Officers: Memorial Used As Porta-Potty Pit Stop At Obama Rally

[Tess Anderson]

Symbolic, IMO:

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland police officers have asked for an apology after they said organizers of a Barack Obama rally set up Porta-Potties on a memorial honoring fallen officers.

Earlier this month, 75,000 people gathered in Waterfront Park in downtown Portland to hear Obama speak at a pre-primary rally.

Officer Thomas Brennan, a seven-year veteran with the Portland Police Bureau, said he was happy to help at the rally after being called in on his day off.

"On short notice, a lot of people had to cancel trips. But they were glad to do it," Brennan said. "It was very memorable, in more ways than one."

Brennan, who controlled the crowd near the Portland Police Memorial, noticed several Porta Potties set up in the middle of the memorial. Brennan had been at the site five days earlier for an annual memorial service and a flag was still set at half mast on the day of the rally.

"There was plenty of room elsewhere so space wasn't an issue," Brennan said. "So someone used some really poor decision making, whoever elected to put them there. I mean, it's somewhat hallowed ground, I guess you could call it."

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I wonder if this is...nevermind.

So far, all the Barack Hussein Obama team has said was that it was that they "didn't mean to offend" and that they had the "peoples' best interest at heart".

[rich_t]

Symbolic, IMO:

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland police officers have asked for an apology after they said organizers of a Barack Obama rally set up Porta-Potties on a memorial honoring fallen officers.

Earlier this month, 75,000 people gathered in Waterfront Park in downtown Portland to hear Obama speak at a pre-primary rally.

Officer Thomas Brennan, a seven-year veteran with the Portland Police Bureau, said he was happy to help at the rally after being called in on his day off.

"On short notice, a lot of people had to cancel trips. But they were glad to do it," Brennan said. "It was very memorable, in more ways than one."

Brennan, who controlled the crowd near the Portland Police Memorial, noticed several Porta Potties set up in the middle of the memorial. Brennan had been at the site five days earlier for an annual memorial service and a flag was still set at half mast on the day of the rally.

"There was plenty of room elsewhere so space wasn't an issue," Brennan said. "So someone used some really poor decision making, whoever elected to put them there. I mean, it's somewhat hallowed ground, I guess you could call it."

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I wonder if this is...nevermind.

So far, all the Barack Hussein Obama team has said was that it was that they "didn't mean to offend" and that they had the "peoples' best interest at heart".

If their idea of "best interest" is to disrepect a memorial in such a fashion....  We don't need it.

[RobJohnson]

Libs love to piss on graves.

[Wretched Excess]

I was willing to give the local obama people the benefit of the doubt until their "wheelchair access" excuse.  that's
just lame. 

Brennan said officers haven't heard back from the Obama campaign. He said someone owes an apology to the families of the fallen officers.

"Not for a moment do I think that Mr. Obama had anything to do with this," Brennan said. "But somebody at his campaign at a local level made the decision to put them there. And I just want an acknowledgement: 'Hey, we made a mistake.'"

A representative with the Obama campaign responded Wednesday morning and said the Porta-Potties were placed at the memorial because of a safety issue for wheelchair access.

[megimoo]

This guys campaign has been screwing up by the numbers .How does he plan to run a real national presidential campaign with a staff like this ?
How does he plan to run America with the kind of judgement he has shown so far ?

[Wretched Excess]

This guys campaign has been screwing up by the numbers .How does he plan to run a real national presidential campaign with a staff like this ?
How does he plan to run America with the kind of judgement he has shown so far ?

this one is a tempest in a teapot, IMHO.

he won 60% of the vote in the OR primary;  that's a pretty effective campaign.   but running in the primaries is the minor leagues compared to the general election.  it's gonna be interesting for political junkies.

[Baruch Menachem]

The memorial is one of the few flat paved surfaces in the area.  The rally was held in a natural amphitheater along the waterfront.  The area, like the local media, is on grass and slanted.  The memorial is right up against the hawthorne bridge.

They could have done a lot better job, they could have been more sensitive.  But that is the most logical place for that kind of thing.

Incidentally, the place was still a mess a week afterward.

[Linda]

http://www.kxmb.com/News/Nation/240392.asp
The thing is, it gets worse for Obama. Not only was this big crowd hyped by the media with no mention of the fact that it was a crowd for a rock concert and not just Obama, the rock band in question calls themselves the Decemberists after the Russian Decembrist Revolt. The band is fond of playing the Soviet national anthem at the beginning of shows, and has popular songs like “Sixteen Military Wives” which depicts America as an international bully declaring war on innocent nations

The big crowd was there for a ROCK Concert...Obama just used it for a stump speech....
But both should be held accountable for the disgrace of using the memorial to place the toilets.
Look at the people supporting Obama...75,000 for a COMMUNIST Rock concert and showing disrespect for America. Sorry not what I want in the White House.