September 28, 2012 - 3:18 pm
This was posted this afternoon on the Twitter feed of the President of the United States. It’s disgusting. I’d go into more detail, but it would be unprintable.
Obama’s Twitter minions really think that Mitt Romney included American combat troops among those whose votes Obama intends to buy with taxpayer money?
Obama’s Twitter minions really tweeted the above, as we’re all learning that he and his secretary of state’s failure to do their jobs ended up getting four Americans killed, and then the whole Obama team lied about their failure to cover it up?
By the way, as the bodies of those four Americans were being offloaded back on American soil, the president’s Twitter feed hawked campaign swag. The very same moment.
So, it was back in 2000, and we were in the Gulf, and some Democratic Congressional staffers came on board and visited the ready room. When they left, as soon as door closed behind them, instantly one of the guys quipped “so now you can go back to Washington and cut our budget.”
To general mirth.
People should not confuse a desire that Iraq 2003-7 had gone differently as equaling a love of the Democratic party.
It is digusting, but this is politics and Romney set himself up for it foresquare with his brainless comment, it’s pretty much automatic that it’s gonna be said.
Which part was brainless? The part where his figures were correct, or the part where the numbers he used were accurate?
Damn you, Barack Obama.
– Romania in 1989.
This from a man actively working to disenfranchise the military vote.
President Puke.
I wouldn’t worry about it too much. I happen to be one of those military service members who won’t be paying a(cash) income tax this year, and no I do not feel that mr. Romney was referencing me when he spoke of those who pay no taxes. For while my tax bill may be $0 in terms of cash money, I do feel I am more than paying my bill in trade. Trading time with my wife and son, trading the comfort of my home to live in a metal shipping container (half of one actually, we share) trading freedom of movement for constantly being accountable for my whereabouts, trading the comforts of my own country to reside in a windswept, sandblasted valley surrounded on all sides by an indigenous population that, more than likely would kill me if given the opportunity. Mr. Romney was not speaking about me. My bill has been paid.
While one president thinks that, as a midwesterner, I am “clinging to my guns, religion”, and a fear of immigration, and a former president thinks I am “easily confused” into thinking there is value in trying to live within your means, I do “get” what you are saying in your post.
Why? Because you could be my neighbor, my co-worker’s son, or the grandson of the couple at church. While military service may be unknown in some parts of the country, it is not where I live. No one begrudges a military member the minimal economic benefits they get from their service.
Sadly, because of the work that I do, I daily see the “47%” he was actually discussing. Even sadder is that many of the people who I see working to beat the system out of $1000 in the short run could have, if they had simply had played it straight, not only become independent of the need for government help in the long run, but received far more than the $1000 from the government in the process.
I hope that I cause you no offense with this, but you are remembered in my prayers as are you wife and son. They too are serving their country.
Rose, no offense taken or implied in your post. What I meant when I said not to worry too much about the tweet, was the apparent attempt to try and alienate servicemembers from the republican candidate. Not a suggestion that we ‘not worry’ about the entitlement culture in the US today.
The vast majority of US servicemembers are hard working church going conservatives. By no means all, but the the military leans much harder to the right than the general population, and the attempted message of this tweet will for the most part fall on deaf ears.
The biggest fear BY FAR facing most servicemembers today is the budget sequestration and the drastic cuts that will be imposed on the Military. Many of us are approaching reenlistment windows in which we decide if we want to continue to serve or return to civilian life.
I have served pretty much from the start of the war on terror (early 2002) and am now facing the possibility, after 10 years, and making the personal decision to make a career of military service, that I will be cut from the budget. Many fully qualified servicemembers are being told at the midpoint of their careers that we will be layed off.
I know exactly who has been pushing for a reduction in the size and strength of the US military and vote accordingly.
I’m staff at a college. We are seeing an influx of veterans in exactly the situation you describe. They happily would have remained in the military, but are now trying to transition their considerable amount of military training into a civilian career.
If you or your friends find yourself in the position of going back to school, remember – the institution (community college or university) is extremely eager to get the dollars generated by veterans going back to school because, while the VA may be slow, it does pay. While on-line schools can be great, they can be expensive. There are many traditional schools, also with online programs, that may be more affordable and more veteran friendly.