In London, Obama is forced to address the issue at a press
conference:
Meanwhile, the McCain campaign already has a TV ad raising the
issue:
(Both via Hot Air)
The McCain ad is
arguably inaccurate, but it achieves the effect of pushing the
controversy into the next news cycle, with fresh coverage by
Fox News,
ABC,
Associated Press, the
Politico, the
New York Times,
CNN and the
San Francisco Chronicle. In a campaign
press release, McCain supporter Joe Repya -- a retired Army
lieutenant colonel and Iraq war veteran -- says:
"Barack Obama had scheduled a visit with wounded
American troops who have served with honor and distinction in the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he broke that commitment, instead
flitting from one European capital to the next. Several
explanations were offered, none was convincing and each was at odds
with the statements of American military leaders in Germany and
Washington. For a young man so apt at playing president, Barack
Obama badly misjudged the important demands of the office he seeks.
Visits with world leaders and speeches to cheering Europeans
shouldn't be a substitute for comforting injured American
heroes."
So now this incident is on the front burner going into the Sunday
talk shows.
topics:
Barack Obama, Military, Iraq
