I guess a vacation is more important...

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I will be buried at Arlington and the Tomb of the Unknowns is different because it is where men have died fighting for this country and they are unidentifiable. I know in a DNA world this seems strange but it used to happen. They would not have the funeral that other men would have, because their families would not know.
 
It is tradition for the commander in chief to lay the wreath at the tomb.

It comes with being the COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
You know, the head of the military. The leader of the country who's orders have directly led to soldiers deaths.

If the tomb guards (who have NEVER left their post) can be there honoring the dead even during hurricanes, the least that fuck can do is to attend the ceremony 1 day out of the year and lay the wreath there as every previous president has done.




Not doing so is no little deal, it's a huge slap in the face to all soldiers, dead and alive.
 
I'm familiar with what the Tomb of the Unknown is.

Soldiers of this country dead in all parts of the globe, many of them don't return home, although their names may be known. Their bodies were never recovered, who knows where they are now.

Stop using dead soldiers on memorial day as an excuse for politics and to attack the president.

Let's criticize the president because he doesn't go to a specific place to honor our soliders, very patriotic of you.....I guess in this day and age people can't respect those in their own way, they must do it in a way that pleases other people.
 
Of course, Rand Paul would be against visiting Arlington at all -

National cemeteries =
 
Oh this one's going to sting the neocon's in this thread.

in 1983 President Reagan missed the wreath ceremony and allowed the Deputy secretary of Defense to lay the wreath.

in 1992 President HW Bush was in Maine at an American Legion Hall and allowed VP Dan Quayle to lay the wreath.

in 2007 President GW Bush missed the Veteran's Day ceremony and allowed VP Dick Cheney to go in his stead.


Obama that unpatriotic dick!!!!
 
Not Surprising that Reagan, Bush I and Bush II hate the military and veterans.
 
Cry cry cry, Who are you to say where he should spend Memorial day??

Either way he is honoring our fallen Troops. You're disrespecting all dead servicemen by saying one place is better than another to pay respect to.

GTFO, bitch about somthing thats actually worth talking about. (Immigration,NK,Employment,etc)
 
Memorial Day is about as much about soldiers as Christmas is about Jesus.

It's all about Tire and Mattress sales now.
 
If you go back and reread this thread asshole, you'll notice I was one of the ones who was saying ...




... that is until some Liberal tried to show how Republican Presidents supposedly "blew it off". Then I went out and "set the record straight".

I pretty much remained "who cares?" until the Liberals tried to say that "Hey, Republicans didn't go, why is Obama not going a big deal?"

Fact of the matter is, 2 of the 3 examples clearly showed that they weren't simply "taking a vacation", but actually doing major business for the nation. The third was a "red herring", because the other Republican President WAS there in the last week of May, doing his "Presidential Duty", upholding the traditions of this country, not "Back home with his homies shooting some hoops, smoking some cigs, and flipping a burger."
 
Using our dead servicemen for political gain is patriotic, bro.


edit: Although in DE's defense I don't think he is doing that. IIRC he said this is a non-issue or something to that affect.
 
Maybe he wants to pay respects to some soldiers that are known.

Didn't know that we mourn over only those that are unknown.
 
MEMORIAL DAY BLOWOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More people probably care about the fact that they get a 3-day weekend.
 
If I didn't know the difference why would I purposely say Veterans Day? Or Veteran's Day ceremony at the tomb isn't important now?



real patriotic bro.

It's funny watching people who tried chastising a president for being unpatriotic when most the of last several presidents have done the same exact thing.
 
Obama actually plans to pole-vault over the US-Mexican border next year to celebrate. While shotgunning a corona or presidente.
 
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