I don’t suppose it makes a difference where, when or how often P-BO takes a break from the stresses of the Oval Office. To be honest, I wish he’d go on vacation to a LA beach for the rest of his term. That wouldn’t bother me one bit. It might even wake him the hell up when the kids come back to the beach towel covered in crude.
Given today’s technology, the president is in 24-7 contact with everyone he needs to be in contact with from wherever he might happen to be. But you cannot lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns in Washington D.C. from ChiTown. You kind of have to be there.
This president chooses not to be. In my humble opinion that’s BS. Maybe he’s going to have Cambodian war hero John Kerry or that Blumenthal character fill in for him. And Demo-Dopes still wonder why nobody believes them when they talk about being patriotic supporters of the military. That too is BS.
Since his boorish remark to John McCain, “John, I won the election,” we all know that P-BO knows he’s the president. But then maybe he doesn’t know that we know as well. More importantly, what he hasn’t quite figured out is that while may be the president, that fact does not transcend the Presidency of the United States or what the office means.
When he acts stupidly by telling the cops they acted stupidly in a case he knew nothing about he diminishes not only himself but his office. When acts like a baby school child reminding everyone that “he won” and he’s the president it tells the world he’s got a lot of growing up to do.
When he places his family vacation above honoring the nation’s war dead on Memorial Day, it tells us he’s self-absorbed clueless and creepy guy. While he’s in Chicago, maybe he’s going to get some spiritual guidance from Rev Wright, organize a rally with Bill Ayers and buy some more premium real estate from Tony Rezko.
Whatever he is going to be doing there, he should be laying the wreath at Arlington. Well there’s always next year.
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Well Lex, maybe if we had troops fighting every day in foreign lands the C-in-C should lay a wreath at The Tomb on Memorial Day. Oh yea, we do. Surely he would have time to quietly head over to Andrews to pay respects to the fallen troops as they arrive in flag drapped coffins from Iraq and Afghanistan. He did something similar last year. The difference was that all the press was invited and he met with some of the family as pictures were taken. It was a grade A photo op to show what? Flagged drapped coffins to appease the anti-war crowd. And don't forget he was at West Point to tell the next generation of leaders for the US Army and the US, soon headed to a war zone, that we was working a new world order of shared global responsibilities. The cadets had the same reation most of us did. Which was WTF is he talking about? So I would prefer he not disgrace The Tomb in some full court press photo op with faked pain and feigned humility. I would prefer he not disgrace their sacrifice as a photo op. If and when he undertands that our president is to be the president for every American he might go to Arlington. Until then....stay away.
The Griffin.
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