“Citizen of the World” Obama Snubs U.S. Soldiers In Germany
Posted By: 'Okie' | 3:44 pm — 7/24/2008 | 
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The Obama Campaign: Let’s see, what to do . . . what to do?
“Do I visit our men and women in the armed forces stationed on German soil or do I pander to the Germanic masses, present myself as “Citizen of the World” Obamessiah, the coming of The One that will save the whole world?”
Hmmmm . . . not a tough decision for ol’ Barack Obama!
Asked, and answered by Ed Morrissey.
I guess this is a question of priorities. Barack Obama apparently ran short on time in his visit to Germany today, and travelers know how schedules can slip during long tours, even without all of the events Obama had planned. Those circumstances force people to prioritize their time, and eliminate less-useful stops.
So what did Obama cut today? Der Spiegel’s blog reports on Obama’s priorities:
++ Visit to US Military Bases Cancelled ++
1:42 p.m.: SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that Obama has cancelled a planned short visit to the Rammstein and Landstuhl US military bases in the southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The visits were planned for Friday. “Barack Obama will not be coming to us,” a spokesperson for the US military hospital in Landstuhl announced. “I don’t know why.” Shortly before the same spokeswoman had announced a planned visit by Obama.
As Ed notes, the anointed one didn’t have any trouble finding time for his little rally at the Tiergarten. Later in the post it looks even worse for the big ‘O’, as his schedule actually wasn’t fully booked after all.
Well, this gets better. According to Jake Tapper, the problem wasn’t scheduling at all:
Obama noted that in a break from his whirlwind schedule, “we’ve got some down time tonight. What are you guys gonna do in Berlin? Huh? Huh? You guys got any big. plans? …I’ve never been to Berlin, so…I would love to tour around a little bit.”
Obama canceled a previously-planned stop to visit thousands of American service personnel, including troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan being treated at Landstuhl, so he could hold a political rally for Germans and go shopping in Berlin. Now that’s a nice set of priorities for a man who wants to become Commander in Chief.
Go and read all of Ed’s post to see the 720-degree spin of the Obamamaniacs as they make the argument that it is a campaign trip to excuse one behavioral anomaly and the reverse argument that it isn’t a campaign event to excuse others. I guess he’s channeling his inner John Kerry — “It was a campaign event before it wasn’t a campaign event!”
Unbelievable!
‘Okie’ — believe it!
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25 July 2008 | Glenn Speck Said:
My understanding is that there were no camera allowed at the military base, so he blew it off since he couldn’t feed his massive ego. Obama clearly is a malignant Narcissist.