 merrie says: The view from the Pentagon "As a sitting United States senator, Obama obviously has an official interest in the well being of our service members and how the wounded are being treated," Whitman said, adding:"He is welcome to visit a military medical center any time that he wants to. As you all know, we do have certain policy guidelines for political campaigns and elections and what is appropriate and what's not appropriate in those situations," Whitman said. "The Pentagon did not tell the senator that he could not visit Landstuhl." "If you are both a sitting senator and a political candidate when you are doing things like a visit to Landstuhl, you need to do it in your capacity as a sitting senator or you have to do it with the restrictions that apply," Whitman added. Those restrictions include the law that campaign events may not be conducted on a military installation. POLITICS definition the art of bullshit ! flip-flopping definition get in touch with your feminine side for that woman vote and they all do it but have you seen the other choice, what other choice ? the other guy can't remember,you mean there's other guy in this.So what our choices again? When Denied A Chance to Turn Wounded Troops Into A Photo Op, Obama Declined to Meet with Them at All July 25, 2008 Update: Spin away, fanboy. Greg Sargent tries to cover for Obama, citing what we already knew: that Obama's campaign staff (and the media) was prohibited from visiting the hospital. It's a particularly weak attempt at deception, as it overlooks—purposefully, it seems—that there was precisely nothing stopping Obama from bringing members of his Senate staff with him, or simply visiting the troops himself. But Sargent also claims that Obama didn't bring his Senate staff with him. Uh-oh. So explain something to me, Obama fans: how can Obama go on his "look ... |
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