The radio personality (and original poster) would be well advised to study the time honored protocol for seating at these ceremonies. It's not arranged at the whim of the current administration. The distorted analysis of said seating as a segue way to discredit others is in my opinion extremely disrespectful of Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta and evidence of a petty attention craving personality.
Focus on the heros not the zeros.
Crusty;
Being the "original poster" I would to remind you that if the "protocol" called for congresspersons to be seated in front of the families and the other courageous soldiers of Sgt Guinta's squad; why were there only Democrat congresspersons in those first two rows ? If such were the protocol there would have to have been some 435 or so seats made available in front of the troops/families.
While speaking of protocol...perhaps you noticed the violation of such "protocol" in at least two ways..look at the video (just a couple minutes);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNBJvhZ9rw&feature=related 1) Protocol does NOT call for a hug, which is an "equal footing" gesture.
2) I doubt you have much military service under your belt, or you would have noticed the most egregious violation of "protocol" of all !
After affixing the Medal of Honor, the C-in-C had one duty which he conveniently over looked. His duty was to step back and render a snappy hand salute to the honored soldier, awaiting the return salute before dropping his own. With all his coaching and teleprompters...it seems unlikely he would have forgotten this duty.
