Lil' green Army props
He can't win for losing.
Obama refuses to patriotically use wounded soldiers evacuated from Bush's Greatest War Ever(tm) as campaign props and, of course, it's viewed as smouldering liberal military-hatred.
Of course, the Pentagon clutches their pearls and denies any knowledge of having forbidden the trip:
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters later Friday the Pentagon did not explicitly say Obama should not visit the base, but was concerned with whether his capacity there would be one of a presidential candidate, not a senator.
"We do have certain policy guidelines for political campaigns and elections. And what is appropriate and what is not appropriate in those situations. But the Pentagon certainly did not tell the senator that he could not visit Landstuhl," Whitman said.
"Generally speaking, the military tries very hard not to get involved in political campaigns," he said. "Conducting a campaign speech for example on a military installation is not something that would be appropriate to do."
So, you know, not that they'd approve of such a thing, but no, they didn't tell him he couldn't go. So he didn't go which proves he hates America, soldiers, the flag, Mom, baseball. hot dogs, apple pie, Chevrolet, and lil' warm puppies.
Of course, if he DID go, why, it would just prove what an opportunist he is, using the broken bodies of brave warriors as a stepladder to ultimate power, being the hateful anti-military liberal he is. OF COURSE.
Meanwhile Grumpy McSame denounces the evil Obama to a, guess what, military audience:
DENVER — Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for “the audacity of hopelessness” in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated.
Speaking to an audience of Hispanic military veterans, McCain stepped up his criticism of Obama while the Illinois senator continued his headline-grabbing tour of the Middle East and Europe. The Arizona Republican contended that Obama’s policies — he opposed sending more troops to Iraq in the “surge” that McCain supported — would have led to defeat there and in Afghanistan.
Well! "Veterans", I guess, are perfectly fair game, or some such.
UPDATE: Oh, jesus frickin' christ, already!
posted by Pere Ubu @ 5:47 PM
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Mccain complains way too much.
I would hate to have him as a president.
Way too much vitriol coming out of the McCain camp. Who would buy into this stuff? He's just an old politician holding onto the past. We need to move on to the future if this country is going to get back on track. McCain is just a sad, angry old man.
What a bunch of BS.
The fact is that Obama (aka: Mr Sleazy Lemon Car Salesman) was told he could enter, but decided not to because he wasn't allowed to use the wounded as a photo op.
How pathetic that you twist the facts by claiming that "Obama refuses to patriotically use wounded soldiers".
Let me get this right.
McCain is saying that it is OK to use American wounded for political props. Lord knows he has used his enough. Maybe McCain should actually start talking about what he would do a president instead of the typical BUSH attack campaigning
The media is glosssing over the FACT that the Pentagon waited until Obama was actually in Germany to ask him not to visit the injured troops, becaue they were concerned that his visit would be disrupted and politicized. The real message was: "We are going to attack you as unpatriotic regardless of what you do."
Do we really want anymore of these scum of the earth running our country? Obviously, McCain has noting to offer and has spent all of his time attacking Obama insead of telling us what he intends to do to repair the damage his party have caused. I any more than about six Republicans remain in office by 2012, this country has lost its mind.
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