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Obama Checks Soldier's Name on Wrist Band (video)
youtube.com - 9/27/2008
Obama Checks Soldier's Name on Wrist Band (video)
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During the first presidential debate September 26, 2008, Senator Obama has to check his wrist to get the name of the soldier right.

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RedState: Conservative News and Community:  "Me too, teacher. Me too."

Gateway Pundit:  Sad... Obama Forgets the Name of Iraqi War Hero On His Bracelet

GayPatriot:  Obama Defies Family In Wearing “Whats-His-Name’s” Bracelet

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"Me too, teacher. Me too."
RedState: Conservative News and Community — This one really came across as crass tonight. McCain points out the bracelet he has from the parent of a fallen soldier. Obama, naturally, has to point out that he has one too. Only Obama can't remember any details. I'm reminded of President George H. W. Bush looking at his watch in the 1992 debate. Obama had to look down at the bracelet to remember the details. How pathetic and how pitiful a way to remember the fallen. Jim Geraghty has more thoughts on the matter. ...

Sad... Obama Forgets the Name of Iraqi War Hero On His Bracelet
Gateway Pundit — It was nice of Barack Obama to remind John McCain that he wears a bracelet of an Iraqi war hero. It was too bad he couldn't remember the name on it. (19 seconds) Barack Obama: Uh, Jim, uh, let me just make a point. I've got a bracelet, too. From Sgt., uh, uh... From the mother, uh, of Sgt. Ryan David Jopek... given to me in Green Bay... Sad. By the way- His troop bracelet was given to him by the mother of a soldier whose son was killed in the Iraq War. The name of the soldier is Sgt. Ryan David ...

Busted... Soldier's Family Told Obama Not to Wear Son's Bracelet!
Gateway Pundit — More Hope and Change... Or Sick and Twisted? The Father of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek asked Barack Obama to stop wearing his son's bracelet. Obama ignored the father. NewsBusters reported: Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the ...

Obama Defies Family In Wearing “Whats-His-Name’s” Bracelet
GayPatriot — If this doesn’t turn the stomach of every voter in America that hasn’t yet been brainwashed by The One or intimidated by the Obama Goons, nothing will. Soldier’s Family Told Obama Not to Wear Son’s Bracelet - Gateway Pundit Barack Obama played the “me too” game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the ...

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