Reagan is a stellar example of being an awesome President and a fine man. A true Patriot and Leader.
And then we have:
"On June 6, 1994, Bill Clinton visited Normandy for the 50th anniversary of the invasion. If you recall, Clinton was very nervous about military issues early in his presidency. In fact, he was so ill at ease around military men that he wanted to end the tradition of the President saluting soldiers as he gets on and off his helicopter. A 'salute coach' was brought in to teach the boy genius how it's done. It is easy to understand Clinton's hesitancy, after all, he famously wrote back in 1969 that he 'loathed the military'.
During his 1994 visit to the hallowed beaches of Normandy, Bill Clinton staged perhaps the most disgraceful photo-op in the history of the presidency. As Michael Hutchison noted, "The lone President arranging a pile of suspicious rocks into a cross on Normandy Beach while a perfectly-framed navy battleship just happens to float in the background." The interesting part of all of this is that photos of the beach only minutes earlier had shown no rocks nearby. They had been planted there by Clinton staffers for the phony photo op. It got even more transparent later on when Clinton "noticed that the small flag on a soldier's tombstone had apparently blown over and then rolled itself up; frowning that exaggerated frown and shaking his head in disgust, he unfurls the flag, plants it and salutes it while photographers shoot video of this "private moment" from behind the cemetary's fence." What a guy."
http://www.punditreview.com/presidents_normandy.htm
How did we live through eight years of this phoney creep?!?!
President Reagan set a standard that none since have met, IMHO.
Yep. Of all the slimy, filthy things that loathesome pervert did to soil the office of the Presidency, that was among the worst. Sending a flunky to knock the flag off the grave of a dead American soldier, so he could be seen by the cameras as he replaced it. Whatta guy.
-ccm
In terms of their respect for the office of President and dignity, both Bushs are legendary.