The Greeting Party

 

As Ashley Parker has blogged on the New York Times blog of record:

"Already in vacation-casual — clad in khakis and blue button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up (no tie) — the president greeted the several dozen well-wishers and service members who had gathered at Hickam Air Force Base to watch his arrival."

Several Dozen?!?

That is a poor showing of adulators for the President of the United States, compared to the mobs and mobs of people at his coronation inauguration.

And just how many of the "service members" would have been there if they were on their own time and not in uniform?

Just wondering!