Chief Warrant Officer (4th Class) Michael J. Durant Issues Statement on Obama’s Cancelled Trip to Visit The Injured Troops
By NancyA on July 29, 2008 at 8:00 AM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs
In Arlington, VA, today, Chief Warrant Office (4th class) Michael J. Durant issued the following statement on Obama’s canceled trip to Ramstein and Landstuhl in Germany.
“Over the last week, Barack Obama made time in his busy schedule to hold a rally with 200,000 Germans in Berlin, hold a press conference with French President Nicholas Sarkozy in Paris, and hold a solo press conference in front of 10 Downing Street in London. The Obama campaign had also scheduled a visit with wounded U.S. troops at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, but this stop was canceled after it became clear that campaign staff, and the traveling press corps, would not be allowed to accompany Senator Obama.
“I’ve spent time at Ramstein recovering from wounds received in the service of my country, and I’m sure that Senator Obama could have made no better use of his time than to meet with our men and women in uniform there. That Barack Obama believes otherwise casts serious doubt on his judgment and calls into question his priorities.”
Here is a history of his service to this country:
Michael Durant, CW4 (Retired), US Army; born July 23, 1961 in Berlin, NH. He entered the United States Army in August 1979. Following basic training he attended the Defense Language Institute, and was then assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Group, Fort Clayton, Panama as a Spanish voice intercept operator. He then completed helicopter flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Upon appointment to Warrant Officer 1 in November 1983, he completed the UH60 Black Hawk Qualification Course and was assigned to the 377th Medical Evacuation Company, Seoul Korea. His next assignment was with the 101st Aviation Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he performed duties as an instructor pilot.
Michael joined the 160th Special Operations Group on August 1, 1988. Assigned to D company, he performed duties as Flight Lead and Standardization Instructor Pilot. He participated in combat operations Prime Chance (Persian Gulf in 1989), Just Cause (Panama invasion in 1989), Desert Storm (Liberation of Kuwait in 1991), and Gothic Serpent (Somalia in 1993).
On October 3, 1993, while piloting an MH60 Black Hawk in Mogadishu, Somalia, he was shot down and held captive by hostile forces. He was released eleven days later.
CW4 (Ret) Durant’s statement is one of long line of statement’s issued criticizing Obama’s canceled trip to visit the injured troops. Johnathan Martin of Politico had this to say here. McCain spokesman Brian Rogers issued this statement here. And finally ABC news headline says Obama Pins Scrubbed Troop Visit on Pentagon. At The Pentagon, spokesman Bryan Whitman had this to say here. The overall feeling is that Obama could have spent his time in Germany more wisely. He should have spent less time on rock concerts, free food, beverages and political speeches, more time on the injured troops.
Here is my statement to you, Senator Obama.
As A Navy veteran, who has spent a lot of lonely times in VA and civilian hospitals, I have the following things to say to you. It is never acceptable to cancel visits to injured military men and women. Senator Obama, you could have made an injured troop’s day better if you had just looked beyond yourself and your campaign and visited Landstuhl and Ramstein. It is never “all right” to see the troops as another campaign stop. As a matter of fact it is against the Pentagon and military position. As a sitting senator, a member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, it is your duty to understand the rules set forth by The Pentagon and military on visits to injured troops. As seems to be the case over and over again, you don’t do your job!
I think you owe the injured troops an apology, to state it mildly. I, however, sincerely doubt there is one forthcoming as your campaign has put its own spin on the canceled visit to Landstuhl and Ramstein.
The Anointed One never has to say he’s sorry. Even when he’s “wrong” he’s always right.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LifsuCdTnXo&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/andrea-mitchell-leads-med_n_115501.html
Andrea Mitchell makes me sick. She is desperately trying to shill for Obama, and rationalize his behavior. I am so tired of seeing the press rush to his defense like he’s their friggin’ child whenever there is any criticism. “But, but, but…”
Remember Andrea with Hillary’s Bosnia story? She pushed it day after day like it was some kind of federal emergency. GET SOME JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY YOU HACK!
Andrea is done….Just another HACK desperately seeking relevance and looking over her shoulder at them cute youngun’s angling for her job….
She and many others are part of the NewsPorn Cult of Obama…sheesh!
I’ve always thought she was a little cozy to power being married to Alan Greenspan. I wonder about her objectivity.
I always wondered what sort of sausage old Alan was packing–that guy has a face that could gag a maggot on a gut truck, but he managed to date Barbara Walters and several other high maintenance ladies before he landed on Andrea.
Andrea was one of the “persons of interest” who received information about Valerie Plame’s CIA status. She never took the stand, which probably means she sang like a canary. The NBC newsroom got more of their share of phone calls about that matter…makes you wonder if Russert died of natural causes! She also covered that whole Plame/Libby story without ever bothering to MENTION that she was up to her eyeballs in it.
Makes one sort of question her “journalistic integrity” doesn’t it?
10/4 on that…good buddy
Andrea is just as awful as her husband, Alan Greenspan. He led Americans down the garden path on the economy and left them high and dry…she will do the same.
The Dems for Obama do the same thing. Poor ‘fresh’ Obama. Don’t criticize him as he’s learning as he goes along. Well, this is not the time period to let a newbie politician get a cake walk or free pass. I’m sick of the media and supporters of BABY BARACK allowing him to hide behind their apron strings. It’s disgusting. Americans deserve better.
NO BABY Presidents in the WHITE HOUSE!
It feels so good to not know what you are talking about.
Who is Andrea Mitchell?
Nobody.
She and msnbc are v-chipped on my tv. Have been for months.
Jake Tapper is trying to restore his journalistic integrity after his repeated attacks against the Clintons, calling them racists and making offensive remarks I can’t quite remember, hough I do remember him outright lying about President Clinton’s position on climate control. Despite his alleged dislike for Obama, I can’t see why he’s seen as such a heroic writer according to several recent comments on this site.
Hope Floats:
I think Tapper runs with whatever benefits him directly (big ego) and he always tries too hard to sound smart and ironic; too much for his own good.
He’s not the worst but I don’t trust him.
that case, I think I’ll vote Democrat this year!
I’m voting Democrat because I don’t hate myself enough for being white, male, educated, straight or middle class.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that the best strategy in war is defeat. It broadens the mind to learn Japanese, German and Arabic. Talk about multiculturalism!
I’m voting Democrat because Al Gore says global warming is hiding under my bed, waiting to get me.
I’m voting Democrat because I want to assume absolutely no personal responsibility for my actions.
I’m voting Democrat because I’m mad that George W. Bush hasn’t caught Bin Laden. That’s because Bin Laden is the only Islamic terrorist in the world.
I’m voting Democrat because I’ve been whining like a ritalin-marinated toddler on a temper tantrum about my candidate having won a Presidential election for the last eight years, and I want to be right for once.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that if I don’t have enough money, the solution is for the government to take more of my money. Who needs money when gas is $5 per gallon?
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that the ideal family is two homosexual bonobos, a goat and a parrot raising a human baby. Love and compassion is all it takes to make a successful family!
I’m voting Democrat because I’m not an individual. I’m a race, a gender, a religion (or lack thereof), and a sexual orientation.
I’m voting Democrat because I’d rather have gas prices be easily influenced by world markets rather than drill in the Anwar preserve set aside for the purpose of drilling. I think terrorists know how to use our money best.
I’m voting Democrat because it’s my body, and if I want to kill my baby, I’ll do it, even if its head is in the birth canal. If I want to cut out my intestines and feed them to the crocodiles, I’ll do that too.
I’m voting democrat because psychotic dictators like Amadinejad and Jong-Ill will listen to reason if I just talk to them instead of backing up my words with actions. I’ll buy them a beer.
I’m voting Democrat because our enemies on the battlefield deserve comfy hotel rooms, Pay-Per-View, prostitutes and all the benefits of American citizenship.
I’m voting Democrat because we need to make the illegal immigrants feel more at home by learning to speak Spanish. I think we should hand them welcome brochures that detail where to get government services and free Ipods at the border too.
I’m voting Democrat because having a picture of Jesus within 100 miles of me is offensive. Colored lights are offensive. Christmas trees are offensive. Hell, let’s just ban the whole holiday! Let’s put up lots of Ramadan decorations, more footbaths, more mosques and more Islam recruiting posters in our subways instead. Diversity is our strength.
I’m voting Democrat because I like the government making all of my decisions for me. I’m not smart enough to make them myself.
I’m voting Democrat because supporting a work-capable person on welfare for over 50 years is so noble. Anyone who doesn’t take pity on these poor souls don’t have a heart.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe we need other countries’ permission for me to turn down my thermostat.
I’m voting Democrat because I care about the real victims of crime — criminals.
I’m voting Democrat because the real cure for racism includes preferential policies based on race — particularly in presidential voting. If you believe that a black candidate ought to be qualified, as well as black, you’re worse than Bull Conner.
I’m voting Democrat because everyone deserves crappy healthcare. Sure, you’ll have to wait years for that life-saving cancer surgery. But it’s first come, first served at the cemetery!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe in minority rights (except in Muslim countries), free speech (with regard to pornography but not conservative talk radio), environmentalism (unless we’re talking about Al Gore’s house) and diplomacy (but never backed by the threat of military force).
I’m voting Democrat because Socialism needs another chance. Sure it failed eleventy billion times throughout history, but that’s only because we haven’t tried it yet!
I’m voting Democrat because I think the terrorists just need a big hug. I’m sure a little lovin will convince them to take their bombs off.
I’m voting Democrat because I like the words “hope” and “change.” Also “kazoo.” That’s a funny word.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that America’s founders were rich, white, greedy xenophobes, and that America’s founding principles are hogwash requiring periodic editing from an unelected group of liberal judges.
I’m voting Democrat because I like the ideas they have over in France, but I don’t feel like moving there. I’ll threaten to move, but I really won’t. After all, I have a good job, healthcare, lower taxes, free speech and a social framework that promotes family structure. And all of it is defended by the most effective fighting force on the planet.
I’m voting Democrat because disagreeing with a black man is racism.
I’m voting Democrat because all of the history books were written by fascists with an agenda. America terrorized every country it ever set foot in, and stole candy from little babies.
I’m voting Democrat because I hate Bush. He caused 9-11, Katrina, and the nail I broke this morning.
I’m voting Democrat because successful entrepreneurs either oppressed a minority or were lucky, and don’t deserve their financial success.
I’m voting Democrat because I’m too historically ignorant to realize that we still have a large military presence in Japan and Germany.
I’m voting Democrat because I can’t get the new Iphone 3G yet, my new Hummer needs new tires already, and McDonald’s screwed up my lunch order. The economy is making life in the US a 3rd world country!
I’m voting Democrat because Sharia law sounds just neato.
I’m voting Democrat because I want the world to know that I want a weak America just like Europe does.
I’m voting democrat so I can roll over and die the next time some emo ass-clown with more prescription drugs than teeth in his body shoots up a public place. Because I can’t be trusted to personally own or carry a firearm. And I’m too unsafe to dare shooting back.
I’m voting Democrat because I want to screw one of our biggest allies in the Middle East for the third time in 20 years.
I’m voting Democrat so we can sell out everyone else the way we sold out the South Vietnamese.
If only the institution of far-left values resulted in a great country. Oh, well. That won’t stop me from voting Democrat, though. After all, I’m voting Democrat because thought isn’t one of my strong suits.
Good one Tish….
Wow Tish,
A lot of what you said gave me pause and I have to admit, made me more than a little uncomfortable as I have been a life long Democrat. However, that being said, much of what you say rings so true for me. Maybe I’m not a Democrat after all. LOL.
The Party built by FDR has been in trouble for a while….That’s why the extremist/elitist faction hates the Clintons….Both of them…
Please - the Clintons would never agree with what Tish wrote.
That was clearly written by a committed right-wing Republican.
It disturbs me to see shit like this on this site. Read it carefully, Hillary supporters.
Tish is against abortion, doesn’t believe global warming exists, thinks Bush is an okay guy and did nothing wrong after Katrina, thinks we should not have ended the Vietnam war, for god’s sake.
If you’re Republican what she said makes sense - not if you’re a Hillary supporter.
What she said has nothing to do with the party of FDR, but with the party of Bush.
My dislike of Obama and the DNC hasn’t made me crazy enough to think Bush is now a great president.
True Speaktruth….I was merely alluding to both Clintons being Centrist which at the time in the Democratic Party was a revolution. Just like being centrist Republican is sorta radical…See what I mean ? The far left wing has always hated the Clintons as much as the Republicans….I mean who Rigged this deal ?
and I reread it….Point taken speak truth.
Great job…thanks
Tish, this was the VILEST piece of shit I’ve ever read on this site–and that includes posts from Obamabots.
The fact that some people had the audacity to agree with you only serves to justify Obamabots who claim that this site is just a bunch of fake Democrats.
I’m GAY you sorry whore. Don’t you DARE fucking try to pull off that Dems are the only ones who believe that gays and lesbians should be treated as FULL EQUALS in this society. If you really think that (of course, that presumes that you actually THINK), then maybe you do believe Larry Craig’s sorry-assed excuse of a “wide stance” while he was trolling for trade in a men’s room.
And to the rest of you posers who applauded this bitch’s (and I do NOT apologize for the term) miserable attempt at “humor”, y’all can go fuck yourselves and get the hell over to a website that supports open bigotry. Reread it if you really have the stomach for it and see if this bitch REALLY shares your beliefs and ideals. While the DNC made a bad move with its anti-Hillaryism, NOTHING warrants any disaffected Democrat’s supporting this stupid skank’s rant.
There’s a limit to what’s acceptable in terms of criticizing opponents, but Shit (an anagram of Tish) has crossed it with this post. She’s NEVER posted anything that wasn’t an anti-Democrat rant, and I’ll guarantee everyone that if Hillary should become the nominee in August, Shit will be back here posting the same type of hate-filled rhetoric against Hillary and Hillary’s Democratic supporters.
JozefAL,
You deserved the standing ovation I just gave you.
I wholeheartedly agree with you, but the last time I outed “tish”, I was called a troll. LMAO.
And people wondered why I was saying that Repugnican trolls were just as bad as Obot ones. Go figure. (Notice I haven’t done that to people who declare themselves Repugs?)
Jozefal…I reread it….Point taken. Reacted before I read it thoroughly.
( now I feel a little sheepish ) Sometimes being MAD at the DNC kinda makes me….impulsive…( SIGH )
Tish, your post is way too long, and guess what - many of us on this site are Democrats! We are Democrats who oppose one particular candidate - Barack Obama. And I do hate George Bush and I support a woman’s right to choose.
Mitchell used this as an example of Hillary claiming she had more experience then she actually had. Later, after she conceded the primary, Mitchell was on tube asking “Can Obama trust a VP with such prior experience and ambition?” and “She often supplanted Al Gore in some meetings”,
Mitchell used this as an example of Hillary claiming she had more experience then she actually had. Later, after she conceded the primary, Mitchell was on tube asking “Can Obama trust a VP with such prior experience and ambition?” and “She often supplanted Al Gore in some meetings”
“As a sitting senator, a member of the Senate Armed Forces, it is your duty to understand the rules set forth by The Pentagon and military on visits to injured troops.”
And add President to that list. He doesn’t like the actual work and details Nancy, just like “W.” As Michael Durant says, it seriously calls into question his judgment and priorities. His lack of judgment and priorities are part of a much larger pattern (Rev. Wright et. al.) and his dangerous inexperience. He has NO CLUE how to conduct himself on an international stage, and at this delicate time in our history, how can anyone consider this person ready to be president? The fact that he didn’t WANT to see the troops and make it a priority (as McCain said, “if the Pentagon told me I couldn’t visit the troops privately, there’d have been a seismic shift”) shows he lacks compassion, conviction and authority.
Absolutely NOBAMA. This is not high school kids. Go back to pretending you’re a preacher/rock/movie star and leave statesmanship to the professionals.
Obama was too high on himself to notice the boom mic nearby as he whined and complained to a British leader about campaigning - while the older Brit offered Young Obama advice.
Bet this will never be on U.S. TV….
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/microphone-pick.html
omg!
Did Hillary take a vaca like Obama did? Did she whine?
Oh, and Obambi wants OTHER people to run the country while he takes it easy:
“..we’ve got a bunch of smart people, I think, who know ten times more than we do about the specifics of the topics…”
Yeah, and then we’ve got candidates like Bill, Gore and Hillary, who are “a bunch of smart people” in and of themselves! And I mean smart wayyyyy beyond knowing the “specifics” of how many states are in the union and where the Great Lakes are and how many years a president may serve.
“That’s exactly right,” Obama said. “And the truth is that we’ve got a bunch of smart people, I think, who know ten times more than we do about the specifics of the topics.”
Ibama admits he knows 1/10th of what he needs to know to make informed decisions.
His actual knowlege is much less than 1/10th, but Ibama is prone to bragging.
And people want this uninformed clown why?
Why did Obama meet with Cameron? Cameron is a conservative, his party is equivalent to the Republicans here in the US. Why is Obama seeking advice from him? Is Obama confused about who is actually the prime minister of the UK?
Also notice the first comment after the post. The commenter says something about Obama’s vote against the war. Robert Novak’s recent column mentions something about Obama’s vote against the war is what helped him defeat Hillary in the primaries. OBAMA WAS NOT IN THE SENATE AT THAT TIME. HE DID NOT VOTE AGAINST THE WAR. HE HAS VOTED FOR CONTINUED FUNDING OF THE WAR.
Repeating the lie that Obama voted against the war appears to be part of the campaign strategy. This tactic is so Bushian, like the strategy of linking Saddam with 9/11. Isn’t this also a strategy the Nazis used? Repeat a lie loud and often enough and people believe it.
Poor little Barry. Perhaps if the job looks too challenging, he’d prefer to look for something not as demanding? University professorship perhaps? Where he can give the same speech week upon week and no one notices?
BRAVO ! Officer Durant. Thanks for the Post Nancy.
guess the dems think we are dumb and will sit this one out so OBAMA gets elected,,,what do you say?? I say BB…SSSS
Democratic Party maybe presumes too much - about women
Robin Lakoff
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
It may seem as though the Democratic Party can give a sigh of relief: Women have returned to the fold, and will support Barack Obama for president - and presumably his party - after all. But not so fast.
While I and many other women in my demographic (older, professional, liberal) are likely to vote for Obama in November, our feelings about his party (and ours) are not so clear. We remember the perpetual misogyny and sexism of the media during the primary campaign - misogyny aimed less at Hillary Rodham Clinton herself than at “uppity women” (like ourselves) in general. And many of us feel that the Democratic Party is even more to blame than the media.
Let me mention a couple of reasons why I am thinking this way:
First, of course, is the failure of the party leaders to comment on the sexism rampant in the media, especially the liberal media, for months on end.
Second - and this factor bothers me, and no doubt others, perhaps the most: Why did the superdelegates move in such numbers to support Obama? Why did this occur, especially after Clinton victories? For example, I am thinking here of Robert Byrd. After Clinton’s impressive victory in West Virginia, the senator and elder statesman representing that state came out in support of Obama. Because the superdelegates were created to ensure that the Democratic candidate be a centrist, why did so many superdelegates - including liberals and many women - support Obama? Two arguments were made: They wished to follow the will of the people in their district; and they believed that Obama was more electable. But as the Byrd case shows, the first claim was often false; and no one has any idea which of the two, Clinton or Obama, would be more electable in November. It seemed to me that the term was more often used as a kind of excuse, “I’m voting for Obama, but I can’t really tell you why,” than a reasoned argument.
So many women feel that the election was somehow stolen, and by their own party, to boot. They thus feel much the way many Democrats feel about the 2000 election: bitter. When one side feels that they lost an election fairly, any bitterness recedes early on (think of the 2004 election, by comparison). But when the adjective “stolen” leaps to mind, bitterness is apt to prevail, vanquishing any desire for reconciliation and cooperation. That is what many former Clinton supporters are feeling now.
We are disgusted with the party we have long trusted to represent our interests. We are disgusted with ourselves for being snookered - again. We assess the party leaders’ rejection of Clinton as a cynical strategy. If Clinton had ended up as the candidate, the Democrats stood to lose the votes of many African Americans, who then might not vote at all. But if they made Obama the candidate? Well, then (the reasoning seems to have gone), the women always vote, and they will come around. Women always come around, no matter how badly they’re mistreated.
I am reminded of a particularly chilling passage in Vladimir Nabokov’s novel “Lolita.” Humbert Humbert, after raping the 12-year-old, is pondering why she has come back to his bed. “You see,” Humbert tells the reader, “she had absolutely nowhere else to go.”
And Nancy: thank you for your service.
He’s changed his story two or three times in regards to why he didn’t go. Incidents like this one are the true measure of a person’s character. If he can’t make the time to visit wounded troops (with or without his entourage), then he doesn’t have the best interest of the American people at heart. Period.
As many press people as there were traveling with him, word would’ve gotten out that he had visited the hospital. Even without pictures, people would’ve thought better of him for going. Instead, he has one more check in the negative column, and his supporters are having to spin it out the wazoo to try and make voters overlook it.
Obama has no concern for anyone but himself…His actions have made that clear. Words are just that, words….
http://nativeamericansagainstobama.wordpress.com/
Michael Durant is more qualified to be president than Bambi.
To tell you the truth I know little about politics but I am even more qualified than SH Obama!
Me too!
In fact Diane, I’ll flip you for it, heads you win, tails you win- just like Obama’s way..lol
I’ qualified too, but I admit I was NOT born in the USA…so at least i know I am not eligible!!!!
Hey, drkate, keep your options open as that might no longer be an issue..
Half of America is Waaay More Qualified than Lil’ Barry the Wannabe Prince…
The fact that he saw wounded vets in Iraq and Walter Reed was not good enough for you? And you don’t take McCain to task for having cancelled a visit in the same way last year? Give me a break.
You do not have a break coming. Forget it.
Don’t you LOVE the way the moron trolls always try to “excuse” their OMessiah by saying “McCain did something similar!!!”
And seeing as they tried to excuse Uhbama’s 20 year relationship with his vile preacher by pointing out that McCain had an *appearance* with some preacher half as bad, I’m not even taking this troll at his word.
But, troll, didn’t you HAVE A MOTHER? Actually, I’m sure you did. You had a mother and she TRIED. She told your sorry butt when you tried to weasel out of bad behavior by saying “sos and so did it, too!!” that was no excuse. But apparently, you’re stuck in grade school forever. Poor mom. She did her level best.
I think that in itself is alot of the problem w these trolls is their mama excused all of their shitty behavior and that is why they do it for BO. No accountability. They are all a bunch of pampered, coddled, whiny brats who just come here because they can’t get attention anywhere else.
Whah, Whah, nobody will play w me. Well tie a pork chop around your neck, maybe the dog will play w you troll. But then again, dogs are a pretty good judge of people so better go back to playing w your imaginary friends.
No Hillary to blame it on so they have to put it off on someone, don’t they? It only proves that the “no responsibility” generation prefers the “no accountability” candidate. Wait until they wake up and find he’s for the draft. hahahahahahahaha
No, it isn’t enough. Most pols drop in on wounded vets when visiting overseas military because it’s simply the right thing to do. McCain (whom I will not vote for) does it all the time - whether there is press there or not. Both Clintons do as well.
Canceling this meeting on his first trip overseas as presumptive nominee was a very bad thing to do.
Personally, I think he lost the November election with that move. The Republicans are going to use it to confirm the worst opinions everyone has about him.
shut up shit for brains! there is no excuse for this.
It doesn’t have to be good enough for us. It has to be good enough for the troops he will be CiC of. Evidently it’s not. Or don’t their opinions count?
McCain and Hillary have gone on multiple visits to the troops. Not only when they were running for office.
Anyone who’s wounded in Iraq is either waiting for the MEDEVAC flight or ready to be returned to duty.
The war wounded, the ones who are going to have a tough time making it back to the way they were before they were hurt, they’re in Germany, at WRAMC, or at other rehab facilities.
No, it’s not “good enough” that the candidate had the visit ON HIS SCHEDULE–the troops did an inspection-ready field day in preparation for his visit, making everything look shipshape, from the polish on the floors to their uniforms…and he CANCELS at the last minute. That is NOT “OK.”
Especially when he lounged around a gymnasium at a luxury hotel INSTEAD.
He just wouldn’t go without the LIGHTS/CAMERA/ ACTION, to memorialize it for a campaign commercial.
It was never about the troops. His failure to show up at an event where there wouldn’t be fawning media and cameras galore speaks volumes as to the content of his character. He’s running on empty.
As for McCain, are you so obtuse as to think that the troops don’t understand that McCain “gets it?” They’ve ALWAYS understood that, regardless of whether they support his campaign.
That wasn’t a Club Med where he spent five and a half years with broken bones, improperly set, being tortured regularly.
McCain ALREADY HAS THE BOND with the war wounded, so trying to play tit for tat just doesn’t cut it….sheesh, some people just don’t get it.
McCain doesn’t have to apologize. He has been to Iraq and Afghanistan 8 times which averages about one time a year!….How many times has Barry been there….2…..he owes the troops an apology. It is obvious he didn’t go because he couldn’t make it a campaign issue. I know what I am talking about, I served this country for 13 years which left me horribly disabled…
Thank you for your service. I hope and pray that all Americans who appreciate their military men and women realize what he did when he cancelled his announced visit to war wounded far from home.
I am so angry he disrespected our troops. The visit was on his calendar and I am sure the troops were excited about it all and there goes Obama throwing our troops under is f**king Clown Bus. I am actually still angry, I am a red hot mama over 40 and my vote is NOT GOING TO OBAMA. Please remember no vote is a vote for Obama so I beg you vote for McCain.
Clintons4Mccain rock!
Diane, me too….it’s Hillary or McCain. They are really starting to sweat. An AP hack wrote up that “after Hillary lost” (newsflash, hack, to be accurate you should write “after the MEDIA and the PARTY BOSSES tried to HIJACK the primary and FAILED but FORCED Hillary to SUSPEND her candidacy…”) that Obama has been…..wait for it….*trying hard* to win women over.
Yeah, his ….efforts…. have produced exactly the results he’s deserved.
Didn’t Obama say he is too busy to try to appeal to Hillary supporters and we should just get over it? That was a few weeks ago when he met with the congressional black caucus.
It was my hope in the begining that the DNC would give us a good canidate, however, they did not. Obama is a showman, who cares about drawing big crowds and sending billions overseas. It is disgraceful how he has ignored the troops. I do not agree with the war, but our troops and wounded deserve better…
http://nativeamericansagainstobama.wordpress.com/
BO spent 20 years in an anti-American church. That is all the wounded American soldiers need to know to understand where Obama’s symphathy and priorities lie.
I am sick of watching democrats try to defend Obama when asked “What has Obama ever done to distinguish himself to be President.” They all sit there with their mouths open, looking like fools. No one can answer with an intelligent, truthful response. You would think his marketing team would come up with a paragraph and pass it out to those democrats who are hawking Obama. This is getting to be humiliating for the democratic party.
Pelosi’s “he is fresh” is an insane response to why Obama is qualified to be president.
“What has Obama ever done to distinguish himself to be President.”
He will bring change that won’t leave things unchanged. LOL
Comment by concerned american | 2008-07-29 08:38:23
“What has Obama ever done to distinguish himself to be President.”
He will bring change that won’t leave things unchanged. LOL
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He defeated the Clinton Machine. No easy task. Sorry but Hillary got lazy, ran a terrible campaign, and by the time she realized she had real competition it was too late.
Super Tuesday hit, the TV talking heads climbed on board, and the Beautiful O was on his way. Hilllary’s election team’s strategy and her husband really threw her under the bus. She had to carry all that dead weight on her back the last part of the campaign.
They “sit there with their mouths open, looking like fools” because they would have to say,
“He wants it.” or “He’s entitled.”
But so did the primary winner, Senator Clinton. And she’s as entitled as he is.
Excuse me, but the Naderites and netcultists are not “Democrats.”
Nice try, tho, troll.
Oh, you mean the *pols* trying to toe the hijacked party line.
They should take a clue from Ed Rendell. Just go goofball pretending to support Obama while really promoting PUMA.
as someone else commented at the time, it sounded like Pelosi was doing a commerical for a feminine hygiene product…fresh…
LOL….Well Queen Nancy, the greatest disappointment EVER ( if there is ever Justice on this rock ) WILL LOSE HER SEAT….So maybe she has a new career alternative….
Yes but is he “minty fresh” or “springtime fresh”? Either qualifies him to be POTUS.
Oy.
I think its sassy ‘fresh’ sweetie..
So are tomatoes …. at least for a week or so.
Thank goodness that our service people are willing to speak out! DUTY…what does this “light-weight” understand about that word? It was a slap in the face to these honorable people, regardless of rank, and their families, who are doing the “heavy-lifting” for this country! UNLIKE the wind-bags in Congress who are only interested in protecting their little “domains”!
Precious was tired. Precious needed some “me” time.
Precious couldn’t be bothered doing a public service without a crowd and cameras. Precious needs his entourage. As George Harrison sang “all through the day i me mine, i me mine, I me mine all through the night i me mine, i me mine, i me mine”
Obama is all about “ME”. Lord help us when
that phone does ring at 3AM……..
Uhhhhhh Uhhhhhhhhhhh Do you know what time it is? You know I’m not to be bothered before I have my waffles.
The latest explanation is that he could not go with his campaign adviser general because there was not a congressional staffer on the trip to go with Sen Obama and his Secret Service detail instead. They supposedly did not know this general could not get in. Why won’t the press ask why he did not go alone? Did he take Senate or campaign staff around in Iraq and Afghanistan? If he took campaign staff was this a violation of rules also?
There is something off about these explanations from the campaign. If they made a simple mistake just own up to it and apologize. These shifting and weird explanations are why this controversy will not go away. The public is not really crazy about the press trying to spin it for Sen Obama either.
Why was he on a world tour with campaign staff instead of Senate staff anyway. Campaign staff aren’t up on Senate responsibilities for travel abroad. They only have responsibility to get out the vote in the USA, and presumably, Obama wasn’t after German votes - at least Chancellor Merkel didn’t think so; therefore the only place the campaign staff could do any “work” would be on the military base.
And here’s another problem: IF he was on this
campaign“fact finding tour” with his campaign adviser general why wasn’t General Adviser up on that little military detail about not making hospital visits to war wounded a campaign stop? What was he there to advise him on if this was not a campaign trip, how to take a bow at rock concerts?Agree with you Irish….It ranks right up there with Kerry’s There will be a special Global Appreciation of Barry’s tan….Truly embarrassing….These Folks have got to be Purged from Office….
To Michael J. Durant: well said!
The excuses are complete bullshit on one reason alone:
Barry knows via his supposed visits to Walter Reed does not allow media or campaign workers to join in a vist.
Thus Barry already has experience with the rules of conduct in visiting military hospitals.
So what has Barry proven by his actions is one simple thing, even when Barry does have experience in situations, his own experience is completely useless!
excellent post and thank you Nancy for your service to our country.
I see this particular issue of not visiting the troops coming back hard on Obama - and rightly so.
It’s the perfect example of Obama as arrogant, aloof, self-centered, and wholly unqualified to be commander in chief.
The perfect mistake so to speak.