Update: Some commentators have pointed out that in the Obama segments the US Marines were at attention and therefore unable to show more than tepid applause. I'll be the first to admit that's what's going on here, but it does show a tin ear on the part of a commander in chief to continue presenting himself as aloof from the troops under him.
Monday, 9 March 2009
Contrasts
Update: Some commentators have pointed out that in the Obama segments the US Marines were at attention and therefore unable to show more than tepid applause. I'll be the first to admit that's what's going on here, but it does show a tin ear on the part of a commander in chief to continue presenting himself as aloof from the troops under him.
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