Obama to Skip Out on Memorial Day at Arlington
Boy, oh boy. When was the last time a sitting president didn’t lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? According to the AP, Obama won’t be doing it – Joe Biden will. Obama and his family will be going home to Chicago for “vacation”:
The White House says Obama and his family will travel to their hometown on Thursday and stay through the weekend. It will be their first trip back home since a visit for Valentine’s Day weekend in February 2009.
He will, however, attend a ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois. I know it’s not a requirement for the President to do it, but it is a matter of respect and reverance for the service and sacrifices made by our soldiers. If it was a one-time deal, I wouldn’t really care. But this reminds me of the time that, shortly after assuming the office, Obama went to Europe and rejected visiting Normandy to avoid offending the Germans.
I think that, and this is just a guess, Obama is traveling to Chicago so he can apologize to Reverend Wright for “throwing him under the bus“. I wonder if he will attend Trinity United Church of “God Damn America”?
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