Rep. Joe Walsh: Double Amputee Opponent ‘Absolutely’ a Hero, But Her Service ‘Doesn’t Demand Our Vote’
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Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) said he "absolutely" considers Tammy Duckworth a hero. (AP)
Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), facing a multitude of criticism for saying his Democratic opponent talks too much about losing her legs in Iraq, said Friday he “absolutely” considers Tammy Duckworth a hero but that her sacrifice “doesn’t demand our vote.”
Walsh — a Tea Party favorite — made his initial comments about Duckworth’s service during a July 1 town hall, saying of her injuries, “My God, that’s all she talks about“ and charging that ”true heroes” don’t talk about their service.
(Related: ‘Kiddo’: GOP Rep. Walsh Gets in Heated Argument With CNN Host While Defending ‘Heroes’ Remarks)
“In my book any man or woman who wears a uniform is a hero,” Walsh said on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” with guest host Laura Ingraham. “I’ve said that about Tammy countless times.”
Walsh claimed White House strategist David Axelrod and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are “running” Duckworth’s campaign and “tape every word” Walsh says, hoping to catch him in an outrageous moment.
“You give [Duckworth] enough respect, you treat her like any other candidate,” Walsh said. “We can’t afford to elect anybody this year based just on their bio. Her background deserves and demands our respect, but it doesn’t demand our vote. For that, we’ve got to know what we think you’re going to do when it comes to the issues in this country, and for some reason, she doesn’t talk about those things.”
Pointing out Duckworth has called the Tea Party “loudmouths” in the past, Walsh said she’s “insulting everybody in this country who believes in limited government and freedom, and I just don‘t think that’s going to play in this district or any district.”
Calling Duckworth “the White House’s candidate,” Walsh said he believes he‘s the administration’s No. 1 target for defeat because he’s been so outspoken about President Barack Obama.
“They’re throwing everything at me, including this stuff,” Walsh said. “I’ve got to tell you again, she is a hero and I’ve said that hundreds of times.”
“She’s a war hero with whom you disagree,” Ingraham summed up.
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:47am.
Report Post »Sympathy Voters please stay home…………
disenlightened
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:57amYou guys take care. I’m out of here. I’m fed up with the blatant censorship at The Blaze for no reason at all. One out of ten comments I post ever see the screen. Keep fighting the good fight – I’m off to Breitbart and the Daily Caller, where freedom still rings.
Report Post »since1791
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:34amHere! Here! Sympathy votes are never based on reason.
Report Post »horsehockey
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:39amHe’s right, she doesn‘t deserve sympathy votes because she’s a disabled vet, besides she’s an Obama acolyte.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:47amThis John McCain all over again. Once they get in they are there untill they die of old age. McCain is a progressive librel that puts a R in front of his name. If this woman is a true hero she would be for freedom and what the Tea party stands for. I think she is remorsefull she lost her legs and blames it on America.
Report Post »mils
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:51amShe will win…it’s the same as with Obama..
.we let out hearts over rule reason and common sense.
Yes, I agree..the Blaze has deteriorated over the past few months..silly stories making their headlines..can’t find comments because of the format etc…..
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:24amWell if this doesn’t work out for Duckworth she can always go over to Harvard and become a prof. I don’t think they have any Double Amputees on staff but her military service may disqualify her.
Report Post »mattmo79
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:32amCorrectamondo – Walsh is right, she needs to win the election on the merits for what she stands for and how she will vote on the issues. Thanks for serving, but serving doesn’t guarantee you a win just becasued you served!
Report Post »Redd
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:53amtammy duckhead is an obama commie crony, she deserves to lose the political race.
Report Post »Redd
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:56amtammy duckworth says obama born in Indonesia!!..
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BenzinVasser
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 12:56pmI agree with you Disenlightened, My post get thrown to the back or get removed or just don’t get posted many times. I do not use fowl language as others do, my premises are based off of logic and sometimes throw humor in and these people are about loose my monthly payments….They do censor and for the stupidest things, things that make no sense! It makes me wonder what the whole thing is about.
Report Post »Crazyotto
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 1:37pmAs much as I disagree with Maj Duckworth it does no good to criticize her campaign the way Joe walsh did.. ranting on about the way true heroes should act was stupid. Especially coming from a guy who never served and has a reputation as a deadbeat dad whether deserved or not. He needs to take the high road. I am not sure what Walsh has accomplished in his short tenure in office but he needs to be focusing on that. This will hurt him and deservedly so. Duckworth may be in the position with redistricting to win and this could be a forgone conclusion but Walsh won’t get anywhere getting knee deep in the swamps…just a bad rap…
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 1:50pmexactly that is what got Obama elected, no sympathy votes please.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 2:54pmI have to agree with the statement. By the opposite measure, that would mean that McCain would have been our president.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 3:27pmI remember WWI and WWII vets who did everything they could to hide the limp their heavy, wooden legs caused, and who refused to mention their service, because the real heroes were the guys who died. Tammy, they make covers for those legs, so you don’t notice them. They also make longer skirts and dressy pantsuits. Real heroes are not attention or sympathy seekers.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 4:49pmshe will get the same voters that John McCain gets. How does John McCain keep winning his senate re-elections?
Report Post »D citrus
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:55pmWhat a bunch of partisan reactionary pro GOP hacks the tea party has become.
Report Post »D citrus
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:58pmWow, the tea party should be ashamed at what its become. I cant take this group think mentality, its embarrassing reading these comments.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 3:13amI’ll bet she wears skirts all of the time.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 12:39pmHer military service is appreciated. Her service in the Obama admin… not so much.
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:37amSo she fought for FREEDOM of USA out in the field of war(s) and suffered for it, then she comes back and fights to REMOVE our FREEDOMS?????????? Although I am grateful for heroes like her who suffered great loss for our Freedoms to remain, I would NEVER vote for ANYONE who stands on the side of DESTROYING OUR FREEDOM. This kind of behavior makes absolutely NO SENSE whatsoever! The military was formed to fight for and protect our FREEDOM………then WHY is she fighting now to DESTROY them? She’d NEVER get my vote.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:54amIt is rather puzzling. While I am grateful for her service, she does seem to be flaunting her injuries to get the vote. But then again … with exploitation expert Axelrod running her campaign, I wouldn’t expect anything less.
Report Post »LateAsUsual
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 2:27pmGood point. After reading her bio, she was a reservist. Which doesn’t detract from her service – but if you read her story, it does speak to her motives. It appears as though she was greasing the wheels for political life – not military service. It reads like her military service was just for a blurb on her resume so she could say “I helped to protect the USA – vote for me.” According to all I have read, including her political views, I would say she was in service for the “title and a paycheck” instead of loyalty to the USA and protection of the Constitution.
Report Post »D citrus
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:00pmThanks for using caps lock so artfully. It really shows you mean business. Lol
Report Post »nappy
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:31amI hate it when people use their afflictions to gain public position. Hero, maybe… honest politician with the brains to do the job? Not if she’s a democrat. Sorry.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:30amI would not vote for or against someone because of a disability, race, religion, etc … this is what Democrats do .. they try to shame people into voting their way …… no thanks.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 3:34pmRead her campaign website. Its nothing more than the same “sounds good, means nothing” political blather that Obama spews.
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 4:48pmJohn McCain has done this for years…
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:31amWhat happened to her is the sad reallity of one of the many injuries our troops experience during actions of a war. It does not qualify someone to hold an office in the goverment any more that those that served and were not wounded. I agree with Walsh to a point; however, she does not deserve anymore respect than any other veteran, and it for sure doesn’t demand our voting for her. Being wounded in battle is not what makes someone a hero.
Report Post »MRMANN
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:06amI agree that being wounded in battle does not necessarily qualify someone for being a hero. But traditionally & by both parties, physically disabled people have been trotted out for the sympathy vote. I feel this is pandering to the voters and using the physically disabled. Pandering and using, they go together.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:31amAgree with Walsh and others who say stop makiing the blanket statement that ALL vets (all troops for that matter) are sacrificial “heroes” and put them on “pedestels”, etc. How insane !!!.
Report Post »Yes, it’s another obvious leftist strategy !!! You pick people who others will be afraid to say anything negative about them b/c of their skin color, religion (Muslim), injuries, either from war (which is preferable) or disabilities. Exactly one of the chief reasons Obama was chosen and groomed for the Presidency — it worked fabulously !!!!!
Oh how I wiish we could have required courses at school about liberal strategies, their ideology, history, etc. Like Rush says, if we were all aware of these things, lots more people would see their lies right off the bat and would be very helpful. I only learned of them these last few years b/c I woke up about the dangers to our country and started getting self-educated.
We need to keep trying to educate, spread the truth and vote for those that are constitutionalists, ethical, patriotic, brave, knowledgeable about the left’s strategies like this one and continue stating the truth, refusing to be intimidated.
behonest
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:59amYou are so right MOMPRAYN. here is an example Axelrod worked to get these people elected Detroit Jailed mayor Qwamie Kilpatrick Check, Deval Patrick Gov of Mass check, Barack Obama check. They are all from the same cloth and now we have another target Duckworth can’t say anything negative about.
she is a big time Obama slobbering fool. She will not debate the issues. These left sites such as “think Progress” are following the tea party candiates every move and taking everything out of context.
We want small goverment bottom line. I watched all 7 videos, they also don’t like the crowds that come to his townhalls and voice their concerns. We got your number Soros it is not going to work this time!!
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:29amMcCain also tried to run on affirmative action.
Report Post »Remember “ I will ALWAYS tell the truth” BS until the (GwBush/McCain) campaign came to a head and so much more was at stake.
Suddenly Truth had large swaths of grey areas.
Thanks for your legs Tammy but unless you are opposing our global police state the You aint nuthin.
And where does Walsh stand on our endless “wars”?
justangry
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:25amENOUGH!! Joe Walsh has voted against our RIGHTS at every opportunity. He’s also the vice chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security (frick’n TSA!!), member of Homeland Security Subcommittee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs. Even if he’s right, which it seems he’s the one bringing it up, he’s a douche that needs to be fired PERIOD!!!
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:32amYour justangry…………….
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:44amNo my screen name came from attempt after attempt to create a screen name and being told that it was “unavailable” and that was the first thing I typed in that took. In other words I was just angry at that time. I do, admittedly, have military blinders where I’ll typically give my brothers/sisters the benefit of the doubt because of our shared experiences, but Joe’s voting record is abismal with regards to our traditions as Americans. His only job, as far as I’m concerned, is to protect American freedom. He’s done the opposite. Nothing I’ve said was untrue to the best of my knowledge.
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 12:01pm…i find it eerily funny that any action of our military is classified as “saving America’s freedoms”. our GOV/MILITARY complex has rarely ever acted to defend our “freedoms”. freedom to do what? traverse the globe squashing people like bugs? installing hundreds of bases around the world? how about getting some control of OUR own border…now that would be fighting for “our freedoms”.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:21amShe never talks about the issues,she doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
Report Post »JerkyMiester
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:32amGreat! You just made me spew my coffee all over my keyboard. LMAO!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:56amPROGRESSIVESLAYER, I did a lengthy search for her, other than finding that she has an arrest record, just do not know what that regards. Otherwise the sites, obviously lib types, have made sure that any of her stump speeches are kept out. Only soft interviews such as Mr Ed (The Talking Horse’s Ass) Schultz’s truly softball interview of her. She started off praising fellow soldiers claiming she was not a hero but rather her fellow air crew who pulled her from the crash. Then she really went into total spin cycle regarding the VA, and Medicare.
Report Post »Yeah, to the lib trolls here who claim that Fox is soft on the Republicans, but you have to admit that ABC, CBS, NBC, BSNBC, Current (LOL) all not only give softball interviews to fellow libs. They constantly offer slobbering praise when their lips are not attached to their political heroes’ collective @$$es. Oh yeah, LOL. Ed Schultz excoriated Joe Walsh for never serving in the military while he has spent his entire adult life in broadcasting.
Warning to Walsh, you should take this as a learning experience and heed your own words about who is taping your speeches and using certain clips against you. If not, you deserve to lose.
TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:29amFunnyNot.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 4:52pmlol
Report Post »indy1
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:20amThere have been traitors in the military since Benedict Arnold. Duckworth wants to enslave us with Obama socialism. Don’t fall for the media guilt trip!
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:33amSo true. I’m sick of this hero worship of anyone in a uniform. Uniforms don’t make heros.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:14amI think Joe explained himself pretty good in the interview I saw on The Factor. What is not being said though is that the left use people with disabilities, race or gender in a way that they can come back on their political opponents who disagree with their philosophies. Instead of arguing the facts, they showcase their race, gender, disabilities and in this case military service, and then dare their opponents to disagree with them and make them out to be bad people for picking on the race, disability, gender or whatever, and ignore the facts of the real debate. In this case, Joe is up against a female, non-anglo, with disabilities from military service. She is sort of a ‘total package’. Never mind the facts of the real debate. The left and other non-thinkers think that this woman should be elected on appearances only. Not her philosophy of what America should be. This same tactic was use to get Obama elected. “Your racist if you don’t agree with Obama”. This tactic, (besides being petty), is the most “transparent” of all of the lefts policies.
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:10amVeterans who BETRAYED the USA Constitution and are POS Socialists
Wesley Clark. NATO Supreme Commander
Collin Powell – Vote for a Marxist Barack Obama – GOP Traitor
Navy Vet – an admiral Congressman Joe Sestak (wants single payer healthcare and bent on destroying the constitution.
Navy Vet Congressman Democrat Eric J. Massa (tickle me Elmo – who resigned)
Air Force vet – Arlan Spector Traitor to constitution and GOP
Condelleeza Rice – Voted for Marxist Barack Obama – not a vet but still a GOP traitor
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:27amYou forgot Allen West, Steve Stivers, and John McCain.
Report Post »lvamervet
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:19am@JUSTANGRY…..Don’t just throw names out……EXPLAIN……What is it you know or think you know about the men you listed? I’m always open to info and where it came from so I can check it out for myself.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:51amEach of the men I listed voted for the most egregious post 9/11 legislation that stripped us of our god given rights. NDAA, Patriot Act and/or it’s extension, HR347, Sopa/Pipa/Cispa, Drones, making it legal to use state propaganda on US citizens, etc.. Funny how you asked me to support my arguments but the not the original poster’s, who also just threw out names. I think you might have your republican blinders on there, hoss. I just think we have to recognize the dolts on the Conservative Team that have betrayed our principles and traditions and send them packing too is all.
Report Post »BenzinVasser
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 1:01pmHoly Cow!!! *********** Rice voted for Oblamba?! I did not know that, I guess the politically incorrect statement that blacks stick with blacks just because they’re black is true. Screw any truth or politics.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:10amJoe, if you want to get out of a hole, the first step is to quit digging. Talk about the issues!
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:22amIt’s what the left does. Puts the opponent on the defensive over non-issues to detract from the real issues. It‘s all they have since they can’t support their own failed policies. Unfortunately, it works on far too many stupid Americans. Joe’s original point that got him in this mess is that she only talks about her service and disabilities instead of the issues. All she has for a campaign is shooting for the sympathy vote. But your absolutely right. He needs to get beyond this and back to the issues.
Report Post »Obamujahadeen
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:04amIf a left winger did what he did, they’d call a presser, apologize with the wife and kids and the three legged dog Charlie and then back to normal…contrarily they’ll ride this until the next wave, til Palin says something or Bush or something other than an Obamaflubbb…which come at the rate of rapid fire the more pressure he’s under.
I’m crippled, I have a leg brace on my left leg, I never wear shorts out in public, I don‘t want people to be uncomfortable and staring at me and asking questions good and ill intended and that’s that.
She contrarily wears dresses with two prosthetic legs, c’mon!!!! That says a lot, and as certified cripple I qualify to call her on her ‘bullspit’. She’s a tool of the left, and a willing one and nothing more. Letting herself be whored out like this is pathetic. They moved her into that district race to run specifically against Walsh because he’s a threat to the left in a big Chris Christie way, they tell it like it is. Like I do.
And she’s a con, a military hero yes, but ”out here” a disgrace for using her disability for gain and for attention and ‘glory’.
Report Post »ruffnex
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:05amFinally, somebody who made my point. She is ‘milking’ her disablilty by wearing dresses. Sorry…I don‘t need to see her ’legs’
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:02amI agree with Walsh as well. Military vet? Great! But, what have you done for me lately and what do you stand for? What are your thoughts on limited government? Do you align yourself with this POTUS that is a Marxist? Do you agree that we should have “OPEN” borders and not know or care who is in our nation? Do you want to create more “GREEN” jobs, instead of letting the private sector determine where the jobs are created? Do you believe that our HEALTH CARE should be in the hands of the Federal Government?(Who can’t even run a stinking post office!)
Report Post »No Thank You!
God Bless Joe Walsh! and God Bless This Great Nation!
kuhl
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:58amSounds like Walsh is the one who made this all about her disability and military service. Can’t attack her on her stand on issues?
Report Post »Legalette
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:10amApparently she does not talk about the issues or her stance thereof!!
Report Post »steelpanther
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:16amFrom the sounds of it, she has no issues other then she has no legs.
Report Post »njoelhickson
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:56amI agree with Walsh on this one. Look at General (Ret) Wesley Clark. He was even the NATO Supreme Commander and he is just a socialist piece of trash. Having been in uniform does not automatically make someone the best candidate.
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:04amAnd Collin Powell and Coneleeza Rice – BOTH voted for Barrack Obama.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:55amreal News yesterday was there was a 3rd muslim terrorist attack attempt in as many days at the London Olympics, 7 jihadists were arrested.
Report Post »LibertyAtStake
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:55amMemo to GOP: Get Allen West up there to campaign for Walsh. And some conservative wounded warriors, too. Underwrite every penny and cover West’s back in his district also. Do your job.
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:10amExcellent Idea!!
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:36amsorry many GOP members are Progressives and will not support a tea party person. But they will vote for a socialist “Republican” like McCain.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:53amshe’s obvously playing for the sympathy vote. we thank her for her service but why should anyone vote for her based on her disability.
Report Post »screw
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:51amSitting in the co-pilot seat when your helicopter is hit by a rocket propelled grenade doesn’t make you a hero.
She seems like a brave and courageous person.
Heroic?
No.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:56amagreed.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:46amI agree with Joe Walsh. While I am a staunch supporter of our military men and women Ms. Duckworth’s policies need examined, where does she stand on every issue. Is she the right choice for the good of her state and the country.
A also agree with Walsh that if you are on Obama’s hit list you will remain a target and they will work tirelessly to undermine and defeat you in every underhanded way possible.
Ms. Duckworth served our country and was grieviously injured. I honor her service and sacrifice but that does not mean people should not question her politics.
The way I look at it is if you vote for an injured vet just because they are an injured vet you might as well vote for someone just because you like their skin color. Look how well that has worked out.
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:02amFunny how the pity vote works for the left = Giffords and this woman
but it didn’t work for McCain who was equally as wounded and he was a prisoner of war as well. The left made fun of McCain who couldn’t lift his arms above his shoulders.
Now the left and the right PILE on this GOP candidate who is CORRECT.
STOP PUTTING vets on a pedestal!!!!!!! She is getting a VA disability check every month – her payments.
She is a democrat and thus the ENEMY of the USA constitution. As veteran myself – I have ZERO respect for her.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:33amMomrules, I know you are a supporter of our military and you’re so sweet for it. You’re right, her poilcies need examined, but so does Joe’s. He’s a bad man. I’ve posted some stuff on him above.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:38amI agree. Being retired Army myself I can certainly respect LTC Tammy Duckworth for her service and certainly for what you went through to recover to the point she is at today from he massive injuries. But I certainly have no respect for her political views, and her slander of the Tea Party.
Report Post »Remember our other veteran screwball politicians such as, McCain, Kerry, John Murtha, Joe Sestak, Duke Cunningham, Richard Blumenthal….no, wait, he didn’t serve in Vietnam as he claimed. And, naturally Connecticut re-elected him anyway.
jcldwl
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:41amThis poor woman is being so used. I hope she wakes up to that fact before it is to late for her.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:40ammccain was a hero too and look what a disaster HE turned out to be.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:01amHear this with your best inner Lurch voice. I am John Kerry, and I served in Vietnam. How many thousands of times did we hear that in ‘03 and ’04? Frankly, we still hear it today. There is another political train wreck, and if ENCINOM wants to call Allen West a war criminal, West never shot a prisoner in the back with a .50 cal.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:19amRJJINGADSDEN Yeah John Frankenstein Kerry,the super hero warrior from nam had three minor cuts on his hand and he knew that was enough to get himself out of nam quickly,he was and is a coward.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:01amPROGRESSIVESLAYER, One of Lurch’s Purple Heart injuries was received for the action of him fooling around and tossing a grenade into a haystack sized pile of rice. He was struck and cut by a single grain of rice. For that particular incident his commanding officer had him quietly washed out of Vietnam mainly to get such an idiot out of his unit. Lurch put himself in for that Purple Heart a la M*A*S*H’s Frank Burns.
Report Post »Flyingfish
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:38amI agree with Walsh too. Her service checks an important box in my book, but it is only one of many that need to be checked off before she deserves a vote.
Report Post »Justus39
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:32amI total agree with Walsh. Look at the number of veterans that are doing without and see what this Administration is doing about it. Obama ,Axelrod and Emanuel have found them a puppett.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:46amAnn Coulter has written about how Democrats love to hide behind cripples, widows and minorities to get sympathy votes and pity. Look at Cindy Sheehan, the Jersey Girls, Christopher Reeve, Michael J. Fox and Max Cleland, to name just a few. By using these poor folks (who by the way are more than happy to be used) they hope to tug at our heart strings and shield their politics from criticism. We try to criticize their politics, and we’re accused of being heartless and cruel to the unfortunate. This woman is just another Sad Sack in a long line of vulgar Democrat political tactics. Democrats are Evil.
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