Comments on: The Right Gets It Wrong About Soldier Bracelet

By: GKJ

GKJ — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:32:38 +0000

It’s hard to believe that someone (Obama), who wears a bracelet of a fallen soldier given to him by that soldier’s mother, would have to read his name. I would think that if this meant anything to him, he would at least know the soldier’s name. I guess it’s just not that important to him.

By: gcotharn

gcotharn — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:37:13 +0000

I agree the bracelet thing is a nonstory. The right blogs which I read all tamped it down as an unproven rumor.

Which reminds me: I commend the bloggers here for taking passes on the latest unconfirmed Palin rumors. Commendable. Rational. Honorable. Shrewd. Nice job.

By: chris greta

chris greta — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:15:45 +0000

Yes, Senator Obama is wearing a HeroBracelet in the name of SGT Jopek. The bracelet was presented to him by his mother.

I am with HeroBracelets.org and Senator McCain and President Bush have both been presented HeroBracelts by the mothers of fallen soldiers. Recently, other members of the Jopek family have ordered HeroBracelets to “read exactly like the bracelet Senator Obama is wearing.”

So, from my direct experience, this is a non-issue.

Thousands are wearing HeroBracelets to honor the memories of soldiers and Marines they have never met and they do so out of respect.

HeroBracelets.org is a non-political organization that raises money through the bracelet sales for both the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Military Order of The Purple Heart.

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Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:39:00 +0000

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By: tas

tas — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:40:21 +0000

These people are trying to make a bracelet into a fucking scandal? Jesus. Parody has no match for the levels of retardedness that these fucking wingnuts will sink to.

By: terry

terry — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:49:53 +0000

Also note that the Mom said ..she e-mailed the Obama campaign through its Web site asking that he not mention it during debates or speeches. She never got a reply but said she didn't hear of him mentioning it after that... With the amount of email the campaign gets thru the website, it's very possible that the email never made it to the right person who could inform the Senator.

By: ProLiberalist

ProLiberalist — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:51:16 +0000

McCain is good at telling stories, pointless stories, but stories that non the less appeal to the vast low information voter that makes up his base.