Posted on 07/24/2008 7:13:30 AM PDT by kristinn
1:42 p.m.: SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that Obama has cancelled a planned short visit to the Rammstein and Landstuhl US military bases in the southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The visits were planned for Friday. "Barack Obama will not be coming to us," a spokesperson for the US military hospital in Landstuhl announced. "I don't know why." Shortly before the same spokeswoman had announced a planned visit by Obama.
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We all know the reason is that he loaths the military and wants to replace them with his own personal brown-shirted “civilian” internal SSecurity force.
I think he’s just tired of having so many people not cheer him on, so he’s going to stick with campaign rallies in front of foreigners who really like him.
At least until he can change over all the TVs to the left-wing propaganda stations and brainwash the troops into liking him.
The military has more important things to do than entertain this pretender
He's got to get back to the States and try and address the gains McCain is making and spin the oil issue somehow to make it look like he is responsible for the drop in price, like he is trying to spin the Iraq victory we are winning, despite his best efforts to the contrary in both areas.
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Exactly. Our military by and large despises this papier mâché candidate and he knows it.
Oh it's because those active duty personnel love him is the reason.....[grin]
AOL Headlines have picture and headline Germans Cheer Obama’s Arrival. Yet AOL Straw Poll has Obama at 33 and McCain at 66...go figure.
I can’t authenticate this so take it with a grain of salt. It was shared by a poster at Hot Air. Check the thread titled, “Obama’s Berlin rally off-limits for American diplomats.” I am also removing the Captain’s name.
Hello everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to “The War Zone”. I wanted to share with you what happened.
He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram.
As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn’t say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service.
So really he was just here to make a showing for the American’s back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedo m that they are providing for you.
I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don’t understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country.
If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.
In service,
CPT XXXXX
Battle Captain
TF Wasatch
American Soldier
Obama found out there's a bowling alley at Ramstein.
Bowled there in a tournament during my tour in Germany many years ago. Ramstein has superb facilities, as did most AF bases. That fact has never been lost on this ex-Army air defender.
Rumor is a couple of airmen were planning to come dressed as Kingfish and Andy (from Amos n’ Andy.. ) to the planned speech/photo op.. with a sign that read HONKIFY US CALHOUN...
He couldn’t find anyone willing to fake a faint.
The MSM will give him another pass.
There’s a 6 lane on Landstuhl also, right near the gym and racketball court (played there in the early 90s).
The whole “Obama Does the World” tour is about Photo ops in front of adoring crowds and pix with world leaders to use later.
Obama isn’t really interested in the troops or photos with troops. Those photos would upset the moonbats.
Amen, amen, and amen. The enemy walks among us as they say.
"Obama refuses to meet with injured military personnel at Landstuhl hospital"
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