[GreenAccord]

I’m not a big O’Reilly fan (that is to say, I’m not one), but I happened to catch his point on his radio show yesterday about the contention between he and Edwards. Edwards has been touting 200,000 homeless servicemen in the US and states it’s because of the state of the G Bush economy. BO’Re’s reply to that has been to say A) there’s not 200,000 homeless servicemen in the US (what have we learned about democrat estimates of the homeless population) and that B) the preponderance of homeless servicemen are that way because of drug use and mental illness, not some economic reason.

I’d say that O’Reilly is correct on both points.

[Tinman73]

I’m not a fan of O’Riley either, but since the Dem’s machine couldn't’t silence Rush or Hannity, they moved on to a softer target.

[Bob]

A minor correction, if I may:

...the preponderance of homeless who claim to be servicemen are that way because of drug use and mental illness, not some economic reason.

A huge proportion of the homeless falsely claim that they're veterans. Ask them what their MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) code was. More often than not, you'll just get a blank stare. Someone who's really served will have an immediate response.

B.G. (Jugs) Burkett thorouhly debunked the 'massive Vietnam vet homeless population' myth in his book Stolen Valor.