Obama Memorial Day 2010: Chooses Illinois Over Arlington

President Obama IS honoring the troops at The Lincoln National Cemetery. Lincoln started the National cemeteries. Reagan missed 4 @ Arlington, GHW Bush never celebrated at Arlington...3 he was in Maine on vacation...during the Gulf War, GW Bush skipped 2 at Arlington...Clinton did go all 8 times however....Facts are facts. The President on vacation is not like others on vacation....he will still be dealing with the country. He doesn't take the phone off the hook.

I'm not really surprised that he doesn't take the time to visit Arlington Cemetary and lay the wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier...just deeply saddened by this and everything he does to discredit and bring shame on our great USA. 

As a former Marine with a son in the Army, just back from Iraq, and in my family 6 generations of service men and women who have fought in every conflict our country has been involved  I am deeply hurt about this president.  The trip to Chicago is little more that a political Sleight of hand move.  Obama is going to a place where he can do his speaking and be around those who want him there.  Also, this is not the first time that Obama has done the Lincoln Cemetery over the Arlington.  Additionally, Obama is going to the Chicago South Side where he can 'play to the crowd' and use the preverbal race card without anyone accusing him of a blatant act.  I am not a bigot and I have a black son-in-law and an asian sister-in-law who I have asked this situation about and they both agree.  When are we finally able to tell the politicians to stop 'playing to the crowds' and start listening the to people who elected them for the betterment of the country as a whole.  The Commander and Chief of the USA should be at the one place in the country that unifies us and not divide us.

I personaly cant do anything about what the past Presidents have done but many of them were decorated military men. I feel it is the responsibility of the Comander in Chief of theUnitd States Military to place the wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier not his aid.(until he becomes the President GOD FORBID) Biden is Obomas aid.Oboma could have been a veteran had he wanted to. I was.

I just picked up my brother from a 1 a.m. flight home. He's Navy- going on ten years now. As we begin our drive home, the first topic he brings up is this. He tells me how angry he is that OUR PRESIDENT- HIS Commander in Chief will not be laying the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington Cemetary. He tells me bad enough Obama also "skipped out" on participating in National Prayer Day- he now makes this choice? What does this say about OUR President? Does he really respresent US or is he just representing HIMSELF?   I think it's an INSULT to all who have served and are serving OUR country. It's an INSULT to my family. We didn't vote for Obama yet we fully supported him once he became OUR President. One would think he would (for lack of a better term) "return the favor". Dissappointed again- Mrs. M.P. ~* Proud Navy Family. Stay Safe.*~

Don't you have to be a citizen to be a veteran?  LMAO!

I am a peacetime veteran mid 70's to the 80's I thank God I never had to face war or death of a fallen brother face to face,but Im  proud that I served my country and I wore the uniform with pride.  I would be a liar if i said I agreed with every order I was given, but because thats the Military I obeyed. I have to say I would be hardpressed to follow a commander in chief who puts familly vacation above the honor of the thousands of fallen brothers and sisters that have paid the ultimate price for this country since the birth of it!  His place is Arlington! It is the most hollowed piece of ground this country has! As president the country comes first and foremost above all family and his own interest, and if he can't except that he has no business in Office!

Other Presidents have skipped the Arlington ceremonies too. Regan missed four times; Once in 81’(I’ll give him that because it was right after the  assassination attempt), 83’, ’87, and ’88. Bush Sr. never went, and George W. Bush missed once in 2002. I find it funny.  You know why we didn’t hear a hoot when a President didn’t attend ceremonies at Arlington in the past? No one was bothered by it until now. You know why the Right is bothered by it now? Because some Right-wing media nut told you that you should be bothered. They are all about Obama bashing right now anyway, anyhow. Forget facts and forget history. Throw the mud and hope it sticks. Not one person bashed Bush when he wasn’t there when we were at war in 2002. People should do themselves a favor and think for themselves. Don’t let others tell you what to think. Think. You’ll learn something that way.   Obama is speaking and paying respect to soldiers at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. There is more than one national cemetery. Are they no less worthy? Memorial Day is about honoring veterans. Why does it matter so much if one chooses to do it elsewhere? Paying respect is what counts.   www.usmemorialday.org/remarks.html

I'm sick and tired of military people leeching off my country.They've been living off my tax money for too long - I think all you military people should go out and do something productive instead of feeding off the American taxpayer like blood sucking leeches.We live in a socialist country - ask yourself what other government in the world has a military as big as ours? And having a military so big means *MILLIONS* of families take government money and government provided health care every month, then scream and holler about how big government is bad. You socialist soldier scumbags can rot in hell for all I care. Earn your own living instead of living off of us - you gutless cowards.Anybody who makes a single dime from the military is a socialist government loving scumbag leech destroying this country.Support Glenn Beck and *true* libertarians like Rand Paul. Subscribe to their secret email list and get the real goods on what is going on. Learn how the government, through its control of the military is remaking the USA into a giant socialist camp.YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.