Obama Snubs Nation's Heroes

Becomes the First President to Skip Ball Honoring Medal of Honor Recipients in Over 50 Years [of Ball's existence]

by Julie - January 21st, 2009 - The Cleveland Leader

The Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball was begun in 1953 for President Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration. The event recognized recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. There were 48 Medal of Honor recipients in attendance, who were undoubtedly disappointed by the Commander-in-Chief's failure to show. Over the past 56 years and 14 inaugurations, no President has skipped this event - until now.

Of course Barack Obama is an anti war pacifist who thinks of himself in global terms, not American terms. Like most blacks he so despises the term American that he insists he is an African-American, not an American. I guess I am surprised at how many people are surprised that he would skip this ball. It should have been obvious to anyone based on his history and his expressed goals that any event honoring Americans would be at the bottom of his priority list.