Posted on 10/10/2010 9:27:50 AM PDT by Zakeet
You might think that a prominent veterans organization like the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) would actually reserve its political endorsements for, you know, veterans, or at least those politicians that actually demonstrate some level of respect for the military. But you would be wrong. And the problem is not just the VFW; rather, the VFW’s current lobbyist-driven fiasco simply serves to illustrate how out-of-touch the Washington in-crowd is with the feelings of us benighted souls dwelling outside the beltway.
In the Florida 22nd Congressional District race, incumbent Democrat Ron Klien is running against Republican challenger Allen West. Actually, he’s properly addressed as Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Allen West, a decorated combat veteran who commanded a battalion in Iraq until he was forced to retire after making a 9mm suggestion to a captured terrorist that it would be a very, very smart move to give up some information about future attacks against LTC West’s men. Now, that’s not to say Congressman Klien does not have a distinguished military record of his own – to be fair, apparently he saw most of Saving Private Ryan on AMC once, though he found it pretty scary.
After due consideration- which apparently means the VFW’s lobbyists told it to do so – the VFW endorsed Klein.
Okay, sometimes an organization makes a mistake. I mean, it’s not like the VFW decided to endorse, say, a liberal Democratic senator who tried to humiliate an Army general testifying by demanding that he call her “Senator” instead of the perfectly appropriate “ma’am,” or who allowed her fundraisers to be hosted by the likes of Hanoi Jane. That would be, well, crazy.
Oh, wait. The VFW is endorsing leftist Senator Barbara Boxer. Yeah, the same Barbara Boxer who voted to undercut us troops as we sat out in the desert waiting for Operation Desert Storm to start. Yeah, the same Barbara Boxer who undercut the troops by voting to cut and run in Iraq. Yeah, that Barbara Boxer – the one who will be running around using the VFW’s shameful endorsement as a shield against the truth of her track record of contempt for our military.
I’m another VFW member who’s more than disappointed when I read the VFW-PAC endorsements’ list in the Oct 2010 VFW mag, especially Klein over West (?!). It seems the VFW political leadership weighs voting records on entitlements over those on strong national defense these days. I’ll post my thoughts on this to the VFW-PAC right away.
Look who else the VFW is endorsing in FL crazy Grayson and Wasserman-Shultz. Looks like the VFW-PAC has been taken over by the progressive socialists
I dropped out of the VFW because I was just tired of hearing war stories from REMF’s who were always to busy to work bingo night. This reinforces my decision.
Thanks for your kind words, WLR.
I’m glad I quit years ago. I saw it coming.
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