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by James Buchanan

Believe it or not Barack Obama is blowing off the traditional Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

One news article reports “At first I was just puzzled. Not only for Obama’s disregard for one of the great American traditions, but even more, that I cared so much about it. I have visited Arlington cemetery several times, and each time the experience was moving. I especially like to visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the humble grave of Robert Kennedy, and the more famous of his brother Jack. But the more I thought about it, it seems like a shocking breach of protocol for a war-time President, the Commander-in-Chief, to skip such a high profile responsibility while brave men bleed for him overseas in his wars. For at this point in his term of office, they are undeniably his wars. I think it speaks volumes about Obama’s tin ear for the common American’s sensibilities, another data point for his profile, and how he views things and his relationship to them. I am sure there are many, many people who would like to be able to have family vacations this weekend as well, who will not be able to, because they have lost their homes, their jobs, their loved ones, and their lives, in the service of a small and increasingly out of touch clique of powerful elitists and oligarchs.”

Where will Obama spend Memorial Day? With his cronies in Illinois.

Another article notes “President Barack Obama is paying his respects to America’s war dead. The president is scheduled to lay a wreath and deliver remarks Monday at a Memorial Day observance at the Abraham Lincoln Cemetery in Elwood, Ill., south of Chicago. Presidents traditionally participate in an annual Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington…”

I wonder if that’s an all-Black cemetery. Don’t hold your breath for the liberal media to raise a fuss over this. Perhaps Obama has plans to sneak out later in the day to join Reverend Wright for a barbecue. I wonder if the Reverend has an apron with “I hate Honkies” embroidered on it.