As the daughter of an 84 year old WWII Veteran, who is very upset about this, I put this on my blog. I usually keep politics out of my blog, but you know what , I don't care if it gets under your skin.
If you read any active Armed Services blogs, you will see how incredibly mad they are about this.
Maybe you should go argue with them.
After all, they are defending your right to speak freely:
"Since its inception in 1953, every new president has attended The Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball – until now.
The ball was created for President Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration to honor recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. The event is sponsored by the American Legion and co-sponsored by 13 other veteran's service organizations, including the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
And while 48 of the nation's 99 living recipients of the Medal of Honor attended the event, newly sworn-in President Barack Obama became the first president in 56 years to skip out on the ceremony. "
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2 comments:
Dear Jim Quinn,
As a veteran of the armed forces, I can see why you would be offended.
It's kind of like Bush declining to to attend the Annual Meeting of the NAACP during the 2004 elections.
Pissed my G Pa off also, he said, you wait that ain't all that will go bad.
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