Friday, July 25, 2008

Obama Cancels Visit to U.S. Troops in Germany

"Barack Obama’s campaign said Thursday that the Illinois senator opted not to visit U.S. troops at military facilities in Germany because it would be 'inappropriate' to make such a stop on the campaign-funded leg of his trip."

WHAT?!!! I am stunned. This might be the biggest shocker yet--although I'm not sure why I'm shocked.

"Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs released a statement saying Obama originally wanted to visit troops at Landstuhl [Regional Medical Center, a military hospital in Germany,] to 'express his gratitude for their service and sacrifice,' and noted that he already visited troops in Iraq while he was part of an official congressional delegation.

"But he said the second leg of Obama’s trip was different.

"'The senator decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign,' Gibbs said.

"John McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said, 'Barack Obama is wrong. It is never inappropriate to visit our men and women in the military.'"

I am speechless.

2 comments:

Will and Melodie said...

Shocker!! Just kidding...you know I know nothing about the election. I just wanted to sound political for a moment. Moment is over!

Anonymous said...

Obama, Obooma, what a joke!! You wanna move to Cayman if he wins. We could all live together...it would be awesome!