Posted on 05/27/2010 7:04:40 AM PDT by kristinn
Maybe he doesn't like the sound of hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riding freedom-fighters roaring through the streets of D.C. all day and night for four days?
Barack Obama is turning his back on the Vietnam veterans of Rolling Thunder who will gathering in Washington, D.C. this Memorial Day weekend for their 23rd annual demonstration to remind the nation of those servicemembers still missing or held as prisoners of war.
In addition to skipping out on his duties at Arlington National Cemetery so he can vacation at the family mansion in Chicago, Obama will be cancelling what, under President George W. Bush, had become a traditional meeting at the White House between Rolling Thunder and the administration.
Last year, after initially rebuffing the veterans group, the Obama administration invited Rolling Thunder at the last minute for a low-key meeting that Obama dropped in on.
Even though Obama toyed with them, Rolling Thunder released a gracious statement praising Obama and his wife for their attention given to veterans and military families.
This year, according to Jennifer Harper's Inside the Beltway column at the Washington Times, the Obama White House has frozen out Rolling Thunder completely. No meeting with staffers, no sit down with Vice President Joe Biden who is remaining in Washington, no nothing.
I wonder if Obama will pal around this weekend with his Chicago neighbor and friend Bill Ayers, the terrorist whose group, the Weather Underground, plotted to murder soldiers at Fort Dix with a massive nail bomb during the Vietnam War.
The only rolling thunder Obama hears in when Michelle farts under the sheets at night.
Face it... “O” is a no-class punk!
President Obama really knows how to make friends and influence people.WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!
whatta ya expect of a moslem president?
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Thanks, my life is now complete.....
I bet she pulls the sheets up over his head, too.
Be honest. There's nothing special about the Rolling Thunder vets. Obama is snubbing all vets from all wars by skipping Memorial Day at Arlington.
That's exactly how my husband and I always refer to him... he's a no-class Chicago-thug PUNK.
Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord.
Obama is a classless, arrogant,marxist muslim homosexual poser who deserves impeachment and a trial for treason.
whatta ya expect of a Mexican-moslem president?
ROFL!!!
He hates them for killing his VC brethren. The Demo Cong and Ho Chi Bama are really still angry at our fighting men.
Other than that, how do you really feel about him?
The thing I wonder is why he did something last year, and not this? Is it just he and his people felt under more pressure the first year, and now they don’t care for appearances anymore? I wonder if this year, it is either his or Michelle’s decision, while last year, it was staffers’.
Really makes me wonder how in the hell he has 44% approval ratings in the Stalinist media.
More like 14% approval ratings.
I don’t ride, but I think some of those trekking to DC might consider a shorter destination .... Chicago.
Right... and now that the bar has been lowered SO far for this a^% clown to be President, just imagine the riff raff who will no consider themselves eligible to lead us, as well.
Nothing is easier or more necessary for a President than to show respect for the US military/veterans. AND…nothing so dramatically demonstrates conceit and ignorance than his failure or refusal (take your pick) to do so.
Our ‘President’ is an arrogant and smug SOB.
And who voted for this liw life? Likely better off without him there anyway he’d just spout off how wonderful he is.
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