Every single one of the five founding members servied in the US Military. So did their Veterans Membership Associate, their Director of Gov’t Affairs, and their Policy Associate.

As opposed to the AEI, who the vast majority of fellows, and scholars have NEVER served in the military. But you take their word as gospel.

Of course nobody claimed that the IAVA wasn’t biased. Of course they are biased. They support those that ACTUALLY support the troops. Not just with words, but with their votes. It isn’t the IAVA’s fualt that Republicans routinely vote against veterans benefits bills.

“Sen. Obama is welcome to visit Landstuhl or any military hospital in his official capacity as a United States senator,” Morrell said in a brief interview. “But there is a DOD policy which governs campaigning and electioneering at military facilities that would have to be respected if he were to visit. That distinction was relayed and made clear to campaign, and they made a decision on their own based on that guidance.”

Morrell, in a subsequent interview, added that military officials told Obama he could only visit the military facility with his Secret Service detail and Senate staff.

“We made it clear to him that campaign staff and press would not be permitted to accompany him,” Morrell said of Obama. “We relayed those ground rules. They made a choice based upon the information we relayed to them. It was their choice. We had nothing to do with it.”

Bottom line, if it can’t be a photo op for campaign purposes then its not worth it. So much for Obama’s support for the troops.

“Sen. Obama is welcome to visit Landstuhl or any military hospital in his official capacity as a United States senator,” Morrell said in a brief interview. “But there is a DOD policy which governs campaigning and electioneering at military facilities that would have to be respected if he were to visit. That distinction was relayed and made clear to campaign, and they made a decision on their own based on that guidance.”

Morrell, in a subsequent interview, added that military officials told Obama he could only visit the military facility with his Secret Service detail and Senate staff.

“We made it clear to him that campaign staff and press would not be permitted to accompany him,” Morrell said of Obama. “We relayed those ground rules. They made a choice based upon the information we relayed to them. It was their choice. We had nothing to do with it.”

Bottom line, if it can’t be a photo op for campaign purposes then its not worth it.

Is calling the troops liars supporting them now?

Faceplant, ah yes. The very non-political Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Founded by a man who speaks of revulsion for the President and who worked on John Kerry’s campaign staff. An organization heavily staffed by non veterans who overwhelmingly attended very liberal colleges. - Yep, good source.

Shhhh! Stop ruining everything with the facts. Can’t you see that nonfactual talking points are all these wingnuts have left?

Obama senior adviser Robert Gibbs is on record as saying “…The senator decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign” per the Pentagon’s “longstanding Defense Department policy that prohibits military personnel or facilities from association with partisan political campaigns and elections”.

If he’d gone ahead with the visit, he’d have been criticized. Now that he’s not, in keeping with what he sees as a sense of propriety, he’s criticized.

This is a non-issue… just old-fashioned attack politics.

Webb GI Bill - Both Bush and McCain were against the bill initially then they changed their tune saying they were for it all along.

The McCain’s so called town hall meeting are being stacked with people who are given pre approved questions. They are a sham.

Without a teleprompter, McCain will wipe the floor with Obama, that’s why Obama is staying away from him. Also, Obama evidently has a question limit:

“Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions,” Obama, looking surprised, told shouting reporters as he fled the room. “We’re running late.”