Barack Obama got a Twitter drubbing tonight as a result of comparing US Navy ships to obsolete war horses and bayonets. We’re sure that all of our fine sailors appreciated hearing their Commander in Chief declare them obsolete. As for us denizens of the interwebs, well, someone should have told the president how memes work before they gave him that line. Oh, right, he was being prepped by John Kerry. Never mind.
https://twitter.com/ChuckLane1/status/260557292267790337
We wouldn't have less horses and bayonets if blacksmiths and bayonet makers had a public union behind them. #debate
— ???? ????? (@DrewFromTV) October 23, 2012
Obama just lost the Civil War reenactors with that attack on bayonets.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/260557802588749826
I still like my bayonet. But what do I know. I only served in two wars. #caring #LynnDebate
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 23, 2012
Bayonets would of helped RT @saraforamerica: So why did the guards at the embassy not have what they needed to protect themselves?
— Practice Emotional Distancing (@DaveCinVA) October 23, 2012
@ChuckLane1 as he suggested Submarines are new technology. I mean didn't we use horses and bayonets in the civil war.. Oh and submarines
— Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) October 23, 2012
The real winner of tonight’s debate are the two guys left at Horse & Bayonet Monthly.
— Mike Monteiro? (@monteiro) October 23, 2012
A Horse with a Bayonet is a Unicorn. #Debates
— Shelby White (@ShelbyWhite) October 23, 2012
Of course, not everyone thought Obama’s insult was a bad thing.
"You said we have less ships. We also have less horses and bayonets." -Obama (Mitt doesn't understand, that why he didn't interrupt) #debate
— Aubrey O'Day (@AubreyODay) October 23, 2012
Well, there goes whatever chance she had of going on a USO tour any time soon.
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Update: Marines who still use bayonets push back:
News Flash to President Obama, Marines still use bayonets… #debate
— Steve Doocy (@SteveDoocy) October 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/infidoll/status/260581124043063296
.@dpczech Nice to know bayonets are out of fashion, huh? But then, Marines don't follow fashion. That's why they're Marines. #SemperFi
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 23, 2012
Marines still use bayonets. You would think someone who has been Commander-in-Chief for 4 yrs. would know that. #debates #tcot
— Deplorable Ed Baker (@EdBaker3000) October 23, 2012
Heh:
What do Marines use Bayonets for? To pick Socialists out of their teeth.
— Captain Dreadlocke KAG (@CaptDreadlocke) October 23, 2012
RT @RNCResearch: .@BarackObama You know who thinks bayonets aren't obsolete? The Marines: http://t.co/yrC1fJhX #lynndebate #debates
— GOP (@GOP) October 23, 2012
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