That's a slap in the face to wounded soldiers!
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.
That's a slap in the face to wounded soldiers!
Did you see this one just above your thread?
DoD spokesman says Obama camp was reminded of political rules
Politico ^ | July 25th, 2008 | J Martin
Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 12:55:17 PM by Perdogg
Chief Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell confirmed to Politico that Department of Defense officials cautioned Barack Obama’s campaign that his planned visit to wounded American troops in Germany could not be political in nature and that he would be barred from bringing along campaign staff and reporters. He also said that Cindy McCain recently requested to visit sailors aboard the U.S.N.S. Comfort and was denied.
“Sen. Obama is welcome to visit Landstuhl or any military hospital in his official capacity as a United States senator,” Morrell said in a brief interview. “But there is a DoD policy which governs campaigning and electioneering at military facilities that would have to be respected if he were to visit. That distinction was relayed and made clear to campaign, and they made a decision on their own based on that guidance.”
Morrell, in a subsequent interview, added that military officials told Obama he could only visit the military facility with his Secret Service detail and Senate staff.
“We made it clear to him that campaign staff and press would not be permitted to accompany him,” Morrell said of Obama. “We relayed those ground rules. They made a choice based upon the information we relayed to them. It was their choice. We had nothing to do with it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
After all, by opposing the war--he has NOT in the past supported,,,,and does NOT now support the mission they are on!!!!
I was wondering why this article was so well written, then I realized: You wrote it, not the MSM.
“the one” has how many hundreds of advisers and not a single one thought of visiting the wounded soldiers?
He should turn the plane around and go back and see them.
Has Obama ever visited the wounded stateside? You don’t have to go all the way to Germany to find injured soldiers to visit. President Bush and John McCain have been to see the wounded numerous times, with no fanfare.
But this fellow seems to have no idea what the right thing to do is. His handlers don’t either. Again, he demonstrates his manifest unfitness to be President of the United States.
Yeah, that's the ticket, the Pentagon, Yes. It is the Pentagon's fault!!
Sounds like they hired John Lovitz as their spokesman.
