[BLUEHAWK]

Never had any doubt about Ronnie, GHWB, Dubya or even Clinton - at least Willy knew to salute from day one and was public about his deferrment(s). He didn't inhale or perjure himself about having sex in his workplace 22 times with a subordinate female - but that's a different conversation.

Mr. Obama had to be taught - he preferred a hand shake.

Since you're friendly with our President, Gimpy - why not suggest to him that he's on thin ice about his devotion to American traditions at the moment, so this is not going to have been a good time to choose Chicago over Arlington... you know what I mean - for example today we learn that he and Brennan have decided that Jihad is not to be included in official dialogue describing GWOT (oh, I'm sorry, OCO) since Jihad is a "legitimate religious practice."

BTW, the reason Dubya missed a wreath is that he was representing America at a WWII commemoration.

Obama, on the other hand, is, basically, taking his wife and kids back home for a spell.