You guys ready for SALUTE GATE????

[CatWoman]

tempest over Obama's tea cup salute: Commander-in-chief sparks anger by saluting US Marines with drink in his hand

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President Obama Gesture to Marines Dubbed ‘Latte Salute’

Some are calling it the “latte salute.”

When President Obama stepped off Marine One at the Wall Street landing zone in New York City, en route the United Nations, he saluted two Marines at the bottom of the stairs as he held a coffee cup in the same hand.

The unusual gesture appeared in an Instagram video posted by the White House on social media. Obama is also wearing sunglasses as he arrived, with the first lady not far behind.


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/09/president-obama-gesture-to-marines-dubbed-latte-salute/

[PeteSelman]

1. Barney.

[WinkyDink]

12. Barney's expression! "Please help me!"

[malaise]

2. Maybe it will end that stupid Reagan

crap. No President before him saluted the troops.

[morningfog]

3. People care about this? He's the CiC, he can salute

or not salute how wet he wants. And he can attack any country he wants, too.

[Ron Green]

4. He's a civilian. He's not supposed to have to make a military salute.

[dflprincess]

30. The salute crap started with Reagan

Even Eisenhower didn't do it

[lpbk2713]

5. Hey I got yer salute right here.

If they want to make an issue out of a lack
of respect they can start with this.

[CatWoman]

6. ....

https://www.facebook.com/joseph.c.phillips/posts/10153202198079466?comment_id=10153202245079466¬if_t=like

[SummerSnow]

7. latteghazi!!!!!!

[CatWoman]

8. BWAH!!

[Cali_Democrat]

21. LOL

[rustydog]

9. Republican rants: There is OBAMA ---BREATHING AGAIN!!!

There is Obama wearing clothes AGAIN!
There's OBAMA! Still black...Still in the WHITE house

That had better be his wife behind him, who does he think he is? Newt Gingrich? Sanford?
There goes OBAMA again! Happily married...

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. they over analyze every move he makes

[seabeyond]

11. ya. i have already seen two posts from the only repug that i have on FB. nt

[Glassunion]

13. Well...

[steve2470]

14. On par with Fala-gate

[zappaman]

15. You better believe it!

Let's just impeach this guy already.
I know I won't be voting for him in 2016!

[librechik]

18. lol

[BlueJazz]

16. I think we should convene a hearing on this serious breach of ...ah...sometihng.

We might be able to get Mr. John McCain to oversee the entire prosecution and trail...ah..trial

[librechik]

17. yeah but a Republican Congressman can shout out "You Lie!' during the State of the Union Address

fucking whaaaa...

[Glassunion]

19. Exhibit A. and a damn fine read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/opinion/01winfrey.html

[CatWoman]

20. thanks for that

[UTUSN]

22. Yip. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

23. Fire for effect!

That makes a good point about a solemn occasion. For the President, I think it's his or her prerogative as CiC.

And whoever the president is, the CiC has no lack of military advisors to brief on proper salute protocol.

[Major Hogwash]

33. That's a good opinion article.

And I agree with everything Winfrey said in it.
However, I have to admit that it was weird watching President Reagan when he first started saluting back to the Marines when he got off of the presidential helicopter.

[Terra Alta]

24. and if he hadn't saluted

the racist teabaggers(redundant, I know) would be giving him hell about that, too.

Obama just can't win with these people.

[MohRokTah]

25. The "tradition" of presients returning salutes began with Reagan

So really, it's a nothing issue.

[Scootaloo]

26. Was this picture taken with a potato from 1965?

[RandySF]

27. .

[bluestateguy]

28. If you can't criticize on the basis of substantive policies, go after the symbolic stuff

I guess they don't have much in the way of actual criticisms of the president's policies.

[pinboy3niner]

29. Sumsay it was a secret signal to his Kenyan Muslim ISIS Al Qaeda buddies

I haven't seen anything to refute that, have you? More at 11 on Fox News.

[Tree-Hugger]

31. I just logged onto DU because

a friend had posted this picture with "OMG! Like, so disrespectful!" I figured there would either be a post showing this was a photoshop or that someone would post a pic of Bush doing his own stupid salute. W- he never fails (except always).

[Nye Bevan]

32. I like a President who is capable of doing more than one thing at the same time (nt)

[Hissyspit]

34. This is how desperate they are.

[UTUSN]

35. Morning 1 of salutegate: It's on CNN (I thought it was Faux) & NY Post n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

36. It will only get worse. Get ready for a bombshell....

President Obama once saluted Marines.....WEARING A TAN SUIT!!!!!!!!

[msanthrope]

37. It's the tan skin that's the real problem for these bastids. nt