Posted by
Mike Bates on Friday, November 06, 2009 1:23:53 AM
The Washington Post yesterday afternoon reported
"President Obama delivers remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference." The transcript begins:
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
[*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just
thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for
organizing just an extraordinary conference.
I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration
officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow
(ph) was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that
Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It's good to see you.
Ah, the dangers of giving shout outs without a teleprompter. Crow is not a Medal of Honor recipient. As noted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society:
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in
action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual
serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented
to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in
the name of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of
Honor.
Crow's name is not included on the Society's Medal of Honor recipient list. He was, however, awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in August.
Obama, often
described
as "cerebral" by the mainstream media, should know the difference
between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since
he personally awarded the latter to Crow. Don't expect his blunder to
receive wide coverage. It's not something he can blame George Bush
for.