For anybody who actually wants to know the truth about the Bush administration
and Republicans concerning their total betrayal of American veterans all you have
to do is look at how they vote. An effort was made recently to ensure funding
for veteran healthcare, which is going to need support given the thousands of
maimed soldiers we have coming back from Iraq and Afganistan. This effort was
in the form of an amendment to the Defense Approprations bill that is making
it's way through congress. If you want to know the truth about Republicans just
look at how they voted in the Senate:
The vote on funding for veterans health care:
It failed 44-53
Of those who voted against the veteran healthcare funding
all but three were Republican. Yep, 50 republicans voted
against funding for veteran healthcare.
Only 1 single republican voted for supporting veterans
and you know who that was? Why, John McCain the
veteran of course.
Of the 44 Senators who voted for the passage of veteran
healthcare funding every single one of them were Democrats
except John McCain.
So if the arguement in this election is gonna be about who
actually supports our boys in the field don't be fooled by
the people who are so desperately trying to equate partisan
support for bush with supporting the troops. Bush and Cheney
are getting filthy rich off this war with several billions of our
tax dollars being funneled into Halliburton's off-shore bank
accounts but yet these republicans don't even have the
decency to take care of our soldiers who are dying and
being wounded every day.
Again, only 1 republican voted to support our soldiers
while all 50 other republicans voted against them.
Yep, these chickenhawks love war as long as you
don't ask them to make any contribution to the effort.
http://capwiz.com/dav/issues/votes/?votenum=34&chamber=S&congress=1082