Obama’s stunning snub

Obama announced his campaign in the same place Lincoln announced his and he recreated Lincoln’s 1861 train trip to Washington as part of his own inaugural spectacle.

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Last summer, Barack Obama commemorated the 50th anniversary of that speech by giving a speech of his own in the same spot.

On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave his famous “Gettysburg Address” speech at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Lincoln had plenty of justifiable, honorable reasons to beg off from the ceremony. His ten-year-old son, Tad, lay sick with a fever in the White House; the war was going poorly out West; he was locked in a budget showdown with Congress, and his re-election bid looked grim against a general he fired for incompetence a year earlier.

He came anyway. And the speech he made went down in history as one of the great moments in American history.

On November 19, 2013, Gettysburg will commemorate the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s speech with a ceremony at the same Soldiers’ National Cemetery.

• The U.S. Marine Band and Governor Tom Corbett will be there.
• President Barack “I’m just like Lincoln” Obama will NOT be there.

He has given no reason for declining the invitation, but to be honest, given his petty, finger-flipping behavior toward people he doesn’t like … Republicans topping the list … I have to wonder if the “great statesman” can’t stomach being on the same podium with the REPUBLICAN governor of Pennsylvania.

Source:

• http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/28/barack-obama-speech-full-transcript
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream
• http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/11/11/obamas_stunning_snub_120627.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Speech

H/t Pistol Pete