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July 24, 2008

Obama Cancels Meeting With Troops In Germany
— DrewM

He won't be visiting Ramstein Air Base or Landstuhl Regional Medical Center as scheduled. According to a statement from one of his advisers, the visit is off because his campaign is funding this part of his trip.

During his trip as part of the CODEL to Afghanistan and Iraq, Senator Obama visited the combat support hospital in the Green Zone in Baghdad and had a number of other visits with the troops. For the second part of his trip, the senator wanted to visit the men and women at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to express his gratitude for their service and sacrifice. The senator decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign.

That's about the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Who cares if his transportation around Europe is being paid for by his campaign? He's a sitting Senator for God's sake. As a spokesman for McCain put it, "It is never inappropriate to visit our men and women in the military..."

If he was worried about making a political spectacle of those serving there, especially the wounded, he could have gone without the press. I'm sure the US Air Force has the means to keep unwanted visitors off the base.

Pathetic.

Posted by: DrewM at 11:06 AM | Comments (63)
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1 Saw this posted at Pajamas Media for what it's worth. Letter From an a soldier in Afghanistan: Hello everyone, As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram, Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to The War Zone. I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram. As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didnt say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service. So really he was just here to make a showing for the Americans back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here, you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you. I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just dont understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country. If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake. In service, (Name witheld) TF Wasatch American Soldier

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 24, 2008 11:07 AM (zpaDL)

2 The next 8-10 years are going to suck

Posted by: MAJHAM at July 24, 2008 11:13 AM (NMK3S)

3 DOOMED...doomed, I tell ya!

Posted by: Paladin at July 24, 2008 11:23 AM (ZO0u/)

4 There's no other word for him at this point than 'cocksucker.'

Posted by: Stinky Esposito at July 24, 2008 11:29 AM (wIgfF)

5 Here's the link: http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3271/87/

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 24, 2008 11:34 AM (zpaDL)

6 Hey he really needed to go shopping.

Posted by: brak at July 24, 2008 11:37 AM (wapCf)

If there is one thing more pathetic than a liar (take John Edwards... please), it is a liar who is so fucking stupid that he begins to believe his own idiotic lies and is thus amazed to find out that others don't. Mr. Obama has entered, nay soared, into this rarefied stratum of elite liars.

Gawd it must suck to be a Dem, knowing that you about to nominate yet another incompetent serial liar-loser, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it without your core competency, identity politics, biting you in the ass.

Rove, you magnificent bastard!

Posted by: sherlock at July 24, 2008 11:42 AM (ZrS0c)

Re #1 -- Who the fuck would shun a soldier in a war zone?

Posted by: Eleven at July 24, 2008 11:44 AM (7DB+a)

"I'm sure the US Air Force has the means to keep unwanted visitors off the base."

Ramstein is HQUSAFE, a TAC base. You can bet your sweet bippy they know how to keep the press off-base.

Another FYI tidbit, Landstuhl is the German town right next to Ramstein (great old castle up on the hill there), so we aren't talking about a long commute between the two.

Posted by: Immolate at July 24, 2008 11:45 AM (pCspr)

10 Re#8 The obamessia, that's who.

Re#4 You're right.

Posted by: Alan at July 24, 2008 11:49 AM (kloCp)

11 Wait: He visited wounded soldiers in Iraq, and he insisted that the shingdig in Berlin wasn't a campaign rally, but suddenly he was campaigning again when it was time to visit wounded soldiers in Germany? How do you keep track of this guy's positions? I give up.

Posted by: Tom W. at July 24, 2008 12:07 PM (pXS7q)

12 Hey! I'm a citizen of The World & I'm running for God President of The World. I don't have time for you gauche pedestrian americans. I've only got until November to seduce The World!!!

Posted by: Obamalamadingdong at July 24, 2008 12:18 PM (SPSOE)

13 How, exactly, do we determine which part of this weeklong Obamedia suckfest is part of the CODEL and which is part of the campaign? The whole goddamned thing is like a cross between the Obama campaign and The Truman Show.

Posted by: Andy at July 24, 2008 12:24 PM (23Gys)

14 Hmmmm.

Maybe they got Ramstein the airbase mixed up with Rammstein the German metal band?

'Cause while that "Du Hast" shit is kicking it, it's inappropriate for a Presidential visit.

Uhhhh. Will be Presidential.

Posted by: memomachine at July 24, 2008 12:42 PM (3PLow)

15 #4, I prefer "twat". I think it sums him up perfectly.

Posted by: Jason at July 24, 2008 01:04 PM (OSSCz)

16 Hedley Lamar rope-a-doped himself. Nobody was going to criticise him for visiting the troops; any attempt to do so would have backfired. An interesting speculation by DrewM that he cancelled it because somebody suggested dragging the media along would have been seen as politicizing. Tells us something (if true, and it may very well be because it fits with what we're seeing) that if he can't be seen doing it, then he's not interested in doing it at all.

Posted by: Schreiber at July 24, 2008 01:09 PM (j57Tu)

17 Hell, they even have a free bus that takes you from Ramstein up to the hospital. Of course, if I were a wounded soldier I'd stay clear of The Obamessiah and buses, know what I'm sayin'?

Posted by: Tim at July 24, 2008 01:31 PM (AdvE1)

18 so. he dosen't want tp spend campaign money visiting the troops.

Posted by: davod at July 24, 2008 01:45 PM (llh3A)

Those soldiers must be so disappointed.

Not.

Posted by: pistolero at July 24, 2008 03:19 PM (QuCVu)

20 He doesn't want to spend Leftist campaign money visiting the troops. After all, they don't support the troops, do they? Fuck Obama.

Posted by: ahem at July 24, 2008 03:31 PM (5Las4)

21 Obama is the biggest pussy that it has ever been my misfortune to see as a presidential candidate. Worse even than Dukakis.

MSM version...... Did you see him can that three in the gym the other day? He's soooo dreamy.

Obama and his media sycophants would gag a fuckin' maggot.

Posted by: aubrey at July 24, 2008 03:32 PM (CELHY)

22 So it's all a campaign trip, right? Or is it?

Meeting with the brass in Iraq? Fact-finding mission to evaluate diminish "surge," therefore appropriate.

Hopscotching over to Berlin? Now a political campaign with visiting injured/maimed grunts inappropriate.

The Obama campaign: Anything you want it to be. Everything you want it to be. Nothing you want it to be.

I hope the accountants are keeping track of when campaigning begins and ends. Be a shame if funding and asset reallocation got all buggered up such that laws were broken inadvertently. I'm sure His staff thousands are all over that. That, and making sure He doesn't offend the troops.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 24, 2008 03:33 PM (sI5Ho)

23 According to the link, the "soldier" who wrote the email is Marine Captain Jeffrey S. Porter.

Posted by: Christoph at July 24, 2008 03:42 PM (hawOV)

24 What a typical progressive leftard, "let me kiss the ass of the Euro's and ignore my own citizens who i may actually be commander-in-chief of".

Does he even realize that US servicemen and women vote?

Posted by: Penfold at July 24, 2008 03:46 PM (lF2Kk)

25 Penfold: "Does he even realize that US servicemen and women vote?"

Oh, the Lefty Donks will let 'em vote; they'll just do their damnedest not to count their ballots. It's only the illusion of caring He's after... and I'm not sure He's even up to that.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 24, 2008 04:04 PM (sI5Ho)

26 Anyone checking out that Marine email, Ace said he doesn't think there's any way it can be verified, at least as of now. So take it with a grain of salt pending that.

Posted by: Christoph at July 24, 2008 04:10 PM (hawOV)

27 @ AnonymousDrivel

Yeah, they did that in 2004, can't let those doing the real work have a say. And yeah, BHO couldn't give two shits about any one served their country, he doesn't understand the concept of duty, honor, country.

Posted by: Penfold at July 24, 2008 04:18 PM (lF2Kk)

it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign.

Who the hell did he go see in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Posted by: Dave in Texas at July 24, 2008 04:27 PM (pzen5)

29 hmph, I figured the messiah was just having scheduling problems and would be smart enough to fix it. I guess that I'm not disappointed means I'm racist.

Posted by: Mark at July 24, 2008 05:05 PM (XwNhk)

BlackFive says his friend says Obama was a jerk to military people in Afghanistan:
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/07/from-gi-in-afgh.html

Uncle Jimbo also says youre wrong about Obama skipping the visits at Rammstein and Landstuhl. UJ says Obama did the right thing there:
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/07/defending-obama.html

Posted by: Christoph at July 24, 2008 05:37 PM (hawOV)

31 From what Blackfive and Confederate Yankee is talking about, Senator Obama snubbed the military everywhere he went anyway.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 24, 2008 05:40 PM (0+Ggj)

32 Obama favors an Aspirational Timeline^® for meeting with US troops.

Posted by: Bart Hussein Obama: at July 24, 2008 06:29 PM (GEX+E)

It just shows you one major flaw Obama has. He is a coward! He is probably afraid of the reception he would get from the soldiers. And if he was worried about it looking like a campaign event. DON'T LET THE PRESS COME WITH YOU!

When will the Obama robots see this phony for what he is? He is nothing but canned speeches about hope and change. He wouldn't know an original idea if jumped up and bit him on the rear. He is afraid to go on Fox News Sunday because they might ask him a tough question. He is afraid to debate McCain in an open town debate. He is afraid to admit the bravery, sacrifice, courage and performance of our troops during the surge is what made it work. And he is afraid to admit he was wrong about the surge all along. He is afraid to do anything that is not carefully scripted.

Posted by: tom at July 25, 2008 05:48 AM (2bnbT)

34 Let's get to the bottom of all this hype. Let's get to the facts about this Obama.

"Subject: An Army Captain's view of Hussein Obama's Visit

Subject: Obama's Visit

Hello everyone,

As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to "The War Zone". I wanted to share with you what happened."

Comments: The above comments are not only "factually incorrect," but also "inappropriate" for uniformed Army personnel, according to a statement by Bagram Airfield spokesman Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green.

Barack Obama paid a visit to the Bagram air base on July 20, 2008, but neither went to the "Clamshell" nor played basketball, Nielson-Green told NY Daily News reporter James Meek in a statement published July 24. He said Obama took time out to greet home-state troops, shaking hands with them and posing for pictures

News photos of the candidate's visits to Iraq and Afghanistan show that he interacted with rank-and-file American troops while in both countries.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/afghanistan.htm

Posted by: keephopealive at July 25, 2008 06:48 AM (Hc85l)

I clicked on every hyperlink I could and saw two pictures of Obama posing with soldiers. So yes and no. I'm not sold keephopealive. It was pretty minimal. Like as in; the least he could get away with. I was expecting a series of photos, not bare minimun.

Posted by: Eleven at July 25, 2008 08:17 AM (7DB+a)

36 He won't be visiting ... Landstuhl Regional Medical Center as scheduled. According to a statement from one of his advisers, the visit is off because his campaign is funding this part of his trip.

What a maroon. He could have sealed the deal if he'd just go to Landstuhl and heal the sick. Hope, indeed.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at July 25, 2008 08:19 AM (1hM1d)

37 "The senator decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign."

This, translated into plain speaking:

"The senator isn't going to spend time with our military unless someone pays him to."

Posted by: Scott at July 25, 2008 09:05 AM (kSvWi)

38 TOOL. FUCKING. BAG.

Posted by: Melodic_Metal at July 25, 2008 11:35 AM (JFsBJ)

39 I thought Obama's overseas trip was a way to gain the appearance of experience in international politics ... in response to Senator McCain's statement that Obama was inexperienced in foreign affairs. Obama's rationale was to go on a fact finding mission, in order to appear presidential, however it soon became evident to everyone that Obaman's real purpose was to use the trip as a self serving campaign photo op., Posing and pontificating in front of the crowds and cameras, rather than visiting our wounded soldiers. This is about the most unpresidential thing Obama could have done. In spite of his fabricated image, and lop sided biased American media adulation, thank God the American people are finally coming to their senses, and realizing that Senator McCain is the only real Presidential choice for America.

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40 INSULT TO INJURY ... The 'real' story is that Obama could have visited the wounded soldiers, but the Pentagon said not with the huge entourage and media circus ... however, Obama supporters are now trying to mislead the American people by enabling Obama to now blame the Pentagon for HIS bad decision. This is a typical form of damage control that the Obama and his people have used throughout his campaign. If Obama does something right, they shower credit upon him ... if he does something wrong, they blame it on someone else, or they tell us we misinterpreted what happened.

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