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DNC: Romney Lashes Out at Iraq Veteran... On Memorial Day!
WASHINGTON, May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a Memorial Day event
in an American Legion hall in Alton, N.H., this week, Mitt Romney lashed
out at an Iraq War veteran who "complained that he hasn't been able to get
adequate medical care since returning from Iraq in January 2005." [AP,
5/29/07] When asked by the man's wife and friend about his problem getting
treatment for a broken foot, Romney "questioned the man's status, wondering
why the military wouldn't help him if he is active duty." According to news
accounts, when the man's friend began to explain by saying, "He's in the
window," Romney "cut him off" and snapped "Don't give me, 'he's in the
window' ... He's either active duty or not." [AP, 5/29/07] Romney's only
response: the man should call his senator. [Concord Monitor, 5/29/07]
The "window" Romney's questioner was referring to is the gap resulting
from the persistent failure to form a seamless transition between
Department of Defense and Veterans Administration health care programs. Too
many injured active duty personnel lose their health coverage for a time
when they are transferred from military health care to the VA system. While
Democrats have been working to close that gap, Romney's insensitive
response shows both a lack of understanding of the issue and a lack of
sensitivity to the hardships it causes.
"Mitt Romney's heartless tirade shows how little he understands the
challenges facing our veterans and military families," said Democratic
National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera. "Republicans in Washington have consistently short changed those who have served this country. They have failed to fully fund veteran's health care programs or plan for the needs
of our wounded troops, shortcomings Democrats in Congress are working to
correct. Unfortunately, Mitt Romney apparently doesn't understand that
supporting our troops and veterans means more than offering empty
platitudes about their service while clinging to President Bush's failed
leadership and failed strategy in Iraq."
Senate Democrats Added $2.5 Billion for Department of Defense Health
Programs in Iraq Supplemental. In the Supplemental Appropriations bill,
Senate Democrats added $2.5 billion for the Department of Defense to be
used for the care of returning Iraq and Afghanistan service members. That
total is $1.3 billion over the President's request. It includes funding for
the two government agencies responsible for the care or returning soldiers
-- The Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran's Affairs.
[Release, Office of Senator Patty Murray, 3/22/07]
Congressional Democrats Pass Legislation to Work Toward "Seamless
Transition" Between DOD and VA Health Programs. On March 27, 2007, the
House passed H.R. 1538, the Wounded Warriors Assistance Act of 2007, "a
great first step towards providing a 'seamless transition' between active
duty and veterans' status: one physical evaluation for both exit (from
active duty) and entrance (to VA system) and one system for electronic
health care records. The Wounded Warrior Assistance Act provides the
people, training, and oversight mechanisms needed to ensure that our
wounded warriors feel secure that they will always receive committed
quality care and that the system will not fail them." [House Committee on
Veterans Affairs, release, 3/27/07]
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Bring back the Red Baron, Barron Tanner!!!
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Even if the Demo's paid for it, that doesn't change the fact that Romney's a douche bag.
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The quotes are from AP or the Monitor. Everything else is conjecture. For all we know the dicussion was civil. Being "cut off" does not mean rudely interrupted. May have been, may not have been. If we believe everything posted by the "enemy" (unfortunate, but true) then we are as silly as we claim the "enemy" to be...
Sorry, I am new to this forum and I hate politics (from either side), so I will back away quietly...
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"The real Romney is clearly an extraordinarily ambitious man with no perceivable political principle whatsover. He is the most intellectually dishonest human being in the history of politics."
— Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), in an interview last night with New England Cable News.
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