The VFW is now the same basic demographic as the AARP. A bunch of entitlement-driven whiners. I don't belong to either one, although I'm qualified for both. Gave up on VVoA for much the same reason.
I strongly urge you and everybody else (veterans and non-veterans alike) to contact the VFW and try and get them to correct this injustice.
Their e-mail is at:
vfw@vfwdc.org
I submitted the following:
To whom it may concern,
I was extremely disappointed to learn of your recent endorsement of
Senator Paul Wellstone.
I strongly urge you to reconsider, and take into account Paul's full
record regarding the military. I also strongly urge you to investigate
the company that Paul keeps. For example, he is a co-sponsor of a
radical anti-military, anti-American "tour" currently taking place
called the "Rolling Thunder Democracy
Tour." The tour not only mocks the name already taken by the fine
POW/MIA group, it contains many seedy anti-military, anti-American
themes. You can find more information about this tour at:
http://www.rollingthundertour.org/
I was also wondering if you were aware of the strong support Paul
Wellstone is receiving from the radical anti-military group “Council for
a Livable World”? You can find out more about them here:
http://www.clw.org/
These people basically want us to disarm ourselves and allow ourselves
to be slaughtered by our enemies, and they are pouring thousands of
dollars into Paul Wellstone’s coffers.
I was also wondering if you have thoroughly examined some of Paul
Wellstone’s quotes during the beginning of the war on terror. With the
Taliban still in control of Afghanistan, Paul Wellstone was more than
willing to put thousands of soldiers’ lives at risk to feed Afghans. On
November 1, 2001 during a segment on FoxNews’ “Hannity and Colmes”, Paul
Wellstone clearly stated this:
"But I do think that it's still well worth the risk to do it overland,
to deliver the food directly to people and to make sure that we can
prevent a whole lot of innocent Afghan people from starving to death ...
I'm sorry, Sean, we've got to take the risk and we've got to take the
food to them."
Is it the position of the VFW that we should put our soldiers in harms
way to feed the enemy?
Again, I strongly urge the VFW to reconsider its endorsement. Norm
Coleman will be every bit the fighter for veterans’ rights that Paul
was; Norm is also a strong advocate of President Bush, and the President
will definitely listen to Norm’s concerns regarding veterans. You just
need to give him a chance. Please feel free to e-mail me if you would
like more information on the true nature of Paul Wellstone.
Thank you for listening.
Sincerely,
XXXXXXXXX (real name used)
Bloomington, Minnesota