When Obama walked X president Bush to the chopper, to send him back to hell, the two marines by the helicopter saluted and instead of Obama returning the salute Bush was the one to do it ........... that was mistake one.

Mistake two.........the marines returned Bush salute, if I was one of the Marines I would have held my salute till Obama returned my salute.

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I did not notice that....video?

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I can say that I have yet to watch or see any video from inauguration day...So while I didn't see the non-salute, it doesn't surprise me...after all, it took him awhile to figure out how to salute the flag during the national anthem...

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Well, I didn't notice it. I also think that many people didn't notice it. I am surprised to see that you had noticed such a minute thing apart from the emotional part of watching the ceremony.

Well mano something else that I notices was when Obama was about to be sworn in and the Supreme Justice asked him "Senator Obama, are you ready to take the oat of office?"

As we all know at that time Obama......was not......a US senator but a civilian.

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ZING!

Seriously though, I didn't watch the ceremony. I don't think a lot of members on this board are fans, anyone have a video to these mistakes? I'm curious now.

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Here's the pic and video of Obama's failure to salute the flag during the National Anthem during a ceremony on September 16, 2007...

There's also an article from the reputable truthorfiction.com website... http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/obama-salute.htm

Picture of Senator Barack Obama Failing to Salute the Flag While Others on a Platform, Including Senator Hillary Clinton, are Saluting-Truth!

Summary of the eRumor:
A picture of Senator Barack Obama (below), Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, Senator Hillary Clinton, and one other person all on a platform and backed by an American flag. The eRumor says that the National Anthem was being played at the time and that all but Senator Obama saluted.


The Truth:
The picture is authentic. It was published in Time magazine and was taken 9/16/07 at an event in Indianola, Iowa where six Democratic presidential candidates appeared. It was Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual "meat and greet." The fourth person in the picture is Senator Harkin's wife, Ruth. Not seen in the picture are three other candidates who were standing out of view on the right side of the platform, Senator Chris Dodd, Senator John Edwards, Senator Joe Biden.

At question is what was going on with Senator Obama? His critics are circulating the picture and saying that he is not respecting the flag or the National Anthem, especially since the protocol, according to the United States Flag code, is that civilians should have their right hands over their hearts and that they should be facing the flag. His supporters are saying that this little lapse should not be held against him since there have been plenty of other events at which he has saluted the flag---so it did not mean that he would, in principle, avoid doing it.

Some supporters have suggested that perhaps the picture does not tell the whole story and that he may have raised his hand shortly after it was taken.

An ABC News video, however, shows that Senator Obama did not salute at any time during the Anthem and that everybody else on the platform did.

A spokesperson for the Senator told Fox News that it was ridiculous to suggest that Obama was making any kind of a statement and that sometimes "he does and sometimes he doesn't place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem."

With all kidding aside, that woman butchered the National Anthem in that video. It was almost as bad as the version sung/screamed on inauguration day.

I am one here on the board that likes Obama. I didn`t see the things you all are talking about so i really can`t comment on why he did or didn`t do it. I am very glad to see Bush go.