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Do you remember when Bush was going to close Military bases and even VA Hospitals??

Bush now wants to build 6 National Cemeteries
: the Veterans Affairs will receive a record budget of $64 billion for the current fiscal year, up $4.2 billion from the previous spending level
: he now wants $28.4 billion for health care, up $2.9 billion from the previous year, and $32.8 billion in benefits programs
: nearly $176 million for health care and other programs to assist homeless veterans, an increase of over $22 million from fiscal year 2002
: $101 million to support state extended-care facilities, $3 million more than last year
: $522 million for construction, plus the authority to transfer another $400 million to health care construction

all of this after he wanted to close VA Hospitals etc.,

It looks like Veterans do vote and I want to see how many of these things happen, if he gets re-elected.

Never mind, I found it, and needless to say, you're completedly mischaracterized what he wanted to do:

August 4, 2003, Headline: "VA Plans Major Health Care Changes," "Restructuring of Facilities to Cost $4.6 Billion Over 20 Years"

Washington, DC (AP) - The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a plan yesterday to close seven VA hospitals, open others and retarget services in a major restructuring of its health care system.

The plan includes major mission changes at 13 facilities, Veterans Affairs spokeswoman Karen Fedele said.

The VA wants to close hospitals in Canandaigua, N.Y.; Pittsburgh (Highland Drive); Lexington, Ky. (Leestown); Brecksville, Ohio; Gulfport, Miss.; Livermore, Calif.; and Waco, Tex.

The VA also would open new hospitals in Las Vegas and Orlando; add centers for the blind in Biloxi, Miss., and Long Beach, Calif.; and place new spinal cord injury centers in Denver, Minneapolis, Syracuse or Albany, N.Y., and Little Rock.

The proposals are part of a VA restructuring begun in June 2002, to shift the agency's focus to outpatient care, place services where they are needed most, and save money by eliminating underused and outdated services and facilities.

"This is probably the most comprehensive assessment of VA infrastructure since World War II," said VA Secretary Anthony J. Principi.

And you're against vets AND restructuring?

Do you remember when Bush was going to close Military bases and even VA Hospitals??

You do know that the Base Closing commission has been around longer than the Bush presidency, right? VA closings> Hmm better go talk with that junior Senator from MA, the French looking one, reputed to be a Viet Nam vet,,, better than ask him, why not google his voting record. Then, once you've done all that, feel free to make a baseless claim against the current Administration, You'll still be off base, but you'll know better.