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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 01, 2010 10:55am |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Author | Steve Benen |
| News Date | Saturday, May 29, 2010 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Glenn Beck told his minions this week that that the president "has decided not to honor our troops on Memorial Day," which isn't even close to true. The deranged media personality, apparently referring to Obama's decision not to be at Arlington, added, "Maybe this has happened before. I don't recall it. "
Obama is not the first president to miss the Arlington ceremony. Ronald Reagan spoke at West Point one year, and went to his California ranch another year. George H.W. Bush, a war veteran, did not go at all. Bill Clinton, who did not serve in Vietnam and had a rocky time with the military, went to Arlington all eight years, and George W. Bush, who also avoided combat service in Vietnam, attended from 2003 onward.
Which, as it turns out, one of the defining trends of the political discourse over the last 16 months. Several months ago, Atrios noted, "When Dems are president, perfectly normally ways of doing things are rebranded as somehow odd."
* Teleprompters
* Bowing
* Talking to school kids
* Czars
* Oval Office attire
* Criticizing partisan media
* Reconciliation
* Industry bailouts
* Campaign intervention
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