Bush, Republicans losing support of retired veterans

Knight Ridder ^ | 07-28-03

[VRWC_minion]

Typical editorial masked as a news story. At least do a statistical poll instead of calling up one disgruntled guy and calling him "many".

Who is this guy "many" anyways ? Does he have a last name ?

[taxcontrol]

GW,

Got to tell you man, piss off the Base and you will LOSE the election as their support evaporates. The next election will be TIGHT. Partly because the Democrats feel they were cheated out of an election. The will muster every single member of there base AND try to convince Republicans to stay home. Let's not help them in that effort OK?

[Rodney King]

Looks like Knight Ridder got a fax from the DNC.

[BellStar]

Some NonCom!

[Fred Mertz]

But it would cost as much as $5 billion a year to expand payments to 670,000 disabled veterans, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier this month told lawmakers that the president would veto any bill including the change.

This Rummy guy is a major part of the problem.

I haven't paid a dime to Tricare and don't plan to either. I'll just die young.

[Uncle George]

The money is running low at the DNC, so I guess these "fantasy" editorials designed as news will someday fade out. This commie bunch knows no bounds.

[GB]

I agree fully with you, but the conventional wisdom around here seems to be that on July 28, 2003, G.W. has an easy victory in 2004 already in the bag, and anything that might indicate otherwise or cause someone to say "hold on there" comes from a DNC or DU fax.

Guys, I know about this one, because my father-in-law was a 30-year man in the service, and is so conservative he makes me look like Noam Chomsky ... but he's extraordinarily PO'd about stuff like this, although he isn't threatening to vote Dem or stay home just yet. And one can make the argument that such folks shouldn't have the level of expectations that they do about what the government owes them for their service, but the fact of life is that they DO have those expectations and that isn't likely to change without a fight.

[harpu]

"many' is a fictional class of people created by the lamestream media to work on getting W. defeated in 2004.

I'm a Vet, and I'm retired, and I know 'many' who are in mys status and we all realize that this story and others like it are nothing more than BS.

NO one in their right mind believes the democraps (and moderate RINOs) would or could do any better than W. has committed to do for us.

George W. Bush in 2004

[VRWC_minion]

I know 'many'

Which branch did he serve in ?

[McGavin999]

Got to tell you man, piss off the Base and you will LOSE the election as their support evaporates.

Got to tell YOU man, if the base is so selfish they'll get pissed off over something like this, I'm sure President Bush would just as soon go home to his ranch at Crawford instead of sacrificing the best years of his life to solve the biggest problems this country has ever faced. Why should he give up so much to serve people who will sell their vote so cheaply?

[BenR2]

Okay. So, help me here: President Bush gives Teddy Kennedy a Christmas Tree Education Bill, but he won't give up a lousy $5 Billion a year to give retired veterans the same disability coverage that, say, retired Department of the Interior workers receive?

Either GWB or Karl (Marx) Rove are growing stupider by the day -- or, are we simply starting to see their true (pink) colors? (You know: CFR, AWB extension, etc, etc.)

[jmaroneps37]

Stuff like this could seriously threaten the 50 state sweep. I don't like this.

[BenR2]

After all of this crap I'm only going to vote for W in '04 if Hillary runs.

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Why? Hillary would be the best thing for the Conservatives in this country! She would galvanize opposition like you have never seen it.

[BenR2]

But it would cost as much as $5 billion a year to expand payments to 670,000 disabled veterans, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier this month told lawmakers that the president would veto any bill including the change.

This Rummy guy is a major part of the problem.

I haven't paid a dime to Tricare and don't plan to either. I'll just die young.

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Disagree. Don't blame the messenger.

The buck stops at GWB's desk, dammit, and he is HABITUALLY trying to wriggle out of the blame (it was the CIA's fault, etc).

To think that GWB -- who has not vetoed a SINGLE bill, yet, in his entire term -- would threaten to veto a bill that takes care of our retired military says a great deal to me about his total cluelessness (or, is it simply callous disregard?) of the Conservative voting base that pulled his chestnuts out of the fire in the 2000 election.

I am disgusted with Skull-and-Bonehead Bush.

[mabelkitty]

Not true. They got a $3 bil increase. It's the fact the Vet's spending is tied in to Housing that is so screwed up. They vote on it, and HUD, and Americorps in the same package. Americorp shouldn't even exist!

One tool from Mass (Mackey) wanted to divert $114 Million from NASA's budget to his EPA Superfund (HELLO! corruption!!). This guy should be called on the carpet!!

[mabelkitty]

Why would it cost $5 BILLION for less than a million retired vets? That's insane!

[ex-snook]

As politicians doublespeak, "Nothing" is too good for our veterans and those who serve (and we will make sure that is what they get).