Vets get in races to fight GOP
War experience touted for Dems. Veterans for a Secure America fields candidates for Congress nationwide, including two in Colorado.
By Jim Hughes Denver Post Staff Writer
More than 30 Iraq and Persian Gulf War veterans have entered congressional races across the country as Democrats, hoping to capitalize on their military experience to topple the incumbent Republican majority.
In Colorado, two former military men, Jay Fawcett and Bill Winter, are vying for the House seats of two strong, entrenched Republicans: Rep. Joel Hefley of the 5th Congressional District and Rep. Tom Tancredo of the 6th Congressional District, respectively.
"Do we understand military and foreign affairs? You bet," Fawcett said. "Most of us have been to the point where you get a direct dose of military and foreign affairs, mostly in the category of small-caliber weapons. But we understand that that is just one aspect of national policy."... http://tinyurl.com/b9vuz
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I remember in one of the '96 debates Bob Dole used the phrase, "Democratic wars", to castigate the extreme policy of Bill Clinton.
Is it more sad, funny or tragic that Republicans say shit like that? Or that it makes sense to their kool-aid drinking zombie followers?
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War experience touted for Dems. Veterans for a Secure America fields candidates for Congress nationwide, including two in Colorado.
By Jim Hughes Denver Post Staff Writer
More than 30 Iraq and Persian Gulf War veterans have entered congressional races across the country as Democrats, hoping to capitalize on their military experience to topple the incumbent Republican majority.
In Colorado, two former military men, Jay Fawcett and Bill Winter, are vying for the House seats of two strong, entrenched Republicans: Rep. Joel Hefley of the 5th Congressional District and Rep. Tom Tancredo of the 6th Congressional District, respectively.
"Do we understand military and foreign affairs? You bet," Fawcett said. "Most of us have been to the point where you get a direct dose of military and foreign affairs, mostly in the category of small-caliber weapons. But we understand that that is just one aspect of national policy."... http://tinyurl.com/b9vuz
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I remember in one of the '96 debates Bob Dole used the phrase, "Democratic wars", to castigate the extreme policy of Bill Clinton.
Is it more sad, funny or tragic that Republicans say shit like that? Or that it makes sense to their kool-aid drinking zombie followers?
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