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Obama will use Memorial weekend for a trip home to Chicago
By Anne E. Kornblut
www.washingtonpost.com
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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.
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.
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Disgusting. Who the fuck voted for this asshole?
This communist pofs has no shame whatsoever.
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In fairness,the community he organised in Chicago is very much like a war zone,so in reality he actually is visiting "the troops".However,in this case the troops just happen to be wearing gang colors instead of the US military uniform.Hopefully the press will be there and show some of the magnificent results Obama achieved in Chicago.Perhaps he can even visit Wright and Flager if "dem jews" let him.
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Pretty sad.
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Honestly, did you expect anything different from this Administration ?
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::) oh please you're acting like he's pis*ing on the graves of dead soldiers. Memorial day will be observed and a presidential envoy will be at Arlington. The president does not have to be there to make it any better or more official. This isn't news but nit picking at it's finest. Surely there are bigger issues out there than this, like the oil destroying ecosystems and livelihoods.
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::) oh please you're acting like he's pis*ing on the graves of dead soldiers. Memorial day will be observed and a presidential envoy will be at Arlington. The president does not have to be there to make it any better or more official. This isn't news but nit picking at it's finest. Surely there are bigger issues out there than this, like the oil destroying ecosystems and livelihoods.
Your right and the Obama admistration has failed beyond belief there as well.
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::) oh please you're acting like he's pis*ing on the graves of dead soldiers. Memorial day will be observed and a presidential envoy will be at Arlington. The president does not have to be there to make it any better or more official. This isn't news but nit picking at it's finest. Surely there are bigger issues out there than this, like the oil destroying ecosystems and livelihoods.
Its part of the pattern of this pofs.
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Your right and the Obama admistration has failed beyond belief there as well.
I would lay some blame with the administration for sure. They weren't prepared for a disaster like this and neither was BP. I think both sides have fu*ked up badly and this just goes to show why offshore drilling is a stupid and dangerous idea. It's like russian roulette with our environment. Another reason why we need to fund alternatives and green tech. Something i've been saying since before this admin came to be.
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Non-Issue... I have no issue with this.
Hell, I'm not going to Arlington either and I'm only 90 miles away... Memorial day SHOULD be spent with family and friends.
He got Joey B. to cover, so it's all good.
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TU: what is memorial day about again?
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I know... Really... But seriously... This is a non issue.
When you're right about Obama on policies and certain things, I'm going to be with you man... but this is just a non-issue.
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I would lay some blame with the administration for sure. They weren't prepared for a disaster like this and neither was BP. I think both sides have fu*ked up badly and this just goes to show why offshore drilling is a stupid and dangerous idea. It's like russian roulette with our environment. Another reason why we need to fund alternatives and green tech. Something i've been saying since before this admin came to be.
No,we need these enviro kooks to die so the oil companies dont have to go out 65 miles from shore in 5,000 ft water.They could drill off the coast much more safely,but these goof ball enviro jerkoffs regulate them into a disaster.
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Terrible decision.
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Terrible Consistent decision.
Fixed.
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he wants to go home and get away from his religion advisor so he can pray to allah in private
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Time-honored traditions and paying respects mean nothing to this socialist.
Lots of people don’t go to Arlington for Memorial Day, but the president always has.
Yes - Memorial Day will be observed with or without Obama’s attendance, but symbolically, this is very disrespectful.
It will be interesting to hear what the soldiers and veterans have to say about this.
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Fail.
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The president does not have to be there to make it any better or more official. This isn't news but nit picking at it's finest.
Its not about making it more official its about PAYING RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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if Bush and Clinton both went to 8 Memorial Day Arlington visits, then yes, this is an extremely poor move.
If they do it some of the time, and let their VP do it some of the time, then the usual standard should apply: It is weak, but unless you complained then, you kinda lose your credibility when complaining now. He should be there.
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In fairness,the community he organised in Chicago is very much like a war zone,so in reality he actually is visiting "the troops".However,in this case the troops just happen to be wearing gang colors instead of the US military uniform.Hopefully the press will be there and show some of the magnificent results Obama achieved in Chicago.Perhaps he can even visit Wright and Flager if "dem jews" let him.
Funny because it's so true!!
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This pofs is going on vacation while he asks us to remember memorial day?
FUBO!!!!!
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In 1983, President Reagan had Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Thayer represent him at the ceremony. Memorial Day in 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle laid a wreath at the tomb while Bush spoke to American Legion members in Kennebunkport, Maine, and played golf. From a May 26, 1992, Globe article:
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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George HW Bush is a decorated WW2 veteran. Obama is a lying pofs communist who allied himself with domestic terrorists who bombed the pentagon.
See the difference?
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no diff he didn't go
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::) ::)
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nice try, go watch some more beck ;D ;D
[listen to]
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I dont watch tv. How many times do i have to tell you that?
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It looks like it to me. He semes to not even give a shit anymore.
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more Fake outrage, it fools the simpletons :D :D :D
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Obama will use Memorial weekend for a trip home to Chicago
By Anne E. Kornblut
www.washingtonpost.com
________________________ ___________________
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.
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.
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Disgusting. Who the fuck voted for this asshole?
This communist pofs has no shame whatsoever.
We need to lift the ban on human cloning so he can be everywhere at once and people will complain a little less. :)
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No, Kaje, he shouldnt be everywhere, only where HE SHOULD BE.
No on the golf course, not hanging out with paul mccartney, not haniging out with duke basketball team, but doing his motherfucking job for once.
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Obama Snubs Vietnam Vets of Rolling Thunder
Thursday, May 27, 2010 | Kristinn
Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:04:40 AM by kristinn
Maybe he doesn't like the sound of hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riding freedom-fighters roaring through the streets of D.C. all day and night for four days?
Barack Obama is turning his back on the Vietnam veterans of Rolling Thunder who will gathering in Washington, D.C. this Memorial Day weekend for their 23rd annual demonstration to remind the nation of those servicemembers still missing or held as prisoners of war.
In addition to skipping out on his duties at Arlington National Cemetery so he can vacation at the family mansion in Chicago, Obama will be cancelling what, under President George W. Bush, had become a traditional meeting at the White House between Rolling Thunder and the administration.
Last year, after initially rebuffing the veterans group, the Obama administration invited Rolling Thunder at the last minute for a low-key meeting that Obama dropped in on.
Even though Obama toyed with them, Rolling Thunder released a gracious statement praising Obama and his wife for their attention given to veterans and military families.
This year, according to Jennifer Harper's Inside the Beltway column at the Washington Times, the Obama White House has frozen out Rolling Thunder completely. No meeting with staffers, no sit down with Vice President Joe Biden who is remaining in Washington, no nothing.
I wonder if Obama will pal around this weekend with his Chicago neighbor and friend Bill Ayers, the terrorist whose group, the Weather Underground, plotted to murder soldiers at Fort Dix with a massive nail bomb during the Vietnam War.
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more Fake outrage, it fools the simpletons
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more Fake outrage, it fools the simpletons
LMAO arent you the dumb ass who posts nothing but youtube clips of FOX news?
LOL
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Blacken is by far the biggest obama dildo on this site.
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No, Kaje, he shouldnt be everywhere, only where HE SHOULD BE.
No on the golf course, not hanging out with paul mccartney, not haniging out with duke basketball team, but doing his motherfucking job for once.
Clones could be at the golf course, Arlington, oil spill, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Lorenzo's gay bar, etc...
They could even send a few million over to pick crops in Arizona, fight the war(s), cure cancer, control oil spills, guard the border, or just huff and puff against hurricanes.
I'm not a fan but find the whole presidents can never do anything right phenomenon amusing... up to a point. Sadly, we've crossed that point and all people are doing is posting stupid shit unworthy of serious discussion. :)
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come on 333386 can you find more Fake outrage articles to post :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Its not a matter on not doing anything right Kaje, the idiot goes to the gulf yesterday and says he takes "full responibility" and that we are all in for the relief effort, and than immiediately proceeds to a vacation.
Its about leadership and so far there is zilch. Even Carville, Mattews, Rich, and many other dems are saying this is getting insane.
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come on 333386 can you find more Fake outrage articles to post :D :D :D :D :D :D
Fuck off you pathetic shill. Even many democrats who previously kneepadded for this admn are seeing the reality of what is occuring.
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Barry doesn't care about this country, he cares about power, he cares about his base and 2012. If he though the military would vote in droves for him, he'd support us. If he thought rabbits would vote for him..he'd do more for rabbits. Barrry is a fucking disgrace. Barry ain't laying no wreath at Arlington nor at the Vietnam memorial because the douchbag left support neither group.
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Its not a matter on not doing anything right Kaje, the idiot goes to the gulf yesterday and says he takes "full responibility" and that we are all in for the relief effort, and than immiediately proceeds to a vacation.
Its about leadership and so far there is zilch. Even Carville, Mattews, Rich, and many other dems are saying this is getting insane.
They're probably pissed he's not pushing for healthcare nationalization.
Seriously.... would you like them to set up a temporary white house down there, FFS?! Would his making an hourly speech or being photographed receiving updates every 5 minutes make people happy? Even if he were out skimming oil off the ocean, people would be saying it was a waste of presidential time and the economy was being ignored.
The problem with constant criticism is people lose any and all perspective. When Bush was in Crawford, Tx clearing brush to relax the same people arguing Obama should be doing more apologized and said the job is stressful and he can be effective anywhere due to technology.
Obama's no better/worse than any other presidents.
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Fuck off you pathetic shill.
can you say" melt down" :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Every president should go on this very important day.
To excuse one because "he served"... I don't buy it. The nation uses this day to reflect on fallen soldiers for the last two centuries.
If you are the "commander in chief", you gotta be there. Clinton should have gone 8 times. Dubya should have gone 8 times. Bush1 should have gone 8 times. Carter and Reagan served, and they should have gone every time too.
By your logic of "Bush1 served, so he doesn't have to go", you would let Bush2, Reagan, Carter, Ford, JFK, Eisenhower....
Well, every president in the last 60 years (except Bubba and Obama) off the hook lol...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_military_service