Soldiers forced to relocate wedding for Obama's golfing

[Forever_frost]

Well he makes his own phone calls....

He has a pen and a phone

[Forever_frost]

People bitch about every little thing he does, but I'm on his side on this one. I bet he didn't have a clue there was a wedding on the same day.

You mean other than the invite, more than likely the signs leading up to the course and so forth? Hell, had he an ounce of anything that makes a man, he'd have said "that's bullshit. Yall have your wedding, I'm sorry for any inconvenience."

[racrguy]

You mean other than the invite, more than likely the signs leading up to the course and so forth? Hell, had he an ounce of anything that makes a man, he'd have said "that's bullshit. Yall have your wedding, I'm sorry for any inconvenience."

Let's be reasonable. Do you think he knew about it before or after the fact?

[Craizie]

You mean other than the invite, more than likely the signs leading up to the course and so forth? Hell, had he an ounce of anything that makes a man, he'd have said "that's bullshit. Yall have your wedding, I'm sorry for any inconvenience."

How much of that do you think he had direct involvement of?

[SS Junk]

They were warned that he was going to be in town and that they might have to reschedule. Yeah it's shitty that they had to move, but again, they knew the KNEW that they might have to move it. At least Obama talked to them.

Fox News ran away with this shit too.

[YALE]

The Washington Examiner is a hack website. It might as well be the Blaze or Salon.

[Nash B.]

You mean other than the invite, more than likely the signs leading up to the course and so forth?

Why would they have signs up on a golf course for a wedding the next day?

[03trubluGT]

It takes roughly 4 hours to set up a wedding, and about an hour for the ceremony, couldn't the course be used for POTUS to golf in the morning and the wedding in the afternoon?

I do tend to agree that the wedding is a once in a lifetime type event, the POTUS can golf anytime he wants (as evidenced by the link).

[GrayStangGT]

You mean other than the invite, more than likely the signs leading up to the course and so forth? Hell, had he an ounce of anything that makes a man, he'd have said "that's bullshit. Yall have your wedding, I'm sorry for any inconvenience."

You mean the invite that he more than likely never saw and was just sent a generic thank you for corresponding with the white house note by an intern. I dislike the man as much as anyone, but I would put money on him not knowing anything about this until it hit the news. He is the president, his staff takes care of these things for him.

[Forever_frost]

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/12/30/video-obamas-sorry-phone-call-recorded-as-he-shirks-blame-for-ruining-soldiers-wedding-plans-169130

The White House optics problem started when the story spread thattwo military lovebirds, Army Captains Natalie Heimel and Edward Mallue Jr., were forced to move their dream wedding off a beautiful Hawaiian golf course after the president decided he wanted to play through.
The pen and phone president had to get on the phone.

“Listen, congratulations on your wedding,” Obama said in the call. “I feel terrible. Nobody told us and had they mentioned they were going to have a wedding on the 16th hole we would have skipped the 16th hole, I hope the wedding went OK anyway,” he added.

“It did. Thank you very much. It was a blessing in disguise,” the groom, Edward Mallue Jr., responded.

[BP]

You mean the invite that he more than likely never saw and was just sent a generic thank you for corresponding with the white house note by an intern. I dislike the man as much as anyone, but I would put money on him not knowing anything about this until it hit the news. He is the president, his staff takes care of these things for him.

Get out of here with that common sense. I guess people expect a junior officer that probably runs the EML (or whatever the Navy calls it) department of the base to tell his Colonel that he needs to tell the Admiral that he needs to tell the secretary of the Navy that they need to tell the secret service to tell the president that he needs to reschedule his golf game because two Army captains want to get married.

The commander in chief, the man that runs the most powerful military in the world needs to change his plans and redirect his 300+ person security detail somewhere else because two junior officers that have been warned they might get the boot but booked anyway want to use the course for a wedding.

This story is silly. If you don't want your plans altered don't book a wedding when the president is in town. Especially not at a military base on his favorite golf course during a time where he typically plays a round. There are 5 other great courses on Oahu and lord knows there are hundreds of just as nice venues on the island.

I hope the couple has a great honeymoon and I wouldn't be surprised if Obama invites them to dinner and maybe even sent a gift. He has a pretty wide open schedule when he's on vacation.

[Gasser64]

Well you'd think his staff would have the competence necessary to ask whether it was all clear for him to do whatever it is he's going to do.

[Cooter]

Well you'd think his staff would have the competence necessary to ask whether it was all clear for him to do whatever it is he's going to do.

makes you wonder

[ceyko]

I can't stand Obama, and feel for them that this happened. However, NOTHING in your personal life is untouchable when you're military. It's just part of the gig and if another POTUS pulled this I'd probably feel the same way so I'm giving Obama a pass on this one.

I get irritated when he meddles in city/state business - no way I'd expect him to know some wedding was happening between two captains. I'd be more irritated if it were two E-5s, but in the end it happens.

[BP]

I can't stand Obama, and feel for them that this happened. However, NOTHING in your personal life is untouchable when you're military.

Yep, I'd be glad it's Obama instead of some Korean General and his mistresses. At least they got a good story out of it.