The other day I saw President Bush thank John McCain and others for the passage of the New G.I. Bill. I almost fell off my chair. Bush and McCain had both been against the bill and had worked vigorously to stop the bill from passage. Bush had also threatened to veto the bill. McCain had offered an alternative but it was weak and not much different from what was already in force. Then, McCain did not even show up to vote in favor of the bill!
The real person to thank is Democratic Sen. Jim Webb. Sen. Webb started to lay the groundwork for the New G.I. Bill even before he was elected to the U.S. Senate. Bush and McCain did nothing to help.
Isn't just like Bush to give credit to someone who doesn't even deserve it? Remember--- 'Heck of a job, Brownie'???? While President Bush and Sen. John McCain promote endless war, they've done little to help the new vets of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
>Votevets.org has started a petition to Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark. Here is what Vote Vets says:
On Sunday, June 29, General Wesley Clark put into perspective what it takes to lead our nation’s military and veterans – the right judgment. In doing so, he pointed out, quite correctly, that Senator John McCain’s honorable and heroic experience does not necessarily qualify him to be commander in chief, if he does not show the right judgment on the major issues of our time. Sign our petition to General Clark, below, thanking him for speaking honestly and bluntly at this most important time....
(Note: There is another organization that claims to speak for vets (Vets for Freedom), but it is a pro-Bush, pro-endless war, pro-McCain group that was set up by Republicans.)
It is all about judgment. Why does McCain support the failed policies of the Bush administration? Do we want four more years of the Bush administration? I don't think so.
