Here is just one person of many examining the whole non appearance at Arlington Cemetery issue. See Why is President Obama skipping the traditional Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery? Via Althouse.
Now I am not too upset about this because the president is attending a Memorial day event in Chicago. Still Arlington is very very important and of a lot of symbolism so I find it odd they decided to do this.
This is not exactly the first time I get a sense that Obama or his staff gets it at times.
It is not the first time a president has not been at Arlington on Memorial Day, but in his second year you would think he would emphasize the traditional. While I am not that upset about it either, I do agree that he is ill advised not to be there.
ReplyDeleteYeah just seems when we are war in tow theatres it is very bad timing.
ReplyDeleteLike I said he is attending an event in Chicago which is one reason I think the uproar is too much
It is funny to see Republicans get so angry at this only to be told that Bush did not visit several times.
ReplyDeleteIt then turns to some other excuse
The hypocrisy is hilarious