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Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Whether it be Campaign Finance commitments, speeches on foreign soil, incessant calls of flip-flopping, laughable charges of Media bias, or Senatorial voting records on troop support, John McCain has made it a policy to throw stones at campaign headquarters - a building made entirely of glass!
It gets even better (worse).
After last weeks U.S. Congressional Delegation, of which Sen. Obama was a part of, finished it's business in the Middle East, the senator took his campaign to Europe, to meet with the leadership in several countries, in an attempt to boost his Commander-in-Chief credentials.
During the latter part of the trip, visits to two Military bases were canceled. The campaign, in adherence to DoD policy, stated it wished to avoid any appearance of politicizing U.S. soldiers serving overseas. The trip was paid for with campaign dollars.
That didn't stop Camp McCain from attacking the senator for what it would likely characterize as Sen. Obama's disdain for the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces.
The only not so funny part about this is: Sen. McCain was well aware of the DoD policy and campaign etiquette that compels such a decision; so well in fact, that the senator himself canceled a similar trip just months earlier, citing a similar reason.
Facts aside, the McCain campaign has released a new video (not included for obvious reasons) attacking Sen. Obama on this issue.
The HuffingtonPost has done a fine job detailing this farce here.
Or here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-cancels-military-ba_n_114804.html
Comments (2)
It is going to be interesting to see if the ad is talked about in MSM and the MSM also explains the real reason why Obama didn't go on the base.
July 26, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have your answers.
No, and no.
July 27, 2008 12:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
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