Comments on: More on Obama and Landstuhl — Latest from Obama Camp http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/ Follow FOX News' Major Garret as he reports on the 2008 presidential candidates. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:43:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rafael http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5381 Rafael Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:59:46 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5381 All I have read on this site is foxnews,hannity,and others TALKING POINTS ,he frightens me ,he's scary he's this or that COME ON PEOPLE THINK FOR YOURSELF. John did not go in march WAIT READ THIS AGAIN JOHN I WOULD GO ANYTIME MCCAIN DID NOT VISIT THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN MARCH 08 LOOK IT UP.OIL SPILL IS WHY MCCAIN DIDN'T LAND ON THAT OIL PLATFORM NOT THE WEATHER, COAST OF NEW ORLEANS 420,000 GAL OIL SPILL NO FISH OR SEAFOOD FROM NEW ORLEANS FOR ME THANK YOU All I have read on this site is foxnews,hannity,and others TALKING POINTS ,he frightens me ,he’s scary he’s this or that COME ON PEOPLE THINK FOR YOURSELF. John did not go in march WAIT READ THIS AGAIN JOHN I WOULD GO ANYTIME MCCAIN DID NOT VISIT THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN MARCH 08 LOOK IT UP.OIL SPILL IS WHY MCCAIN DIDN’T LAND ON THAT OIL PLATFORM NOT THE WEATHER, COAST OF NEW ORLEANS 420,000 GAL OIL SPILL NO FISH OR SEAFOOD FROM NEW ORLEANS FOR ME THANK YOU

]]> By: Snubbing Wounded Troops? | Confessions Of A Politics Geek http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5334 Snubbing Wounded Troops? | Confessions Of A Politics Geek Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:46:45 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5334 [...] Even so, Obama planned to leave reporters behind for a visit to Landstuhl, according to a press briefing by campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs. Gibbs said reporters would have been left behind, though there [...] [...] Even so, Obama planned to leave reporters behind for a visit to Landstuhl, according to a press briefing by campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs. Gibbs said reporters would have been left behind, though there [...]

]]> By: mike http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5313 mike Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:16:55 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5313 Some of you people are exactly the type of folks that this new McCain ad is designed to appeal 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). 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. http://www.jedreport.com/2008/07/why-didnt-mccai.html 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. Some of you people are exactly the type of folks that this new McCain ad is designed to appeal 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). 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.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/07/why-didnt-mccai.html

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.

]]> By: mike http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5312 mike Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:15:41 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5312 Some of you people are exactly the type of folks that this new McCain ad thats slams Obama for not visiting the troops is designed to appeal 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). 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. http://www.jedreport.com/2008/07/why-didnt-mccai.html Perhaps Senator McCain decided the fund raiser in London was MORE important than visiting troops in Europe. Some of you people are exactly the type of folks that this new McCain ad thats slams Obama for not visiting the troops is designed to appeal 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). 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.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/07/why-didnt-mccai.html

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

]]> By: Mike O http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5300 Mike O Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:32:31 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5300 I'm tired of <a href="http://inquirer.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/obama-honor-your-commitments/" rel="nofollow">Obama reneging on personal promises</a>, not just the campaign ones: I’m tired of Obama reneging on personal promises, not just the campaign ones:

]]> By: Tim http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5284 Tim Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:12:52 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5284 Comment by pam July 25th, 2008 at 6:51 pm "Didn’t want to use them for political gain?? If he couldn’t take his press with him to take pics, he didn’t want to go! All senators, or any elected official can see the wounded troops, you just can’t use them for your own purpose! Shame on Obama, McCain would have left everyone in the plane and went, and I think everyone really knows this." Pam, getting some other prospectives may help you evolve. This story is one of many that is relative to the contradications that are part of the McCain camp. Why does the media bury this stuff when it revolves around McCain? http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=4FE8823D79B012540EA163C17A17164E?diaryId=1671 Comment by pam
July 25th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
“Didn’t want to use them for political gain?? If he couldn’t take his press with him to take pics, he didn’t want to go! All senators, or any elected official can see the wounded troops, you just can’t use them for your own purpose! Shame on Obama, McCain would have left everyone in the plane and went, and I think everyone really knows this.”

Pam, getting some other prospectives may help you evolve.
This story is one of many that is relative to the contradications that are part of the McCain camp. Why does the media bury this stuff when it revolves around McCain?

http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=4FE8823D79B012540EA163C17A17164E?diaryId=1671

]]> By: Tim http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5281 Tim Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:07:11 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5281 Comment by Larry Clifton July 25th, 2008 at 6:01 pm "The closer you get, the worse Obama smells!" Larry, that smell is really your mouth is too close to your nose Comment by Larry Clifton
July 25th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

“The closer you get, the worse Obama smells!”

Larry, that smell is really your mouth is too close to your nose

]]> By: Mario http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5263 Mario Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:43:03 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5263 I agree that Obama's not visiting the troops was completely wrong!!! HOWEVER, we the American People have to be careful with critizing Obama, because as I read some of the other comments, everytime Obama (African-American) makes an error, OH its a conspiracy against a black man, it was set up by Bush (a white man)... Same old story, I am a hispanic and I have heard this line so many times that I am sick and tire of hearing it... I don't buy it and I will oppose consipiracy theories in NOVEMBER 2008! Sincerely, A Hispanic military Democrat veteran who has switch from Obama to McCain!!!! I agree that Obama’s not visiting the troops was completely wrong!!! HOWEVER, we the American People have to be careful with critizing Obama, because as I read some of the other comments, everytime Obama (African-American) makes an error, OH its a conspiracy against a black man, it was set up by Bush (a white man)… Same old story, I am a hispanic and I have heard this line so many times that I am sick and tire of hearing it… I don’t buy it and I will oppose consipiracy theories in NOVEMBER 2008!

Sincerely,

A Hispanic military Democrat veteran who has switch from
Obama to McCain!!!!

]]> By: Alvin Lee Catron http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5259 Alvin Lee Catron Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:36:42 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5259 Nobody so far has considered the schedule of the caregivers aka the hospital in question or any hospital when scheduling a tour of any upper statesman and any type of tour will have a serious effect of care given for it does change the routine of that hospital or caregiver for that period of day and therefore the rest of that day for schedules get behind when the normal routines have to stop and get caught up later.. Then the operations/surgeries might be rescheduled at that time and that would really offset the medical staff.. I am all for the tour schedule that Obama took for it was showing that a president in the US has to have, #1 Good speech #2 Convincing speech #3 Good mannerism and appearance #4 Ability to attract crowds #5 Be a leader and so far we only have Barack Obama with these qualifications for all Mclane does is relive history and complain.. Nobody so far has considered the schedule of the caregivers aka the hospital in question or any hospital when scheduling a tour of any upper statesman and any type of tour will have a serious effect of care given for it does change the routine of that hospital or caregiver for that period of day and therefore the rest of that day for schedules get behind when the normal routines have to stop and get caught up later.. Then the operations/surgeries might be rescheduled at that time and that would really offset the medical staff.. I am all for the tour schedule that Obama took for it was showing that a president in the US has to have, #1 Good speech #2 Convincing speech #3 Good mannerism and appearance #4 Ability to attract crowds #5 Be a leader and so far we only have Barack Obama with these qualifications for all Mclane does is relive history and complain..

]]> By: Yuri http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/25/more-on-obama-and-landstuhl-latest-from-obama-camp/#comment-5253 Yuri Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:11:26 +0000 http://bourbonroom.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-5253 Obama continues to frighten me as a potential leader of our country--not because he to avoid meeting with wounded vets, but because he chose to meet with non-U.S. voting German and European citizens instead of meeting with wounded vets. Perhaps Obama finds something more appealing than meeting with the wounded troops--like the camera, or the fainting fans in Europe, or a chance to talk rather than listen? As for Obama's claim that he didn't want meeting with the troops to become a media spectacle, Obama should consider the fact that he and his staff created the very media spectacle on this trip that he now blames for his decision. Therefore, he either lacks the ability to control the media spectacles he creates or he lacks the courage to try to assert some control and risk his media-darling status. Important point: Anyone who has ever visited wounded troops knows it is very easy to control the media and avoid spectacles. Other politicians and celebrities do it all the time, including the sitting President of the U.S. So, for Obama to claim this as his reason only tells me he has never spent a lot of time with troops--especially wounded troops--and as usual, can't back up his hollow rhetoric. Obama continues to frighten me as a potential leader of our country–not because he to avoid meeting with wounded vets, but because he chose to meet with non-U.S. voting German and European citizens instead of meeting with wounded vets. Perhaps Obama finds something more appealing than meeting with the wounded troops–like the camera, or the fainting fans in Europe, or a chance to talk rather than listen? As for Obama’s claim that he didn’t want meeting with the troops to become a media spectacle, Obama should consider the fact that he and his staff created the very media spectacle on this trip that he now blames for his decision. Therefore, he either lacks the ability to control the media spectacles he creates or he lacks the courage to try to assert some control and risk his media-darling status. Important point: Anyone who has ever visited wounded troops knows it is very easy to control the media and avoid spectacles. Other politicians and celebrities do it all the time, including the sitting President of the U.S. So, for Obama to claim this as his reason only tells me he has never spent a lot of time with troops–especially wounded troops–and as usual, can’t back up his hollow rhetoric.

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