Obama's Wind

In an interview with Fox News Channel's Bill Hemmer, Senator Obama responded to a question about his not visiting wounded soldiers in Germany by saying: "It was scheduled, we intended to go, and we got wind that there was some concern that this might be perceived as political because we were using campaign resources." What strikes me are the phrases "we got wind" and "it might be perceived". He based a decision like this merely on "we got wind" or "it might be perceived"? I can maybe understand changing plans if you "got wind" that the enemy was planning some attack, but we're talking here about our own side . . our own troops. Certainly Obama and/or his people could have talked with the appropriate people in the military to get their facts straight, and make arrangements that would satisfy the military wishes. Obama is not the first politician to visit wounded troops in Germany, so this is nothing new. Most politicians who make this kind of visit probably hope that it comes out to their advantage during a campaign, even if the visit was not a media event. To me it seems like a shallow, convenient excuse, designed like every other excuse this guy comes up with. It's designed to make him look like he is always right, always the sensitive one, always on the right side. Has he ever admitted that he was wrong . . on anything? The surge? Reverend Wright? Not visiting the troops? Not holding any committee meetings on Afghanistan? 57 states? Obama is supposed to have great judgement. "We got wind" and "it might be perceived" are two really great criteria for judgement.