McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: Washington Post, Page One

For four days, Sen. John McCain and his allies have accused Sen. Barack Obama of snubbing wounded soldiers by canceling a visit to a military hospital because he could not take reporters with him, despite no evidence that the charge is true....

The essence of McCain's allegation is that Obama planned to take a media entourage, including television cameras, to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany during his week-long foreign trip, and that he canceled the visit when he learned he could not do so. "I know that, according to reports, that he wanted to bring media people and cameras and his campaign staffers," McCain said Monday night on CNN's "Larry King Live."

The Obama campaign has denied that was the reason he called off the visit. In fact, there is no evidence that he planned to take anyone to the American hospital other than a military adviser, whose status as a campaign staff member sparked last-minute concern among Pentagon officials that the visit would be an improper political event....

Despite serious and repeated queries about the charge over several days, McCain and his allies continued yesterday to question Obama's patriotism by focusing attention on the canceled hospital visit....

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The McCain campaign has produced a television commercial that says that while in Germany, Obama "made time to go to the gym but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras."...

A reconstruction of the circumstances surrounding Obama's decision not to visit Landstuhl, based on firsthand reporting from the trip, shows that his campaign never contemplated taking the media with him....

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902286_pf.html

[Hissyspit]

1. It's called A LIE

And it is sleazy, slanderous, hypocritical and unethical.

[JeffR]

3. Yes. And it's all the wizened, bitter old buzzard had left anymore

so that's how he's going to run the remainder of his "respectful" campaign, and become an ugly, soon forgotten footnote to presidential politics.

[madeline_con]

2. "I know that, according to reports..."

I know that, according to rumor, blah blah blah is the gospel truth.

When is this old fossil gonna stop lying?!

[NewJeffCT]

11. He can't help it - lying is like breathing to him

if he stops, he's dead.

[melody]

4. I'm glad he's too arrogant to know how petty he sounds

He sounds like a Miss America contestant dissing another one's bathing suit.

[dkf]

5. I don't see why the public can't see typical Republican tactics and

the direct connection they had to our country being lied into war.

From this incident, I know we can't trust John McCain to tell the truth. He will make up shit because he can use it. He is George Bush all over again.

[Virginia Dare]

12. Because the media constantly validates it....

they love controversy even if it is a lie.

[dkf]

13. I think you are right.

If the media just called McCain out on his lies he might be shamed out of these tactics.

[NewJeffCT]

6. The entire article is pretty tough on McCain

and, it's a long one, and on the front page.

When will McCain apologize?

[DeepModem Mom]

14. Good question! nt

[ixion]

7. "sparked concern among Pentagon officials that the visit would be an improper political event..."

Yeah, improper, you know, like:

Having the Preznit land on an Air Craft Carrier and declare Mission Accomplished

Having the Preznit give a big plastic turkey to the troups on Thanksgiving

And so on... these events the Pentagon obviously did NOT consider "improper".

:eyes:

[bronxiteforever]

10. add 22,000 suicide hotline calls, war without end and so much more

I agree the complete B/S makes your head spin.

[Sam Ervin jret]

8. The Going Straight to Hell Express with Senator McShame.

Or as he will now be known to me Senator absolutely has no McShame.

[babylonsister]

9. Thank you, DM Mom! I'm glad to read this. The truth can be so refreshing. nt