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07.22.2008 4:16 pm

Obama camp rolls out supportive military vets in Missouri

In response to today’s veterans’ event for presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, the Missouri campaign for Democratic rival Barack Obama issued its own comments from supportive Missouri veterans.

From the release:

Veterans throughout the Show-Me State said they support Obama’s withdrawal plan and his commitment to their health and safety at home and abroad.

 “Senator Obama has a plan to end this costly war in Iraq, to redeploy our troops from Iraq, strengthen our military and finish the job in Afghanistan,” said Mike Evans, a US Army veteran from St. Louis County. (He previously ran as a Democratic for Congress in 2004 and initially filed to run for lieutenant governor this year.)

“..Senator McCain has not laid out a plan to responsibly end this war. That’s not what the veterans I know in Missouri are looking for,” Evans said.

Senator Obama has fought tirelessly for the health of troops and revamping the GI bill, according to other veterans in Missouri.

  

“Senator Obama has demonstrated that he is a true friend of U.S. service members through his tireless work to modernize the GI Bill,” said Vince Gunter, an Iraq veteran from Independence. “The GI Bill is one of the key reasons why I chose to follow in the footsteps of my father and eight uncles in joining the military.”

In 2006, Obama voted for and McCain voted against providing $19 billion for military and veterans hospitals, offset by limiting the dividend and capital-gains tax rates to individuals earning less than $1 million. In 2005, Obama voted for and McCain voted against an amendment to increase veterans’ health care funding by $2 billion…

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18 comments

Even traitor John Kerry could find vets to stand by him. So what?

— Nick Kasoff
5:51 pm July 22nd, 2008

Traitor, how? Nice one swifty.

— truth in politics
5:55 pm July 22nd, 2008

McCain supports vets by being against them getting a college education.

— AJH
6:14 pm July 22nd, 2008

I think it is fine to be a Veteran and support one man over the other but, please do not use Veterans to bash your opponent. I know the GOP has the history of using Veterans to bash the Dems but that does not make it right. After 2004 Mr. Bush should be ashamed of what he did to a Veteran but please keep us from doing this to another Veteran. I personally am not voting for Mr. McCain but I am NOT going to bash the man. He served honorably and that is that.

Support either candidate, but any Veteran, Democrat or Republican that questions the other candidate’s patriotism publicly or criticises a candidate in a public forum as a representative of the Veteran community… well stand by. You will get what you deserve eventually, the non hackers always get caught.

I am tired of POGs disgracing the honor of other Veterans that serve our Country and our Corps and not some individual politician.

— Marine
6:17 pm July 22nd, 2008

Oh and Mr. Kasoff, I did not vote for Mr. Kerry and do not agree with his politics but I hope I meet you some day to make you pay for calling a man who served honorably a “traitor”.

I cannot describe on this blog what I really think of you but I pitty your family for sharing the same blood line as a coward like you.

— Marine
6:20 pm July 22nd, 2008

I believe Marine said all that needs to be said.

— SMSgt(Ret)
6:58 pm July 22nd, 2008

I am not a veteran. I know many, and with a lower lottery number, I might have gone. I agree whole heartedly that trendy Patriotism needs to cool its tool when it comes to speaking for, or about Veterans. Some things speak for themselves. Service to one’s Country is one of them.

— CHUCKtheFED
7:03 pm July 22nd, 2008

I did not serve but I would personally like to thank you and everyone else that did serve our country Marine and SMSgt and that does include Sen McCain. My son and son-in-law both served in the Marines, my son did not have to go to Iraq however my son-in-law did. He don’t talk about his experiance there and I won’t ask him. My daughter says he wakes up at night crying. It breaks my heart to see what has happened to so many of our men and women. God Bless the men and women that have served and are serving to keep us free.

I was never so disgusted as when I saw people wearing purple heart bandaids during the Republican National Convention in 2004 mocking Sen. Kerry’s purple hearts.

Nick, you never cease to supprise me. Bubba

— Bubba Union
7:19 pm July 22nd, 2008

““..Senator McCain has not laid out a plan to responsibly end this war. That’s not what the veterans I know in Missouri are looking for,” Evans said.”

Maybe Mr Evans could spell out Obamessiah’s plan for VICTORY, to date, he has only talked about ending the war in Iraq, never victory.

Adam, could you explain to me how Obamessiah can say that the surge has worked but would vote against it again today? Isnt he saying that success in Iraq is not important to him?

— Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum
8:53 pm July 22nd, 2008

Para Von Meceum..Obama simply wants to deploy our few remaining troops that aren’t exhausted in the best possible manner. I can’t understand why folks like you and Nikki have such a problem with intelligent folks who want to change the course of this sad ship that is present day american foreign policy. We are still discussing things that should have been solved in the ‘nam days. Pro war isn’t pro troops. And why aren’t all you healthy men serving instead of posting here if you want the status quo of only pale connected males ruling? Who better to serve than you oh so wise ones?

Favored sons, are ya? When do you think your boy McCain will admit he will have to have a military draft to do what he wants to do in the sands? Why do you follow a war monger who never REALLY served and wouldn’t listen to military leaders? Makes no sense. We have two red state boyz who got where they were by having pushy connected fathers, and who let the grunts do most of the “ending up with nothing benefit collecting” while they thrived.

No foreign policy and no economic policy. And few decent folks to help him with what he does not know. He doesn’t even know how much he doesn’t know. Just like Bush. Meanwhile, Obama is surrounding himself with some very respected folks with some good policies in both areas. As a patriot, I know who I will vote for.

Sorry Nikki…maybe you can borrow my red pumps. That always makes you happy to be able to sway when you walk. Smile!

— Slugger
12:17 am July 23rd, 2008

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