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In reply to the discussion: President Barack Obama hits it out of the park. [View all]calimary
(81,110 posts)10. That hurts. It's a slap in the face to the Obama and Biden families who've made veterans and
their families a high personal priority. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden have done more for veterans and their families than ANY other administration I can think of. Made it their personal cause. And Joe Biden's son is an Iraq War veteran. Seems to me NO ONE supports veterans quite as profoundly as a family that has one in its own midst.
I hope this poll is not correct. I can't believe veterans would turn their backs like this - in favor of a guy who doesn't even know who our "#1 enemy" is, and still sounds like he wants to ramp up war and a policy of international aggression again.
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I never went to war and have always objected to them. I went there in the mid-80's
calimary
May 2012
#9
well said. Another thing that happens is the quiet that falls upon us as we walk the length of it
Beaverhausen
May 2012
#28
That hurts. It's a slap in the face to the Obama and Biden families who've made veterans and
calimary
May 2012
#10
Someone else raised the point that the demographics in that group tend to be older white men,
NYC Liberal
May 2012
#21
He was pretty blunt about how badly the returning vets were treated after the war. I recall
AlinPA
May 2012
#6
grover norquist quote-of-the damned - featured in one of babylonsister's threads
calimary
May 2012
#37