Admatic: McCain criticizes Obama's gym regimen

"Welcome home, Barack, and why do you hate our wounded soldiers?"

Fresh off the Obama World Tour 08, Barack Obama is facing criticism from John McCain over not visiting wounded American troops while he was in Germany. Obama, who did meet with wounded soldiers during his brief stay in Iraq, says the planned visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center was scrapped at the last minute because he didn't want the visit to be "percieved as political" since he would have been using campaign resources.


The McCain campaign doesn't think so, and on Sunday they campaign unveiled a new ad claiming it was because Obama could not bring in media cameras.



Per the New York Times, Obama's visit with wounded soldiers in Iraq was done without alerting the media.

The biggest problem I have with this ad isn't that it's a cheap shot. It is cheap, but this is a Presidential campaign, and it's likely only going to get dirtier the closer we get to November. My problem is, like McCain's "Obama caused rising gas prices" ad, is that it highlights none of McCain's qualities. All it says is "John McCain is always there for our troops." Such as when he . . . what? What did he do? In what way is he "always there for our troops?" If he's really "always there" for our soldiers, name one example. Talk about a time he visited wounded soldiers when he was in Iraq. Show him speaking at a town hall meeting with a veteran in uniform. Show him watching Generation Kill. But show him doing something.

Don't bash the other candidate on shaky allusions without having anything to promote yourself at the same time.