WOW! And people were up in arms about the RNC playing a Heart song! I couldn't imagine purposefully using a fallen soldier's name against his family's will to bolster your campaign.
This makes perfect sense to me though. Perhaps we WON''T hear from Mrs. Jopek.
I don''t think the issue is *wearing* it, but using it in speeches or debates to garner votes. There is a distinction there. I would just think any controversy over it would preclude him from going against ANY family member''s wishes. It''s definitely shaky ground and a very sensitive area.
From the link I posted:
Wouldn''t be really rude to not wear it when the mother had it specially made for him and asked him to wear it? If I had to pick, I would pick the mother and daughter who went to all the effort, not the dad who didn''t are enough to make a stink until 7 months later.
Again, I don''t think anyone cares that he is *wearing* it. It''s the name-dropping that has at least one of his family members bothered it seems. There''s a difference between wearing something and telling the story of someone to get votes. I wouldn''t ever disrespect any wishes from a family member of a fallen soldier, even if other family members express an opposite view. I would imagine that no one made a "stink" until now because Obama didn''t name-drop until in the debate.
i''m waiting for a republican candidate that can do this as well and one who dumps karl rove and all the antics used against mccain by his own party for the 2000 election.
Do you ever post something and wonder if someone actually read what you wrote before replying? hehe
What I find amusing is that when the mother was asked about it, she stated that although she did make that request, she had no problem and understood. People responded with 'well she supports the Obama campaign so obviously since this helped blah blah'. I think it takes a certain level of cynicism that I do not have to say that she is only going along with it now because she wants to support his campaign. This woman loss her child.
Moon, as usual, I agree with every word!
You two agree with her, shocking!
If McCain did it...I'D BE SAYING THE SAME THING. Really! But the parent's of the soldier he keeps mentioning have no asked him nicely to stop using his name. This mother did...and Obama didn't know if he'd have her approval before he said it. I'm looking at this NOT as an attack against the left, but as a moral issue.
I don't know why you're acting like I'm not giving people the benefit of the doubt here. Did you read my first post? I'm not trying to throw Obama under the bridge, I'm just making an observation by what I see in the story. It's an opinion, we're all entitled to them.
I find that hilarious - the vote is coming up and it''s too late to put the genie back in the bottle so of course his mother is all of a sudden "ecstatic." The soldier''s father explicitly stated on the radio show that they had asked Obama to stop wearing it in March.
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