Obama “Blew Off Troops?” A Closer Look.

Before this viral e-mail becomes the latest talking point for the right I figured I’d point out that the Army has already denied it. The e-mail was supposedly started by a National Guard Captain who claimed:

Obama repeatedly shunned soldiers on his way to the Clamshell – a recreation tent – to “take his publicity pictures playing basketball.”

Obama was supposedly intended to shake the soldiers hands before he entered the Clamshell.

The statement from Army top-brass?

Obama didn’t play basketball at Bagram or visit the Clamshell, she said. Home-state troops were invited to meet him, but his arrival was kept secret for security reasons.

Not that I needed the top brass to verify as much because the now popular Youtube video of Obama swishing a 3-pointer at a foreign base, guess where it is.

Kuwait.

Even the smearers are getting lazy.

-Marc-