I’m not exactly certain what you mean by “prepared” comments.
All I’m saying is that he’s going to the national cemetery in Chicago instead of Arlington. The response from people I have spoken to changes as soon as they find out he’s going to another national cemetery.
The OP never mentioned he was going to another national cemetery.
If he was not going anywhere, the story would be a bigger deal.
I guess it comes down to this. Were you disturbed when Bush went to Normandy instead of Arlington? Are the war heroes buried in Chicago less important than those in Normandy or Arlington?
you’re on the money
Don’t be coy. You know exactly what I mean by “prepared comments”. Your posting history seems to show that many of your remarks are pretty polished, short and sweet. If that’s just your ‘style’ - and working with radio it just may be if you prepare copy day in and day out - then you have my apologies. Usually when comments seem so well-crafted they are posted that way for a reason.
Your questions to me at the end of your response to my questions (which you never really answered) just goes to show that you have no understanding of where I’m coming from.
I’ve got relatives in ALL THREE CEMETERIES you mentioned so your question of who is more important is disgusting to me.
MY point remains that the President should be presiding over services at Arlington National Cemetery, and at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. NOT another vacation and showing up because you happen to be in the area...
There is a big diffference between the American Cemetaries in Normandy, and the ratther small Abe Lincoln National Cemetary. Both in size and signifgence. Arlington symbolizes all those who died in the service of the Republic, not just those interned there. Normandy stands for the magnitude of the effort required to invade and free Europe from Hitler's clutches. Now if he'd gone to the Punchbowl, that would be somewhat more akin to Normandy, symbolizing as it does those who gave all to defeat Imperial Japan.