First President to skip ball honor medal of honor recipients....

[DrVolkl]

I don't believe Dr.Volkl or anyone else on this thread is arguing that Obama does not owe the respect to the CMH award recipients. In fact, shouldn't it be reasonable to assume that the POTUS and the majority of society already have that respect for military personnel? Does the mere fact POTUS didn't attend the ball mean he does not respect the CMH recipients? For the same reasons you can't determine why some of the recipients didn't attend the ball, we obviously can't assume why POTUS didn't attend the ball either.

Thank you... that's the only point I was trying to make!

"Update: Shortly after we posted this story, we heard from Josh Earnest of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. He told us that the president only attended the 10 official balls organized by the PIC. (The Salute to Heroes is organized by the American Legion and is unofficial.) But, Earnest told us, "in order to show due respect to the Medal of Honor winners, they were special guests at the Commander in Chief's ball," which the president attended early in the evening. Earnest didn't know how many Medal of Honor recipients accepted the invitation to the Commander in Chief's ball, which is primarily targeted to military personnel, but added that the PIC also subsidized hotel rooms and provided ground transportation for the recipients while they were in DC. We've updated our answer summary accordingly."

...so I guess that's a decent explanation...perhaps not "perfect" but in my mind he did the right thing.

 

[Ko-nsx]

I withdraw 100% of my earlier comments about shame on the President. These new developments render my earlier ire worthless.

Good for your President Obama.

I didn't post to personally attack anyone. I just wanted to post the entire story behind the origins of the thread. Sorry if i offended you.

Good for OUR president Obama.:smile: Well at least for the next 4 years he's our(citizens of the USA) president.:smile:

 

[Da Hapa]

I didn't post to personally attack anyone. I just wanted to post the entire story behind the origins of the thread. Sorry if i offended you.

Good for OUR president Obama.:smile: Well at least for the next 4 years he's our(citizens of the USA) president.:smile:

I didn't take it as a personal attack at all. In fact, I appreciated the clarification.

And to be clear... I made a very unfortunate typo. My post (now corrected) should have read "good for you President Obama". I didn't vote for the man but he's my President too and deserves respect from all of us.

 

[minervoflorida]

We have jet fuel in our drinking water and baby powered formula, global climate change, wars, total economic melt down, major energy issues, over population, water shortages, and so much more and people are arguing about THIS??????????

 

[Firesun]

seriously, I am sure President Obama would have gone to all of them if it was a 2 day fun fill ball event.
This 1st post being read is discerning to discredit the new President on snubbing. Yet it was not in full context.
I say "Its a new day" "its a new day for a new President" "Its been a long time coming" President OBAMA, man is nice to call him that and be proud of calling him our President of the USA.