AND THEN THERE'S THIS.

Twitchy respondents, thankfully, are not impressed. And neither is Instapundit, who points out a real class act reminding us of the meaning of Memorial Day.

My thoughts: I know there will be a lot of 'thoughtless' and 'bad optics' comments from the Obama commentariat, but I believe they're wrong. This was a well thought-out, carefully choreographed message to his base, for whom Memorial Day is nothing more than a three-day holiday celebrating the beginning of summer.

Wastrels.