Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:04:36 PM
I guess this is a question of priorities. Barack Obama apparently
ran short on time in his visit to Germany today, and travelers know how
schedules can slip during long tours, even without all of the events
Obama had planned. Those circumstances force people to prioritize
their time, and eliminate less-useful stops.
So what did Obama cut today? Der Spiegel’s blog reports on Obama’s priorities:
++ Visit to US Military Bases Cancelled ++
1:42 p.m.: SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that Obama has cancelled a
planned short visit to the Rammstein and Landstuhl US military bases in
the southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The visits were
planned for Friday. “Barack Obama will not be coming to us,” a
spokesperson for the US military hospital in Landstuhl announced. “I
don’t know why.” Shortly before the same spokeswoman had announced a
planned visit by Obama.
On the other hand, the campaign apparently has no problem in keeping this event on its schedule:
The message here is that thousands of screaming German fans at the
Tiergarten take precedence over visiting Americans serving their
country at Rammstein and Landstuhl. Maybe one of the networks
following Obama could interview a few of the soldiers about how they
perceive that set of priorities from Obama.