A recent picture of the President (Mr. Obama) giving a half-hearted and dismissive salute to the Marine guard at his helicopter, incited much comment in the conservative blogosphere. Shortly afterward, this photo started going around of a similarly sloppy George W. Bush salute and some nasty message about Bush being arrogant and wouldn't even put his dog down to salute.
Turns out Bush was caught off-guard by a marine salute as he was picking up Barney after he'd been out to relieve himself. Bush actually did set Barney down a few seconds later, returned and gave a proper crisp salute to the soldiers in question.
President Obama did NOT.
Thus endeth the lesson!
And by the way, I think the picture is all kinds of cute....
1 comment:
For a very long time, presidents did not salute, as it was considered a blow to the treasured principle of civilian control of the military. (Ike had to really fight a conditioned reflex.) But when Reagan became president, he wanted to return salutes and simply ignored the comments. (It's kind of hard to tell a president what to do.) Every president since has been expected to salute.
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