Posted on 11/27/2006 2:10:58 PM PST by Sub-Driver
American Legion to Congressman Rangel: Apologize Now
11/27/2006 4:55:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Ramona Joyce, 202-263-2982 or 202-445-1161 (cell), or Wade Habshey, 317-630-1253 or 317-966-2716 (cell), both of the American Legion
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Commander of The American Legion called on Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) to apologize for suggesting that American troops would not choose to fight in Iraq if they had other employment options.
"Our military is the most skilled, best-trained all-volunteer force on the planet," said National Commander Paul A. Morin. "Like that recently espoused by Sen. John Kerry, Congressman Rangel's view of our troops couldn't be further from the truth and is possibly skewed by his political opposition to the war in Iraq."
According to Rangel, "If a young fellow has an option of having a decent career, or joining the Army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq. If there's anyone who believes these youngsters want to fight, as the Pentagon and some generals have said, you can just forget about it. No bright young individual wants to fight just because of a bonus and just because of some educational benefits," Rangel said.
Rangel was responding to a question during an interview yesterday on Fox News Sunday about a recent study by the Heritage Foundation which found that those enlisting in the military tend to be better educated than the general public and that military recruiting seems to be more successful in middle-class and wealthy neighborhoods than in poor ones.
According to the study, 97 percent of military enlistees were high school graduates versus 80 percent of Americans in general.
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I think it should be a crime to slander our military
Rangel is the poster model for the 1960 Liberal Politician, black, white or whatever skin color or race.
Rangel lies, and the mediots lay down in his bed of lies to support his hatred of a strong America.
Below is the link to the Heritage Foundation Study which shows and documents that Rangel is a lying two faced sob.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/CDA_06-09.pdf
Is it just a coincidence that the absolute worst, most extreme Democrats seem to be committee chairmen now in BOTH Houses?!
Is there a military ping list or veterans keyword list?
It's amazing that no one on our side in the HOR will stand up to this ignoramus.
I went over to DU and there was no mention of The Chuckster Huckster - high school drop out.
"Hey Chucky, I have a Master of Arts and make nearly $80k a year with pay increases that will take me over $100K in the next few years. If I were not "too old" for the military I would give up that income to defend this country in a heartbeat. My son had other options, but decided that defending his country was important. I hate these self-serving backstabbing liberals with a passion."
Amen Brother!
Rangle would no doubt feign surprise if someone informed him of the number of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan with degrees or advanced degrees.
As someone who has spent time walking around Kabul with an M-16 over my shoulder and a doctorate degree hanging on my "I Love Me" wall back home, I would like to tell Rangle to spend more time focusing on his comb-over and less time bashing the troops.
I like it that this Commander is from Massachusetts. One of these days, that place is going to turn around, but probably not until after Kennedy dies and maybe Kerry, too.
SandRat has a ping list which I believe is often aimed at veterans and military affairs.
Earlier this month, LS, a freeper professor ripped Kerry apart with great data.
Below is the link to Professor LS's answer to Kerry, and LS's answer shows that Rangel is again a vile POS holdover from the Nam days.
http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=42725
Smart As You, Johnny
BY LARRY SCHWEIKART
November 2, 2006
URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/42725
I don't like Charles Rangel, but I don't like the fact when my uncle (bronze star) passed away recently, no one from the Legion or VFW offered any military service at his funeral. He was not one to go to the club to buy cheap beer or play all the tickets that are available all day long. THAT is not what these organisations are supposed to be. I know better now.
I'd like just five minutes with this phony American in front of the cameras in a live debate.
"I just read the rest of this buffoon's comments regarding our brave men and women fighting for our freedoms and liberties. How can ignoramuses like this get elected to high office? Does he really believe he knows the hearts and minds of those willing to die to defend this nation? I'd like to engage this buffoon in a face to face debate on national T.V."
I would pay to see that debate!
Out here just north of Pelosi Fairy land, very vocal libs tried to convince voters in the 2004 election that GW was ready to bring the draft back.
My answer to them was BS! All of the commotion re the draft was coming from Charlie Rangel, and they were trying to spin his bs to scare voters.
My final comments was that our military didn't want most of the sons and daughters of the liberals. The spawn of drug addicts didn't do well in the military. Three of these liars still will not speak to me because of my comments and silencing them in discussions.
God bless you and your son Sir.
Funny, but when I made a comment at work that Liberals have no values, I experienced a similar silence from several coworkers. They are now avoiding me and/or discussions about politics with me. People like that tend to slink away when you challenge their liberal beliefs where they have no facts to back up their "feelings".
Oh, and I too live in CA, though in Northern CA where my Congressman is Republican. Pelosi is a blight on the CA landscape.
The families of every serving military member, and especially those who have lost members in this war, should be personally appalled and offended at his comment. Sure, Pat Tillman had no career at all.
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