McCain Lying about Vet Support Again


	McCain Lying about Vet Support Again

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10-21-2008 10:43 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cbc2e7de-7837-43d5-9ea7-b7b6cde485ee/59AAD514-9E2C-44BF-AC48-6A883D6F25E3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2060" href="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2060" style="font-size: 11px;">www.vetvoice.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2060"><H2 class="author">by: <A class="author" href="http://www.vetvoice.com/userDiary.do?personId=4">Brandon Friedman</A></H2>
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            <I>Mon Oct 20</I></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2060">Here he goes again, telling everyone about how much veterans' group love him.  He said <A href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/mccain-lies-to-veteran/">this one</A> on Sunday:
<P></P><BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG>VETERAN:</STRONG> I know you voted for lesser increases, and sometimes they were so much less, and our VA desperately needs the money. <STRONG>Can you tell me why you would vote for less money for the VA when there's a war going on?</STRONG>
<P><STRONG>JOHN McCAIN:</STRONG> Well of course I have not and I'm afraid I've been endorsed by the VFW in every election that I've been in. <STRONG>I have been - received the honors, the highest honor and awards from all our veterans organizations for my consistent support of them.</STRONG> I don't know what you're looking at, but the DAV, the VFW, the American Legion, all of them have given me their highest awards for my consistent support of them.</P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2060">Well yeah, if you don't count <A href="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1973">VoteVets</A>, <A href="http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list">Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America</A> (IAVA), and <A href="http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=3483">Disabled American Veterans</A> (DAV)--all of which have slammed McCain's record of not supporting troops and veterans.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2060">audio--<A href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/20/mccain-lies-to-veteran/">here</A>. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/59AAD514-9E2C-44BF-AC48-6A883D6F25E3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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