It isn't just the 11th Commandment
Ronald Reagan said the 11th Commandment is "Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill of Any Republican." While he didn't author the phrase, he is the one who made it popular. Now let's go to the video of the most recent, egregious violation of this rule:
Donald Trump, a man who used four student deferments and a medical deferment for a bone spur on his heel to avoid serving during the Vietnam War, is calling a career Navy officer who spent five and a half years in a POW camp, two of which were served in solitary confinement; not a hero. The next day in an interview with ABC News he went even further, claiming he doesn't owe an apology to Senator McCain:
Former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkinson says the Washington Post miscast the words of Mr. Trump. You just heard the words. What do you think? I'm of the mind that Mr. Trump was saying that Senator McCain was only a hero BECAUSE he had been captured.
That's just plain bullshit. During his tour of duty aboard a Navy aircraft carrier off the coast of Vietnam, then Lieutenant Commander McCain flew 22 bombing missions over North Vietnam before being shot down on his 23rd mission. That's heroic in and of itself. Surviving those years in the POW camp is definitely heroic. But most of all, refusing early release because his father was a high ranking Navy Admiral unless all other POWs who had been captured before him would be released at the same time as he was set free is amazingly heroic.
Donald Trump criticized the record of Senator McCain in terms of a failure to help veterans. Let's look at the record. In 1999 Senator McCain introduced legislation to identify and assist homeless veterans. Later that same year, Senator McCain asked the Senate to increase funding for the VA by $3 billion, complaining that funding had been "flat" in recent years, leading to cutbacks in services. In 2008 Senator McCain, along with other senators, introduced legislation to enhance and increase educational benefits for active-duty military personnel and veterans. He's been at the forefront of the effort to reduce the backlog in disability benefit claims processing as well as calling for investigation into allegations that a VA facility in AZ and others were involved in cooking the books and preventing veterans from receiving healthcare they are entitled to. There's a lot more, but the point that needed to be made before asking the next question has been made.
So what in the world has Donald Trump ever done to help veterans? Well, this past June he did speak at a luncheon to raise money for a veterans memorial in Coralville, IA. Funny how that sounds more like a campaign event than something designed to aid veterans. He was on the organizing committee for an event to raise money for the Wounded Warrior project. Wow, he helped organize. Perhaps when and if Mr. Trump releases his income tax returns as part of the candidate vetting process, we will learn just how much he's done for veterans.
We do know that when a charity event scheduled for his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes canceled due to his offensive remarks about Mexicans, Trump refused to return their $7,500 deposit. That's a much better indicator of how he feels about worthy charities.
Donald Trump, a man who hasn't spent a single day in his life in the service of this nation is a toupee-wearing wimp who needs to apologize to Senator McCain for casting aspersions on the man's heroism. Then Trump should leave politics and go back to firing people on The Celebrity Apprentice. If the network would take him back, which I doubt.
Donald Trump, a man who used four student deferments and a medical deferment for a bone spur on his heel to avoid serving during the Vietnam War, is calling a career Navy officer who spent five and a half years in a POW camp, two of which were served in solitary confinement; not a hero. The next day in an interview with ABC News he went even further, claiming he doesn't owe an apology to Senator McCain:
Former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkinson says the Washington Post miscast the words of Mr. Trump. You just heard the words. What do you think? I'm of the mind that Mr. Trump was saying that Senator McCain was only a hero BECAUSE he had been captured.
That's just plain bullshit. During his tour of duty aboard a Navy aircraft carrier off the coast of Vietnam, then Lieutenant Commander McCain flew 22 bombing missions over North Vietnam before being shot down on his 23rd mission. That's heroic in and of itself. Surviving those years in the POW camp is definitely heroic. But most of all, refusing early release because his father was a high ranking Navy Admiral unless all other POWs who had been captured before him would be released at the same time as he was set free is amazingly heroic.
Donald Trump criticized the record of Senator McCain in terms of a failure to help veterans. Let's look at the record. In 1999 Senator McCain introduced legislation to identify and assist homeless veterans. Later that same year, Senator McCain asked the Senate to increase funding for the VA by $3 billion, complaining that funding had been "flat" in recent years, leading to cutbacks in services. In 2008 Senator McCain, along with other senators, introduced legislation to enhance and increase educational benefits for active-duty military personnel and veterans. He's been at the forefront of the effort to reduce the backlog in disability benefit claims processing as well as calling for investigation into allegations that a VA facility in AZ and others were involved in cooking the books and preventing veterans from receiving healthcare they are entitled to. There's a lot more, but the point that needed to be made before asking the next question has been made.
So what in the world has Donald Trump ever done to help veterans? Well, this past June he did speak at a luncheon to raise money for a veterans memorial in Coralville, IA. Funny how that sounds more like a campaign event than something designed to aid veterans. He was on the organizing committee for an event to raise money for the Wounded Warrior project. Wow, he helped organize. Perhaps when and if Mr. Trump releases his income tax returns as part of the candidate vetting process, we will learn just how much he's done for veterans.
We do know that when a charity event scheduled for his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes canceled due to his offensive remarks about Mexicans, Trump refused to return their $7,500 deposit. That's a much better indicator of how he feels about worthy charities.
Donald Trump, a man who hasn't spent a single day in his life in the service of this nation is a toupee-wearing wimp who needs to apologize to Senator McCain for casting aspersions on the man's heroism. Then Trump should leave politics and go back to firing people on The Celebrity Apprentice. If the network would take him back, which I doubt.
posted by me at 11:10 PM
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