http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...#ixzz14yjr9zaE

Originally Posted by Ajack

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...#ixzz14yjr9zaE

Gee...I sure wish you would not put me in the position of defending our current President, but he is not the first, and President Bush missed at least one while celebrating in Texas !

Originally Posted by Bucco

Gee...I sure wish you would not put me in the position of defending our current President, but he is not the first, and President Bush missed at least one while celebrating in Texas !

Well, it was pretty slow here in political today and I thought it might be worth discussing, but maybe I was a little hasty starting this thread. It struck a nerve in me because I have seen the contempt that this POTUS has demonstrated to anything patriotic in the past.
Is this not the man who has been all over this earth telling anybody who will listen how unexceptional the USA has been in the past? I figured with 2 wars going on, well, I guess I expect too much, huh?

As a Veteran, I appreciate him not showing up. I don't think he really shows much respect for our flag or the military. But I could be wrong.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org...bamaAnthem.jpg

http://www.just-a-regular-guy.com/wp...wn-soldier.jpg

i, too was disappointed that obama would not be laying the wreath at arlington - especially because he did not participate in the memorial day services there this year - since he was in chicago.

but http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/memorialday.asp outlines how many times the presidents as far back as reagan did not participate in those ceremonies - a shame!

my sincere thanx to those who served to keep our country free.

AWOL???? according to PBS he visited an Army garrison in Korea

Originally Posted by cologal

AWOL???? according to PBS he visited an Army garrison in Korea

In what state is Korea? Is that in Texas?

Korea - you know, where we have nearly 30,000 troops stationed. 28,500 AMERICAN troops.