Ablogination

It’s no secret that the DLC types are as detached from our troops as most Republicans are. They voted to dump our guys in an illegal, immoral, bloodbath occupation in Iraq…and voted to fund it with countless billions of dollars.
But when it comes to taking care of our bravest citizens after the arms and legs are missing and the brains are scrambled, their concerns always seem to lie elsewhere.

Big thanx to SMF269 @ RRMB:

We’ve seen the little car magnets and other such self-indulgent “support or troops!” rhetoric. Lots of it here in Tennessee actually.
And though many of us surely do “support them", some of our elected representatives seemingly do not. At least, not in the long run.

In 1944, FDR signed the original GI Bill, which gave every veteran a chance to go to college. It paid for tuition, fees, books, and gave veterans a living stipend. The GI Bill helped the “Greatest Generation” readjust to civilian life. It helped pull us out of a post-war recession, and it helped build the middle class. Every dollar spent on educational benefits under the original GI Bill added at least seven dollars to the national economy.

Today, 1.7 million troops have come home from Iraq and Afghanistan, but the GI Bill no longer covers anything like the cost of college. So a bipartisan coalition of veterans now serving in the Senate introduced a new GI Bill, modeled on the World War II legislation. This bill recently got added to the war funding bill currently in Congress.

Now, the question…

Why is a small group of Blue Dogshit Tennessee Democrats trying to harpoon the GI Bill upgrade?
Damn good question!
Now I’ll leave it up to the Tennesseans in their districts to ask them.
300-plus Senators and Representatives from both parties and all the major veterans organizations in America have endorsed this legislation.
So, why are Reps. John Tanner (D-TN) (who is a veteran oddly enough) and Jim Cooper (D-TN) trying to derail this much needed action?

We wish we knew, and we’ll try and find out. But some of you in those districts should also ask what the problem is.
I mean, we all know that Cooper and Tanner are just Republican Lite goofballs, but surely they would agree that our soldiers are entitled to THE BEST FUCKING CARE WE CAN AFFORD THEM, YOU MISERABLE DLC IDIOTS!

Sorry, ahem…..

According to Mr. Tanner

“Some of us oppose creating a new entitlement program in an emergency spending bill, whether it’s butchers, bakers or candlestick makers.”

What?

Nursery rhymes? He references nursery rhymes when making major military veteran support issue decisions?
What’s next? Mother Goose next time we send someone to the moon?

From Heath Shuler (another clown) to the great Dennis Kucinich, everyone is behind this much needed, well earned, and duly owed legislation.
Except Cooper, Tanner and a few others.

Tanner, Cooper….
You put them there you fucking morons. Now let’s see some of that “support” you claim to have.
Our people need a GI Bill that covers all the bases. There’s no excuse for keeping it from them.