravo]

32. 187th

Blackspade,

The 101st was not in the Korean War. I think he was in the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team. It was an independent unit in the Korean War. It's a fine unit. One of the few who have been Glider, Airborne and Air Assault.

It's currently part of the 101st Airborne Div.

[blackspade]

60. You are correct, my mistake.

He was part of the 187th in Korea and then when it was integrated into the 101st afterwards at Ft Campbell. He considers himself a member of the 101st as he completed his service as part of this unit.

[Jackpine Radical]

26. AKA Puking Buzzards

[bigtree]

7. same with this 89 year old from across the pond

I especially like this pic: British Second World War veteran Frederick Glover watches as 300 British, US, French and Canadian troops re-enact the D-Day airborne assault




article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649843/D-Day-veteran-returns-Normandy-70-years-parachute-Daredevil-former-paratrooper-89-greeted-Prince-Charles-tandem-jump.html

[sarge43]

15. The pride and memories shining out of those faces.

[davidpdx]

57. I like the last one too

A beautiful backdrop with the gentleman standing there in the field.

[AtheistCrusader]

11. Wearing the same gear no less.

[CTyankee]

25. No! Sheesh!

I'm nowhere near 93 and I'd probably have heart failure...

[SunSeeker]

42. Someone asked him if he was scared to do it at 93 and he said, "No, nobody was shooting at me."

Gotta love that guy.

[Aristus]

27. Today, maybe. But back then, it wasn't the beach they parachuted onto.

The Airborne Divisions, the American 82nd and 101st, and the British 6th Airborne, parachuted inland in order to secure the exits from the beach and disrupt the areas that would be behind the line when the water-borne infantry got off the beaches.

But hey! Good for that guy. Still has the guts...

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. I saw that on the news!

A brave man. You couldn't get me to do that at any age.

[stonecutter357]

4. K&R

[jwirr]

10. I guess I might be crying all day what with this and RFK.

[bluestateguy]

14. I remember Clinton's speech at the Vietnam Memorial in 1993

That was just painful to watch.

These boobirds served their country honorably, but they behaved dishonorably on that day.

[LittleGirl]

16. WTH?

I could only get through 2 minutes of that. damn. sickening.

[DashOneBravo]

67. Clinton?

So DDay vets being happy to see our President honor them at the Normandy memorial, somehow reminded you of what happened with another President over 20 years ago?

[Sunlei]

18. They're proud Vets and said they would do the same all over again! cool Obama pics!!

[winter is coming]

20. It's not just Chuck Todd.

Hubby and I saw some CNN coverage the other day of the Taliban handing over Bergdahl. One of the Taliban was carrying a make-shift white flag. One of the CNN's guest "experts" claimed that the Taliban were holding that flag to indicate that the U.S. had surrendered, and that it was a sign of shame for us, and Very Bad For Our World Image. Apparently, the concept of showing a flag of truce when meeting with the other side as a sign of "Hey, don't shoot us" had conveniently slipped his mind.

[Trust Buster]

21. Funny thing. I saw Chuck Todd go toe to toe with Scarborough the other morning.

Todd was incensed that Scarborough was criticizing Bergdahl's father. I guess if you don't watch Morning Joe you wouldn't have known this.

[Trajan]

38. FUCK Morning Joe

I wouldn't waste one precious second of my remaining time watching that nonsense

[mrmpa]

22. My Great Uncle.........

was with the 29th Infantry Division. He was part of the D Day invasion. He was 34 years old. I never met him because he was killed in action in late August 1944 near Brest France. If he were alive he would be 104 years old. Knowing my 84 year old Mom's family and the Great Uncles I knew, I think he would have been happy to have the President among them on the 70th anniversary of D Day.

[RoccoR5955]

24. Upchuck Toad should just STFU! n/t

[Cha]

28. That President Obama..

President Obama gives a ‘thumbs-up’ to a group of World War II veterans sitting behind him on stage following his speech at the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, June 6, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza


June 6, 2009 – Pete Souza” “After his speech in Normandy, a crush of people tried to get close to the President to shake his hand. I noticed this guy waiting patiently and then literally being pushed back into the crowd. I felt bad for him, and mentioned the incident to the President’s trip director, Marvin Nicholson. Marvin pulled the guy out of the crowd, found him a wheel chair, and brought him over to meet the President. He was a French veteran. The man’s face shows his emotion.”

TOD

Mahalo for your thread, bigtree~

[SunSeeker]

43. Love the look on that old vet"s face!

Turns me to mush.

[Cha]

45. I know.. very poignant, SunSeeker~

[SunSeeker]

46. I bet he reminds Obama of his grandfather....

From today:

Straying from his prepared remarks, the president paid tribute to his own grandfather, whose unit was deployed to France six weeks after D-Day to support the air force. Stanley Armour Dunham raised Obama in Hawaii and passed away in 1992, aged 73.

'As I was landing on Marine One, I told my staff, "I don't think there's a time where I miss my grandfather more, where I'd be more happy to have him here than this day', he said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2650257/Greatest-Generation-salutes-fallen-comrades-President-Obama-US-World-War-Two-veterans-flock-beaches-Normandy-mark-70th-anniversary-D-Day-landings.html

[Cha]

55. I bet he does too! Thanks for the reminder, SunSeeker~

meta @metaquest
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Stanley Dunham, Pres @BarackObama's beloved grandfather, whom he so lovingly honored today in his address at #DDay70
7:29 AM - 6 Jun 2014
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[SunSeeker]

56. Very cool. Barack looks so much like Stanley!

Them were some strong genes.

[Cha]

58. He does! And, I never got that before you mentioned it. :)

Kasai™ @Kahsai
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#throwbackthursday Young Obama at 18

2:20 PM - 5 Jun 2014
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TOD

[SunSeeker]

64. Right down to the ears!

[Cha]

66. ..

[randys1]

29. My father served in a famous battle in the pacific, the book winds of war was about him and his

men...

When Obama won in 2008 I told him this is why he spent 12 hours in the pacific after his ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine...

I told him he fought so that one day this free country could elect someone like Obama....

Til his dying day he was not a fan, but he did not argue with me on that fact...

[mcar]

30. My father was a Dday vet

An 18 YO draftees. I imagine he was scared out of his mind. He never spoke of it.

He died nearly 30 years ago at age 62, way too soon. I miss him still and have been thinking of him much today.

[DashOneBravo]

39. Mcar

May your father Rest In Peace.

[DashOneBravo]

33. kick

They should be playing this on the news instead of the crap about the trade.

[NBachers]

34. "We're with you, bunkie, and we'll support you. You know what we're capable of."

[Cha]

36. A couple of tweet pics you might like downthread, NBachers.. :)

[Cha]

35. A couple of tweet pics I can't resist posting.. bigtree

petesouza ✔ @petesouza
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WW2 Veteran gets ride on Marine One helicopter: Pres Obama talks w Kenneth "Rock" Merritt over Normandy
9:53 AM - 6 Jun 2014

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KHOU 11 News Houston ✔ @KHOU
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Jim "Pee Wee" Martin, 93, parachuted down over Utah Beach for the 70th anniversary of #DDay http://bit.ly/1mkmKCU
7:11 AM - 6 Jun 2014

451 Retweets 322 favorites

TOD

[bigtree]

37. awesome pics, Cha!

thanks for posting!

[Cha]

41. A'ole pilikia

[malaise]

40. Lovely pics

Rec

[SunSeeker]

44. Beautiful! nt

[MisterP]

47. it's quite a contrast to when Reagan visited: the vets openly mocked him

and then the himself topped all that by telling the Israeli PM he'd been there when the camps were liberated

he wasn't, BTW

my mom worked for one of these guys, so it's family knowledge

[Beartracks]

52. Betty White is a vet??

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[silverweb]

53. I loved the story of the pensioner who went AWOL to attend.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Slipped out of his care facility with his medals hidden under his coat and escaped to the events in Normandy.

Pensioner from care home found at D-Day celebrations in France


Good for him!

[bigtree]

61. a hero's welcome when he got back

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025061217

[silverweb]

63. Wonderful!