Leave it to our commander and chief to never miss a photo-op chance, no matter how disgusting it may be.  I applaud the 17 of 18 families that turned his photo-op retardation down. 



And the NY Times changing their story is really priceless...

A small contingent of reporters and photographers accompanied Mr. Obama
to Dover, where he arrived at 12:34 a.m. aboard Marine One. He returned
to the South Lawn of the White House at 4:45 a.m.

<…>

The images and the sentiment of the president’s five-hour trip to
Delaware were intended by the White House to convey to the nation that
Mr. Obama was not making his Afghanistan decision lightly or in haste.

The images and the sentiment of the president’s five-hour trip to

Delaware were intended by the White House to convey to the nation that

Mr. Obama was not making his Afghanistan decision lightly or in haste.

I love this little part at the end. It doesn't matter if he is making the decision lightly or not. What matters is HOW IT APPEARS he feels about the decision. People run on emotions and have been conditioned to do so.

"You make it sound like this is something new."

Kind of how I feel about this whole thread: "The president is using something for his own benefit. This is unprecedented!" (Irony)
This is political strategy.

Then again I don't think this is really about what the president does for good PR but rather that the military is a touchy subject and holds a kind of holiness (if you will) to Americans.

I didn't realize that paying your respects to fallen soldiers was a shameless act. Perhaps he wants to actually shine a public eye on the bull **** that is happening? I love how Liz Cheney said, "What President Bush used to do was do it without the cameras", well *****, if it wasn't for Bush and your retarded husband he wouldn't have to do it at all, nor would Obama, now would he?

Regardless of what Obama does the racists and right wing bigots will search for something to complain about, and spin in a negative way. I bet you're one of the guys that looked at Joe Wilson's booing as patriotic, right? 

It's obvious from every single post you make on Obama, Health Care, and just about everything regarding politics where your allegiance lies.