Posted on 10/12/2010 9:30:35 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Yesterday, the political world scratched its head over the endorsement of Barbara Boxer — “Senator Ma’am” — by the VFW’s political action committee. It turns out that veterans weren’t very happy about it, either. The leaders of the VFW have effectively denounced their own PAC for a series of endorsements that look more like an argument for entrenched incumbency than actual defense of veterans’ interests:
The national line officers of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) are at odds with the VFW Political Action Committee (PAC), calling the methodology process used by the PAC “seriously flawed at best this year and in immediate need of extensive review,” in the wake of the recent congressional endorsements made by the committee.
“Even though the law requires that VFW-PAC be a separate organization, the acronym ‘VFW’ is attached to the committee and the natural assumption is that the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is somehow making the endorsement decisions. Nothing could be further from the truth, but perception is reality,” said National Commander Richard Eubank.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
I am a veteran and former member of the VFW. I left that organization over the strong left wing slant of the organization’s leadership and never have been sorry for doing so. This kind of thing only serves to reinforce what I already knew.
I also didn't like how they caved and turned the place "smoke free" and were trying to go above and beyond to support local "ordinances"..
Whatever, that particular VFW Post can pound sand...
Time to quit if they don’t know what their PAC is doing. If my dues go to that PAC I want a refund AND and explanation.
When I speak of the organizations’ leadership I am referring to the national leadership which is FAR LEFT and I couldn’t change it so I just left.
Sounds kind of like the NRA. Apparently, they have been infiltrated while we slept.
Exactly the same but not new in either case.
I gave the NRA my life membership back when in 1994 they endorsed a democrat who had voted against conceal carry three separate times over the guy (me) who had worked like hell to get it passed into law here in Texas.
I have been a member of GOA ever since and FAR more happy!
What is GOA?
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