DNC steps in it again...

[TFOGGER]

Note to self: When attempting to honor US Vets, use pics of US ships...


http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/0...ribute-091112/

On the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking warships reinforced his patriotic message.

But there was a big mistake in the stirring backdrop: those are Russian warships.

While retired Adm. John Nathman, a former commander of Fleet Forces Command, honored vets as America’s best, the ships from the Russian Federation Navy were arrayed like sentinels on the big screen above.

...clueless fucksticks....

[speedysst]

Im sorry but that is such a screw up it made me laugh. Yet they say the Republicans are "out of touch?"

[Byte Stryke]

I saw an article/blog where the fighter jets the DNC used were actually The Turkish Stars...

found a snopes, Bottom of article
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/dncships.asp

[nisils14]

I'm not the type for politics but this is comedy gold.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/0...ribute-091112/

[TFOGGER]

I found it sad rather than funny...and posted it about an hour ago...

http://www.ar-15.co/forums/showthread.php?t=63721

[Singlestack]

So many ways to analyze this:

- Do we really want idiots like this leading our military and nation?
- Do Dem navy people really not know the difference between our ships and theirs?
- Is the Russian navy the navy the Dems want to support?
- Given the "God and jerusalem" vote, is this just further evidence of how unhinged the dems are?

wow, just wow.
Singlestack

[Ronin13]

So many ways to analyze this:

- Do we really want idiots like this leading our military and nation?
- Do Dem navy people really not know the difference between our ships and theirs?
- Is the Russian navy the navy the Dems want to support?
- Given the "God and jerusalem" vote, is this just further evidence of how unhinged the dems are?

wow, just wow.
Singlestack

I choose option E, all of the above...

[FastMan]

How the heck did I miss this gem? Hilarious, in a pathetically sad kind of way!

Obviously Obama did not have input in the pageantry. I'm sure he would have voted for a picture of a platoon of Marine corpses instead.

[clublights]

Being a vendor at these types of gigs..............

it was most likely the vendors fault. honestly.

and the folks that they have overseeing us vendors are clueless.

They ask us to do things all the time that are not only stupid but often pointless wastes of time and money.


This coulda happened to either party. It's not a Dem problem.. it's not a Rep. problem. It's just the way things roll.

All that said..

It is fun to laugh at it happening to the Dem's ( and not my company making the screw up LOL )

[CrufflerSteve]

Reality - based on the movie.