[d14truth]

GOP says Wellstone urged 'thugs' to attack cameramen--Mark Brunswick 10/08

The VFW piece is the second story in this article.

"For the first time, U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., has received the endorsement of the national political action committee (PAC) of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the nation's second-largest veterans service organization.

Wellstone, endorsed Monday, has become a champion of some veterans because of his work on benefits issues but has been criticized by others for votes on military spending that they believe hurt national security.

The VFW PAC brings with it the political support of 1.9 million members and 750,000 auxiliary members."

[d14truth]

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune link to the cameraman attack is in reply #4.

[centurion316]

This is one of the big reasons why I no longer belong to nor support the VFW. The organization spends too much of its time and energy trying to get Federal handouts for winos who claim to be "down on their luck" Vietnam Vets, but who on closer examination turn out to be misfits who spent less than 180 in service before being chaptered out, or who spent their harrowing year of combat as a clerk in Long Binh.

The Vet who did his job, spent 12 months in the boonies, took his purple heart and CIB home to the closet; and got on with his life being a hard-working productive member of society doesn't get much attention.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for posting this. I'm listening to Hugh and the former VFW members now....what a kick in the gut. FoxNews had Susan Sarandon on today, the day following the President's efforts to educate and unite the lost left. That was a kick in the gut for our Vets as well.

In Time magazine's cover story this week on the move by some universities to eliminate the Scholastic Achievement Test as a barometer of intelligence, there's a big photo of Wellstone with a caption noting that he scored below 800 out of a possible 1,600 on the dreaded SAT.

Bush, whom liberals widely deride as an alleged intellectual lightweight, topped Wellstone's score by more than 400 points - scoring a 1,206.

Roll Call - March '01.

[PhiKapMom]

I have a copy of the video from the Wellstone speech where he went off the deep end at the GOP cameraman if someone wants to freep mail me their email address, I will be glad to send as an attachment. It has 6,228 kb's.