Obama Snubs Nation's Heroes, Becomes the First President to Skip Ball Honoring Medal of Honor Recipients in Over 50 Years
Barack Obama may have stumbled over his words briefly during his inauguration, but he made an even bigger blunder later Tuesday evening. The newly sworn-in President opted not to appear at what should have been one of the most important Balls on his agenda that evening - The Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball.
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.
The Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball is sponsored by the American Legion, and co-sponsored by 13 other veteran's service organizations, including those such as the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Instead of attending this ball honoring our nation's heroes, Obama was busy making stops at 10 other official balls. Obama and his wife's first stop was at the Neighborhood Ball. From there they went to the Home State Ball for Illinois and Hawaii, the Commander-in-Chief Ball, the Youth Inaugural Ball, and the Home State Ball for Delaware and Pennsylvania. They finished off the night with brief appearances at the Mid-Atlantic, Western, Midwest, Eastern, and Southern regional Balls.
Celebrities were a plenty at the balls, with Stevie Wonder, Shakira, Mary. J. Blige, Faith Hill, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, will.i.am, Sting, Mariah Carey, and Leonardo DiCaprio in attendance at the Neighborhood Ball. In addition, the other nine balls also featured a star-studded lineup including Kanye West and Kid Rock at the Youth Ball, Marc Anthony at the Western Ball, and Cheryl Crow at the Western Ball.
It was the party without all of the celebrities that Obama skipped. The very people who he sought to have support him during his candidacy and campaign, who have fought to protect this country, were snubbed in favor of publicity and the opportunity to rub shoulders - yet again - with the out-of-touch Hollywood elite.
Follow-up story: American Legion Acknowledges That Obama Failed to Attend the Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball
Comments
His taxes
He hasn't paid his $140,000 back taxes and didn't feel he had a right to be there...LOL
Do you all not see that this
Do you all not see that this info is sourced from a BLOG!!! What horrible journalism. I saw this posted on another site and posters who do not get paid to be journalists did their research and found that this ball is not even listed as a ball for this year. There is no mention of it on the American Legion site.
Yet there is comment after comment repeating the false news. This is what is wrong with this country.
Then move to another country
Then move to another country if this country is not to your liking.
Hate to tell you this
Hate to tell you this sunshine. A liberal black democrat was elected into office in a landslide. This is now the real america.
Maybe you should like it or leave it...
Hate to tell you what...????
A landslide??? I hardly consider 52% a landslide. And why was it okay for you guys to complain 24/7 about Bush (even when most of what was said was not fact) but somehow the rest of us who are upset with Obama not following tradition should "leave"??? There are really some sick people in this country today.
Landslide?????? The popular
Landslide?????? The popular vote was 52% for Obama. That is hardly a landslide compared to 46% for Mccain. The electoral vote could be considered a "landslide" if you stretch it. But the popular vote is much more important in my opinion.
And your opinion of Bush vs
And your opinion of Bush vs Gore election?
Landslide?????? please check
Landslide??????
please check your facts and possibly math skills .......
Shouldn't you, Pelosi, Reid
Shouldn't you, Pelosi, Reid and Obama have moved to Cuba in 2004 so that we and you could be living in paradise by now?
Now you know that wouldn't
Now you know that wouldn't happen.
There aren't enough people working for a living in Cuba to support them in the style they have or want to be accustomed to.
So Eljae, you say this is
So Eljae, you say this is "false news'. So he did go the Medal of Honor Ball? Sorry, he was too busy partying with Mariah Carey and Oprah. After, they were the ones who gave him money, right? Hmmm, sounds like standard Chicago politics. You and your robot friends can worship him all you want but until he does something to deserve my respect, I will treat him just liek you idiots treated George Bush. (4 more years (til the next election and I can't wait!) Will the battlecry then be, white America is rascist if he's not re-elected? Get over your smugness, the honeymoon won't last long!
who care?
who cares of what you think you mind is like a pea.
what is yours like hog jaw?
what is yours like hog jaw?
Wow, guys ... really ...
Wow, guys ... really ... this is sad that you two are doing this .....
Racism
This election proved one thing! Black Americans are the most racist on this earth. They never get out to vote until it is one of their own in the election.
Since we know STATISCALLY
Since we know STATISCALLY Blacks vote in groups, please keep this in mind during the 2012 election.
Not being an Obama supporter (and his skin color had nothing to do with that as I too am half African American), I stand on the position that I should be recruiting for MY candidate .....
Hopefully, we will have someone worth chosing from in 2012 ... We havent had a candidate I felt was worth my vote in many elections.... Like chosing a snake bite or a scorpion sting, basically!
Just what are you suppose to
Just what are you suppose to be doing? Helping to divide America even more Lisa. I could really careless if you are part "African American"; your comment was just as racist. Keep this in mind in 2012..God has the ultimate say, comments like that aren't needed.
Oh, that's racism..dang, I
Oh, that's racism..dang, I totally missed that teacher! Well Mr. teacher, what is it when white America come together and elect the official they want in office? Democracy? Oh...now I get it. GET REAL GUY! You're obviously the racist.
The truth
No, the false news is not about Obama not going. The false news is that there was a ball to go to. There is no evidence this ball took place. NONE. Someone made up the story, put it in a blog, and it has spread from there. And people are eating it up. Please post a link, that isn't someone's opinion on a blog that matches word for word score of other blogs, that this event happened. Where was it held? Please. And when you do I will apologize for not believing you.
please scroll up and see the
please scroll up and see the letter from the gentlement at the AFL.
sadly, there are so many riduculous posts here ... lots of anger and almost illiteracy ...
I am not an Obama supporter.
I think it is possible, all the same, to have healthy debate and differences of opinion with crassness or name calling ....
The ball existed. Obama shunned attendance.
If this offends you, as it does me, please remember this and get out and POLITIC for your upcoming candidate in 2012.
You are right !
What is wrong with this country ? Kook Aid drinkers like yourself who call truths lies to further the socialist agenda of a Kenyan Born Muslim.
The ACLU is a terrorist organization just like Hamas
PETA and Global Warming activist are anti American cults.
And Obama Supporters are ignorant government schooled freedom haters who would rather be spoon fed BS than have the truth shoved in there face.
So, did you get all of that
So, did you get all of that before or after you watched Fox News for the past year?
It is apparent YOU did not
It is apparent YOU did not watch Fox News or you would know that FACT, FOX News airs more liberal than conservative discussion and persons. Also, FACT, CNN does not do this.
Please get your FACTS straight.
Great place to start ... www.factcheck.org
NON profit, NON party
And stop with the name calling... it portrays "you" as a child, not an adult trying to have a healthy debate.
what
Did you not read through the whole article, and do more reasearch..... He is the first president to not attend this very important ball for the people who defend us(yeah you too) and this country. He blew off these guys to go hang out with a bunch of thug rappers, etc... Yeah that's bad journalism, if you like Obama...... I'm real proud of our NEW president, cause Jay Z will be there to defend our country. Real good role model for all the kids growing up. He's more concerned about his image than he is about keeping this country safe.
Re: Do you all not see that this
Sort of like Bristol Palin is the real mother of Trig Palin huh? Now that is a total pile of crap, but the LEFT continues with the personal attacks and smear campaign to this day! It goes both ways people. Frankly, I'll stick to my guns, personal freedom and my own money. Unfortunately, government won't get the hell out of the way. It appears it is going to get worse before it gets better with the Obama administrations' intentions for health care, tax rebates to people that don't even pay income tax and bailing out bankrupt companies so they can burn more of "our" money.
Wow, this is getting worse,
Wow, this is getting worse, each post....
Please, please, please.... you need to lighten up and start worrying about serious issues like our economy, our lack of energy policy, the current sitution with Russia and Iran or something REAL instead of bashing a teenage girl!
Just KNOW something about your statments about the OBAMA administration.
NO Administration is a LAW MAKING entity. That would be called Congress. NO Administration is going to make anything in reality regarding economics or health care ... stop worrying about some kid in Alaska and worry about your CONGRESS ... they are NOT doing much of a job except getting reelected ...
Let's worry about that, please ... together, we THEN might make some differences to help us ALL :) Peace out!
he is nothing and he doesnt
he is nothing and he doesnt support the very ppl that protect this country. he should. my husband is in the military and to think what if he died for this very stupid man. he should not be president
Are you serious???!!!
So you'd rather have your husband die for a cause that was proven to be false (WMD's, Iraq as a main terrorism training site). In fact, we have lost thousands of troops, in two on-going wars, one of which was declared over about 6 odd years ago. As a service member, your husband took an oath, the same oath I took, we serve under the president that is in office. You can't began to tell me that Bush was the best President that ever led the military. I had friends and brothers and sisters in arms killed because they were sent off to battle under the lies of Bush and his administration. Guess what, and they're still dying, so lets not put anything thats happened on president obama just yet, he's got more than enough shit to clean up from the past eight years!
Again, please ... give it a
Again, please ... give it a rest!!!!!!
Sadly, liberals want to forget the first 6 years of Bush's presidency. GREAT financial expansion in our country ..unprecedented, actually. TERRORISM against the USA completely at bay (please check facts on terrorism against the USA during the Clinton Administration).... amongst other things.
No, our education system received NO help. No, we refused to accept over 11 Hispanics into our country as citizens (we should have followed Reagan's example and claused them in ... their tax dollars are great needed, not to mention it is the RIGHT thing to do) ..... yes, we still suffer from legal manipulation in the health care industry although we are healthier and live longer, cheaper and freer, so it comes at a price...
but in the LAST two years of Bush's second term, we changed the guard in CONGRESS and became a Democratic CONGRESS and since that time, we have gone down the tubes!!!
Please, start putting your focuses on helping this country by demanding your representatives to go to WORK for us! WE pay them well and the benefits are better than anything you or I will ever get ... and my life is pretty Good! So that says a lot!
Focus on some work and facts and stop being so emotional!!!!
We need to rally and demand some service for our payments to CONGRESS!!!
Peace out!
The truth of what they
The truth of what they probably have/had is probably way worse and a huge cover up. They figure we are better off ntot knowing what was really going on, plus big politics would prefer us to think we were lied to by our pres when reality is even Clinton acknowledged what was over there during his admin but did not do anything about it. He probably could have prevented 9/11 if he had. We get a pres who has the backbone to stand up and say no way are we going to just close our eyes and eeryone hates him. I don't like war either. My friends are there to but don't believe everything you read in the media.
Heh heh, I love it when DUmmys like you...
say that the Bush administration lied in regards to WMD's and Iraq when there is plenty of video and audio out there on YouTube and other websites showing members of the previous administration SAYING THE EXACT SAME THINGS that President Bush did. So if President Bush lied about Iraq, then all of the high ranking Democrats of the previous administration did as well. And one more thing. We're not in 2 wars but just 1. Iraq and Afghanistan are 2 areas of operations in the Global War on Terror.
Obama Snubs Heroes....
You have a lot of nerve labeling a blog as "horrible journalism". Yeah, like NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN's blatant campaigning for Obama is good, solid journalism. These days, there are two worlds; the real world and the perceived world. In order to get the truth during this election year, I had to rely on Fox and the London Daily Mail. Sad.
you posted
you posted
You are wrong. The Heroes
You are wrong. The Heroes Ball is a real event...and futhermore, it really did take place and Obama REALLY DID NOT ATTEND. Do YOUR research... read and listen to the news around you. It absolutely amazes me how blind some people are to reality. Just because you don't want this news to be true, doesn't mean it isn't.
The Wolf is emerging....
In your face news and you can deny it? It is being widely reported that Obama did not attend this event. And if you think for one minute that the news media is "RIGHT WING" you really don't live on this planet!! The Salute to Heroes Ball IS a REAL EVENT and Obama REALLY DID NOT ATTEND. Get over it and face facts. There is really no excuse in my mind for any President of ours to miss such an event honoring our HEROS. It really is frightenting to me as an American, that this new, so-called Commander-In-Chief of ours would not attend what he should have considered the most important inaugural ball taking place in DC that night. He knew about the event, he just chose NOT to attend. What does that say about Obama.? It tells me exactly what I already knew about him and confirms to me one, of the many reasons, I made the decision NOT TO VOTE FOR HIM. Look out America........the wolf is beginning to emerge.
Here's whats wrong...
It is so easy to believe because bHo has snubbed the brave and the patriots for so long. No wonder people fall for the un-verified news,
BTW-- the news media's are so quick to print anything about him and his family so why not fall for it -- even the reports that they are so wonderful and such a terrific family and he is such a great leader ( one week in -- Laugh. cough, gag)might seem believable to a bunch of sheep who don't see the wolf!
inaugural balls
i did'nt see the neighborhood ball listed either but my neice attended it, and has pictures to prove it. the obamas did attend that non-listed ball. great president? has'nt done anything so far except for the muslims and terr.i.osts and spend money we don't have.
If you read this article, you will see the truth.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/01/military_vetsball_missingorganizer_011909w/
The ball did not happen this year.
You linked to an article
You linked to an article that said the Veterans Ball was canceled. Not the Salute to Heroes event was canceled. Sorry, nice try jackass.
Find me a reliable source
That claims that the Salute the Heroes ball WAS in fact held.
We have yet to find one. It does not appear on any inaugural list from this year. Which was probably why this one was assumed to be one.
I do not claim to be a journalist. I just want real facts.
Again, The Jacksonville
Again, The Jackson Sun
http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009901210334
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_Sun
I attended the Salute to
I attended the Salute to Heroes Ball it was very nice.
As for the ball that was listed as the Veterans Ball. That group does not have any affiliation to the veterans community. They merely named their ball the Veterans Ball in an attempt to get sponsorship and attendance.
The ball went on as normal,
The ball went on as normal, you linked to an article speaking of a completely different event. To verify, look at the final paragraph of this article from the Jacksonville Sun:
http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009901210334
You are WRONG eljae
The Commander-in-Chief’s Ball at the National Building Museum and Heroes Red, White and Blue Ball at the Warner Theater are separate events and are still scheduled take place Tuesday night.
Military Ball
If the President during the campaign could not stand at attention, face the American Flag, and could not put his hand over his heart when the National Anthem was played, we got exactly what we got.
His playing up to Iran in the last 2 days is pitiful. We won't have to fight a war there, they will be here fighting us and B.H.O. will be presenting Congressional Medals of Honor to the conquers.
Jim
That is one of the change
That is one of the change that I though he would make and there will be a lot more dum changes he will make
Obamanation
I think this is just the beginning. I don't buy this too busy crap and everyone needs to quit making excuses for him. He obviously doesn't understand the meaning of true sacrifice. He does, however understand politics and the money trail. The snub was in line with his true self and what he truely believes in...money.
Mark
Midwest
this was not the change that you were looking for
people sent emails, made phone calls and you name it: but the young people,
blacks, and GOD knows who else voted for OBAMA.
YOU WANTED CHANGE......YOU WILL NOT BE GETTING THE CHANGE THAT
YOU WANTED. HOMELAND SECURITY WILL NOT BE PROTECTING US
LIKE THEY WERE: ABORTIONS WORLDWIDE WILL BE PAID FOR BY AMERICAN
TAXDOLLARS. GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE WE WILL SEE. BUT GUESS WHAT:
YOU PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HIM: IN FOUR YEARS, YOU WILL WISH THAT
YOU NEVER HEARD OF THE NAME OBAMA.
i don't think that is the change we are looking for either!!!
hell no it's not... my step son just joined the army and my husband served in the air force... we are a family who served / serves in our military and support them... Obama is a change alright for the WORSE!
change......
the "change" that some of you voted for is just now starting to unfold...Maybe we can put some of the gitmo prisoners in YOUR backyards, not only did he CHOOSE not to go to this ball, but he also CHOSE to do his first TV spot with an Arab TV Station, now if I had a problem with that is beside the point, but appologsing for America??? we have not lopped off civilian reporters heads on television, we send MILLIONS of dollars overseas every year, even to countries that hate us! Guess who Sponsored the "Global Poverty ACt" yup,, Mr Change himsel! that money goes to the UN without any oversight... so when you have no home, no job and no money,, dont blame the 46%,,, instead, look in the mirror.
Freedom has never been, and will never be FREE.. God Bless those who have stood and fought for this country, they deserve better! and lets talk about better,, the "bail out" oh, let me be politically correct "stimulous" has a whole lot of pork that yes, you and I get to pay for! oh, well, only if your an American who has a job that is...and then there is the cost to us taxpayers, you know, the americans who actually pay taxes,, of Pelosi and her private jet twice a week that costs us over 5 MILLION dollars per year,, how many vets could that help!! but oh gosh, then Pelosi might have to fly commercial,,,how devastating! Wake up America,,,this "change" is not going to save the economy! or you