Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet

[mightymouse72]

Barry is great.  He could not care less about soldiers or their families.

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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 name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin.

Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son's name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.

Radio host Glenn Moberg of the show "Route 51" asked Mr. Jopek, a man who believes in the efforts in Iraq and is not in favor of Obama's positions on the war, what he and his ex-wife think of Obama continually using their son's name on the campaign trail.

Part of the transcript radio interview:

Jopek: She has turned down any subsequent interviews with the media because she just didn't want it to get turned into something that it wasn't. She had told me in an email that she had asked, actually asked Mr. Obama to not wear the bracelet any more at any of his public appearances. Which I don't think he's...

Moberg: It has been a while since he's brought it up.

Jopek: Right. But, the other night I was watching the news and he was on, uh, speaking somewhere and he was still wearing it on his right wrist. I could see it on his right wrist. So, that's his own choice. I mean that's something Barack Obama, that's a choice that he continues to wear it despite Tracy asking him not to... Because she is a Barack Obama supporter and she didn't want to do anything to sabotage his campaign, so, if he's still wearing the bracelet then, uh, that of course is entirely up to him.

[Benny B]

Barry is great.  He could not care less about soldiers or their families.

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave McCain a grade of D for his record of voting against veterans (Obama got a B+), while the Disabled Veterans of America gave McCain a 20% vote rating. The Vietnam Veterans of America compiled a list of key votes, and found McCain voted against the group’s position 15 times and with the group eight times. (Obama, in contrast, voted with the VVA 12 times, and against it only once.)



Soldier's Mother "Esctatic" Obama Mentioned Bracelet In Debate
by Dinesh Ramde

MILWAUKEE — The mother of a Wisconsin soldier who died in Iraq says she was "ecstatic" when Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama mentioned during Friday's debate the bracelet she gave him in honor of her son.

Tracy Jopek of Merrill told The Associated Press on Sunday she was honored that Obama remembered Sgt. Ryan David Jopek, who was killed in 2006 by a roadside bomb.

Jopek criticized Internet reports suggesting Obama, D-Ill., exploited her son for political purposes.

"I don't understand how people can take that and turn it into some garbage on the Internet," she said.

Jopek acknowledged e-mailing the Obama campaign in February asking that the presidential candidate not mention her son in speeches or debates. But she said Obama's mention on Friday was appropriate because he was responding after Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee, said a soldier's mother gave him a bracelet.

"I've got a bracelet, too, from Sergeant _ from the mother of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek, given to me in Green Bay," Obama said during the debate. "She asked me, 'Can you please make sure another mother is not going through what I'm going through?' No U.S. soldier ever dies in vain because they're carrying out the missions of their commander in chief. And we honor all the service that they've provided."

Jopek says Obama's comment rightfully suggested there's more than one viewpoint on the war.

She wouldn't directly say whether she wanted Obama to refrain from mentioning the bracelet again, but said she hopes the issue will just go away.

"I think these bracelets should be looked upon as an honor that both candidates wear them to respect the troops," Jopek said. "My request to both of them is that they honor the troops by lifting the conversation to the issues, and that they continue to live up to the standards our military deserves."

[Busted]

And that same women said she was sooooo happy Obama mentioned her sons name, reported from Merrill, WI... FIXED news didnt report that, they reported a email sent last February.

[mightymouse72]

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave McCain a grade of D for his record of voting against veterans (Obama got a B+), while the Disabled Veterans of America gave McCain a 20% vote rating. The Vietnam Veterans of America compiled a list of key votes, and found McCain voted against the group’s position 15 times and with the group eight times. (Obama, in contrast, voted with the VVA 12 times, and against it only once.)



Soldier's Mother "Esctatic" Obama Mentioned Bracelet In Debate
by Dinesh Ramde

MILWAUKEE — The mother of a Wisconsin soldier who died in Iraq says she was "ecstatic" when Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama mentioned during Friday's debate the bracelet she gave him in honor of her son.

Tracy Jopek of Merrill told The Associated Press on Sunday she was honored that Obama remembered Sgt. Ryan David Jopek, who was killed in 2006 by a roadside bomb.

Jopek criticized Internet reports suggesting Obama, D-Ill., exploited her son for political purposes.

"I don't understand how people can take that and turn it into some garbage on the Internet," she said.

Jopek acknowledged e-mailing the Obama campaign in February asking that the presidential candidate not mention her son in speeches or debates. But she said Obama's mention on Friday was appropriate because he was responding after Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee, said a soldier's mother gave him a bracelet.

"I've got a bracelet, too, from Sergeant _ from the mother of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek, given to me in Green Bay," Obama said during the debate. "She asked me, 'Can you please make sure another mother is not going through what I'm going through?' No U.S. soldier ever dies in vain because they're carrying out the missions of their commander in chief. And we honor all the service that they've provided."

Jopek says Obama's comment rightfully suggested there's more than one viewpoint on the war.

She wouldn't directly say whether she wanted Obama to refrain from mentioning the bracelet again, but said she hopes the issue will just go away.

"I think these bracelets should be looked upon as an honor that both candidates wear them to respect the troops," Jopek said. "My request to both of them is that they honor the troops by lifting the conversation to the issues, and that they continue to live up to the standards our military deserves."

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[Option D]

And that same women said she was sooooo happy Obama mentioned her sons name, reported from Merrill, WI... FIXED news didnt report that, they reported a email sent last February.

ahahaha Omamowned

[Hugo Chavez]

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[dantelis]

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[Colossus_500]

And that same women said she was sooooo happy Obama mentioned her sons name, reported from Merrill, WI... FIXED news didnt report that, they reported a email sent last February.

Actually "FIXED NEWS" DID report that the mom was happy that Obama mentioned her son.  They also mentioned that the Dad was still ticked about Obama mentioning their son.  Apparently the parents are separated so there are differing opinions.  The mother has always been an Obama supporter, but no one was sure about the dad.

[mightymouse72]

The moonbats don't get it.  The article I posted was about the father.  He doesn't like Obama wearing it because they asked him not to.  But he still does.
It clearly states the mother is an Obama supporter.  And of course she's gonna defend him.
And everyone keeps posting about what the mother said, I posted what the father said.




Ouch! 


McOwned!

[big L dawg]

Mccain supporters sure are getting desperate.

[Option D]

The moonbats don't get it.  The article I posted was about the father.  He doesn't like Obama wearing it because they asked him not to.  But he still does.
It clearly states the mother is an Obama supporter.  And of course she's gonna defend him.
And everyone keeps posting about what the mother said, I posted what the father said.




Ouch! 


McOwned!

not really...it said family implying the entire family...typical fox tactic..instead of saying father...they put the spin...

[mightymouse72]

not really...it said family implying the entire family...typical fox tactic..instead of saying father...they put the spin...

Never found this article on Fox. 
Typical Obama-Zombie. 

[BayGBM]

The moonbats don't get it.  The article I posted was about the father.  He doesn't like Obama wearing it because they asked him not to.  But he still does.
It clearly states the mother is an Obama supporter.  And of course she's gonna defend him.
And everyone keeps posting about what the mother said, I posted what the father said.

Ouch! 

McOwned!

This is a nonstory.  Obama didn't break into their house and steal the bracelet; a family member (the soldier's mother) gave it to him.  So the father objects.  Big deal.  Obama probably has many such objects given to him by family members throughout the course of this campaign.

If you don't like Obama that's fine, but I would hope you'd have the mental capacity to find better reasons for doing so than this nonsense.  With so much more to choose from you thought this was salient.  With voters like you it's no wonder Palin has gotten as far as she has.  You must be from Alaska.