McCain ignored request to cancel visit to flood-ravaged Iowa.
McCain ignored request to cancel visit to flood-ravaged Iowa.
Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) visited areas of Iowa hit hard by recent flooding. His press secretary said the trip was “practical” for McCain because he happened to be “on his way to Minnesota for a town hall meeting.” Iowa Gov. Chet Culver (D), however, disagreed with the practicality of the trip as his state undergoes a massive flood recovery effort, noting that McCain ignored his request to cancel the visit. The AP reports:
[Culver chief of staff Patrick] Dillon said the issue was not about the election but about recovering from flooding.
“At the end of the day, it’s not about politics but about what’s best for Iowa,” Dillon said. […]
While these high-profile politicians bring attention to the disaster, they cause headaches for hard-pressed law enforcement.
For President Bush’s visit to the state today, “hundreds of law enforcement officers were diverted from flood recovery to provide security for him.” Last week, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) canceled a visit at the request of state officials.
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If there’s not a good photo op in it for McSame — forget it.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:02 pmMcGrampa is a spitting image of dubyah the-photo-op whore
June 19th, 2008 at 10:03 pm“McCain ignored request to cancel visit to flood-ravaged Iowa.”
And this will certainly come back to bite Grampa McSame in the butt. No concern for the Iowans. Look forward to Obama seizing the opportunity to give Prune Juice McCain some serious straight talk.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:05 pmBetter to have a photo-op. It’s so repugnican.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:10 pmThink of GWB and his (too late) photo op to New Orleans.
As much as McSame wants the photo ops, he can’t get too close to Bush — he made it clear that he was “at least thirty miles” from George Bush today.
McSame is a phony, but he feeds the press and they like him, so they refrain from reporting too many of his screwups. If they reported all of them, they’d have no space to write about Obama’s growing popularity over McSame.
What a selfish old man….to bother those suffering from probably one of the most devastating times of their life so he can have his photo op?
June 19th, 2008 at 10:10 pmWhile these high-profile politicians bring attention to the disaster, they cause headaches for hard-pressed law enforcement.
For President Bush’s visit to the state today, “hundreds of law enforcement officers were diverted from flood recovery to provide security for him.” Last week, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) canceled a visit at the request of state officials.
Kinda scary how this guy seems to make the right decisions. I mean with him being so inexperienced and black and all that angry black wife stuff.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:14 pmI don’t know. It seems to me McCain’s experience in causing more distraction during an emergency is better than Obama’s. Go Repub photo ops!!!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:14 pmWhile these high-profile politicians bring attention to the disaster, they cause headaches for hard-pressed law enforcement.
For President Bush’s visit to the state today, “hundreds of law enforcement officers were diverted from flood recovery to provide security for him.” Last week, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) canceled a visit at the request of state officials.
Kinda scary how this guy seems to make the right decisions. I mean with him being so inexperienced and black and all that angry black wife stuff.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:15 pmWell there’s the problem. the Governor’s (Iowa Gov. Chet Culver (D)) a Democrat. No wonder McCain didn’t listen to him. What’s he going to do….write a letter then capitulate?
June 19th, 2008 at 10:21 pmWatch these conservatives berate Obama for not showing concern for the flood victims of Iowa…
June 19th, 2008 at 10:23 pmMcCain . . so concerned for Iowa that he wanted to show up and help get the media attention focused on this ignored disaster . . . a true leader, a man of the people. UURPP!
I’m sure it helped having all the Iowa National Guard and equipment currently in Iraq . . . at least their equipment didn’t get wet . . .
June 19th, 2008 at 10:30 pmJess Wonderin Says:
. . . at least their equipment didn’t get wet . . .
June 19th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
It’s safe from the water — not the blood.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:32 pmWhatever they do…just don’t let McCan’t drive a bulldover that’s needed for disaster assistance. He’ll just crash it and walk away a hero somehow…..
June 19th, 2008 at 10:35 pmWhat??? McCain diverting much-needed assets just to score come cheap political points??
No, never…..
Oh, wait:
http://thinkprogress.org/ 2007/ 04/ 01/ mccain-iraq-stroll/
June 19th, 2008 at 10:35 pmTypical McIIIrd attitude. Remember, the son and grandson of admirals. Raised in privilege, sees the world as a thing that owes him.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:37 pmNarcissism speaks.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:51 pmToo bad the flood didn’t come closer to John’s birthday. That would’ve kept him and George away. Johnny, please be a hero and retire. p.s. I hope you made some of your fabulous barbecued ribs for all those flooded-out folks. Yum!
June 19th, 2008 at 11:05 pmArmy Corps of Engineers said today that the levees protecting East St. Louis (pop.: 155,000) have structural deficiences and run the risk of breaking. It’s deja vu all over again.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:30 pmTanqueray Says:
June 19th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Bush/McCain could f_ck a baby goat on live teevee, and you’d applaud the technique.
Get lost.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:38 pmTanqueray Says:
Blah de blah blah blah. It doesn’t matter what brand you call yourself, Gin, you’re still a buffoon.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:39 pmA few days ago the MOONBATS were complaining that Bush didn’t cut his trip to Europe short so he could get to Iowa. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. -Tanqueray
Well that explains it, Moonbats said no such thing as no such creature exists except in the childish ‘crumb cruncher’ lingo of amplitude modulated miscreants.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:03 amHet Zooey! Check it out 10# of wild caught U-10 shrimp.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:05 amTanqueray, I think the whole point was that the governor requested that they not come. And that they ignored the request, unlike Obama.
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June 20th, 2008 at 6:36 amSo NOW you wacked out libs are complaining about Mc Cain actually visiting Iowa when all you could do is blast George Bush for NOT visiting New Orleans even though this would have “cause(d) headaches for hard-pressed law enforcement”!!
You guys are REALLY f’d up!!!
June 20th, 2008 at 8:49 amProving once again, for Republicans, it’s all about appearances and not substance — what’s politically best for themselves, not the country.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:39 amJohn Kerry, please see response # 24
June 20th, 2008 at 10:50 amSo NOW you wacked out libs are complaining about Mc Cain actually visiting Iowa when all you could do is blast George Bush for NOT visiting New Orleans even though this would have “cause(d) headaches for hard-pressed law enforcement”!!
You guys are REALLY f’d up!!!
I complain about McCain ignoring the governor when he says they can’t afford to provide him security without hampering emergency efforts in Iowa, and I complain about what Bush didn’t DO about NO, not about where he was. And no one was saying that NO would have had a security issue during the Prez visit.
The Republicans are the f’d up ones.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am