Comments on: Obama’s Unforgivable Stumble In Germany

By: TBogg » Props

TBogg » Props — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:38:58 +0000

[...] AJ Strata: Â This is just unforgivable. Obama had the opportunity to go visit those American who have given a part of themselves to America, and because he couldnâ€™t turn it into a media circus he bowed out. American troops are not PR props Senator. They sacrificed for this country, why could you not sacrifice a few minutes of air time to quietly and respectfully go meet with them? [...]

By: The Strata-Sphere » Lose The Middle Of The Electorate, Lose The Elections

The Strata-Sphere » Lose The Middle Of The Electorate, Lose The Elections — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:47:26 +0000

[...] Obama dissed our injured troops in Germany because he could not work out how to follow the process and shut up his campaign staff and control [...]

By: The Strata-Sphere » McCain Was Right On Obama’s Unforgivable Act Of Ignoring Our Wounded Troops In Germany

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:49:32 +0000

[...] publicized news on how Barrack Obama failed a key test of leadership and being Commander-in-Chief. I posted days ago on Obama’s unforgivable sin of setting high expectations among our wounded troops by a visit [...]

By: The Strata-Sphere » Sick Liberals

The Strata-Sphere » Sick Liberals — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:47:42 +0000

[...] a media or campaign event Obama runs to the gym. As I noted below this is an unforgivable outrage (I posted on it here). Â So what does a liberal fool do? They rush out a post that notes our Commander-in-Chief [...]

By: BarbaraS

BarbaraS — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:44:11 +0000

Clearly, the Obama campaign could not be bothered with going through the necessary hoops to visit the troops. When it became tough they quit and walked away.

How hard would it have been to leave his campaign staff at the hotel? Not hard at all. This would have been a golden opportunity for Obama and he flubbed it. Lefties do not honor the troops. They go through the motions of saying they do but in reality they don’t. They don’t care about them at all. They think the troops are stupid to be where they are to start with. John Kerry (Jon Cary) said it honestly and was representative of the left.

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:35:59 +0000

BREAKING NEWS Barack Obama Finishes His Waffle!
â€œToday Barack Obama finally abandoned his dangerous insistence on an unconditional withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by making clear that for the foreseeable future, troop levels in Iraq will be â€˜entirely conditions based.â€™ We welcome this latest shift in Senator Obamaâ€™s position, but it is obvious that it was only a lack of experience and judgment that kept him from arriving at this position sooner. â€œJohn McCain has always held the position that any withdrawal from Iraq must be based on conditions on the ground. With the incredible success of the surge, which John McCain advocated, it is increasingly likely that U.S. troops will be able to withdraw with victory in hand. John McCain had long urged Barack Obama, who opposed the surge, to return to Iraq in order to see the immense changes in the security situation there since his last visit. Now that Obama has finally met with General Petraeus, it appears that he has also come to the conclusion that troop levels in Iraq must be based on the conditions on the ground.â€
I saw that statement from the McCain campaign over at Hot Air in a posting on this article from Newsweek.
Q: You've been talking about those limited missions for a long time. Having gone there and talked to both diplomatic and military folks, do you have a clearer idea of how big a force you'd need to leave behind to fulfill all those functions? A: I do think that's entirely conditions-based. It's hard to anticipate where we may be six months from now, or a year from now, or a year and a half from now.
BARACK OBAMA HAS FINALLY FINISHED HIS WAFFLE! And now shares the same position as George W. Bush!

By: Links, I’ve got a few « The Mississippifarian

Links, I’ve got a few « The Mississippifarian — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:20:54 +0000

[...] didn’t go to Landstuhl AFB because the Pentagon vetoed the trip (after tipping off wingnut media of the cancellation, but not the [...]

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:20:21 +0000

Oh, and maybe things have changed but when I was in, few military overseas actually voted. You had to get an absentee ballot request in to your state by the deadline and HOPE your ballot made it to you. Then you had to fill it out and send it in by the deadline.

Most GIs stationed with me didn’t want to mess with that.

It would be great if there could be some kind of effort to see that the Gis get their absentee requests in on time regardless of affiliation.

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:07:04 +0000

“Can anyone point me to the latest polls showing the percentage of the US soldiers favoring Obama versus McCain?”

As far as I know, nobody polls military service members.

My guess it would be about 90% McCain and 10% Obama with about 10000 more McCain voters created each month.

By: ivehadit

ivehadit — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:03:15 +0000

“”Sen. Obama is welcome to visit Landstuhl or any military hospital in his official capacity as a United States senator,” Morrell said in a brief interview. “But there is a DoD policy which governs campaigning and electioneering at military facilities that would have to be respected if he were to visit. That distinction was relayed and made clear to campaign, and they made a decision on their own based on that guidance.”
It’s bad enough that Obama went shopping and worked out instead of visiting wounded troops.
It’s worse that his campaign lied about it.”
-from gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Soooo. The o is admitting that the trip was a campaign ploy, no? He could have gone by himself to visit the troops, no? Yes.

It is never inappropriate to honor the troops with a visit to show genuine gratitude. But alas, o can’t because his base despises the military, no? They wouldn’t have approved his visit. That’s the REAL story, imho.

By: PrattStreet

PrattStreet — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:46:56 +0000

Hey Dick Heads, The Pentagon prevented Obama from visiting the troops because it would have looked political. Look it up assholes. BTW – no other President before W ever used the troops as a political prop as disgustingly as W has. Suck. On. It.

By: The Strata-Sphere » Iraq And Our Fallen Heros - Updated

The Strata-Sphere » Iraq And Our Fallen Heros - Updated — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:07:54 +0000

[...] this delusional stance with his rebuff to our injured soldiersÂ in Germany and McCain has his signature issue to win in November. As long as Obama stands pat, [...]

By: lurker9876

lurker9876 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:20:40 +0000

Can anyone point me to the latest polls showing the percentage of the US soldiers favoring Obama versus McCain?

Thanks!

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:41:24 +0000

“The report about the soldiers might hurt him too”

I doubt it because 90% of Americans will never hear about it. The networks won’t report anything about it. There won’t be anything about it on the network radio news. The only people who will hear about it are people who are already not voting for Obama and listening to conservative talk radio or reading political blogs leaning to the right. And those outlets are preaching to the choir, not talking to the public at large.

By: Obama Campaign Unprepared for German Base Visit |

Obama Campaign Unprepared for German Base Visit | — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:00:29 +0000

[...] has more. While AJ Strata rakes Obama over the coals: How hard would it have been to visit them and give them a thank you no [...]