Can anyone tell me how many times President Bush attended the Arlington Memorial Day ceremony, and how many he sent Dick Cheney?
I’m definitely not trying to be provocative, but I am trying to understand whether a year-on/year-off arrangement between POTUS and VPOTUS is a reasonable modern standard. (Obama was there last year)
For anyone willing to accuse me of being an Obamabot - HA!
See #23
Okay - from www.usmemorialday.org/remarks.html, I find that President Bush apparently went to Arlington in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2002 he was in Normandy.
I don’t think I will completely fault Obama for this one (provided Biden attends in his stead). I hate to be even-danded when it comes to judging “the won”, but...
Besides, as a veteran, I would prefer that Odumbo stay away from Arlington. That ground is hallowed to me - and his footsteps befoul it.
See post #23 for your answer.
See post 23. Every time except once when Bush was paying respect to the US war dead in Normandy, France.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2520903/posts?page=23#23