With the long Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, President Obama is finally addressing one of the great broken promises of his administration: his early pledge to return home to Chicago every six weeks or so. [emphasis added]It's not like we have men and women fighting and dying in a war in far off lands, or anything, right? I can't tell whether the reporter is being sarcastic or serious when she says that returning to Chicago every six weeks is "one of the great broken promises" of President ObamBam's administration.
In 16 months at the White House, the Obamas have been back home just once - in February of 2009. But they plan to make the trip over Memorial Day weekend, an official said. After arriving on Thursday night, they will visit with friends and participate in private events.
On Monday, Obama will make remarks at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, south of Chicago - missing the usual tradition of presidents speaking at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day.
Vice President Biden and his wife will appear in Obama's place, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as well as holding a breakfast for Gold Star families -- families whose loved ones died in military service -- at the White House earlier that day.
Imagine if President Bush had blown off Memorial Day observances to go back home to Crawford, TX? Actually, for all his faults, I can't imagine Bush would ever have been so disrespectful of the sacrifice of our fallen military men and women.
On the plus side, our military should now have no doubt where the Narcissist-in-Chief stands when it comes to them, and how little their lives and sacrifices mean to him. Perhaps our military men and women will remember this if he ever orders them to brutalize and turn against their fellow citizens.
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