***Why is did Tom Brinkman, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, call Republican U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt a "lying b----"? TPMelectioncentral has even more about the battle between the two GOPers. Here is an excerpt from the posting:
....Schmidt is now enmeshed in a bitter feud with another Ohio Republican, who's so furious with her that he called her a "lying b----" and a "despicable person" who would "sell her mother" -- and expressly told us we could print that!
The issue? GOP State Rep. Tom Brinkman, who founded an anti-tax government watchdog group, is charging that Schmidt's House staffers frequently work on her campaign for re-election.
"You can quote me anywhere you like. Jean Schmidt is a lying b----," said Brinkman, who lost his primary challenge to her this year by a 58%-40% margin, in an interview with Election Central. "She would sell her mother to promote herself. She is a despicable person. She will go any length possible to win, to get what she wants."
Oh, how nice.
***Why does John McCain want to ration veterans' benefits? The Army Times is reporting this:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s call to “concentrate” veterans’ health care on those with combat injuries is raising questions about the Arizona senator’s commitment to funding the ailing VA system.
....Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, said McCain “appears to want to significantly narrow the number of veterans who can use VA, and that would alarm many veterans.”
Sullivan said veterans “should be very concerned by any effort to restrict access to VA health care and benefits by excluding other veterans with medical conditions clearly linked with their military service, such as illnesses related to Agent Orange poisoning, injures incurred in the combat zone, injuries due to training, and the adverse side effects of vaccines and experimental drugs....
McCain was able to use all his medical benefits as a vet. Now he wants to restrict which vets get medical help??? This is unbelievable!
**According to Votesmart, Republican candidate for Congress, Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, has a rating of "0" for Environmental Issues.
