Power Line ... "So where was the media outrage when President Obama chewed gum during the D-Day ceremony in Normandy last week? It seems to have been confined to the Washington Times and the Twitterverse. E.J. Dionne was on hand to argue that it was probably Nicorette, so it’s okay—Obama is still struggling nobly to break his cigarette habit. No disrespect intended! (But really—can anyone imagine Ronald Reagan, or either Bush, chewing gum at a memorial service for our armed forces?)
"I doubt this was entirely an accident or uncontrollable impulse on Obama’s part. It fits with his general contempt for—and rejection of—America’s traditions. He never does this quite openly. It is always through subtle little gestures, like bowing to foreign potentates. Occasionally he gives out more significant markers." ... Full article.
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