Oh well look on the bright side you right wing conservative whack job if your boy McBush wins he'll have plenty of chances to visit dying soldiers in Iraq and soon Iran and probably a few more countries if your right wing conservative war machine has it's way.
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Snubbing Wounded Troops?
A McCain TV spot falsely insinuates that Obama canceled his visit because "the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras."
Jul 29, 2008 | Updated: 10:50 a.m. ET Jul 29, 2008
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Summary
A new McCain ad says 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."
McCain's facts are literally true, but his insinuation—that the visit was canceled because of the press ban or the desire for gym time—is false. In fact, Obama visited wounded troops earlier—without cameras or press—both in the U.S. and Iraq. And his gym workouts are a daily routine.
The Obama campaign canceled the visit with wounded troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Obama says, when he learned that the Pentagon would not allow him to bring along a retired Air Force major general who is serving as a foreign policy adviser to the campaign. Obama says that "triggered then a concern that maybe our visit was going to be perceived as political."
Analysis
Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign released this ad July 26 and said it would run in "key states."
John McCain 2008 Ad: "Troops"
Announcer: Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan. He hadn't been to Iraq in years. He voted against funding our troops.
And now, he made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras.
John McCain is always there for our troops. McCain. Country first.
John McCain: I'm John McCain and I approve this message.
Trading the Troops for the Gym?
The ad says Obama "made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops." The announcer then goes on to say that it "seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras," implying that's the reason Obama canceled the visit.
It's a fact that Obama canceled a visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at the last minute after planning it for weeks. And it's a fact that reporters and their cameras would not have been allowed to accompany him. Furthermore, Obama probably did go to the gym that day, as he does practically every day. So the bare facts stated in the ad are true, but they don't support McCain's insinuation.
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