Posted on 07/27/2008 11:17:58 PM PDT by SolidWood
The Nation -- The McCain Campaign has finally found its line of attack against Barack Obama's widely heralded global tour. Ever since Obama canceled a trip to visit wounded soldiers in Germany, based on logistical disagreements with the Pentagon, McCain has used the snafu to argue that Obama -- you guessed it -- does not support the troops. A new ad, released on Saturday, assails Obama for prioritizing limelight and exercise over honoring American soldiers.
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The ad is running in selected markets in Colorado, Pennsylvania and DC. The campaign would not release the overall ad buy; the limited run suggests it is more focused on shaping the media narrative than directly persuading voters around the country. The McCain camp is energized, however, about using the canceled visit as a chance to reframe Obama's entire trip. Aides have been pushing a statement from a veteran chiding Obama that "visits with world leaders and speeches to cheering Europeans shouldn't be a substitute for comforting injured American heroes." McCain spokesperson Tucker Bounds is hammering that contrast between homegrown heroes and foreign crowds, telling The Nation on Saturday that Obama:
...failed to recognize the need to visit wounded combat troops, instead choosing to continue on with a schedule that included meeting with international leaders and fawning Germans.
He added that the canceled visit was one of "two key takeaways that spoke to [Obama's] inexperience or judgment." (Bounds said the other was Obama's declaration that he will not be "refining or redeveloping" his foreign policy positions.) And rather than leave the superficial sniping to surrogates, John McCain jumps into the act on Sunday, telling ABC News' "This Week" that if the Pentagon interfered with his plan to visit troops, "I guarantee you, there would have been a seismic event."
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Yep. I never would have guessed it had such an aggressive tread.
No biased press here. Move along now.
any link yet to the ad?
Yes, the big O did himself no good by ignoring the troops BUT.... I think McCain has gotten about all the mileage out of this and should move on to the economy. Mccain should point to O’s steadfast resistance to more drilling. He should lay the high gas prices at the feet of the RATS where it belongs! IMHO THIS is the winning issue for Republicans and the sooner they realize it and embrace it, the better off they will be.
In other words, he gives our troops NO credit for the hard work and sacrifices made to establish a much more peaceful Iraq today.
thxs, excellent
It's McCain's history of regular visits to Walter Reed and Bethesda. Quiet. Sincere. Not a campaign ploy. In all this bruhaha he still has not made a big issue of what he has always considered his duty. He voted to send our boys to war and he's not ducking from the results.
John McCain also has the class never to brag or exploit the service of his sons in the WoT for cheap political reasons, like any Dem does.
PING
Obama is a Geek and a coward.
Top notch ad by the McCain camp.
I don’t think McCain should drop this line of criticism while he pursues the issues facing the country. Obama’s intentionally missed opportunity with the troops is indicative of his other flaws in character, ideology and experience.
Whenever Hillary would attack Obama, he would always jump to respond. He’s already given 3 separate excuses on this one, so let’s see how many more he can give.
More than a naivete punk who considers working for a semi Marixist ACORN outfit and studying rabble rousing at the hands of the Master Messiah Saul Alinsky in the temple err of Reverend Wright as fulfilling his presidential resume.
NOBAMA
It disgusts me every time Obambi or any other lib asserts that the only real reasons for progress are the “Anwar Awakening” or the decline of Shia militias or lesser involvement from Iran...... as though ANY of those things would have happened without the tremendous progress of the ‘surge’ and the development of serious counter-insurgency warfare over the past 2 years.
Obambi and his libtard pals are trying to ‘spin’ this whole thing beyond recognition — they can’t admit how badly they misjudged everything, so they have to pretend that all real progress comes from causes having nothing to do with the US military. Oh, sure, the libs still praise the troops, but deny them all real credit because then the credit would also have to include those who conceived, supported, and perservered with the ‘surge’....
I agree. The more time McCain spends on this issue, the more he looks like a candidate who doesn’t have anything else to run on.
You’re exactly right that libs want to give credit for Iraqi progress to anything but the military campaign or the leaders who conceived it.
Sadly, it’s about priorities. While we want to win the war, they foremost want to win the White House.
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