Comments on: I sense a bit of blowback in the wind http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/ Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don't say you weren't warned. By the way, this blog's name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, "All politics is applesauce." Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:36:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4431 Pat Cunningham Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:31:24 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4431 Bob: Why didn't McCain visit Landstuhl when he toured Europe in March? The tour was official, not political, so there was no problem with campaigning issues. His itinerary took him closer to the hospital than Obama ever got. But he didn't visit. Hmmm. Bob, this whole thing is really rather simple. When the Pentagon raised the general issue of avoiding appearances of using the wounded troops for campaign purposes, Obama canceled the visit to avoid any such problems. There was no issue of the press being along, because that was never part of the plan. And he already had visited three hospitals for wounded troops on this trip, none of them with press coverage. You're beating a dead horse, Bob. You're just ridiculously anti-Obama, and you're not going to let the facts of the matter deter you. None of the facts are on your side of the argument. Bob: Why didn’t McCain visit Landstuhl when he toured Europe in March? The tour was official, not political, so there was no problem with campaigning issues. His itinerary took him closer to the hospital than Obama ever got. But he didn’t visit. Hmmm. Bob, this whole thing is really rather simple. When the Pentagon raised the general issue of avoiding appearances of using the wounded troops for campaign purposes, Obama canceled the visit to avoid any such problems. There was no issue of the press being along, because that was never part of the plan. And he already had visited three hospitals for wounded troops on this trip, none of them with press coverage. You’re beating a dead horse, Bob. You’re just ridiculously anti-Obama, and you’re not going to let the facts of the matter deter you. None of the facts are on your side of the argument.

]]> By: Menlo Bob http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4426 Menlo Bob Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:41:57 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4426 What in hell difference does it make if there are senate staffers with a senator Obama? No one preventedwas him from going alone. I am not a McCain supporter, but on this he is right. Obama's rationale is the ultimate lame excuse. What in hell difference does it make if there are senate staffers with a senator Obama? No one preventedwas him from going alone. I am not a McCain supporter, but on this he is right. Obama’s rationale is the ultimate lame excuse.

]]> By: Kaus http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4423 Kaus Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:02:13 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4423 Thanks Pat. I was at the methodone clinic trying to remove my addiction to your blogspot....it didn't work. Thanks Pat. I was at the methodone clinic trying to remove my addiction to your blogspot….it didn’t work.

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4421 Pat Cunningham Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:47:08 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4421 Welcome back, Kaus. We were worried about you. I see you haven't lost your touch (or gained it, as the case may be). Incidentally, Dukakis wasn't running against a Republican Party whose brand had become as unpopular as today's GOP is. But keep on whistling past the graveyard, if it makes you feel better. Welcome back, Kaus. We were worried about you. I see you haven’t lost your touch (or gained it, as the case may be). Incidentally, Dukakis wasn’t running against a Republican Party whose brand had become as unpopular as today’s GOP is. But keep on whistling past the graveyard, if it makes you feel better.

]]> By: Kaus http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4420 Kaus Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:41:56 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4420 Michael Dukakis led George H.W. Bush by 17 points after being nominated in Atlanta. Al Gore and John Kerry were ahead of George W. Bush in the summer. Lame-O numbers.....is this the best Obama can do? Yawn. Michael Dukakis led George H.W. Bush by 17 points after being nominated in Atlanta. Al Gore and John Kerry were ahead of George W. Bush in the summer.

Lame-O numbers…..is this the best Obama can do? Yawn.

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4415 Pat Cunningham Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:22:38 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4415 Bob: You are absolutely wrong. He followed the Pentagon's advice and chose not to polilticize a visit to the wounded vets. The congressional delegation with which he was traveling had returned to the U.S. He had no Senate staffers with him, only campaign staffers. He made the right decision, as Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel will attest. Do you think Obama would deliberately diss these wounded troops and risk raising the ire of people like you? Three times last week, he visited wounded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with no reporters or photographers and no fanfare. His plan for the visit to Landstuhl NEVER included bringing the press along. The plan was to keep the press on the tarmac at the airport. By the way, when McCain visited Europe last March, his travels took him closer to this hospital in Germany than Obama ever got. But McCain didn't visit it either. What do you say about that? Sounds pretty unpatriotic to me. McCain's ad attacking Obama on this matter is dishonest and dishonorable and is backfiring among fair minded people. Only the Obama haters are buying this crap. My favorite part of McCain's ad is the bogus video representation of Obama playing basketball in a gym. The narration suggests that the scene shows him frolicking at the time he could have been at the hospital in Germany. In truth, it shows him playing basketball earlier on his trip -- with U.S. troops! McCain is really becoming sleazy, and people are noticing. He's gonna lose big time, and he deserves to. The liar! Bob: You are absolutely wrong. He followed the Pentagon’s advice and chose not to polilticize a visit to the wounded vets. The congressional delegation with which he was traveling had returned to the U.S. He had no Senate staffers with him, only campaign staffers. He made the right decision, as Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel will attest. Do you think Obama would deliberately diss these wounded troops and risk raising the ire of people like you? Three times last week, he visited wounded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with no reporters or photographers and no fanfare. His plan for the visit to Landstuhl NEVER included bringing the press along. The plan was to keep the press on the tarmac at the airport. By the way, when McCain visited Europe last March, his travels took him closer to this hospital in Germany than Obama ever got. But McCain didn’t visit it either. What do you say about that? Sounds pretty unpatriotic to me. McCain’s ad attacking Obama on this matter is dishonest and dishonorable and is backfiring among fair minded people. Only the Obama haters are buying this crap. My favorite part of McCain’s ad is the bogus video representation of Obama playing basketball in a gym. The narration suggests that the scene shows him frolicking at the time he could have been at the hospital in Germany. In truth, it shows him playing basketball earlier on his trip — with U.S. troops! McCain is really becoming sleazy, and people are noticing. He’s gonna lose big time, and he deserves to. The liar!

]]> By: Menlo Bob http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4413 Menlo Bob Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:41:38 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4413 When I read the reason he decided not to visit wounded vets I'm stunned. The Department of Defense wouldn't let him visit with campaign staff so he chose not to visit at all. Did it ever occur to him that it would be right and proper to visit alone? Stunned...McCain is right. When I read the reason he decided not to visit wounded vets I’m stunned. The Department of Defense wouldn’t let him visit with campaign staff so he chose not to visit at all. Did it ever occur to him that it would be right and proper to visit alone? Stunned…McCain is right.

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4410 Pat Cunningham Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:36:42 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4410 Thanks, Will. I knew I had heard that line somewhere before. Thanks, Will. I knew I had heard that line somewhere before.

]]> By: Will Pfeifer http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4409 Will Pfeifer Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:32:22 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/26/i-sense-a-bit-of-blowback-in-the-wind/#comment-4409 That line, by the way,is from the movie THE UNTOUCHABLES. As Sean Connery says (courtesy of David Mamet's script), "That's the Chicago way!" That line, by the way,is from the movie THE UNTOUCHABLES. As Sean Connery says (courtesy of David Mamet’s script), “That’s the Chicago way!”

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