Clarke Dust-Up

July 2, 2008:

My thoughts on this media manipulated dust up are directed to our beloved soldiers:

Please do not vote for McCain. He does not have your best interests at heart. He voted to deny increased benefits for the GI bill; he voted against designating waterboarding as torture; he blithely joked about bombing Iran; deceived our nation by pretending that Baghdad was a walk in the park; and has complacent about your wages being a pittance, while the mercenary militia Blackwater which has been inciting hatred for America in Iraq with their lack of oversight, (which has just changed today), is receiving a lucrative salary doing NOTHING that you couldn’t do better. Why shouldn’t YOU get a 21st century living wage and give Blackwater the boot. McCain is no friend of the military and I believe he will be manipulated by the war-profiteers that see you all as collateral damage.

Obama is authentic, intelligent, with it and in the prime of his life. And he has your best interest at heart, which is evidenced by his efforts pass legislation to put an end to having injured soldiers be designated as having personality disorders so that they can be denied their proper benefits:

Obama Introduces Bill to Halt, Review Military Personality Disorder Discharges
Thursday, July 19, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Ben LaBoltWould institute moratorium to ensure service members are receiving VA benefits they are owedWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today introduced legislation to temporarily suspend the Pentagon’s use of personality disorder discharges after receiving broad, bipartisan support for an identical amendment he proposed to the Defense Authorization bill. The bill would institute a moratorium on discharge procedures until they are thoroughly reviewed and an independent review board is established. Senators Bond (D-MO), Boxer (D-CA), Lieberman (I-CT), McCaskill (D-MO), Murray (D-WA), Durbin (D-IL), Johnson (D-SD), Sanders (I-VT), and Whitehouse joined as co-sponsors.