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		<title>By: jpqrerbpk</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/bracelet-wars/#comment-31179843</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Lyndonlqa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: wow gold</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/bracelet-wars/#comment-412883</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McSame was trying to make &quot;hay&quot; out of the death of one soldier in an unwarranted war by pointing out his bracelet! So what? Obama is correct in pointing out that he too, in owning a bracelet, knows the pain of families who have suffered because of the war. McSame does not own the &quot;war&quot; but he should hold responsibility for the deaths because it is an unjustified war, not just for the families here in the US, but also for the families of all the people, whether from Iraq or the coalition as forces. McSame, if he is honorable, should shoulder the burden of responsibility especially since he declared that he will stay for another 100 years.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McSame was trying to make &#8220;hay&#8221; out of the death of one soldier in an unwarranted war by pointing out his bracelet! So what? Obama is correct in pointing out that he too, in owning a bracelet, knows the pain of families who have suffered because of the war. McSame does not own the &#8220;war&#8221; but he should hold responsibility for the deaths because it is an unjustified war, not just for the families here in the US, but also for the families of all the people, whether from Iraq or the coalition as forces. McSame, if he is honorable, should shoulder the burden of responsibility especially since he declared that he will stay for another 100 years.</p>
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		<title>By: mbt shoes</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/bracelet-wars/#comment-412877</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McSame, if he is honorable, should shoulder the burden of responsibility especially.it is an unjustified war, not just for the families here in the US
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		<title>By: Bracelet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Bonce</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/bracelet-wars/#comment-412866</link>
		<dc:creator>Bonce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: devadreamer</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/bracelet-wars/#comment-412860</link>
		<dc:creator>devadreamer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am from Merrill, I went to school with Ryan and my family knows his. My brother-in-law just had a conversation with Ryan&#039;s mom about this yesterday and she said (while giving him an Obama sign from the huge pile in her living room), that she was proud of Obama mentioning Ryan, and that Obama had called her to personally apologize if he had offended her, and she told him he had nothing to apologize for and that he had done well.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am from Merrill, I went to school with Ryan and my family knows his. My brother-in-law just had a conversation with Ryan&#8217;s mom about this yesterday and she said (while giving him an Obama sign from the huge pile in her living room), that she was proud of Obama mentioning Ryan, and that Obama had called her to personally apologize if he had offended her, and she told him he had nothing to apologize for and that he had done well.</p>
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		<title>By: chris greta</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/bracelet-wars/#comment-412853</link>
		<dc:creator>chris greta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>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 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 &quot;read exactly like the bracelet Senator Obama is wearing.&quot;
So, from my direct experience, this is a non-issue. In addition, this is from an AP news story:
&quot;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.
&quot;I don&#039;t understand how people can take that and turn it into some garbage on the Internet,&quot; 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&#039;s mention on Friday was appropriate because he was responding after Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee, said a soldier&#039;s mother gave him a bracelet.&quot;
Thousands are wearing HeroBracelets to honor the memories of soldiers and Marines they have never met and they do so out of respect.
HeroBracelets 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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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Senator Obama is wearing a HeroBracelet in the name of SGT Jopek. The bracelet was presented to him by his mother.<br />
I am with HeroBracelets 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 &#8220;read exactly like the bracelet Senator Obama is wearing.&#8221;<br />
So, from my direct experience, this is a non-issue. In addition, this is from an AP news story:<br />
&#8220;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.<br />
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand how people can take that and turn it into some garbage on the Internet,&#8221; she said.<br />
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&#8217;s mention on Friday was appropriate because he was responding after Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee, said a soldier&#8217;s mother gave him a bracelet.&#8221;<br />
Thousands are wearing HeroBracelets to honor the memories of soldiers and Marines they have never met and they do so out of respect.<br />
HeroBracelets 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.</p>
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		<title>By: The Compass Blog</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/bracelet-wars/#comment-412847</link>
		<dc:creator>The Compass Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wah! I have a bracelet too, cried Nobama......in the words of his equally unqualified running mate..... &quot;Stand up chuck, let em see ya&quot;.
Nobama is a dangerous and thuggish politician.
Nobama made some of the most profit from the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Scandal which has caused the economic disaster that we are paying for today, and apparently will be paying for, for a long time to come.
Democrats Covering up, blaming the regulator and outright lieing, defending their cash cow back in 2004, when McCain and other Republicans warned of this pending crisis.
Nobama,your hero and beneficiary of the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis of today………
Now….How do you NObama supporters and other Democrats defend this?…..You Cant!
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wah! I have a bracelet too, cried Nobama&#8230;&#8230;in the words of his equally unqualified running mate&#8230;.. &#8220;Stand up chuck, let em see ya&#8221;.<br />
Nobama is a dangerous and thuggish politician.<br />
Nobama made some of the most profit from the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Scandal which has caused the economic disaster that we are paying for today, and apparently will be paying for, for a long time to come.<br />
Democrats Covering up, blaming the regulator and outright lieing, defending their cash cow back in 2004, when McCain and other Republicans warned of this pending crisis.<br />
Nobama,your hero and beneficiary of the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis of today………<br />
Now….How do you NObama supporters and other Democrats defend this?…..You Cant!</p>
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		<title>By: Greg</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/bracelet-wars/#comment-412841</link>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Intelligent Voter:
&quot;Greg,
I&#039;m tired of hearing about McCain&#039;s service as a war hero. What kind of hero is he to our veterans now? He votes against any kind of bill which benefits vets, medical, education, you name it-McCain is against it.&quot;
I agree he&#039;s making too much of an issue of his service, although I still find it to be very important considering the situation we are in with regards to the ongoing war.  To be honest as a Vet I have more benefits that I know what to do with, so I&#039;m not sure what bills you are referring to.  If you are indeed an intelligent voter (and judging by your previous posts, you seem to be just that), but you know as well as I do that as soon as a major bill comes along everyone in congress attachs nearly limitless add-ons and pork-barrel special appropriations to benefit a small group of their voters.  It&#039;s sad, but many major bills must be defeated not to stop the main bill, but all the attached pork.   I fully admit I&#039;m not well versed in every vote McCain has made, and if you can point me to a non-partisan appraisal of his voting record, I&#039;d like to see it.
&quot;There are just as many people out there who believe that the war in Iraq was unjust.&quot;
I&#039;m fully aware of that.  America is fairly well divided over this issue.  I respect your right to think it unjust, I just don&#039;t see much evidence to support your opinion.  I&#039;m quite happy that a mass murderer on the scale of Stalin and Hitler is dead, his horrific regime is in ruins, and a formerly oppressed people now have a fighting chance at living a life instead of just surviving in the shadows of an evil regime.  If you don&#039;t think that&#039;s worth fighting for, well then that is your opinion.  I personally think it is worth the fight.
You talk about 4,000 casualties in 5 years of war, when we lost more men than that in a day on Tarawa, or in an hour at Shiloh.  I don&#039;t meant to reduce human lives to mere statistics, but the truth is more people have been murdered in Chicago in the past six months than have been killed in Baghdad.
&quot;More frightening--McCain has anger issues, that may be a result of his war history. I think we should have the right to examine his medical records to see what pyschological affect the war had on McCain.&quot;
We all have anger issues.  It&#039;s just a matter of degree.  Not sure what you are referring to, but again if you have a credible source, please share the link.
In closing I&#039;d like to say that none of this is personal, I think it&#039;s important that we all talk about these issues and not bottle them up.  So please do not take anything I have said as an insult, I just don&#039;t agree with you.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Intelligent Voter:<br />
&#8220;Greg,<br />
I&#8217;m tired of hearing about McCain&#8217;s service as a war hero. What kind of hero is he to our veterans now? He votes against any kind of bill which benefits vets, medical, education, you name it-McCain is against it.&#8221;<br />
I agree he&#8217;s making too much of an issue of his service, although I still find it to be very important considering the situation we are in with regards to the ongoing war.  To be honest as a Vet I have more benefits that I know what to do with, so I&#8217;m not sure what bills you are referring to.  If you are indeed an intelligent voter (and judging by your previous posts, you seem to be just that), but you know as well as I do that as soon as a major bill comes along everyone in congress attachs nearly limitless add-ons and pork-barrel special appropriations to benefit a small group of their voters.  It&#8217;s sad, but many major bills must be defeated not to stop the main bill, but all the attached pork.   I fully admit I&#8217;m not well versed in every vote McCain has made, and if you can point me to a non-partisan appraisal of his voting record, I&#8217;d like to see it.<br />
&#8220;There are just as many people out there who believe that the war in Iraq was unjust.&#8221;<br />
I&#8217;m fully aware of that.  America is fairly well divided over this issue.  I respect your right to think it unjust, I just don&#8217;t see much evidence to support your opinion.  I&#8217;m quite happy that a mass murderer on the scale of Stalin and Hitler is dead, his horrific regime is in ruins, and a formerly oppressed people now have a fighting chance at living a life instead of just surviving in the shadows of an evil regime.  If you don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s worth fighting for, well then that is your opinion.  I personally think it is worth the fight.<br />
You talk about 4,000 casualties in 5 years of war, when we lost more men than that in a day on Tarawa, or in an hour at Shiloh.  I don&#8217;t meant to reduce human lives to mere statistics, but the truth is more people have been murdered in Chicago in the past six months than have been killed in Baghdad.<br />
&#8220;More frightening&#8211;McCain has anger issues, that may be a result of his war history. I think we should have the right to examine his medical records to see what pyschological affect the war had on McCain.&#8221;<br />
We all have anger issues.  It&#8217;s just a matter of degree.  Not sure what you are referring to, but again if you have a credible source, please share the link.<br />
In closing I&#8217;d like to say that none of this is personal, I think it&#8217;s important that we all talk about these issues and not bottle them up.  So please do not take anything I have said as an insult, I just don&#8217;t agree with you.</p>
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