\u201cUnlike Jill, I wasn’t a military mom. I wasn’t a Blue Star family member. I didn’t know much about the military, and I was probably more like the average American,\u201d said Obama.<\/p>\n
She added that 99 percent of the nation takes the military\u2019s service for granted. \u201cBecause when one percent of the country is serving and protecting the freedoms of the other 99 percent, it\u2019s very easy for the other 99 percent to take that for granted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But, she added, life on the campaign trail felt like military life. \u201cDealing with everything that I was dealing with \u2014 a spouse traveling, a job, kids \u2014 we didn\u2019t deal with multiple moves, but I learned about the challenges that happen when you move from base to base to base; the way your kids have to adjust on a dime. And doing it knowing that the person you love is in harm\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, we all remember how tough it was to be “in harm’s way” with only that thin line of Secret Service folks between us and the bad guys. The constant moving from 5-star hotel to 5-star hotel. It was Hell, I tell you. Hell. I get flashbacks from the hotel staff carrying my bags and smiling at me. And the tips, my God, the tips.<\/p>\n
Given the way that the sports heroes, the Hollywood pretend-heroes and now the politicians compare their jobs to being in the military, I guess that they really don’t understand what being in the military is like. And they’re not ashamed to demonstrate how much they don’t understand. That’s bravery! they should all get medals for being unafraid to demonstrate their ignorance in public like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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