Posted on 11/27/2006 2:10:58 PM PST by Sub-Driver
American Legion to Congressman Rangel: Apologize Now
11/27/2006 4:55:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Ramona Joyce, 202-263-2982 or 202-445-1161 (cell), or Wade Habshey, 317-630-1253 or 317-966-2716 (cell), both of the American Legion
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Commander of The American Legion called on Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) to apologize for suggesting that American troops would not choose to fight in Iraq if they had other employment options.
"Our military is the most skilled, best-trained all-volunteer force on the planet," said National Commander Paul A. Morin. "Like that recently espoused by Sen. John Kerry, Congressman Rangel's view of our troops couldn't be further from the truth and is possibly skewed by his political opposition to the war in Iraq."
According to Rangel, "If a young fellow has an option of having a decent career, or joining the Army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq. If there's anyone who believes these youngsters want to fight, as the Pentagon and some generals have said, you can just forget about it. No bright young individual wants to fight just because of a bonus and just because of some educational benefits," Rangel said.
Rangel was responding to a question during an interview yesterday on Fox News Sunday about a recent study by the Heritage Foundation which found that those enlisting in the military tend to be better educated than the general public and that military recruiting seems to be more successful in middle-class and wealthy neighborhoods than in poor ones.
According to the study, 97 percent of military enlistees were high school graduates versus 80 percent of Americans in general.
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I think that's it's real important that Freepers beat the drum on Rangel's comments since, frankly, few else will.
Ping.
Charles Rangel is untouchable. Charlie Rangel can be caught in bed with a dead boy, and he would still hold his job.
Rangel: "It was just a bad joke. Can't we just move on..."
I agree, although I fear that America is more concerned that Michael Richards (Kramer) might be a racist...
This would be Rangels' second apology for being an idiot. You know, I have to wonder if he's not trying to use his idiocy as proof of Kerry's "army = undereducated" speech.
Apology = Resignation!
This raccoon headed buffoon has exceeded his limit on insults.
Rangel shouldn't be going around, opening his big mouth, putting people down.
What will Rangel say next?
That Carter has a compulsion to pound nails because his parents wanted to break him of his nose picking habit and gave him a hammer and pounding bench for Christmas when he was three?
That Mother Teresa wanted to be a housewife, but couldn't get a marriage proposal, so the Yugoslav government sent her to a foreign land?
When you ask a racist moron a question be prepared for a rascist moronic response. The bigg question is how much does he pay for that hair straightner????
Hey Chucky, I have a Master of Arts and make nearly $80k a year with pay increases that will take me over $100K in the next few years. If I were not "too old" for the military I would give up that income to defend this country in a heartbeat. My son had other options, but decided that defending his country was important. I hate these self-serving backstabbing liberals with a passion.
"Charles Rangel is untouchable."
Yep. More like him keep getting elected. What is a governemnt full of untouchables?
Was Rangel drafted into the service? Maybe he's bitter at the experience.
I belong to both..Legion and VFW...Legion is more
aggessve...proud of them...also they are the ones
who got the GI bill through Congress and let some of
us go to College who, otherwise, couldn't have gone..
Rangel's crap is typical of the myopic Dems...Jake
Indian?
More of the true Dems coming out. I think I have some graphics work to do here....
I don't think he's a racist but he did refuse to wear an AIDS ribbon.
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