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Father of Fallen Marine Angry Over President Obama’s ‘Disrespectful’ Condolence Letter: ‘Where Is the Honor?’

Oct. 9, 2012 4:33pm Jason Howerton

Tom Logan Angry Over President Obamas Impersonal Condolence Letter

USMC Cpl. Joseph D. Logan (KPRC)

The father of a fallen U.S. Marine is angry about a “disrespectful” and impersonal condolence letter from President Barack Obama.

Tom Logan told KPRC that the letter was “impersonal” and practically just a form letter. Further, KPRC discovered an additional condolence letter from Obama that is practically identical to the one sent to Tom Logan.

(To read the letters, scroll down)

“It opened up a wound in our heart you can’t fix. You can’t send another letter. You can’t make it right,” the father said.

Logan’s son, USMC Cpl. Joseph D. Logan was killed on Jan. 19, 2012 when the helicopter he and five other men were riding in crashed. He was only 22-years-old.

Tom Logan says his son deserves more respect, as do other fallen heroes in the military. He believes Obama did little more than sign his name to the note.

“He would have been more mad about this than I am,” Tom Logan added.

KPRC has more details:

Local 2 Investigates examined two other letters sent by Obama to families of soldiers killed in action. The one-page typed condolence letters were identical other than names, ranks and service branches.

There is no standard or written protocol that we could find dealing with presidential condolence letters.

“Different presidents have approached the task in ways that are unique with their personalities and their priorities,” University of Houston Professor and Historian Nancy Beck Young said.

Young examined the letter written to Tom Logan, which arrived by UPS truck four months after his son’s death.

“I would agree, this is a personal sacrifice and an impersonal condolence,” Young said.

The University of Houston professor also compared Obama’s condolence letters to the ones sent by former President George W. Bush. Young said Bush appeared to write more personal letters, sometimes even hand-written.

“I think it’s an indication of how of how the office of the presidency works in the early 21st century,” Young told KPRC.

USMC Cpl. Joseph Logan (KPRC)

USMC Cpl. Joseph D. Logan (KPRC)

That is unacceptable to Tom Logan and says that should never be the way it is.

“Where are the representatives of our government? Where is the honor and the respect that all of these soldiers deserve?” Logan asked.

The White House has not responded to KPRC’s three requests for comment. The White House faced harsh criticism earlier this year when it was accused of using an “auto-pen” to sign condolence letters to the families of fallen Navy SEALs. The Obama administration has denied the accusations.

Here’s one of the president’s condolence letters via KPRC:

Condolence Letter 1 PDF

And here’s a different letter sent by the president to the family of another fallen soldier:

Condolence Letter 2 PDF

Note: This story has been updated to correct that Logan is a fallen Marine.

(H/T: Weasel Zippers)

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762x51
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:15pm
“I think it’s an indication of how of how the office of the presidency works in the early 21st century,” Young told KPRC.

This has absolutely nothing to do with how the presidency works in the 21st century. It has everything to do with how the presidency works with a filthy, anti-American Marxist cockroach as president. Comrade Chairman Obama’s disdain for the military is painfully obvious. Our narcissistic Sociopath president only cares about his miserable backside and his totalitarian ideology, not our troops or the American people.

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:42pm
  Didn’t this helicopter go down as the DIRECT RESULT of that dope – in – chief’s bragging and spiking the ball? RiGHT NOW. In this young man’s name, everyone of us needs to know that we are registered to vote (stop and check) and think of one or two other people who may not be and make sure they are are. I’ve heard rumors that this Election Board is not allowing our Military ballots to come back (no grace time) if not in by Election day.
  to the Parents of USMC Cpl. Joseph D. Logan who was killed on Jan. 19, 2012: He is a HERO to us and he is with GOD as a HERO and in the blink of an eye you will be with him. Trust GOD. I pray that your pain lessens knowing that so many Americans appreciate your son’s duty and stand with you and your family.
  
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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:03pm
  Piehole talks out of IT’s *******. What branch did you serve in? Code pink doesn’t count, neither does the gay brigade
  
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- damon_k
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:19pm
  To the President, the service men and women are just “bumps in the road”. Read more insights at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- db321
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:24pm
  USMC Cpl. Joseph D. Logan was a very handsome young man. No doubt he made America and his family and friends very proud. May God comfort those who morn this fallen hero. I am sadden that Mr. Obama does not have the compassion nor the decency to properly express America’s gratitude and respect to the family of an American Hero!
  
  I address Obama as Mr. and not President, because in my mind Mr. Obama does not represent me.
  
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- Fubeca97
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:30pm
  @Joe.R.Piehole Now that you have repeated everything the DNC has told you to what will you do with your time? Nice job being a “free-thinker” and being so “open-minded” (that your brain fell out). It’s nice to see that as a liberal that is so accepting of others you haven’t resorted to name calling or judging someone because that would mean that you would be a hypocrite and we know how hard the liberals are trying to avoid that label. BTW, how does that cheap beer and Doritos taste?
  
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- Bohump
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:33pm
  Mr.Oboma show’s NO Respect for our Fighting men, … He has never been in those shoe’s,… And They are NOT Sending Him MONEY, .. Money, and Power, .. get ALL of his ATTENTION !
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:38pm
  @JoeR: I’d like to fill your piehole with my fist you moron. I guess you think sending out that form letter is ok. If you had a son with the balls to be a Marine, which he could not inherit from a weak-kneed poot butt like you, you wouldn’t think so. You disgust me and since I am a Vietnam War veteran I am sure that I disgust you as well. I will consider your disdain a complement.
  
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- joe.r.piehole
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:49pm
  Watermain – Do it then, you moron. God you people are so unreasonably stupid. You all disrespected Obama since before he was in office. Bush did everything in his power to crash the economy before handing over the reigns. GEORGE W BUSH RUINED THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. DEAL WITH IT. GEORGE W BUSH SENT YOUR MILITARY FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO WAR WITHOUT A STRATEGY. DEAL WITH IT.
  
  OBAMA IS A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN BUSH. DEAL WITH IT.
- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:58pm
  Joe-
  Put down the cup of kool-aid and back away…..Apparently you never served or you would make such an asinine comment about the Obamas making life better for the military and their families. They have done jack and S**T for the military or for America.
  
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- Charleyhorse
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Another example of the “Presentent” simply trying to get by on being simply present and phoning it in. Perhaps a form letter could be drafted, expressing our condolences when he gets thrown out of our white house in November. I’m sure he would be touched by recieving several thousand of them. Please do not take my comment as making light of this situation, that is not my intention. I have the utmost respect for our men and women in uniform.
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:09pm
  @Joe: Wow, your screaming temper tantrum is impressive. I think you are convincing most of us to vote for Obama in November. Not.
  
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- kenboo1
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:26pm
  Believe me I am no BHO fan. However, Can you imagine Roosevelt writing an individual letter to every family that lost a loved one during WWII? True, we don’t have the volume of casualties we had during WWII… I guess you have to look at the soul of the individual, Obama would rather play basketball where as George Bush and other Presidents took their responsibilities to the troops more personally. If my son were killed in action, I wouldn’t expect anything from this President…
  
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- JohnTwoFeathers
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:36pm
  This ones for the Piehole…I’ll bet nickels to doughnuts you’ve never been through Paris Island boot camp or slept with your rifle. Never felt the numbing chill while you laid in a water filled hole waiting for the rattle of cans in the wire. Watched and prayed that the mortar rounds never reach your position while you keep a watchful eye for two steps. Held your buddy till the medics could get to him or put your dog tags in your mouth to keep from screaming. Till that day….Shut Up. All service men deserve the utmost respect and President Bush was that type of man. The worm in the Whitehouse has proved beyond a doubt he is above giving credit where credit is due.
  
  Semper Fi
  Romney 2012
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:54pm
  joe.r.piehole – please go see the movie “2016 Obama’s America”.
  
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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:59pm
  Here’s to YOU: USMC Cpl. Joseph T. Logan & his loving family and all US Military Heroes
  
  (that our ungrateful leader-from-behind considers bumps) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7ipKdEf8
  
  Madison Rising! The best Star Spangled Banner Ever……FOR YOU SIR. God Bless America
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 8:04pm
  @Johntwofeathers: Well said and Welcome Home Brother. Obama’s idea of fear is bad polling results. Thank you for your service.
  
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- swamp_donkey
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 9:26pm
  like you hideous trolls care one iota about our wardead or our vets
  
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- GardenoftheGods
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 9:48pm
  NObama is doing this on purpose. He hates our military and everything it stands for. He is doing everything in his power to disenfranchise their right to vote…which means YOU & I have to vote for them. No excuses, vote early if you have to; but make sure you vote this MAGGOT Obama out of office now!
  May God bless our troops & those who gave all to keep America safe. My condolences to those who’ve lost their loved ones in America’s name.
  
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- ObamaForward_OverTheCliff
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 10:34pm
  “Father of Fallen Marine Angry Over President Obama‘s ’Disrespectful’ Condolence Letter: ‘Where Is the Honor?’ ”
  
  Good morning, Mr. Logan. Sometimes the wake-up call has to splash cold water in your face to get you off the pillow.
  
  Now that you’re awake, you’d best watch all the research Glenn Beck and experts have dug up on Barack Hussein Obama (AKA Barry Obama, AKA Barry Soetoro, Kenyan illegal alien) and his commie gangs, while the rest of treasonous Washington DC keep their lips tight & silent:
  
  “DICTATORSHIP PLAN For America 2012!! :: Glenn Beck Names The TRAITORS & Exposes Their CONSPIRACY!!”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAu_-UmERuo
  
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- JoshZavala
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 10:37pm
  lol. harsh. but oh so true.
  
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- Meyvn1
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 11:03pm
  @762×51: You said that well.
  
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- paperpushermj
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 11:08pm
  In other words it’s a question of where Obama places his Priorities and it’s obvious it’s not with the object of his scorn, the Men and Women of the….. US Military.
  
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- PoliticallyRightUs.Com
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 11:48pm
  Amen Brotha!!!
  
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- SOUNDTHETRUMPET
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 12:08am
  I can’t add to a thing you said…..well said. This transformation to fundamentally destroy America will not happen under the real Americans who love this country.
  
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- QuincySmith
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 12:42am
  joey;
  
  Forgot to add: DEAL WITH IT!
  
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- shirleyandpearl
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 12:51am
  Piehole: I hope and pray and will help vote your Obama a one way ticket back to Chicago! He has no respect for the military, and I am so glad my son is no longer serving as President Kardashian his commander in cheat. I pray for the Gold Star families who have paid the ultimate price. There is nothing redeeming about Obama, other than how he looks good in Armani.
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 1:39am
  Why do serious Blaze posters give Piehole the attention that he seeks? His comments are absolutely vacuous. They should be met with a vacuum (i.e., nothing at all)
  
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- Servant Of YHVH
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 3:53am
  @762X51
  “This has absolutely nothing to do with how the presidency works in the 21st century. It has everything to do with how the presidency works with a filthy, anti-American Marxist cockroach as president.”
  
  Actually it has to do with a filthy, anti-American pseudo-marxist sleeper radical muslim cockroach as president!
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 4:04am
  Chuck, You are absolutely right. Let’s ignore the Obama vermin in threads dedicated to our fallen heroes.
  
  MR. LOGAN: There is a TRAITOR in the WH who cannot even count the stars on our Flag. If he had his way, every patriot in this country would be dead by tomorrow. He and his mob of donkeys would dance in the streets to celebrate our demise, a la their buddies in the Muslim world. That is the extent of the hatred for America excreted daily by the misnamed First Couple. Those two should be renamed the First Toxic Couple. They have polluted our Republic with their venom and gravely dishonored the ultimate sacrifice of our best and bravest. Your son, USMC Cpl. Joseph D. Logan is one of those great Americans. We share your pride in him and mourn his loss. May God fill your heart with peace that surpasses all understanding. Amen.
  
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- rabblechat
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 8:25am
  First off- Semper Fi CPL. Joseph Logan; I’ll see you at the pearly gates!
  
  As for this letter-
  If the commander-in-chief orders men to put their lives on the line, then the very least you can do when they make the ultimate sacrifice is to take a few minutes to reflect on who that person was, how and why they died and acknowledge this sacrifice with a sincere letter to the family.
  
  If writing a personalized letter is too much of a sacrifice for the the president to make then he shouldn’t ask our Marines and soldiers to put their lives at risk, fighting his wars.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 9:23am
  John
  
  Well said. Thank you.
  
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- georgette
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 9:30am
  …..Mr. Obama failed when it mattered most…………there are no words.
  
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- crawdad
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 10:07am
  We cockroaches resent being affiliated with this president!
  
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- rickinpa
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 10:33am
  @ JOE glory hole for Obama – Listern Joe you can cry BUSH al you want fact is the “DEEP RECESSION” we were in ended in 2009 remember recovery summer? Just becuase obama and the dems say supid things dosn’t mean useful idiots like you ahve to believe it. JUst liie they said the murder of four Americans was due to a video and now if front of congress they’re back pedling faster than Lance Armstrong! YOU ARE A JOKE!
  
  A LEADER FINDS A WAY A LOSER FINDS AN EXCUSE – OABAM AND JOE ARE FULL OF EXCUSES!!!!
  
  JOE WHY NOT TELL US WHAT GOOD OBAMA HAS DONEVS BLAMING BUSH? WHAT ARE OBAMA’S ACCOMPLISHMNETS?
  
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- Arminius23
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 10:47am
  I truly wish all of you could understand what is going on in the services right now. It all started in 2009 when the war was “officially” ended. Recruiting went right down the pipes. Middle of 2010 military reneged on its fundamental policies to support forced budget cuts. On November 1st a large exodus of troops will be leaving the service because the military is undergoing an oversized austerity scale back. Take a look at the Army Times.
  
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- Yeah_Buddy
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 11:35am
  Form printed letters…auto-signing pen…what would you expect, he probably didn’t want to spend the extra minutes hand writing a letter or signing it because of his exhausting schedule of TV and fund raiser events. Some leader, eh.
  
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- getalong
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 1:36pm
  Just another example of the most troubling character defect of this President. HE DOES NOT VALUE HUMAN LIFE!
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 2:26pm
  the golfer in chief phones it in from the golf course! he can’t be bothered to do otherwise UNLESS it’s extorting more $ from the unions and the CHINESE just like the clintons did.
  
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- wezzie
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 2:56pm
  I was really pissed when our four murdered AMERICANS came off the plane and were set behind the president and clinton while they faced the familys and lied about what happened. All they did was try to cover up their own butts. Well I guess it didn’t work. Nixon got caught, but no one was killed with his lies.
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 8:32pm
  I would expect nothing different. To Obama only two children matter.
  
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angeleyes63
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:14pm
Modern democrats do not have respect for military personnel. In their world militaries are the problem.
Plus obama said it himself he’s lazy, and lacks character. ( The character part is my opinion.)

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- mtcountrygrl
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:22pm
  It’s EQUALITY OF SIMPATHY. Wouldn’t want one parent getting a better letter than another. Spread the sympathy around.
  
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- DeniseR55
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:24pm
  It would be better IF the Bush personal letter would have been used. It would have made a much stronger point.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:26pm
  I retired from the Army back in the mid ’90s The form letters, citations, and certificate of retirement complete with Clinton’s auto pen signature along with the one to my wife are still in a box out in the garage. Okay, we’ve since moved to a rural area, the box is just in a different garage now.
  He told us back in the ’90s again, just how much he loathed the military, and this is the way I return his respect. Maybe one of these days I’ll build a larger den and do what Walt Disney did with his dishonorable discharge. If you get a chance to watch the opening of his old show you will notice a framed certificate hanging behind and just above his left shoulder. Its upside down, and remained there through all of the years his show remained on. I’ve yet to learn why he was discharged.
  
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vbell
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:12pm
I think the rest of the citizens of this country feel indebted to our armed service men and women and owe our safety and freedom to them. Unfortunately our pres feels that we can simply ‘absorb’ these loses.

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- IOWAGIR
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:20pm
  My thanks to this family and all the others that have sacraficed beyond what I could ever even begin to comprehend. I don’t think you could know without doing it yourself.
  
  Well said VBELL! To Owebama it’s just a bump in the road.
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:30pm
  @Joe: Really sorry that you were a bottle baby. I’m guessing that your mother didn’t like you any more than anyone else does, even though I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting her. You are truly a pathetic little man.
  
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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 8:13pm
  One wrong letter in above post, sorry K should be k
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8 Again Here’s to our Military Heroes. God Bless them all.
  
  0 will be voted out soon…he won’t disrespect any more Americans…hopefully he’ll do time. And all God fearing Americans know who 0 will eventually answer to for all his inhuman crimes and blasphemy.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:10pm
This is KRAP reporter talking to presz obama….
“Sir…why are all your letters to dead soldiers exactly the same as if they are form letters and only the names are changed. Some say you even auto-pen your signature. Do you have any remarks?”
Obama”
“Look….I can’t sit down and write a letta everytime some honkie gets hisself kilt. He shouldn’t have signed up if he didn’t want to get kilt by one of my…er…the muslim bros and the Taliban. I gotta’ run a campaign, meet wit da brothas in New Orleans again. I gotta convince some jewboys I ain’t gonna give up Israel…….yet anyway. I gotta keep that crazy b*tch Michelle from saying she hates white peeps again. ANd…I gotta keep roonin’ da country. What you beyatches want from me?”

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- yiska8
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:18pm
  Oh yeah, those remarks sound about right, especially after a little chooming session.
  
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- Veteran Patriot
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:36pm
  It’s rather amazing how Joe, in his ignorance, projects his own failings and prejudices onto those he is addressing. Don’t stop now Joe, you’re on a roll!
  
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- joe.r.piehole
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:46pm
  Ok Veteran Patriot. Look at the message I replied to. That guy just imitated the president in 1920′s era mock-black voice. He is an imbecile. He is objectively stupid, and he is obviously a bad person.
  
  You all want to come at me, but the truth is that you and the original poster are the worthless Americans. We are trying to build a more rational, responsible society. You, and the person that imitated the president in this way, are an embarrassment. You should feel ashamed, you idiot.
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:55pm
  @Joe: rarely does a poster on this site piss me off the way that you do. Insulting someone’s children by calling them “dumb”. Pretty sure you don’t know him or his kids. You are a piece of ****. I wish I knew where I could find you so you could feel how much I don’t like you.
  
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- joe.r.piehole
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:12pm
  Watermain, good job proving my point again. Reread the original post in this thread. If you find me more offensive than that, that is a YOU problem.
  
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- Charleyhorse
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:30pm
  Joe, actually I think the fact is the guy kind of nailed it. Go back and listen to the speech regarding relief for New Orleans post Katrina vs. that for New York post 9.11. Tell me joe, who is doing the 1920s era mock black voice? Who is inciting the people to divide them? Tell me , joe, what are you doing to build a more rationale, responsible society? I’m interested. We all are because that is at the core of what we all want. What do you feel that this president has done to help us get there? Be specific please, and I really don’t care whar Bush did. I’m gEnuinely asking you what Bho has done.
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:41pm
  joe.r.piehole – I think people on this site have gotten very tired of President Obama campaigning instead of governing the country. Have you heard Obama on the campaign stump? He goes into his black, good ole boy, preaching mode. Perhaps it isn’t polite to mock him, but you really should do some research on how he is dismantling our military and trying to up our tri-care payments by about 400%, a benefit that was promised to all the military. Please don’t tell us all he has done for the country. We can read and listen and we know how he is systematically destroying our country. We have read about his Marxist, anti-colonialist mentors, and his anti-American, terrorist friend, Saul Alynski, Rules for Radicals, his American hating pastor Rev. Wright. I could go on, but I think you will understand our disdain for our current President.
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:46pm
  @Joe: Don’t need to read it again…I’m one of those rare people who retain what they read.
  
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- pookieamos
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 10:37pm
  LOL , ay you sound just like Obumma in dat vedio fum 2008 , good job .
  
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BelievinginAmerica
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:06pm
If anyone thinks Obama is sincere about anything AMERICAN…..they haven’t paid attention for the last 4 years. Obama is all things FAKE, just like these letters. Our HERO’S deserve so much more than this, how disgraceful and disrespectful!

One thing about President Bush was his respect for our military and fallen hero’s. Bush still does a lot of work behind the scene for the military (per Obama’s request, to stay behind the scenes).

Romney/Ryan2012

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- The Sergeant Major
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:27pm
  The prez might be a US citizen, but he’s not an American! Educated and lived overseas he has never been an American. He identifies himself as “afro-american” more afro than American. So sad!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 11:44pm
  Unbelievable how Blacks put this Half White/Black from Hawaii
  on a pedestal, one of his staff probably had to tell him who Rosa
  Parks was.. This JERK is Phony through and through..bought
  and paid for….. Don’t know how to tell them, but this POS is
  NO Black Man…… I see DESPERATION in these foks…
  someone should tell Rev. Al Sharpton, been kneeling down to
  a Fake N*****..What has he done for the Black Community ??
  
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G.E.R
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:06pm
They are both dated May 9th 2012. How many other letters of condolence needed to be signed that day? It’s easy to point a finger when you’re not the one who has to sign or write THAT letter.

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- 13th Imam
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:13pm
  Doesn’t look like he wrote anything himself ,except for the autopen signature, on his way out to the golf course.
  
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- 762x51
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:21pm
  Right because he was busy meeting with his jobs council that day . . . no I mean he was busy meeting with foreign leaders trying to solve the problems in the middle east that day . . . no, I mean he was busy working with business and economic leaders to resolve the skyrocketing prices of food, fuel, etc. that are crushing the middle class that day . . . . . . . . OK he was busy campaigning.
  
  Obama didn’t bat and eye or disrupt his campaign schedule when our Libyan ambassador was killed so your making excuses for him here is a fools errand.
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 8:00pm
  I’ll bet his golf game got rained out or some other national emergency like that came up. You know, I’m even starting to miss Jimmy Carter.
  
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- pennies
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 10:27pm
  Its not that easy to be the one over there in the mix.
  
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- RiseLiberty
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 2:50am
  I don’t care if he had a hundred to write in one day. You write the damn letters. And you handwrite them! What, that’s too much to ask? A soldier has given his life for his country and this piece of garbage can’t sit down and write a personal letter to his wife? Remember that scene from Patton, where the coward is crying in the field hospital? Patton had to smack him upside the head for staining a place of honor. That’s what this maggot in the White House is doing, dishonoring the fallen. He’s far too busy hanging with Letterman, Beyonce and JZ.
  
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- rickinpa
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 10:47am
  That DAY WAS four months after their son died – he had NO TIME IN FOUR MONTHS to do anything better? I”m sure he played gold during those four months! IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PRIORITIES – THE PRESIDENT MAKES HIS PRIORITIES!!! HECK HE WENT TO BED WHEN HE FOUND OUT THE AMBASSADOR WAS MISSING!!!!
  
  A LEADER FINDS A WAY A LOSER FINDS AN EXCUSE!!!!
  
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momrules
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:05pm
One letter fits all. Obama does not care. He did not care about them before they died, he does not care about them or their loved ones after their deaths.

Pop question that I think the Commander in Chief should know. President Obama, how many of America’s best have died on your watch?

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- Tobytheone
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:27pm
  agree
  
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T-2
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:05pm
where are body count report? When Bush was in office there was a body count report just about every week.

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- football lady
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:45pm
  President and Commander in Chief Bush cared! Obama couldn’t care less. Commander in Chief in name only.
  
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- NoU4EN
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 8:21pm
  2001-2008: 630 U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan during this 8 year period.
  2009-2012: 1,412 U.S. service members have been killed in Obama’s War in just 3 ½ years. The war he vowed to end.
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 12:44am
  I had As of Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, at least 2,007 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan.575 US troops under Bush.Somewhere in there is the numbers.
  
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redhotmomma
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:03pm
Well, George Bush was a true gentleman, and a true patriot…He wrote many letters by hand to the families of fallen soldiers…But in all FAIRNESS, there were more military deaths under OBAMA than under President Bush, so OBVIOUSLY it was less of a burden on President Bush to personally respond to the families via a handwritten letter…

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- yiska8
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:15pm
  FDR, LBJ, GHW, and GWB didn’t party the way this one does. If they did, it was formal and quiet out of respect for the people in uniform fighting a world away. This pos would rather be partying with Beyonce and being interviewed by someone, anyone rather than realizing and putting the REAL work in as President. Hell, he thought he’d have the debate handed to him on a silver platter by Jim Lehrer. No real work or prep needed. These families deserve better. Barry doesn’t memorize names or want to know about the fallen men and women in uniform, unless he’s using them as an example in a state of the union speech or on the campaign trail. What a cold,slimy SOB we have sitting in the WH.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 5:28am
  And in all fairness, Barack cannot read or write. He could copy them by hand, though. Thing is, his speechwriters are worn out from having to come up with every single word that moron says in public. “Say AH, dorkhead.” “AH.” Just one night on his own, and Parrotman falls apart. Honestly, libs, your affirmative action failure should be flipping burgers somewhere.
  
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Stone Cold Truth
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:03pm
Obama’s too busy campaigning and fundraising to write personal letters. He’s got time to sign a glammer head shot photo of himself though if you don’t mind donating money.

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yiska8
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:01pm
We do not have a real man in the Presidency. We don’t have a leader. We have a coldfish who hates his nation and despises our history,our traditions, divides us as a people, and truly resents people in uniform. This letter is not surprising. The SOB doesn’t even know what a Navy corpsman is. The letters are identical and autopen was used. It’s obvious. If they deny, then it’s the TRUTH. The Nobel Peace Prize winner can’t even take a few minutes out of his day to formally hand sign or handwrite a letter or private note to these families who’ve lost their loved ones. So sorry to the families, but this administration doesn’t care about anything or anyone other than getting their “golden boy” elected again.
And was this the second helicopter to go down with the rest of Seal Team Six who “killed” OBL? Two incidents occurred where most of the team that got OBL mysteriously were on board, but were months apart. The article didn’t mention if Cpl. Logan was on board with those involved in the mission. No investigation?? What a surprise.
The thanks of a grateful nation?

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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:27pm
  Amazing isn’t it? He can order these young American heroes into harm’s way, but he is unable to pick up a real pen and even sign his form letters. This president is a humiliation to this great country.
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 9:52pm
  In Catholicism, there are things that are sacrilegious. This President is absolutely sacrilegious to people of our faith, the manner in which he represents the office, our military men and women, their families, and basically everything he stands for and believes in.
  
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flatbroke
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:57pm
I will be so happy, when i dont have to hear the name Barack Obama ever again.

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- cubber
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:04pm
  I hope we NEVER forget. Be Prepared.
  
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- flatbroke
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:07pm
  @CUBBER, point taken!
  
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- katybarthedoor
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 11:51pm
  I would like to hear his name again in conjunction with several words, those being: investigated, charged, trial, guilty, sentenced to life. Then I would not want to hear from him again.
  
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HPC172ERTAV
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:57pm
Four MONTHS after?

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floridareader
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:57pm
This not only shows the total disconnection between the inhabitant of America’s White House with America’s heroes and their families. I wonder which one of his commie-buddies wrote this letter-template. And I also wonder who has been in charge of the Oval Office since his election and in the never-ending presidential campaign this man has held for so many months.

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sissygirl
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:57pm
Blaze, please correct or verify if you are speaking of CPl. Logan USMC and another unnamed fallen Navy SEAL or if your first line of the story is incorrect referring to CPL Logan as a Navy SEAL.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:36pm
  I sent that in to them….. good catch!
  
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dusko
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:55pm
The guy hates this country. Why would he sympathize over a fallen soldier?

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AJAYW
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:55pm
He has no respect of any kind or shape for our troops .

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:54pm
As of Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, at least 2,007 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan.575 US troops died in Afghanistan during President Bush’s 8 years in office.
Between all that dying and all that golf,vacations,and campaigning, when does Obama have time for condolence letters? Thank God he has an auto-pen or he would never get anything done!

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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:52pm
The military has several templates for condolence letters. The only ones worth a damn are the ones you write yourself about someone you knew.

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- Watermain
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:44pm
  Amen, brother.
  
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:50pm
Precious American Son. So young. :( May his family be wrapped in the arms of God’s love and comfort. Cpl. Joseph D. Logan… thank you for your ultimate sacrifice. Words can never express the gratitude I feel, for young heroes such as you. Godspeed.

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- NHwinter
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:51pm
  SaturdaysWarrior76 – Beautifully said, thank you. God bless all who have served and who are serving. God keep them in your loving hands.
  
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Ben
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:48pm
That’s pretty damned impersonal… identical letters from B O.

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- sndrman
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:06pm
  come on cut obama some slack(all obama does is slack off),he’s got to get to the golf course and then later that evening he has to go to a hollywood dinner with weirdo’s, and collect millions and millions…….can’t you see he’s to busy to care,and probably that soldier and his family wouldn’t vote for him anyways………..don’t dems just support and care for their voters……..you know that non-sense is just talking points about how the president represents all AMERICANS,just to get votes from suckers who actually might believe………..
  
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biohazard23
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:44pm
He’s such a putz. Dear Leader is an embarrassment to this country.

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arx
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:41pm
Condolences and prayers with the family.

Obomao can shove his fake letters up his arse.

Blaze…it’s either a Marine or a Seal, can’t be both.

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- AKGunguy
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:25pm
  ARX, Semper-Fi my Brother Marine.
  I too was puzzled by the SEAl/Marine thing. I see you sprot the Mighty EGA on this Forum. I served 5 years as a Combat Engineer from 92-97.
  Just wanted to pass on a falltime OOHRAH! from the not yet frozen wastleland of Alaska.
  
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- arx
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 8:54am
  AKGunguy…Semper Fi brother. I looked into combat engineers but went with MP (5803) instead. Left the frozen midwestern tundra when I went into the service, and haven’t been back except for summer vacations. Stay warm this winter.
  
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netmail
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:40pm
If it were me in that horrible position, I would not welcome ANY condolence letter from Barack Obama because no matter what it said, I know it would not be sincere. It could only make me feel worse.

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- Jezreel
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:49pm
  Good idea. They should send it back.
  
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- Angel_light
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:33pm
  Right, Obama is only doing what he does best; pretending to care, then does whatever he wants after you turn your back. the lame stream media depicted him as a saint in the beginning, now they are finally embarrassed by him and are giving up for the most part. OMG ’nuff said.
  
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HKS
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:40pm
Looks like a form letter with different names to me. Nothing personal here.

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- oldeagle101
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:04pm
  Agreed and probably signed by an auto pen..
  
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- Salamander
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 9:09pm
  Hey, maybe he needs a break–or a condolences Czar! Do you have any idea how many of those he has to write? Hint: What is it, double or triple in 4 years what George Bush lost in the previous 8? Poor guy (Obama)! Well, he shouldn’t have to be writing too many more of those letters! (I’m sorry to be sarcastic in such close proximity to a family’s grief, but EVERY ONE of those soldiers carries the torch for the rest of us–God bless their souls! Our ‘commander-in-chief’, on the other hand, is just another cheap suit, running around the World tilting at windmills, like a black Don Quixote–sorry, again, but HE plays the race-card, so that gives me the right to toss it back in his face! What a maroon!)
  
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- izzy1127
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 1:28am
  I’m just putting this question out there because I obviously don’t know the answer: When someone does an auto pen signature, do they do multiple so it’s not always looking the same? Wonder if they do, and when the letters print, the computer rolls different signatures so they’re not “exactly” alike? The reason I ask is I looked that those signatures above and the two are different. I mean, I just wouldn’t put it past them to do such a thing. Gods speed to all our fallen soldiers and the ones still fighting. R/R 2012
  
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