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Obama's Strange Pattern For Attending Funerals

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the busy life of an American President&comma; Barack Obama has gone through great lengths to honor deceased American citizens and allies of America&period; The first funeral Barack Obama attended as president&comma; back 2010&comma; was for civil rights icon Dorothy Height<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;After the death of Freddie Gray&comma; President Obama sent Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson&comma; in addition to two other prominent advisors&comma; to Gray&rsquo&semi;s funeral&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three government officials were sent to Michael Brown&rsquo&semi;s funeral&period; Now&comma; in the wake of the Charleston Church shooting&comma; President Obama will personally deliver a eulogy for the funeral of pastor Clementa Pinckney&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While the President has honored many fallen Americans&comma; he and his administration have not had a great attendance record for funerals for &ndash&semi; to be blunt- white Americans&period; When Officer Brian Moore&comma; 25&comma; a white NYPD officer who was cold-bloodedly murdered by a black man&comma; Obama sent no one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Murdered war hero Chris Kyle received a similar treatment as Moore&comma; with no one from the white house attending his funeral&period; Likewise&comma; when Nicholas Oresko&comma; a Medal of Honor recipient for heroism during World War 2&comma; died at 96 years old&comma; not a single member of the White House attended the service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>James Foley&comma; an American journalist who was violently beheaded by ISIS&comma; was also ignored by the Obama administration&comma; despite many other politicians attending his services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While no one can definitively say President Obama is racist&comma; his record certainly speaks very loudly&period; &nbsp&semi;The deaths of members of the military and police are&comma; with nearly no exception&comma; ignored by this administration&period; Convicted criminals have received more post-mortem respect from our commander and chief than true American heroes&period; One must question whether or not President Obama has the same definition of Hero as most Americans&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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