Comments on: Voting Advice From Veteran Veritas http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392 Hang out for combat veterans and families. Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: mike_brewer http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1302 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:54:34 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1302 But I voted for  him.

]]> By: Don http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1301 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:22:48 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1301 Still taking from America with one hand and giving it the middle finger with the other, eh, Left?

]]> By: Don http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1300 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:22:10 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1300 Mike, thanks for the thoughtful and thorough reply.  While I wholeheartedly disagree with your (apparent) assessment that John McCain is not a patriot, you’ve laid out the evidence that (again apparently) led you to reach this conclusion. 

Needless to say, we will have to agree to disagree.

]]> By: mike_brewer http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1299 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:40:12 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1299 No one is ignoring the Senator’s past,especially not himself. I know many POW”s, having worked in the movement, including the late Col. Laird Gutterson who was a friend, that were not, lets say aligned with the Senator.  Having been raised in Arizona, I can safely say that the Senator’s  approval rating amongst combat veterans of the Vietnam war was dismal. For years the Senator was of little help with VA Health Care legislation and with the addressing the complications of Agent Orange. To consider privatizing the VA and to not vote for the new GI Bill, is indeed not very patriotic, regardless of how far back in history one wants to live. We govern and legislate in the present

]]> By: leftfield http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1298 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:35:37 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1298 John McCain committed crimes; he got caught and he served his time.  The North Vietnamese people, being forgiving, hold no animosity towards him today.  There has to be more to patriotism than just doing what you’re told.  

]]> By: Don http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1297 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:58:09 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1297 You think it’s justified to ignore McCain’s past heroism, and go to the extreme lengthof  damning him by saying he’s “not a patriot,” over the GI Bill?

]]> By: mike_brewer http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1296 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:19:16 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1296 That was then, the GI Bill is now. The Senator is at times a bit conflicted.

]]> By: Don http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1295 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:47:14 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1295 Do all Marines so casually slander men who refused early offers of release from POW camps? No…only two do.

]]> By: Don http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1294 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:44:20 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1294 John McCain is not a patriot?  The North Vietnamese guards who couldn’t break him at the Hanoi Hilton might disagree? 

]]> By: santacruzsam http://veteranveritas.com/?p=392#comment-1293 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:11:04 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=392#comment-1293 Senator McCain has always been considered a “Veteran Uncle Tom,” even here in California. He did not even vote for the GI Bill.  Thanks for the vigilance Mr. Brewer.

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