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UPDATE: Obama Campaign Blames Pentagon for Troop Snub in Germany
Thursday, July 24, 2008 | Kristinn

Posted on 07/24/2008 6:59:36 PM PDT by kristinn

The Obama campaign has issued a new statement blaming the Pentagon for Obama's controversial decision to scrap visits to U.S. troops and Rammstein Landstuhl military bases in Germany on Friday.

Der Spiegel initially reported this morning that Obama had cancelled the visits without reason. Then as word spread through the political world after the story was first posted at Free Republic, Obama's campaign issued a statement saying Obama thought it would be "inappropriate" to visit the troops while on a campaign trip.

After the McCain campaign issued a statement upbraiding Obama for snubbing the troops saying that it is never inappropriate to visit troops, Obama's campaign issued a new statement blaming the Pentagon:

"We learned from the Pentagon last night that the visit would be viewed instead as a campaign event. Senator Obama did not want to have a trip to see our wounded warriors perveived as a campaign event when his visit was to show his appreciation for our troops and decided instead not to go," Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, USAF (Ret), Obama spokesman.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; gration; landstuhl; nobama08; obama; obamalies; obamasbigadventure; obamavisit; rammstein; snub; unfitforcommand
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To: xkaydet65

It’s a little more than that: NO PRESS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. That is why he didn’t go — he is on his worldwide photo-op tour, so in his mind: screw the troops, give me the photographers.


21 posted on 07/24/2008 7:10:35 PM PDT by Laverne
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To: kristinn

obama: bullcrap, more bullcrap and even more bullcrap!


22 posted on 07/24/2008 7:11:04 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (So how come people who are against drilling are still buying gasoline?)
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To: kristinn

Again, it sounds like he doesn’t want to campaign for their votes.

Obama apparently can’t figure out a way to have a campaign event with the troops where he won’t just be using them as props.

I’m guessing McCain has no trouble campaigning for the votes of our servicepeople.


23 posted on 07/24/2008 7:11:22 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: kristinn

I guess the third changed excuse is supposed to be the charm?


24 posted on 07/24/2008 7:11:28 PM PDT by mass55th
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To: Laverne

What a spoiled affirmative action baby.


25 posted on 07/24/2008 7:11:49 PM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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To: ought-six

Would’nt be embarrased,we seen all types in the Service. Makes us alittle more realistic.


26 posted on 07/24/2008 7:11:53 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes (Old Dogs and Children,and Watermelon Wine.)
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To: jwalsh07
"Screw you General." Specialist Walsh, US Army, ETS'd many moons ago."

BUMP!
Cpt. Phred, same branch, same ETS.

27 posted on 07/24/2008 7:11:59 PM PDT by norton
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To: kristinn

creepy is as creepy does


28 posted on 07/24/2008 7:13:03 PM PDT by Nachum (Obama: creepy you can count on)
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To: God luvs America

My thought exactly, but then, except for a staged photo op, Obama dissed troops in Iraq and Afghanistan also.

Kind of like when Pelosi and the EX-Marine Murtha came to “visit the troops” in Jan of 2007, they pointedly ignored us Soldiers and instead went into conferences with the Dept of State and promptly told the world the US was losing the war without ever leaving a two block area of the Green Zone.

AQ and Al Jezzeria promptly parroted them and renewed some moral among the islamofascists.... Till the surge fully hit.

Obama proves, yet again, that he is a hateful, elitist hack of a Marxist who cares only for himself and the acquisition of absolute power. He despises the US Military as it is a purposeful Constitutional block to this dictatorial power he seeks.

Another reason his “Civilian National Security Force” scares the wits out of me. I already am understanding what he really wants it for. All I am wondering now is what will be the emblem on their red armbands.


29 posted on 07/24/2008 7:13:14 PM PDT by M1Tanker (Proven Daily: Modern "progressive" liberalism is just National Socialism without the "twisted cross")
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To: kristinn

Oh, GMAFB!! This guy is a load of hot air, a steaming pile of [whateve!] and just a darn liar.

I read here the visit was canceled because a campaign worker wasn’t allowed to go along. That makes more Obama-sense (new word, can be interchanged with “nonsense”)


30 posted on 07/24/2008 7:14:28 PM PDT by blu (Last one out of Michigan, please turn off the lights.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

I don’t know if I’m going to make it through this election cycle......


31 posted on 07/24/2008 7:15:26 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" Since 11/20/06)
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To: flyfree
As if how the Pentagon feels about it would STOP him?! Like the last few days tossing about in Iraq wasn't campaign theater?!(BS detector going off now.)
But give the guy a little credit: after all, he was "for" visiting the wounded before he was "against" it.
32 posted on 07/24/2008 7:15:48 PM PDT by Nevermore
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To: Nachum

Red doper diaper baby does as red doper diaper baby does.

I’m kerplempt with Savage, but the description is apt and perfect.


33 posted on 07/24/2008 7:16:01 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: xkaydet65

Thanks for that little tid-bit.


34 posted on 07/24/2008 7:16:10 PM PDT by mass55th
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To: kristinn
What part of Obama’s trip hasn't been a campaign event.
35 posted on 07/24/2008 7:16:38 PM PDT by tobyhill (fraud -noun;(1)deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, (2) Obama)
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To: kristinn

What a bunch of cow...........


36 posted on 07/24/2008 7:16:50 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: kristinn
Campaign trip...fact-finding mission...summer camp? Which is it, Barry?


37 posted on 07/24/2008 7:17:39 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: kristinn

Can you imagine the media-created uproar if a Republican did this kind of weasel wishy-washy change of statements?

The statements disgust me. The media’s willing co-conspiracy disgusts me.


38 posted on 07/24/2008 7:17:58 PM PDT by henkster (Politics is the art of telling a bigger and more believable lie more often than your opponent)
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To: kristinn

That’s going to leave a mark.


39 posted on 07/24/2008 7:19:41 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: kristinn
"We learned from the Pentagon last night that the visit would be viewed instead as a campaign event. Senator Obama did not want to have a trip to see our wounded warriors perveived as a campaign event when his visit was to show his appreciation for our troops and decided instead not to go," Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, USAF (Ret), Obama spokesman.

There is no doubt that Obama had his fill of military on this trip. He has got to be totally uncomfortable around the military with his cut and run surrender monkey mentality. The photo ops around the military is too risky with all the faces of soldiers who are unenthusiastic around him.

40 posted on 07/24/2008 7:20:02 PM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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