July 25, 2008
SCHROEDINGER'S CAMPAIGN:
What's Not on Obama's Schedule (Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, 7/25/08, NBC: First Read)
A U.S. military official tells NBC News they were making preparations for Sen. Barack Obama to visit wounded troops at the Landstuhl Medical Center at Ramstein, Germany on Friday, but "for some reason the visit was called off."One military official who was working on the Obama visit said because political candidates are prohibited from using military installations as campaign backdrops, Obama's representatives were told, "he could only bring two or three of his Senate staff member, no campaign officials or workers." In addition, "Obama could not bring any media. Only military photographers would be permitted to record Obama's visit."
The official said "We didn't know why" the request to visit the wounded troops was withdrawn. "He (Obama) was more than welcome. We were all ready for him."
If there are no cameras on hand to film Barack Obama is he on the base? Posted by Orrin Judd at July 25, 2008 10:04 AM
And so a new kōan is created.
Posted by: erp at July 25, 2008 11:24 AMIt looks like this whole issue was made up.
Posted by: Brandon at July 25, 2008 11:42 AMBrandon,
Different story. That was about him blowing off soldiers in Afghanistan.
Some members of my unit met him down in Basrah, and he was apparently quite available...as long as the photographers were there.
Interesting side note: they apparently asked the British soldiers in the office to make themselves scarce during the photo-op. Now, I don't know if 'they' was Obama's handlers or the military.
Posted by: Dreadnought at July 25, 2008 12:02 PMThe NY Daily News story is about Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan and so does nothing to dispute the Landstuhl Medical Center snubbing.
Posted by: Dave at July 25, 2008 12:06 PMSorry, I thought it was the same story.
Posted by: Brandon at July 25, 2008 12:07 PM
Are we sure he isn't a CGI hologram?
Posted by: Mikey at July 25, 2008 10:41 AM