Comments on: Family Upset Obama Wears Their Son’s Bracelet

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By: apachegrl

apachegrl — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:15:47 +0000

done not down!

By: apachegrl

apachegrl — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:14:47 +0000

Please beg the most qualified,knowledgeble candidate to come back and show those two what a rea,l able presidential candidate is. She has formed and has real plans and working knowledge of the job that needs down after all these debacles.
If our country was smart they would draft her in a unifed bipartisn attempt to save our country.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:32:25 +0000

Seems kind of sexist that in your mind the mothers comments are equal to the fathers. Do you have a problem with women?

By: Heavenly

Heavenly — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:41:42 +0000

Again I would like to point out that Brian Jopek did not give Obama the bracelet. His ex-wife did, and she never told Obama not to wear it (that is coming from the ex-husband).

Also this didn’t become a big deal until the ex-husband went on the radio saying what he did, and CONSERVATIVE bloggers or people against Obama started to make a big fuss about it.

Another thing Tracy gave Obama that bracelet back in Feb of this year and this is the first time that I’ve heard Obama talk about it. So I don’t think he is exploiting the memory of the dead soldier or his family.

Also If talking about the dead soldiers and their bracelets that the candidates wear….isn’t McCain the guilty one because at every campaign stop he always talks about his bracelet to the media. Now who really is exploiting people’s memories?

By: mike

mike — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:38:59 +0000

Obama is turning out to be The Big Let-Down of ’08.
Obama kept insinuating that He is The Second Coming but every time we’ve held our breaths waiting for him to change water into wine, we’ve been disappointed. Obama kept telling us to ‘tune in next week!’ and he never delivers, the miracle never comes. There is nothing there.
Obama’s has a problem with clarity. I have systematically studied both his autobiographies and I still don’t know what kind of man I’m dealing with. When he was first showcased on TV, my interest was aroused. I used to find Obama enigmatic, but now he just comes off as vacuous, empty.
Obama’s two books address the questions of “Journey of Discovery to Where?” and “Who Am I?” We can all relate to such pondering. But Obama does not give us an answer. If he has found the answer since publishing those two books two years ago then he hasn’t told us yet.
McCain has been on a longer and harder personal journey. There can be nothing more extreme than surviving daily torture for five years. Can you imagine that? To be beaten day-in and day-out, starved, your hands and legs bound by chains? McCain already knows what he can take, and humbly knows where he breaks. Every man and woman has a breaking point. It is very human. McCain already knows his, even though he held out as long as he could.
What trials or stories of human devastation has Obama endured? I can’t imagine being Black in America is an easy thing. But Obama was raised in Polynesia by white grandparents and then went on to Harvard, community service, the Senate, and now the presidency. Obama’s journey seems to have been very easy. His skin color opened all the right doors for him instead of slamming them shut. Obama didn’t march against segregation. Obama didn’t fight for affirmative action. He planted no tree. He carried no water for that tree. Obama has just come along and picked the fruits. That is easy street. This is not a great American story. This is not a triumph of will over adversity. This is a story of baby-boomer entitlement. This is the story of the yuppy next door. These stories are a dime a dozen on aisle 3 at Whole Foods.
You may agree or disagree with McCain but at least you know where he stands. He has a long track record to judge him by. McCain has a long list of hits and misses. He has made mistakes (like us all) but that is because he had been trying to do things and change things all his life. Obama markets himself as the candidate with an unblemished record, but that is only because he doesn’t have a record. We have nothing to judge Obama by. All he gives us is his word and we are supposed to put all our trust in his future promises. But these promises keep changing: Obama has produced two contradictory promises on Iraq, two contradictory promises on NAFTA, and two contradictory promises on taxes. Are we supposed to judge him by the original promise he made, or by his most recent one? The candidate who flows with the changing winds of polls is the lightweight. That much we know.
I feel very embarrassed for buying into the Obama phenomena. Maybe now that the weather is changing I see things in a new light. I feel sheepish for falling for the marketing pitch. Where do I go to get a refund?
I think that many voters like me are looking for clarity in our next president. I feel I know what kind of man McCain is, and that I can trust him. McCain gets my vote.

By: BillDemo

BillDemo — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:17:05 +0000

Here’s a video with Jopek’s father talking about Obama using his son’s bracelet:

By: Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:26:23 +0000

President Obama. Get used to it.

By: Krissy Martinez

Krissy Martinez — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:13:05 +0000

Have respect!!! Soldiers are heros and should not be spoken about in this manor like during campaigning. Obama is a radical communist scumbag. Just look at his associations in the past radical religion, Bill Ayers (terrorist), and Fidel castros lawyer thats a good resume. Uggg what does Obama stand for besides communism???? Think about it.

By: g

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:08:58 +0000

Once again we now find out the story is false.

Soldier’s mother “ecstatic” about Obama’s bracelet
By DINESH RAMDE | Associated Press Writer
4:28 PM CDT, September 28, 2008

MILWAUKEE – The mother of a Wisconsin soldier who died in Iraq says she was “ecstatic” during Friday’s debate when Senator Barack Obama mentioned the bracelet she gave him in honor of her son.

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

She criticized Internet reports that suggested Obama exploited her son for political purposes.

She acknowledges e-mailing the campaign in February asking that Obama not mention her son in speeches or debates. But she says Obama’s mention on Friday was appropriate because he was responding after Senator John McCain said a soldier’s mother gave him a bracelet.

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

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-obama-brac…