Veterans in politics
Murdered vet tied to arson attempt?
The Philadelphia Enquirer reports this morning that John P. Wheeler, the former aide to three presidents, Vietnam veteran and driving force behind the Vietnam Memorial, may have been involved in an arson attempt in the days before his body was discovered in a Delaware landfill; Police in Delaware have discovered evidence that a former Pentagon […]
Iraq war veterans in Congress
Stars & Stripes’ Leo Shane has conversations with the eight Iraq veterans elected to Congress this season and their commitment to their fellow soldiers and Marines; “I think you’ll see the House Armed Services Committee become more of a war committee than it has been in the last few years,” said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., […]
Representative Steve Buyer on the New GI Bill Changes
I missed this this when I was writing my first post: “All Americans know that the month of December is already a strain on their pocketbook and to have your paycheck cut would be devastating to anyone. This provision is nothing but a lump of coal for veterans.” On Vet groups supporting the bill: “Are […]
The final moments of the Alvin Greene campaign
Alvin Greene Democrat candidate for the Senate, lost in South Carolina but he did much better than he deserved. His opponent Jim DeMint won 792,133 votes compared to Greene’s 358,276. I don’t know who Greene’s supervisor was in the Army, but he deserves an Meritorious Service Medal if this is the same way Greene acted […]
The veteran class of 2010
Iraq Veterans for Congress sent us a list of their graduating class from last night’s election results; Iraq Veterans Tim Griffin, Arkansas’s 2nd District, U.S. Army Veteran Dr. Joe Heck, Nevada’s 3rd District, U.S. Army Veteran Adam Kinzinger, Illinois’ 11th District, U.S. Air Force Veteran Steve Stivers, Ohio’s 15th District, U.S. Army Veteran Allen West, […]
Those non-partisan folks at IAVA
You probably remember TSO’s well researched and documented article last week entitled “Criticisms of the New IAVA Scorecard (Actually, ALL Scorecards)“. Well Veterans Today decided that Michael Farrell would do an article on the IAVA scorecard, too, but apparently they wanted to the complete opposite – just cut and paste without a moment’s research. The […]
Col. Gibson pulls ahead of whats-his-name-snooty-rich-boy
You probably remember the bit I wrote last week about decorated retired colonel Chris Gibson when he slapped down some snot-nosed rich boy in a debate. The Albany Times-Union says the good colonel is now up nine points on Scott Murphy; Gibson’s appeal has also broadened beyond his Columbia County base as voters have learned […]
Nonpartisanship; UR doin’ it wrong
TSO sent me this link from Moonbat Central at Veterans Today in their own discussion of the war we started with the VFW PAC entitled VFW Endorsements rile the grassroots written by Michael Leon. Leon defends the VFW PAC by pointing out how other PACs support candidates from both sides of the aisle based on […]
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