The Rightwing's Memorial Day Attack on Obama‎

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It is already showing up on forums
Dishonoring our military again.

http://www.google.com/search?q=obama+memorial+day&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&rlz=1I7RNWE_en&prmd=nuiv&source=univ&tbs=nws:1&tbo=u&ei=QAD9S4qYE8H6lwfK88zbDw&sa=X&oi=news_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB8QsQQwAA

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1. Tradition, really.....?

Tradition, really its only called dishonoring when a Dem does it.

President GW Bush 2001 Mesa, Arizona.
http://www.usmemorialday.org/Speeche...y28-2001b.html

President GHW Bush Kennebunkport, Maine in 1990.
http://www.usmemorialday.org/Speeche...nt/may2890.htm

1989 Italy.
http://www.usmemorialday.org/Speeche...nt/may2889.htm

2010: Obama will participate in Memorial Day ceremony in Illinois, Biden to lay wreath in Arlington
2007: G.W. Bush honours US troops on Veterans Day in Texas, Cheney attends ceremony in Arlington
1992: G.H.W. Bush lays wreath at Kennebunkport, Quayle lays wreath at Arlington
1983: Reagan attends summit meeting in Williamsburg, Defense Department official lays wreath at Arlington

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2. Here is a spin on it

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/26/rightwing-memorial-day-attack-on-obama/


http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1446438/gonew/1/Obama_is_skipping_services_at_#UNREAD

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3. That Daily News column was hard hitting.

"What I got was an unexpected look into the eyes of a man who intertwined his roles as commander in chief and consoler in chief on a solemn day filled with remembrance and respect for sacrifices made -- and sacrifices yet to be made.

I'm sure the cynics will assume this was just another Obama photo op.

If they'd been standing in my boots looking him in the eye, they would have surely choked on their bile.

His presence in Section 60 convinced me that he now carries the heavy burden of command."


So he is going to another National Cemetery near his home...looks like equal time for those there who also shouldered the burden.

Those that complain most likely have never sat foot in a National Cemetery or even took the time to stick a flag on Veterans Day or Memorial Day. I damn well made sure the Legion commander here knew of the wonderful job they did this year. He told me he got all the Boy Scouts & sons together. They hit places never touched or even seen. Its a hard task to trudge through cemeteries....there are lots of lost & un-named to go around. I know in my historian role I confront them every year. It isn't easy.

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4. Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

President Obama plans to commemorate Memorial Day at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery




http://www.examiner.com/x-5738-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2010m5d31-Pesident-plans-to-commemorate-Memorial-Day-at-Abraham-Lincoln-National-Cemetery