Where's the charity in Obama skipping charitable visit to Landstuhl/Rammstein troops?

Comments from Left Field has roused me to amusement once again.

Apparently the Republican Attack Machine's broadside against Obama for skipping out on a visit to American troops is among the most ridiculous things in the world. The right has failed to view Obama's actions charitably, it is said. After first going after Ed Morrissy of Hot Air, CFLF places more targets on the fence:

Ed wasn’t alone. A merry crew of wingnut bloggers — the very same ones who are so quick to decry the lack of “charity” in explaining John McCain’s endless bloopers — leaped to conclusions and assigned the worst possible reasons for Obama’s change of plans with no attempt to contact reliable sources who could have told them what was going on.

As Greg Sargent found out by calling the Pentagon, the truth is that Obama got last-minute notification from the Pentagon that he could only visit the military bases as a senator, with Senate staff — not as a presidential candidate with campaign staff.

The policies that would prohibit campaign staffers from accompanying President (what? not yet?) Obama would not have prevented Obama from visiting the bases, of course. The CFLFers fairly tie themselves in knots with a bit of help from "gcotharn." Visit and read the whole thing if you're in the mood for some laughs.