McCain was prepared to attack Landstuhl visit-Had the script-READY TO GO

[kpete]

McCain was prepared to attack Landstuhl visit
by kos
Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 08:20:07 AM PDT
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McCain's advisers said they do not intend to back down from the charge, believing it an effective way to create a "narrative" about what they say is Obama's indifference toward the military.

But here's a revelation that, while not exactly sourced impeccably, makes a lot of sense given the direction the McCain campaign has taken:

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/2008/07/the_new_normal.html
What the McCain campaign doesn’t want people to know, according to one GOP strategist I spoke with over the weekend, is that they had an ad script ready to go if Obama had visited the wounded troops saying that Obama was...wait for it...using wounded troops as campaign props. So, no matter which way Obama turned, McCain had an Obama bashing ad ready to launch.

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/31/11815/3951/565/559804

[rucky]

1. They are the kings of the double-bind.

but they use that tactic so much, they're beginning to come off as big whiners.

[Ian David]

2. I fucking hate McCain. n/t

[madaboutharry]

5. Can you imagine having to look at him

for the next four years?

[madaboutharry]

3. It sure would be nice if the losers who call

themselves journalists would investigate this and report it to the American people.

We need a smiley for "fat chance."

[Bleacher Creature]

4. Not so much a revelation as it is a confirmation for me.

I always just assumed this was the case.

[TwilightGardener]

6. I knew this. What I want to know is, did Obama list his Landstuhl trip

ahead of time, on a publicly-released itinerary, or did the Pentagon contact the RNC or McSuck campaign?

[Kber]

11. Was listed ahead of time. He released his schedule once he left

Iraq and Afghanistan.

[TwilightGardener]

12. Well, that was a mistake.

They were lying in wait for him, and he wouldn't have the other two Senators with him in Germany to vouch for him either.

[Overseas]

7. K&R ! More evidence that Republicans will bash Obama whatever he does.

Not surprised. Hope we learn more about these strategies. Friends of mine are starting to recognize the "damned if he does, damned if he doesn't" factor. Glad to have a piece of evidence exposing that technique.

But I guess that's part of what the Kitchen Sink Strategy is all about. Truth be damned. Just get those position statement ready to bash the guy either way.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Even Chuck Hagel said that McDepends would have jumped on Obama had he gone anyway.

He knows how Republicans operate.

[Scurrilous]

9. K & R

:thumbsup:

[treestar]

10. McMean is as big a hypocrite as any of them

The fact that he had two ads ready to go either way shows HE'S the one using the troops.

[Greyskye]

13. Isn't it great that McSame is running such a high-ground campaign!

Just like he promised he would!

:sarcasm:

[Supersedeas]

14. in other words: the WOUNDED troops were to be used by McFAKE as a wedge issue/a political prop

no matter what