Posted on 06/06/2016 2:05:23 PM PDT by KeyLargo
VFW Commander to Obama: Don't Insult Vets' Intelligence
By Jason Devaney | Friday, 03 Jun 2016 01:36 PM
The Veterans of Foreign Wars organization is pushing back at President Barack Obama's assumption that the nation's veterans are easily swayed in their political opinions.
"I don't know how many VFW Posts the president has ever visited, but our near 1.7 million members are a direct reflection of America," VFW National Commander John A. Biedrzycki Jr. said, reports Fox News. "We don't have confused politics, we don't need left- or right-wing media filters telling us how to think or vote, and we don't need any President of the United States lecturing us about how we are individually [affected] by the economy. "Our nation was created and continues to exist solely because of the men and women who wear the uniform. Let's not denigrate their service, their sacrifice or their intelligence." Latest News Update Get Newsmax TV At Home »
Special: In a speech Wednesday in Elkhart, Indiana, Obama mentioned "VFW Halls" when talking about how he's concerned with where politics are headed.
"I mean, we have been hearing this story for decades: tales about welfare queens, talking about takers, talking about the '47 percent,'" Obama said.
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Obama is not fit to be even a shoeshine boy for the average VFW vet .
“The VFW stands for Veterans of Foreign Wars. The organization said in a statement: “We don’t have confused politics ... and we don’t need any President of the United States lecturing us about how we are individually affected by the economy.”
The statement went on to say, “I don’t know how many VFW Posts the president has ever visited ... but our near 1.7 million members are a direct reflection of America, which means we represent every generation, race, religion, gender, and political and ideological viewpoint.”
VFW National Commander John A. Biedrzycki
Obama is a taker...
Neither obambi nor either of the klintoons have ever had the priveledge of learning that in the crucible of combat reality. They only pontificate on it from their ivory towers.
Actually, no hands would be necessary.
CA....
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