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Ready2Snap Donating Member (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 04:23 PM
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Bush's version of Welfare Queens
The Repugnican House has to be continually shamed into helping these true American heroes.

Brutally honest site devoted to helping wounded vets.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Click on "Frontline" tab,
their stories are heart-wrenching, their courage inspiring.

Hastert and DeLay have even removed their own House committee chairmen,
who have the temerity to point out their miserly, callous attitude.

House leaders also replaced Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.),
who was beloved by veterans and did not hold down spending the way leaders wanted.
The new chairman is Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), who convinced party leaders
during a rigorous job interview that he would be tougher.

A leadership aide described Smith as "just not a team player." To underscore their point,
leaders not only demoted Smith but also removed him from the committee.


Read the whole,nauseating article here: http://www.theocracywatch.org/gov_gop_tighten_grip_post_jan9_04.htm
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