Why Obama snubbed the troops: no photo op allowed
posted at 7:21 am on July 25, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube get the skinny on the abrupt cancellation of Barack Obama’s visit to Landstuhl and Ramstein yesterday. The campaign tried to excuse it by claiming that it wouldn’t be appropriate to visit while on a campaign-funded portion of his trip, but that wasn’t the real problem. When Obama found out he couldn’t use the visit as a photo op, he canceled:
One military official who was working on the Obama visit said because political candidates are prohibited from using military installations as campaign backdrops, Obama’s representatives were told, “he could only bring two or three of his Senate staff member, no campaign officials or workers.” In addition, “Obama could not bring any media. Only military photographers would be permitted to record Obama’s visit.”
The official said “We didn’t know why” the request to visit the wounded troops was withdrawn. “He (Obama) was more than welcome. We were all ready for him.”
In fact, those same rules applied for the CODEL trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. They serve to keep politicians from exploiting military facilities for political reasons, and to ensure that all visitors get treated fairly. Andrea Mitchell, also of NBC, complained of this very issue during the earlier visits with the troops when she told Chris Matthews that the media couldn’t get access to Obama when visiting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This makes the decision track very clear. Obama and his team set up the visits to military installations before going overseas. After seeing how the media got excluded in Iraq and Afghanistan, they decided it wasn’t worth traveling to Ramstein and Landstuhl to visit the severely wounded troops because they couldn’t bring the campaign and get the photo ops they wanted. Instead, Obama went shopping in Berlin.
As I wrote yesterday, that’s certainly a revealing set of priorities for a man who wants to lead these troops as Commander in Chief.
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B.O. didn’t want to see the troops because he doesn’t care about them one whit. All he cares about is power and the acquisition of it.
As a Viet Nam era veteran, I now just don’t to see him lose in November. I want to see him publicly humiliated.
pilamaye on July 25, 2008 at 7:28 AM
Priorities, indeed.
spec_ops_mateo on July 25, 2008 at 7:28 AM
P.O.C. (is that racist?)
BobH on July 25, 2008 at 7:31 AM
Today Show:
Andrea Mitchell ONLY states that he did not visit b/c the Pentagon would not allow the visit b/c his “tour” is a campaign event.
WOW!
LordMaximus on July 25, 2008 at 7:32 AM
Obama is running for Imperious Leader of the World. He needs to keep up his image — just like any rock star or other celebrity. That means a lot of shopping, especially in Europe, because Europe is more cultured and therefore more fashionable than in the U.S. So shopping is a high priority for him — far higher than doing something he doesn’t want to do (visit wounded troops) for which he receives no reward (photo op).
Outlander on July 25, 2008 at 7:32 AM
Let’s see: “Why should I go visit wounder soliders if I don’t get any credit for it, the photo-op. and a boost in the pools?”
For one that perceives himself to be the second coming, that’s not a very “Christ-like” attitude. Seems to me it’s more anti-Christ.
Rod on July 25, 2008 at 7:33 AM
Man, what a awful sentence!
“Wounder” soliders? “A boost into the pool?”
I am going to go take a shower, have some coffee, then come back and try again.
Rod on July 25, 2008 at 7:38 AM
It’s going to be a damn shame if the messiah implodes before he’s even nominated. Remember we got rid of Howard Dean too soon, and Jean Francois wasn’t half as fun. People People People, wait until he’s officially nominated. We’re Americans – we can stand it for a month more, THEN let him hit the fan!
Marcus on July 25, 2008 at 7:46 AM
These soldiers are only wounded because they did not listen to Barack’s wise judgment. To reward them with the grace of his presence would only be rewarding negative behavior and keep them from learning.
snaggletoothie on July 25, 2008 at 7:46 AM
A wounded soldier would upstage him. Can’t have that.
jackmac on July 25, 2008 at 7:56 AM
Wow – what a P.O.S.!
This man is not qualified to be a night security guard at the sewage treatment plant and people want him to become the most powerful man on the planet.
What say you lefty trolls – this snub shows his true character. It is not what you do when everyone is watching (i.e. photo ops) but what you do when nobody is watching (visiting wounded troops without the press corp).
My best sports analogy is pro-basketball players who are always in need of an “image coach” due to their general lack of character. Compare that with hockey players who always seem to pop up at charity events, childrens hospitals etc., completely unannounced to just bring some joy to a kids life. Hockey players are a little rough around the edges (like John McCain) but they are real people whom you can trust for good character and judgement.
barack hussein obama is showing more and more that he is nothing but “silver spoon in his mouth” trash.
Keep the lack of character news spreading.
Colonel_prop on July 25, 2008 at 7:57 AM
This guy keeps handing up softballs to McCain. You’d think McCain would just knock these gaffes out of the park but, he’s just standing there at the plate.
c3ichief on July 25, 2008 at 8:00 AM
Sure, why not? Everything is. ;)
Redhead Infidel on July 25, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Wounded soldiers are kind of “icky” to look at for the Great and Glorious Leader! We would not want to sully his Great and Glorious Eyes with such ugliness…
sabbott on July 25, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Orwell envsioned a world where Big Brother carefully orchestrated the gathering and dissemination of information to the masses.
He was wrong, and would be startled to see the low level at which Newspeak has been perfected.
Jaibones on July 25, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Couldn’t Obama have at least stopped by a healed a few of the troops?
BigD on July 25, 2008 at 8:04 AM
McNumbnuts may be standing at the plate but only after being traded down to double A ball by the RNC which is the only league they know how to play in these days…
sabbott on July 25, 2008 at 8:05 AM
Marcus on July 25, 2008 at 7:46 AM
I see your point, but he’s doing it all on his own (much like Howie did). Gee, remember back when we thought John Kerry was the height of arrogance?
Quisp on July 25, 2008 at 8:06 AM
Wow. I hope this gets mentioned in the MSM, somewhere. I won’t hold my breath.
It shows a lack of character for sure, but I think it’s also another fine example of Obama making one of his rookie mistakes. Or a huge ego. Either way, what an ass.
Dork B. on July 25, 2008 at 8:06 AM
I just received an e-mail from an individual in Afghanistan and he said that obambi walked right past the line waiting to greet him and did not so much as nod his precious head toward them, no thank yous or hand shakes..just wanted to get to the tent for his photo-op playing b-ball…
twiggman on July 25, 2008 at 8:07 AM
HuffPo headline: Senator Hagel says: “QUIT talking about the surge!!!”
I think somebody’s plane didn’t land home on a carpet of rose pedals after a European trip with the Messiah.
Marcus on July 25, 2008 at 8:10 AM
Like I said last night, he doesn’t give a sh!t about the troops. He didn’t want to go anyway and when he learned he couldn’t get anything out of it, he had the excuse he needed to cancel. Be afraid of this man:
* Speeches in stadiums filled with mesmerized, adoring audiences – Check
* An uninspiring background before meteoric rise – Check
* Creates his own new symbols of power – Check
* Associates with racists, hatemongers and violent radicals – Check
* A propaganda machine willing to show him only in the best possible light – Check
* Uses, “glorious leader” style Agitprop posters common in totalitarian nations – Check (see German campaign poster for example)
* Wants Secret Police force – Check
* Somebody powerful people think they can control – Check
* Often dismissed as a light-weight by his opponents – Check
* Seeks to replace God with the State – Check
* People adopting his name as their own – Check
* Inspires adoration art – Check
* Appropriates symbols of past German glory – Check
* Never plans on giving up power – Check (Obama to be president for the next “eight to 10 years”)
* A narcissistic megalomaniac – Check
* Brazenly Takes credit for other people’s accomplishments – Check
* Wants to build “youth” movement through State service – Check
* Acts as if in power before he is – Check
* Some followers believe him to be divine – Check
* Worshiped and aided greatly by the media – Check
TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 8:13 AM
The email was posted here yesterday and is now all over the Net so the word got out.
TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 8:15 AM
What a narcissistic jerk.
someguy on July 25, 2008 at 8:18 AM
One of Obama’s handlers said Obama had wanted to visit the wounded troops in Germany so that he could thank them.
I guess it’s pointless to thank a serviceman/woman for their sacrifice if the adoring media is not permitted to go along and photograph you doing it.
I didn’t think it was possible for me to think any less of Obama. I was wrong.
AZCoyote on July 25, 2008 at 8:18 AM
I don’t think McCain necessarily has to do anything. BO is his own worst enemy. Give him enough rope and let him hang himself.
backwoods conservative on July 25, 2008 at 8:20 AM
TheBigOldDog…I saw that yesterday, this is from a friend of mine’s son who is station in Bagram, It just confirmed what I saw yesterday…
twiggman on July 25, 2008 at 8:22 AM
This latest excuse still doesn’t pass the smell test. The military footage of the only basketball shot ever made and his glad handing in Iraq and Afghanistan are the most compelling footage he has from this trip so far. The military photos from a visit to the German bases would be the same so I think he’s scared to death that someone injured in Iraq would ask him why he wanted to make that soldiers injury irrelevant.
RW_theoriginal on July 25, 2008 at 8:27 AM
No worries, dude — A boost into the pool is just what I needed to kick off my weekend…
Lee on July 25, 2008 at 8:30 AM
McCain is doing what needs done, at the moment. Let the Media/BHO World tour playout and we will see if he can seal the deal @ the Nomination? If Hill comes back of if BO gets the nom makes no diff…the Drats are too oblivous to see the disaster staring them in the face!
el Vaquero on July 25, 2008 at 8:31 AM
I agree, the real reason is he would have to confront the soldiers and their questions, questions like ‘did my buddies die for nothing’ — Not a good photo op.
tarpon on July 25, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Great story there Ed! It must get distributed far and wide to Rush, Shawn, Glenn on down the line!
Just when I thought Barack & Co, couldn’t sink any lower
dennisw on July 25, 2008 at 8:36 AM
Obama becomes more truly frightening every day. No one with an ego as big as his will ever be able to put the Country before himself.
jeanie on July 25, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Couldn’t Obama have at least stopped by a healed a few of the troops? – BigD
Dammit, ya stole my line! Good job!
Wounded soldiers are kind of “icky” to look at for the Great and Glorious Leader! We would not want to sully his Great and Glorious Eyes with such ugliness… – Sabbott
This is why He loves Europe so much. Remember when some wounded British troops were heckeled and forced to leave a public pool?
Tony737 on July 25, 2008 at 8:44 AM
We haven’t even seen them get halfway to the bottom yet. This is just going to keep getting uglier and uglier.
KrisinNE on July 25, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Colonel_prop on July 25, 2008 at 7:57 AM
This comment says it all…
Black, White, Brown, Yellow; doesn’t matter what color Liberalism gets wrapped in, it remains stinky, gross, and very damaging for humans.
Keemo on July 25, 2008 at 8:47 AM
This guy is a detestable human being. Anti-military nut job. He’s a disgrace.
jencab on July 25, 2008 at 8:48 AM
Even though there are many more legitimate reasons Obama’s campaign should be derailed, this item would be very damaging to him if it were to get its foot through the MSM door.
Grafted on July 25, 2008 at 8:49 AM
How could Obama face the wounded troops when his party is back home working on ways to prevent them from voting?
rockmom on July 25, 2008 at 8:57 AM
McCain is just going through the motions! Hannity interviewed him this week and McCain was tired, old, and boring. It was sad. He can’t rely on Obama “sinking himself” because the media will serve as his life preserver. Hillary finally learned that lesson but by the time she did, it was too late!
Outlander on July 25, 2008 at 9:07 AM
While in Israel Wed. Obama was desperate to photo op with the families of our killed by Hezbollah prisoners, Regev & Goldwasser. The families were still in the 7 day period of mourning and declined.. He opted instead to photo op with a family in Sderot who’s home was destroyed by Hamas rockets.
Anything to get the flashbulbs going and if they can’t, scramble & re-schedule. At least they got the banners up at the Wall!!.. Bastard.
saus on July 25, 2008 at 9:11 AM
The Obama camp’s spin is going to be that they were forced to cancel by the Pentagon, a spin that will be quickly parroted by the big media outlets (see Andrea Mitchell this morning). Hopefully, someone either there or at Landstuhl or Ramstein has either written or audio documentation to show whether or not this claim is true or as real as Obama’s position on the Senate Banking Committee.
jon1979 on July 25, 2008 at 9:13 AM
If going to countries qualifies you for being President then this guy should be Emperor. http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/
- The Cat
P.S. This(not visiting the troops) actually makes his not going to Iraq worse because he will still meet with America’s enemies and not her protectors.
MirCat on July 25, 2008 at 9:15 AM
Not sure what you mean by that, but Hazel is asked only two questions by the press, ever:
- When can we see Senator Obama?
- Why did you oppose the surge, and were you wrong to do so?
I’m thinking that both questions are causing signs of wear and tear on Nebraska’s state embarrassment.
Jaibones on July 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM
I think it’s a good thing that the troops were spared.
Mrs. Happy Housewife on July 25, 2008 at 9:24 AM
I’m wondering if all those years snorting coke and smoking the weed affected his brain.
I truly think he is the anti-christ.
becki51758 on July 25, 2008 at 9:34 AM
The more I read and see this guy, the more I completely detest him and everything he stands for – basically HIMSELF. With every new gaff and speech and flip this joke of a senator makes, and with every new fawning news report and fainting supporter cheering him as the second coming, there is something in my mind that agrees with becki51758 – he may really be the anti-christ. On his charisma and pretty words alone, he is rising to claim the most powerful seat in the most powerful nations government. His policies are marxist but he won’t ever say so. His followers bow to his every move. There is just too many things that seem very sinister about him.
I wonder where his Civialian Security Force will wear their mark?
Spectreman on July 25, 2008 at 9:50 AM
I love your analogy! It’s beautiful, and so true!
A bit OT here, but watching FOX yesterday, apparently there was a moment on one of the planes coming from Iraq, when Obama was wondering why FOX News was on most places he went. He thought it was mandated by the President. Major Garret who overheard, corrected him and told him that the troops could choose any station they wanted. It was awesome.
4shoes on July 25, 2008 at 9:53 AM
I want to see him publicly humiliated.
pilamaye on July 25, 2008 at 7:28 AM
-I’m with you, bro.
And I don’t think we have to worry-pride goes before a fall, and Senator Arrogance has been flying pretty high on his own rhetoric.
Doug on July 25, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Andrea Mitchell on TODAY just reported that the Pentagon told Obama he could not go to the hospitals during the political leg of his trip.
?????
MayBee on July 25, 2008 at 10:09 AM
The Pentagon told Obama that he could not bring campaign staff or photographers along and that the visit had to be part of his Congressional trip. I think that Sens. Hagel and Reed had already come home after they visited Iraq, so there wasn’t any delegation left. But that’s just poor planning by Obama’s staff, not the fault of the Pentagon.
rockmom on July 25, 2008 at 10:13 AM
He’s gonna have one hell of a time throwing a whole fleet of troops and equipment under that bus of his, he’ll have to put some extensions on that thing.
Rbastid on July 25, 2008 at 10:14 AM
*facepalm* Oh lord Doh’Bama is suffering from BDS I guess. Wonder how long till he has a “9/11 was an inside job” shirt on.
Rbastid on July 25, 2008 at 10:16 AM
That’s okay, I am sure the feeling is mutual.
TheSitRep on July 25, 2008 at 10:18 AM
That he can’t go with campaign staff and photographers seems to me a very different thing than telling him he had to go during his Congressional trip.
Which is it? It’s an important distinction.
MayBee on July 25, 2008 at 10:21 AM
That Pentagon excuse is bs too. I’m pretty sure all he had to do was inform the military that as a Senator he wanted to visit, outside the scope of campaign trip, and military transportation would have been arranged.
RW_theoriginal on July 25, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Wonder what she meant by “political leg” ? It was almost all political campaigning. Despite a couple of relapses Mitchell has been in the tank for her Messiah from the get go. He could have gone some way some how. Shame on him.
JonRoss on July 25, 2008 at 10:32 AM
The way I heard the story spinned by the old media (i.e., local news) is that Obama was a victim of the (implied, racist and political) Pentagon.
Sir Napsalot on July 25, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Boy, Obama’s peeps are really spinning this one…I even was starting to believe them…not. It’s all the Pentagon and McCain’s faults which means it’s a conspiracy to make him look bad is what Matthews and Olbermann will be repeating today. Maybe Jesse Jackson did find a way remove his nuts after all.
deedledee on July 25, 2008 at 10:40 AM
I wasn’t sure what to think of this. My initial reaction to his cancellation was to think it was pretty low of him to drop this visit if his schedule got delayed as opposed to dropping something else. Then his campaign announced that they felt it was inappropriate to visit the troops on a campaign trip. That made sense to me, but I couldn’t figure out why it would be a problem if he just didn’t take any media folks with him. No one could complain if he used campaign funds to get there, but then didn’t have any photos taken other than what the wounded soldiers chose to take personally. Then his campaign made it sound like the Pentagon told him to get lost. That made no sense. So of course it turns out to be this: they told him to come but leave the reporters out. Suddenly, he decided it wasn’t worth it. That’s illuminating and what it shows about his thinking is not very nice.
Jill1066 on July 25, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Miklaszewski says Obama could have gone, he just couldn’t bring staff and photogs with him.
Mitchell says Obama wanted to go, but the Pentagon told him he couldn’t. period.
If Miklaszewski is correct, Mitchell is covering up for Obama in a huge way. If Mitchell is correct, then I can’t blame Obama for what I’ve been thinking was a HUGE mistake.
MayBee on July 25, 2008 at 10:40 AM
It won’t really matter why Obama cancelled his visit to the wounded heroes at Landstuhl, it’s the perception that the future commander-in-chief couldn’t leave his media entourage behind for a quiet bedside visit just to say thanks for those who have sacrificed so much for their country.
eigafan on July 25, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Call me racist for all I care.
Just imagine a white candidate (e.g., JFKerry) pulling the same stunt (skipping Landstuhl, giving a lecture speech in Berlin, visiting Afghanistan base for barely 1 hr and not talking/shaking hands to soldiers), what would we call him?
But since it is Obama, media plus half of the country plus rest of the world are ok with it.
/que the Twilight Zone music….
Sir Napsalot on July 25, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Obama’s speech to 200,000 and the world is a huge success and appears on the front cover of every newspaper on the planet. I totally understand why sites like this feel the need to find some way to pee in his cornflakes.
So you take a cancelled visit to soldiers, spin some half-truths about why it was cancelled, and try to paint a hates the troops card/ego is his priority over the soldiers etc etc etc.
You have no proof of what the reason was for the cancellation. Nothing. Nada. You speculate it was because he couldn’t use the soldiers as a photo opp, and suddenly that’s a fact? Where’s your proof he went shopping in Berlin instead?
So ridiculous. But entirely predictable.
Dave Rywall on July 25, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Oh, but this morning Obama said he was only kidding. Another excuse for being a jacka$$.
becki51758 on July 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM
People PLEASE
Those military people were WOUNDED in a war that Barack Obama did not believe in. THEREFORE, they were not REALLY wounded.
A Commander in Chief should only visit the wounded in a war that he starts, apparently. And of course, with a camera.
Too bad Bush never visits Walter Reed and sees our troops…. What’s that? He DOES? How come that’s not on the front pages?
originalpechanga on July 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM
The Democrats will be suffering from buyer’s remorse in 5,4,3,2………….Fauxbama will be out of gas by the end of the convention…The acceptance speech in a stadium will look way too much like something Hitlerian…He’s finished, and I really thought he might be the anti-Christ, not just a washed up junior Senator with 141 days on the job…Well, at least freedom and liberty get to prevail rather than socialism, and I guess that’s something……
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Dale in Atlanta on July 25, 2008 at 10:58 AM
In the end, I am very glad McCain goaded Obama for his initiation world tour, even though part of it is paid by me.
dave_rywall,
Nobody is peeing in Obama’s cornflakes. He is doing a FINE job himself.
Sir Napsalot on July 25, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Truly a world-class pr*ck.
wccawa on July 25, 2008 at 11:01 AM
What’s entirely predictable is you. You seem to be on the wrong side of every issue. What gives?
mrsmwp on July 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Dave Dryrot: Why don’t you go back to DailyKos and stay where you belong with your anti military friends……
luckybogey on July 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM
I’m getting pretty sick of Major Garrett. He has become FOX’s biggest spin artist for Obama. By the time he ends up redefining what was said or done, it becomes something completely different than what was said or done.
Connie on July 25, 2008 at 11:12 AM
So ridiculous. But entirely predictable.
Dave Rywall on July 25, 2008 at 10:52 AM
DRywall:
It’s fine if you want to be the official Hot Air Obama cheerleader. But could you at least please not use the word “ridiculous” in every single post? It’s a throw away.
BigD on July 25, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Well, Dave, why was it canceled?
What could possibly be a good enough reason for a potential Commander in Chief to opt not to visit troops abroad when he has time to do other things?
MayBee on July 25, 2008 at 11:16 AM
According to this site, canceling a visit with the soldiers is completely unacceptable and a clear indication that Obama hates the troops. Which is – sorry – ridiculous.
You’re grasping at straws to try to rain on the parade. I’m just pointing it out- I don’t know why you’re all denying the fact that you’re trying to find things to spoil his wildly successful Eurotour.
MayBee – how the fu*k would I know why it was cancelled? Maybe you should ask the Obama camp. You see, I don’t just make sh*t up like HotAir did in this case.
Dave Rywall on July 25, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Reactions from Germany
Klaus Bölling, a former government spokesman under ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, told SPIEGEL ONLINE: “It was a sermon and an unsuccessful one at that. The intellectual gulf between him and John F. Kennedy could not be overlooked. Apart from the niceties and talk about Berliners’ love of freedom, there wasn’t a single original thought. Instead, there was just a feeling of ‘All people should become brothers.’ A world without nuclear weapons? Nice idea (a pun, also: ‘nice naïvety’ –GA), but if Obama gets elected that becomes nothing more than rhetoric.”
“In America the demystification process of the candidate has already begun and continues. Our politicians — especially our chancellor — will have noticed that Obama can’t convincingly pull off trying to look like a fount of new ideas for the Western world. But, in this country, it’s not a very popular thing to say out loud.”
GermanAtheist on July 25, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Absolutely wonderful. And I am pretty sure that when Obama wants to sit down and watch ‘the news,’ he turns to MSNBC first.
Fox News really is like holy water to a vampire – for all of the liberals out there. They can’t imagine any ‘normal person’ who would actually want to watch Fox News.
wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 11:27 AM
It’s official: I have ODS.
BadgerHawk on July 25, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Very interesting… just before Obama is about to make a trip?
In any event Obama has been visiting with the troops during his entire trip. Now he obeys the pentagon concerning use of campaign funds when making visits and the wingnuts get their underwear all bundled up!
Damned if you do, darned if you don’t, drive on soldier!
J_Gocht on July 25, 2008 at 11:32 AM
I was thinking the exact same thing this morning.
Missy on July 25, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Weren’t the most of you complaining that Obama’s video with the troops, (and his 3-pointer basketball shot) only 72 hours before, was being shown too much ??
sanjeevn on July 25, 2008 at 11:37 AM
That was worth a smirk. You don’t get much attention elsewhere, do you?
reaganaut on July 25, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Wildly successful? Here’s a quote from a local.
a capella on July 25, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Thanks for posting that!
Glynn on July 25, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Weren’t the most of you complaining that Obama’s video with the troops, (and his 3-pointer basketball shot) only 72 hours before, was being shown too much ??
sanjeevn on July 25, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Well…..yeah, when the vid is looped for the entire newscast and in the background the commenters are gushing about how its so great to have a nominee who looks so good shooting hoops.
Bishop on July 25, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Overheard Obama campaign conversation just prior to Landstuhl cancellation:
“SENATOR, EVEN WITH THE MILITARY PHOTOGS MANY OF THESE GUYS WON’T EVEN BE ABLE TO PLAY BASKETBALL! SO…SHOULD WE REALLY WASTE TIME WITH LAME KILLERS WHILE IN GERMANY WHEN, UNLIKE YOUR MAGNIFICENT SPEECH AND BACKDROP, THEY REPRESENT THE WORST OF NAZI TACTICS AND NOT THE BEST?” (Then more faint in the background: “Senator, we have Bild reporter Judith Bonesky on line 2″)
econavenger on July 25, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Hotair didn’t make anything up. Those that have asked the Obama camp have gotten various responses or no response. So HotAir and commenters are going by what reporters with access to information are saying.
Why is that such a problem for you?
MayBee on July 25, 2008 at 11:53 AM
A bit OT here, but watching FOX yesterday, apparently there was a moment on one of the planes coming from Iraq, when Obama was wondering why FOX News was on most places he went. He thought it was mandated by the President. Major Garret who overheard, corrected him and told him that the troops could choose any station they wanted. It was awesome.
marklmail on July 25, 2008 at 11:54 AM
As I said yesterday, all STYLE, no SUBSTANCE. As I check the NEWS this AM, I can not believe the FAWNING MSM is still doing over this EMPTY SUIT. However, a light may be at the end of the ol’ tunnel. The only POLL I even pay attention to, RASMUSSEN, has B. HUSSEIN dropping like a rock in COLORADO…Now that is NEWS… NBC POLL has B. HUSSEIN winning by 70%, RASMUSSEN has B. HUSSEIN ahead by 2%… Quite a variation there, huh???
pueblo1032 on July 25, 2008 at 11:59 AM
He visited with troops in Afghanistan, he visited with troops in Kuwait, he visited with troops in Afghanistan, but OMG OMG he skipped a visit in Germany, he must hate the troops. He is surely not commander-in-chiefy.
sanjeevn on July 25, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Why doesn’t Hussein want to see his new private army for islam?
Is he still resentful because they have killed many of his brothers in arms?
SaintOlaf on July 25, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Who’s sorry now?
Whose heart is aching for making such a row?
Who’s sad and blue?
Who’s clocking you?
I cried at you too…
Right to the end
I tried to pretend
You wouldn’t go somehow
But you went your way,
Now Mc must pay
I’m sad and I’m sorry now…
I know. I won’t quit my day job!
J_Gocht on July 25, 2008 at 12:03 PM
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