Friday, January 23, 2009

Mr. President, I think you missed a ball?

According to TSO who was at the “Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball”, this newly sworn-in President for the first time in 56 years blew off the ball (that’s 14 Inaugurations).
Some background on the ball;
The American Legion sponsors the ball, which recognizes recipients of Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. It started in 1953 for President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first inauguration.
Event co-sponsors include 13 other veterans service organizations, among them the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the Paralyzed Veterans of America.
So where was our new President instead of honoring Medal of Honor recipients who by some miracle are still alive? According to
Huffington Post, this was his schedule for Inaugural celebrations;

I borrowed this from American Elephant;
Mervi

2 comments:

DeadMule said...

So. He can't do everything. He was up half the night.

Just a thought said...

Helen:
I fully agree, "He can't do everything." I feel that was an alingment of priorities.

Mervi