That's a slap in the face to wounded soldiers!
Posted on 07/25/2008 9:47:54 AM PDT by kristinn
Barack Obama's presidential campaign has been rocked over the bad publicity Obama is getting over his perceived snub of wounded troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
ABC News reports Obama staffers staged three separate briefings in just forty-five minutes on O-Force One as they flew from Berlin to Paris today.
Yesterday, the Obama campaign put out two conflicting reasons for canceling the visit. One blamed the Pentagon, the other said Obama chose not to visit over concerns the stop would be seen as political.
The Pentagon has responded to reporters queries saying that Obama was welcome to visit as a senator and would be able to bring a senate staffer with him, but no campaign staff (or media).
While Obama spokemen Robert Gibbs and retired Air Force Maj. General Scott Gration are spinning on the record, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell was reporting that Democrats are spreading rumors that John McCain's staff colluded with the Pentagon to scuttle the visit.
Obama's campaign has long recognized that his weakness is the perception of Obama as soft on the military and weak on patriotism. His week-long trip foreign trip was designed to showcase Obama's stature and ability to operate as commander-in-chief.
His snub of the wounded and his campaign's confused and malicious response shows that they believe his image in the minds of the voters back home has been gravely wounded.
O-Force One? Oh brother................
Rush was just talking about this...how it’s the little stuff that sends out big red flags. Rush says Barry was just an innocent citizen walking through the streets of Berlin who just happened to see a crowd and make a speech. But to go see the troops...that would be a campaign event.
Any “bounce” McCain is now getting the polls isn’t so much from his strengths as it is from the growing stench coming from Obama.
I think the more on the spot he’s placed, the more he’s going to fumble verbally. Then we may hear more honesty than he’d admit to otherwise.
I’m hoping he’s getting enough rope to hang himself, and this “citizen of the world” who snubs our troops is coming into focus for those who are just dazzled by his so-called glamour.
As of this trip, Obama’s campaign has been ridiculed beyond recovery (I would hope).
I've heard MANY politicians (mostly Republicans) will visit VA hospitals WITHOUT A NEWS CREW - gasp! - because it is the right thing to do. Barry could have visited the troops in the hospital - maybe one or two would have been from Illinois - and visit as a US Senator! What a concept.
It would also be an opportunity to see a "reverse-Patton" whereby an injured soldier slaps the crap our of Barry for being a coward and stinking up a place of honor, then send Barry to the front.
Weak. Unbelievably weak.
Suppose there was some nefarious Pentagon plot to block his visit. He could have easily just shown up and say he wanted to visit wounded troops. There's no way the Pentagon could have blocked him then. This is such a ridiculous lie that it's amazing they would even try to put it out there.
Of course the MSM probably is too stupid and too much in the bag for "The One" to figure that out and will continue to repeat that idiotic claim.
More like O-Farce One
Dang, it barely takes 45 minutes to fly from Berlin to Paris.
In other words, they spent the entire flight making excuses for Obama, the lame.
Should be read as 'Zero-Force One'.
They've spent the entire overseas trip making excuses for him.
That's a slap in the face to wounded soldiers!
Yikes. How did that happen?
No human being can be adulated the way Obama has for the past couple of years and emerge with his head on straight. His mind will be blown with his own puffery and arrogance.
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