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In reply to the discussion: Obama won't attend remembrance for 150th anniversary of Gettysburg Address [View all]Warpy
(111,163 posts)51. That would be my guess
In any case, Gettysburg is best experienced alone or in a small group, not with a bunch of flag waving hooplah.
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Obama won't attend remembrance for 150th anniversary of Gettysburg Address [View all]
TexasTowelie
Oct 2013
OP
So the most powerful person in the world, who just may have something IMPORTANT to do...
George II
Oct 2013
#31
Actually, the buck should stop with his Security Detail in situations like this.
Myrina
Nov 2013
#61
So you are saying that the President can visit national parks in his own country?
dbackjon
Nov 2013
#67
This has to do with PA gov. Corbett's re-election campaign. Keep your powder
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#62
"He had no problem using the Old State Capitol Building as a prop to launch his election campaigns".
George II
Oct 2013
#32
What are the precise and relevant memorials each and every president should attend...?
LanternWaste
Nov 2013
#66
How come not enough people gave two shits when G.W.Bush and Cheney committed war crimes
Quantess
Oct 2013
#15
Agree completely ... its more of the same old manufactured outrage that gets pushed
JoePhilly
Oct 2013
#23
i would like for him to attend this but i can understand why, they know what a lot of the
JI7
Oct 2013
#26
bad optics from the man who was sworn into office with his hand on Lincoln's Bible n/t
Psephos
Oct 2013
#38
He could make a brief statement from the Oval Office. Or the Lincoln Memorial.
truthisfreedom
Nov 2013
#49
Which civil war events' 150th anniversary does one pick and choose to commemorate
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#56
I fancy myself a bit of a civil war buff, and my first choice of an event for Obama would be this
Sheldon Cooper
Nov 2013
#57
And if he'd chosen to go, imagine what the wingnut turnout would have been.
winter is coming
Nov 2013
#64