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Jen the Michigander


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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/18/obama-skips-polish-funeral-heads-to-golf-course/

A massive volcanic plume covering most of Europe forced President Obama to cancel a Sunday trip to Poland to attend the funeral of the nation's president. But the last-minute change left an opening in his schedule, so the president headed to the links for a round of golf instead.

Mr. Obama has not gone to the Polish Embassy in Washington since the accident, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. both have. There, they signed a condolence book.

Mr. Obama has played golf far more often than former President George W. Bush. In his eight years in office, Mr. Bush played just 24 times. His last time as president was Oct. 13, 2003.

He said in 2008 that he gave up golf "in solidarity" with the families of soldiers who were dying in Iraq.

"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," Mr. Bush said in a White House interview Saturday with the Politico. "I feel I owe it to the families to be as — to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."

He stopped playing after he received word of a deadly attack in Iraq while playing golf during a stay at the family ranch near Crawford, Texas.

"They pulled me off the golf course, and I said it's just not worth it anymore to do," Mr. Bush said in the interview.

Since Mr. Obama took office, 397 soldiers have died in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Another 151 have died in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Well, you gotta hand it to W. He may not be able to articulate his thoughts with anything close to eloquence, but the man obviously felt deeply for the soldiers who gave their lives, and for their families.

Obama has never appeared to have that depth of feeling - possibly, because he wasn't in office when the war started, although, you would think that since he is their commander-in- chief, this would be a very grave and serious matter for him. Possibly, he feels more deeply about this than his actions would indicate.

I would have thought he would have visited the Polish Embassy, as Hillary and Sayitain'tso Joe did. The VP has often represented the POTUS at funerals (out of the country) in the past, if the president was involved with other matters and unable to go. But, one would think that would not be called for in this case. The embassy is nat that far from the WH. Surely, BO could have managed to stop by for a second.

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My feeling about Obama are well known, but this headline is such crap...he didn't SKIP the funeral...all the airlines were downed because of the danger of the volcanic ash...and Obama wasn't the only dignatary that couldn't attend because of Mother Nature.

Our media.....sheesh.

-- Edited by VotedHillary on Tuesday 20th of April 2010 11:23:06 PM

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Freespirit it is always the VP's job to go to funerals that is one reason girlfriend didn't want it.

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