Officers: Memorial Used As Porta-Potty Pit Stop At Obama Rally
PORTLAND, Ore.
VIDEO AT THE LINK for the story.
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.”
After several days, Brennan attached a photo he took to a letter and e-mailed it to dozens of media outlets and the Obama campaign.
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.
Teri Sorenson said there was no disrespect intended and the campaign had not responded because local offices have shut down until Obama becomes the official democratic candidate
Wild Thing’s comment……….
Porta potties in the middle of a police memorial. Typical Democrats.
HEY Teri Sorenson you can kiss my ass you POS! Your being on Obama’s team tells me all I need to know about you anyway, this just adds to my total disgust for the likes of you and your ilk!
Everyone in Hussein Obama’s entourage continually displays poor judgment and anti-American sentiment. I would hate to see how the Oval Office (and the nation) would get trashed during an Obama presidency. God help us all!
Teri Sorenson said there was no disrespect intended and the campaign had not responded because local offices have shut down until Obama becomes the official democratic candidate.
And a dog ate their homework. And there was a terrible flood. And locusts.
Since Teri was on the phone, perhaps she could have offered acknowledgement that it was improper.
If it’d been a soldier’s memorial, they’d have just skipped the porta-potties and relieved themselves on it directly, I’m sure.
Damn I hate these people, the enemy within!
I don’t really care what the Obama Campaign personnel state as the reason they set up Porta-Potties on the Police Memorial site. There is NO EXCUSE, NO REASON other than blatant disrespect. The site would have been immediately recognized as what it is, hallowed ground by ANY decent citizen with any morals/conscience whatsoever.
This disrespectful action reflects on Obama. He is their leader and he damn well better get used to being the one the shit lands on when things are done that are NOT the right thing to do. He cannort pass the buck and expect to be the leader of what so far has been the most powerful country in the world. I wouldn’t let the matter ride on the local level. I’d take it straight to Obama to demand he rein in his disgusting supporters attitude towards our Nation, and our Nation’s fallen heroes. HE is the Captain of his ship of fools, and it is HIS responsibility to show respect, lead with respect, and demand the respect for HIS, and OUR Nation and all Memorials local or National.
Screw you Obama!
Typical Oregonners and loonies of the left coast!
He did this on purpose. His whole team is full of lying sacks of dog doo. There were plenty of other places to set up porta potties, but they had to snub our heroes by setting them up where they did.
Tell me again, why would anyone want this jerk in office?
Scrofulous scum.
America Hating Obama and His Team Set Up Porta-Pot…
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I don’t know which is worse, setting up Porta-Potties on a memorial honoring fallen officers or not seeing anything wrong in doing so. If this is what Barack Obama’s hope, change, and unity is all about then he can shove it up his a_s where the rest of his looney left proposals belong.
We all seem to come together. Maybe we have to hit the “other blogs, the liberal leftist blogs” and start giving them hell. I guess that is what I will start doing. Maybe, probably they will moderate and not allow any critical responses. Help please, pay none, only the satisfaction.
Bob
Darth, yes, it really hit a nerve with me when I saw this article. I am so sick of the lack of respect from the left toward things like this.
Lynn I agree, they knew exactly what they were doing and did it on purpose. GRRRR
Jack, ditto to that.
Les, yes it could be either one and both bad.
Hussein obmam is a piece of shit so why would anyone expect anything different
Bob, LOL good idea, it would be fun to blast a few sites of dems.
I just don’t have even a half hour more time in my life to do one more thing. I would love to do that though, if I just had more time.
Cuchieddie, HUGE DITTO to that!