Bush Abuses Power To Foil Obama's Trip

OK, now this is becoming a pattern.

First, George W. Bush convinced German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stop Obama from speaking at the Brandenburg Gate.

Second, we learn that Condi Rice instructed all U.S. embassies to deny assistance to Obama while he was overseas.

Third, we learned that embassy workers in Berlin were banned from attending Obama's public speech yesterday.

And now today, we learn that Bush's Pentagon has prevented Obama from visiting wounded troops in Germany:

A Pentagon spokesperson confirms to me that because of longstanding Department of Defense regulations, Pentagon officials told Obama aides that he couldn't visit the base with campaign staff. This left Obama with little choice but to cancel the trip, since the plan to visit with campaign aides had been in the works for weeks.

Here is an MSNBC report on the matter:



This interference and petty abuse of power is just sickening. Yet another reason why we have to get these corrupt assholes out of power. They have literally politicized everything about government, going so far as to use fine print bullshit to keep a U.S. Senator from visiting troops while he is abroad.