As for your repeated attempt to divert attention from Obama’s action by screaming about McCain, I will repeat what NC Cop and I have both said: McCain has nothing to prove. His record of support for our military men and women is long, honorable, and indisputable, and not visiting a military hospital every time he gets within 400 miles of one does not change that, no matter how the left rants. McCain is not the issue here.

The issue is Obama. In contrast, to the extent that this neophyte has ANY kind of record, it is one of hostility to the people who defend us. His visit to the troops clearly was planned to be nothing more than a photo-op to fool voters back home, and the minute he was told there would be no media spectacle he reverted to form. Maybe his new campaign slogan should be “No We Can’t – not without cameras”.

Basically the ad was dishonest from start to finish and the McCain Campaign should be ashamed for running it.

No basically the ad was spot on and the only reason people like you are upset about it is because it’s going to cause Obama some votes. You can go on and on, mike, about how difficult it would have been for Obama to visit the wounded troops. Difficult, however, does not mean impossible. He could have made it if he wanted to.

McCain has visited Iraq about 7-8 times and the only reason Obama went is because he was challenged by McCain. McCain has nothing to prove. Obama failed to hold ONE hearing on Afghanistan and has only visited Iraq twice.

With every passing day people are seeing Obama for what he truly is. Mr. “Change and Hope” has turned out to be the quintessential politician. Obama is the only one who should be ashamed.

“So let me get this straight – you expect McCain to motor about 300 miles from Paris”

[Edited - watch it, mike. --ST]

No I didn’t expect him to motor from Paris. His trip to Europe was an OFFICIAL Congressional Visit which was clearly stated in the Link that you said you read). He, Senator Lindsey Graham and Sen. Joseph Lieberman were on the taxpayers dime flying on Government provided transportation. There would have been NO clearance problem taking that transportation to Ramstein from Paris (or from London for that matter). Both flights would have taken about an hour out of his busy day plus whatever time they spent visiting Landstuhl.
Instead he went to London for a fundraiser.
Look Senator McCain can do whatever he wants when he vists Europe. The point is that it’s incredibly dishonest of him or his campaign to criticize Obama in that ad when he and his fellow Senators couldn’t spend a couple of hours to make that same visit to the troops.
Its more dishonest when he tries to sell the notion that it was only because of lack of press access. Obama visited the troops and military hospitals when he was in Iraq (as was confirmed by Senators Hagel and Reed) without press and has visited Troops at Walter Reed in the US many times without press. The press that were on the flight in Europe with him have spoken out that there NEVER was any intention to take them along to Landstuhl (the military had originally made accomodation for them to stay at Ramstein when he was at Landstuhl). Amazingly enough the “Gym shot” in the McCain commercial was actually a shot of Obama with the troops while on this trip (note that they intentionally blurred out the background in that shot so people didnt notice where the shot was taken).
Basically the ad was dishonest from start to finish and the McCain Campaign should be ashamed for running it.

Totally aside from the point, but I notice he’s also been a functionary of the Democrat party in Seattle. Wonder how much of a role he played in the vote fraud that resolved the last gubernatorial election there?Not making accusations, just wondering, you know…

But back to the point –

Once the landing rights at Ramstein became unclear the closest commercial airport was Frankfurt (78 Miles away) which would have required driving over open highways

So let me get this straight – you expect McCain to motor about 300 miles from Paris, but it’s too much of a strain on Obama to go 78 miles from Frankfurt. Don’t tell me he couldn’t arrange it. Presidential campaigns have been known to arrange and execute unscheduled visits and events all the time. Bottom line is, once he found out he couldn’t bring along his lickspittle media allies, he had no interest in visiting the troops. Period.

As for why it’s more important for him to do this than McCain, that’s simple. McCain has nothing to prove about his respect for the troops. He has a long history of supporting them and visiting them. Even during non-election years, which I’m sure will shock you. Obama has no such credentials; in fact his track record isn’t friendly to national defense at all.

1. He and the other Senators were flying in a Government aircraft so there would not have been the landing rights issue at Ramstein
2. He and the other Senators were on a taxpayer paid “official visit”

So did they decide to visit the troops at Landstuhl? No they went to London for a $2300 a plate fundraiser for Senator McCain hosted by a British Lord (which frankly may have been illegal since they were on an official trip and there are rules concerning foreign citizens contributing to campaigns).

The McCain ad is simply factually inaccurate both in its substance and its implications. He attempts to suggest that all Obama had to do was drive down the block from the Ritz to visit the troops when in reality Landstuhl was 400 miles away. Once the landing rights at Ramstein became unclear the closest commercial airport was Frankfurt (78 Miles away) which would have required driving over open highways without an advance security evaluation (not something the secret service would have been fond of).

The worst offense was the suggestion that he only wanted cameras present. Members of the press who were on TV today clearly stated that there was never any intention to allow them to accompany the Senator from Ramstein to Landstuhl.

Some of you people are exactly the type of folks that this new McCain ad is designed to appeal to.

As opposed to the close-minded and willfully ignorant that any Obama ad appeals to…

People who have no understanding of geography (but then what can you say when McCain himself doesn’t seem to understand that Iraq doesn’t have a border with Pakistan).

Riiiiight. But then what can you say when Obama himself doesn’t seem to understand that Illinois (the state he supposedly represents) shares a border with Kentucky and Arkansas doesn’t. Guess that slipped right past your brilliant mind, eh, mike?

So as far as I’m concerned, it’s a wash, even if Obama’s gaffe is less understandable.

Now that geography class is over, you wanna move down the hall to math class and peek inside to see which candidate gets a passing grade? Nah, I didn’t think so.

Once the military took away his ability to land the campaign plane on a military base there was no close air field that could accomodate a 757.

So what you’re saying is that when Obama landed in Paris, he could have made the trip to Landstuhl just as easily. But he didn’t, and suspiciously it was only after the Pentagon told him he was welcome to vist, but couldn’t stage a campaign media circus there.

Or, he could have tapped George Soros for a few bucks and hired a smaller plane, just for him and a few aides, if he really wanted to visit the troops. But bringing along fawning MSM talking heads was more important.

Let’s not forget: the Pentagon NEVER refused him permission to visit the troops. On the contrary, Obama’s campaign withdrew the request.

So Obama just couldn’t do it. Geez, whatever happened to “Yes we can”? Just words, maybe?

Besides, I think I need to point out to the slower among us that Obama, not McCain, is the one who paints himself as a new kind of politician and a totally different kind of campaigner. Again, just words?

People who have no understanding of geography (but then what can you say when McCain himself doesn’t seem to understand that Iraq doesn’t have a border with Pakistan). The McCain ad tries to sell the message that all Senator Obama had to do was drive down the block to visit the troops at Landstuhl. The reality is that Landstuhl RMC is over 400 miles from Berlin. Once the military took away his ability to land the campaign plane on a military base there was no close air field that could accomodate a 757. The worst part of this ad is that it smells of hypocrisy. When McCain visited Europe in March with Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Joseph Lieberman they all had ample opportunity to vist the troops at Landstuhl. Actually they were significantly closer to Landstuhl than Senator Obama was.

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Perhaps Senator McCain decided the fund raiser in London was MORE important than visiting troops in Europe.

As for your comment about FOX on TV I need to explain to you that AFN TV News channel provides a wide variety of News programs from various network sources. For example Countdown is followed by the O’Reilly Factor which is followed by the Today Show etc etc. I have never bothered to calculate whether they show more Fox programs than CNN programs. I believe its pretty fairly divided. The only fulltime direct feeds of Fox CNN domestic and CNN headline news are on classified systems because they show domestic commercials (unlike AFN) and would violate licensing restrictions in various countries if they were available on unclassified sources.

Maybe years from now this reporter will reread this and feel the ground give way beneath her feet. But probably not – she’ll instead get all wistful about that magical perfect time when all the universe was in sync and she was at the nexus.

I recall the Harmonic Convergence sometime in the eighties. It came, nothing happened, and the world went on as it always had. Did any New Agers sit themselves down and ask themselves if maybe there were some weak spots in their worldview? I don’t think so.

In LA there used to be (probably still is) a “churh” called the Unarians. It was led by a woman known as the Archangel Urial, who every year gathered the faithful at her specially made spaceport to meet the 33 flying saucers from the 33 galactic civilizations that were going to bring us 33 new arts and sciences to usher in a new age of humanity, the next step in our evolution towards perfectly spiritual beings. Every year they gathered and…

Well, I’m sure you all know what happened every year. The same thing that used to happen every year at Halloween when Linus sat out in the pumpkin patch waiting for the Great Pumpkin.

I think maybe the worst possible thing for Barack Obama and his cult would be for him to be elected. He’ll end up looking like King Canute, ordering the tides to turn back. The difference was that Canute knew he couldn’t do it and was proving a point to his syncophantic advisors. Obama’s already put down a marker on making the oceans recede.

Of course, I’m having the same problems with McCain. Believe it or not, my vote is still up for grabs.

cancelled was because Obama found out he couldn’t make a photo op out of it.

Ahhhh it is so good to see Barry caring for the troops. This man is such a pathetic soul.

I worked out with Obama!

Ohhhh Yippiee!! /Swoon OMG My life is complete, I now will never shower again because it might wash BO off of me, plus I get to conserve water, always a plus!!!
Is this what women have fought so hard for over the years?? What is wrong with these women?? – Lorica