Obama Confuses Veterans Day and Memorial Day Again

 

By Ed Morrissey, HotAir

 

Earlier this month, I referenced Barack Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast in an Obamateurism a couple of weeks ago, but alert OOTD reader Ken K spotted one I missed in the same speech.  The President spoke about the hardship of our men and women in the military who are now leaving the service but not finding jobs in the current economy.  Unfortunately, Obama offered a reprise of one of his earliest gaffes on the national political stage, emphasis mine:

 

 

Almost four years ago, Obama offered this on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate:

 

 

One might have thought that three years in office would have taught Obama the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day.  On the latter, we celebrate our living veterans, but on Memorial Day, we remember those who died in the service of their country.  The men and women we “celebrate” on Memorial Day didn’t come back to find jobs; they came back for their final resting place, if they came back at all.  Obama’s last Memorial Day proclamation gets it right:

 

    For over two centuries, brave men and women have laid down their lives in defense of our great Nation.  These heroes have made the ultimate sacrifice so we may uphold the ideals we all cherish.  On this Memorial Day, we honor the generations of Americans who have fought and died to defend our freedom.

 

Maybe the speechwriter who churned this out should sit down with Obama and carefully explain the differences between the two observances, because four years later, it’s clear that it isn’t getting through