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Six Out of Ten Active Duty Military Service Members Uncertain or Pessimistic of Obama as Commander in Chief
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Is this a surprise that active duty military members have little or no confidence in Barack Obama as Commander in Chief?  How is this Harvard-trained lawyer, Chicago Community Organizer qualified to lead the military in the time of two wars? ...

'Nobody Has Confidence In This Guy As Commander In Chief'
JammieWearingFool — Can you blame them ? When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service and experience leading men and women in uniform. “Being that the Marine Corps can be sent anywhere in the world with the snap of his fingers, nobody has confidence in this guy as commander in chief ,” said one lance corporal who asked not to be identified. For ...

New Poll: Military 60% “Uncertain” or “Pessimistic” about New CinC
Say Anything — ... When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. ...

links for 2009-01-02
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: Rod_Blagojevich roland_burris) 2008 Military Times poll: Wary about Obama When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or ...

HMM: 2008 Military Times poll: Wary about Obama: “When asked how they feel about President-elect B…
Instapundit — ... HMM: 2008 Military Times poll: Wary about Obama: “When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service and experience leading men and women in uniform.” Let’s hope he’ll perform in a way that wins their confidence. ...

U.S. Military Rejects Obama As Commander In Chief, Prefers Bush
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Military Times: When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service and experience leading men and women in uniform. “Being that the Marine Corps can be sent anywhere in the world with the snap of his fingers, nobody has confidence in this guy as commander in chief,” said one lance corporal who ...

Military Still Wary of Obama
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. ...

Open Thread
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: military wary about Obama. When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service and experience leading men and women in uniform. “Being that the Marine Corps can be sent anywhere in the world with the snap of his fingers, nobody has confidence ...

How To Poll The Obvious
TalkLeft — Via Political Wire, a Military Times subscriber survey tells us their readers prefer Bush to Obama. Here's the tell though: The responses are not representative of the opinions of the military as a whole. The survey group overall under-represents minorities, women and junior enlisted service members, and over-represents soldiers. All righty then. Thanks for letting us know older white military men from the South are less likely to approve of Obama than Bush. We never would have known otherwise. Speaking for me only ...

Incoming
Mudville Gazette — ... "When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic." Says the Army (and Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps) Times. ...

Troops Wary of P-E
Neptunus Lex — Troops cite experience, Iraq timetable, DADT: When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service and experience leading men and women in uniform. More optimism is expressed about his advisers: On Dec. 1, the day the survey was released, Obama announced ...

Military 'Uncertain' About Barack Obama as Commander-in-Chief
Politics Daily — ... A recent poll of active-duty military members, conducted by Military Times, shows that an overwhelming majority of service members are "uncertain or pessimistic" about the abilities of President-elect Barack Obama to serve as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Sixty percent of respondants said that they felt that way about Obama, citing his lack of military experience as a basis for their doubts. One Marine lance corporal's comments spoke for the beliefs of the majority of respondants. ...

Military Wary of Obama
Blue Star Chronicles — ... These numbers come from a poll conducted by the Military Times. The general concerns had to do with Obama’s lack of military experience and of leading men and women in uniform. I would add a lack of experience in leading men and women period. ...

FOX News Hypes Bogus Survey Supposedly Showing Rift Between Obama And Military
News Hounds — ... . But “fair and balanced” FOX didn't bother to check the methodology and, taking its language straight from Military Times, falsely characterized the results as being representative of “active duty service members.” Surprisingly, all three members of the panel discussing it on last night's (1/2/09) O'Reilly Factor saw through the hype and dismissed the results as largely inconsequential. With video. ...

G. W. Bush, a President Worthy of the Office
American Thinker — ... I replied, "Mayor Nagin and Governor Landrieu." Silence. I then mentioned that the politicization of that natural disaster was the first time since Pravda's heyday I had seen such a triumph of blatant poppycock propaganda. More silence. Which, of course, brought the discussion right back to the liberal trump card, the Iraq War. One guy ventured that he had spoken with a few soldiers, who adamantly opposed the War. And oh, I could not help but remind him that according to the Military Times surveys , our military overwhelmingly supported John McCain, the guy who said he ...