Diplomats Barred From Obama’s Berlin Speech, But Not McCain’s In Ottawa

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Double Standard: Diplomats Barred From Obama’s Berlin Speech, But Not McCain’s (R-Idiot) In Ottawa
thinkprogress.org/2008/07/25/state-obama-speech/
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Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. Embassy in Berlin “instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed there not to attend Sen. Barack Obama’s public rally” in Tiergarten Park because the event is “‘partisan political activity‘ prohibited under its regulations for those serving overseas.” But the ruling — which Kennedy admitted is unprecedented — appears to indicate a double standard from the State Department. Last June, Sen. John McCain (R-Idiot) delivered a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa. The event was reportedly organized in part by U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins, whom President Bush appointed in 2005. But more than that, the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa confirmed to ThinkProgress that Wilkins also attended the event.
tags: republicans, hypocrites, liars, r-idiots
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