Posted on 03/29/2008 3:01:47 PM PDT by JavaJumpy
Illinois' disabled veterans are at "rock bottom" - "dead last" - in benefits and claims processing of applications for disability. But Illinois' veterans take a back seat because their junior senator is running for president. And that senator, Barack Obama, has missed an astonishing number of hearings and meetings of the Senate Veterans Committee.
(Excerpt) Read more at atlanticfreepress.com ...
That has to be a racist newspaper.
Riding dirty.
This information needs to be sent to all the VFW’s in the country and all veterans groups. Expose Osama Obama for what he is; obviously, the media won’t.
Obama’s Unity Bandwagon rolling down the dusty trail.
With all the focus on race lately, I thought the title read “White Illinois” instead of “While Illinois”...
My bad.
What a great sound bite for Hillary the next time the subject of Iraq and the military comes up.
Frankly, this typical vet would just as soon that Mr. B. Hussein Obama steer clear of anything and every thing that concerns the affairs of our veterans.
Holey smoke, look at the author!!!!!!Larry C. Johnson
How is Hillary really on veterans’ affairs herself personally and in real practice in the Senate?
Suffice it to say the military despises her and her BJ husband.
There you go, making sense. Authenticity is beside the point. Making reference to Obama’s missing votes is still a good sound bite, and I suspect this article comes from the Hillary camp. McCain can, of course, make good use of it, too, but I think he may be above doing that sort of thing.
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