That'd be like taking my toddler's security blanket away fromhim, for goodness' sake!
Via Patterico and Protein Wisdom we see a bitmore on Senator Obama's sense of priorities.
FromNBC's Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube A U.S. militaryofficial tells NBC News they were making preparations for Sen.Barack Obama to visit wounded troops at the Landstuhl MedicalCenter at Ramstein, Germany on Friday, but "for some reason thevisit was called off."
One military official who was working on the Obama visit saidbecause political candidates are prohibited from using militaryinstallations as campaign backdrops, Obama's representatives weretold, "he could only bring two or three of his Senate staff member,no campaign officials or workers." In addition, "Obama could notbring any media. Only military photographers would be permitted torecord Obama's visit."
The official said "We didn't know why" the request to visit thewounded troops was withdrawn. "He (Obama) was more than welcome. Wewere all ready for him."
I believe that we can forgive said official for that littlewhite lie; he knows full well why the request was withdrawn,and so do you. It's for the same reason why theObama campaign whined to Jake Tapper about his perfectly-obvious comment thatthey were shilling out Obama's speech for campaign contributions:an all-consuming, comprehensive, nigh-obsessive need to control allaspects of the narrative about Senator Barack Obama. Down to themolecular level, apparently.
One does wonder what they fear.
Moe Lane