What a great idea for a ball. 48 CMH winners? Wow.

We've got one right here in my area. Sgt Vernon Jordan, black E-6 who won his in Italy. He's in the large annual parade every year and never fails to get a roaring standing O.

A shame Obama couldn't make it a priority to pay tribute to these folks.

So, Hyperbolist, you think going to one means he can skip the other and have no one notice? Why couldn't he have made an appearance at both? He made time for the balls attended by the celebrities.

Kim - "So, Hyperbolist, you think going to one means he can skip the other and have no one notice? Why couldn't he have made an appearance at both?"

Assuming hyper was deleted for being his normal asshatted self, and also presuming he noted B. Hussein Obama attended the Commander-in-Chief's ball... and so?

By all accounts I've read he and Michael returned to the WH and called it an evening about a hour earlier than was planned.

Part of the hour could have been spent at the Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball.

Not that I really care, all the pomp and circumstance is a total waste of cash and energy in my book and it matters little to me who's being placed in the WH.

Probably a good idea.

He doesn't belong with heroes.

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Quite honestly, this is very sad. I'd have to think these guys were excited to meet the President only to be extremely disappointed. That's a once-in-a-lifetime deal in spite of one's political beliefs.

I did not vote for him, but I was willing to support him. the "salute the uniform, not the man" idea that the position of POTUS deserves respect. HOWEVER, I am also a Vet, and I have the utmost respect for MoH winners. Anyone, including the OBAMINATION, who disrespects them ISN'T WORTH THE TIME TO EVEN CASTIGATE HIM FOR HIS DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOR.
I have NO RESPECT WHATSOEVER for this person. Please not that I did NOT call him a man, as he isn't one in my eyes.
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Move On.org then. Buh Bye!

FYI, Hyperbolist,
It isn't worth the effort to try to read your "caligraphy".

Some folks just don't understand the meaning of this ball. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the U.S. Government. Not to mention the fact that Cassy already covered that every President in the last half century made it a point to go to this one.

Once again, I think it's very sad that the MoH winners couldn't meet the President, something they may not ever get to do again.

hyper - "Move On.org then. Buh Bye!"

What... morOn.org has a Canadian branch?

That 'splains everything hyper!

I have stated many times throughout my years at Wizbang that the left hates the military. They will use them for a political prop, but down deep, they wish they did not exist.

I am sure work spread throughout the ranks of our military here and abroad that the new commander and chief doesn't have time for them.

Obama is such an ass hat. What a failure. He can't recite the oath, he can't support the troops by going to their party, he can't keep his promise of no lobbyists in his administration and HE CLOSES GITMO WITHOUT A PLAN ON WHERE TO PUT THE TERRORISTS.

He sold my safety and my families for political points. ww

Fauxbama is the Joey Tribiani of politics.

Sure he can recite lines, and read a prompter but deep down, he is an clueless idiot barely able to articulate his own thoughts without stuttering and stumbling like C-Kennedy.

He has near zero accomplishments in his life, and ignoring these honorable soldiers shows he has zero class too.

Forty eight Medal of Honor winners is okay.

But how many Grammy winners were there?

Yeah, that's what I thought. No contest.

I am ashamed of Obama. He does not represent mainstream American values.
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More military disrespect here.

NOTE: not associated with Barrack Hussein Obama, but he damn sure could correct the problem if it were known to him.

This is a prime reason and example why I quit paying ANY attention to the Numerous Felons League a decade ago.

Oh gosh, I guess you guys forgot that you voted for a guy twice that lied the country into a useless 3 trillion dollar war that has led to the wasted deaths of 4229 service members. He really LOVED the military.

Obama attended the military ball. [Commander in Chief Ball]

Dr. Lava,
The CinC ball that the OBAMINATION attended was an ego trip for him. The Salute to Heroes ball that he didn't attend was to show respect for the Medal of Honor winners and the wounded veterans. He needed an ego boost, but couldn't bother to show any respect for the HEROES. He is in my eyes total a**hole, and I will treat him with the same respect that the left treated Bush.

Wait. Do I have this right? He blew off the ball with half of the living Medal of Honor winners, but made time for the American Music Inaugural Ball, BET's Inaugural Ball, the Biden Home States (Pennsylvania and Delaware) Inaugural Ball, and the Recording Industry Association of America's ball? He got too tired from dancing? What a jerk.

Bush loved to use the military as a backdrop for staged, safe, sanitized personal appearances. He didn't care about sacrificing them on a misguided fool's errand in Iraq. The military and the country will be much the better, and safer, without him.

Groucho,

So President Bush attended the Ball. he visits the troops in combat zones. he fights congress when everyone said he was Lame Duck to fund the troops and keep their mission alive. He visits the troops when no one knows and talks with the mothers of the fallen.

All BHO had to do was attend an event for MEN of HONOR, Bravery. Do you know what it takes to be award The MOH?

The music and sport stars who called called heros are not in the same galaxy. If BHO was a real man, he would pass all of those to thank these men for what they did.
These AMERICAN Soldier, Sailors, Marines and Air Men are true national treasures and they Demand respect from the CinC who has the responsibility to send men into harms way.

Odumba probably felt intimidated. With good reason: he's just proved he's not fit to shovel their shit.

Why is it that lefties never quite understand just what makes the military tick? Instead they fall back on the old, tired lies.

By their acts shall ye know them.

Obama spent the most time of the evening at the Commander-in-Chief ball. Also a ball designed to support service members and their family. This conspiracy nonsense is ridiculous.

Justin,
See #18 above. The CinC ball is ALL ABOUT THE CinC, not the troops. EGO EGO EGO!!!! The Salute to Heroes (MoH) ball is all about the HEROES, not the obambi. It has nothing to do with "conspiracy", but everything to do with being an a**hole!!!!!

CODEKEYGUY- you are incorrect. The CinC ball is not all about the CinC. It was a new ball that was planned to honor those serving or who have served in Iraq or Afganistan. Despite the name, this was to honor the troops. On top of that, I've heard at least three generals say how they feel Obama has done everything right towards the military since he was Inaugurated, unlike Clinton in 1992.

It's amazing to me that Obama can use Veterans affairs as a key campaign issue, actually vote for increasing benefits to those who have served. Yet McCain votes to decrease them. Yet Obama is the one who hates the troops.

Oh and the official definition of the CinC ball:
"The newest presidential inaugural ball is the Commander-in-Chief Ball. It's for military personnel who have served, or are about to serve, in Iraq and Afghanistan. We follow one couple as they prepare to attend."

But in the Obamination's eyes, Meal of Honor winners are shit, not worthy of his magnificance. He's still an a**hole

Heh. How much trash was left, who got the first phone call, which parties he went to... you guys really have the important issues in focus.

Marc#16, I just wrote the people you refered to.I will not be watching as well unless they change(theres that word again)their decision.Not one of those a--hats could EVER hold a candle to the likes of men&women such as these.

My original comment stands. The Medal of Honor winners would have taken the spot light off the O, and he can't have that. If you do not know, Medal of Honor recipients do not have to stand or salute the president. ww

Did you expect anything else from a shallow egotistical jerk?

Jump that shark, wizbang.

Jump it!

President Obama will show his true respect and concern for the military by bringing them home from the "mission" that they never should have been sent on in the first place.

"President Obama will show his true respect and concern for the military by bringing them home from the "mission" that they never should have been sent on in the first place."

Thank God in heaven that George Washington, FDR and Lincoln (the man Obama tries to emulate) did not possess what groucho and maybe a few hundred other Americans term "respect and concern".

Logically his point is indefensible: According to him U.S. forces can never be put in harms way, because to do so would be disrespectful and uncaring.

I don't care if:
you are black or white
veteran or not
anti war or warmonger
male or female
young or old
for Obama or against him
What he did was wrong. He broke a 56 year, 14 president tradition. These Medal of Honor recipients are the best of the best, the cream of the crop. Soldiers who made sacrifices that most of you whiny people can only imagine.
Entertainment celebrities were more important than our nations heroes. I will never forget what he has done to 48 soldiers who waited for his appearance and then a no show. Biden's token appearance was not the same and in manys eyes were an insult.

I would like some kind of proof that this "ball" really exists. I have googled for tickets and can't find any, I have googled for pictures and can't find any. Ever heard of an inaugural ball where no pictures were taken? I have googled inaugural balls, and among the lists of "balls" there is no mention of a "Salute to Heroes" ball. perhaps someone could direct me to the answers to some of these questions..... thanks

this is actually what happened...

ltnixonrants.blogspot.com/2009/01/veterans-victimized-in-apparent.html

i'm military, btw, and i proudly voted for obama.

an accredited military site also wrote this piece on the matter. it was because of some scumbag scammer...

ltnixonrants.blogspot.com/2009/01/veterans-victimized-in-apparent.html

i meant this...sorry...

http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2009/01/military_vetsball_missingorganizer_011909w/