Here's what I make of it Jody. When you're in the Marines or any branch of the service, you're a captive audience. You do what you're told. I saw times when Obama was welcomed enthusiastically by military crowds and I've seen lukewarm Bush receptions. My guess is what you're seeing is the house rules of the venue at play. What appears to be a mass snub is probably just a situation where those soldiers were at parade rest or attention and told to remain that way during the introduction. You know as well as I do that there are absolute Obama supporters within any group of people and they would have been clapping and cheering had they had permission.

I think the telling point was during Obama's section, they used the name "Barry" in the title. Somehow that pointed out to me the editor was not exactly fair and balanced.

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