tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post6485552350733650370..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: Barack Obama punks our war dead in favor of another vacationMurphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-22548032626947156962010-05-30T13:34:00.141-05:002010-05-30T13:34:00.141-05:00Katherine,
I omitted G.W. Bush from the list of P...Katherine,<br /><br />I omitted G.W. Bush from the list of Presidents serving while we weren't at war. As to Bush the Elder...Desert Storm's 100 hour offensive (which was not in progress during Memorial Day) hardly meets the test. But again--both of those men served in the military themselves, something that we both know Barack Obama would never voluntarily do. They demonstrated their commitment to our troops countless other times as well, but B.O.? He merely treats our fighting men and women as photo op props. He owes it to our military to go out and show some real respect, and I suspect that he knows that too, and that's precisely why he's not at Arlington this year--he can't stand the idea.<br /><br />But I'm glad to see you finally post. Now with a token Liberal on board, I can actually lay claim to having a "diverse" blog.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-32674512398485393712010-05-30T10:53:19.803-05:002010-05-30T10:53:19.803-05:00Well, it is enlightening to hear that you don'...Well, it is enlightening to hear that you don't consider being in Afghanistan or Iraq being at war and thus excusing Bush the young and Bush the elder from Memorial Days at Arlington. I doubt that those serving there would agree with your definition, since we haven't officially declared it - it isn't a "war". <br /><br />As you know, I've been following the blog for awhile and find some topics downright inspiring and others, well, I try to read them only when home and when I have access to copious amounts of alcohol.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132525219864075222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-7065082741179435662010-05-29T17:02:52.604-05:002010-05-29T17:02:52.604-05:00That may be true, Katherine, but there was never a...That may be true, Katherine, but there was never a doubt as to the respect that each of the Presidents that you mention have held for our military, Bill Clinton being the notable exception.<br /><br />Barry, on the other hand, is not popular with our troops, and one reason is that unless he can force them to participate in his photo ops, he ignores them completely. His skipping this traditional day of honor for our troops for a vacation is in character for him. And for him to do it in a time of war...well that's even worse. I have to say, I can't recall us being at war during the terms of the other Presidents, G.W. Bush excepted, of course. And he served proudly in his own right and was never one to fail to honor our troops.<br /><br />Oh--and welcome to the blog. Lagniappe sends his regards.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-5565506576339418772010-05-29T14:05:06.696-05:002010-05-29T14:05:06.696-05:00President Ronald Reagan skipped Arlington on Memor...President Ronald Reagan skipped Arlington on Memorial Day on four of his eight years in office, sending various substitutes in his place.<br />President H.W. Bush, who was a World War II veteran, did not attend the Arlington Cemetery ceremony at all while he was president; he spent three of them vacationing in Kennebunkport, Maine, while Vice President Dan Quayle laid the wreath.<br /><br />And President George W. Bush was out of the country on Memorial Day 2002.<br /><br />Given this information, it is clear President Obama not only is not the first to break with tradition, but is, in fact, following in the footsteps of some of his more recent Republican predecessors.<br /><br />President Clinton, a Democrat, is the only president in three decades who never missed a Memorial Day wreath-laying at Arlington.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132525219864075222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-20511559671869030582010-05-26T19:38:03.221-05:002010-05-26T19:38:03.221-05:00Hope and change, my ass... sigh...Hope and change, my ass... sigh...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-1693479124889799592010-05-26T15:20:59.653-05:002010-05-26T15:20:59.653-05:00Obama ia a disrespectful A--holeObama ia a disrespectful A--holeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-31044374696266539492010-05-26T15:11:58.481-05:002010-05-26T15:11:58.481-05:00I find it amusing that you "aim for the cat&q...I find it amusing that you "aim for the cat" photo in the side bar appears to be point right at PrezBO. Not that I'm suggesting anything. Just an interesting coinkidink.Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.com