Maj. Tammy Duckworth
Maj. Tammy Duckworth is an American hero. She is running for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in the Illinois 6th; I do not support her candidacy.
Maj. Duckworth is an American hero because she volunteered to go to Iraq with her unit even though she says she was against the war. She lost her two legs there when the helicopter she was riding in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Just as the loss of two legs and one arm did not entitle Capt. Max Cleland to a seat in the U.S. Senate, the loss of two legs does not entitle Maj. Duckworth to a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
I'm calling out all my liberal friends and the liberal media for their opportunistic and exploitive support of Maj. Duckworth. I'm also a little concerned about the manner in which Maj. Duckworth admits to exploiting her injuries.
Is Maj. Duckworth a leader? Is she capable of conceiving, drafting, and selling landmark education reform legislation? Does she have a plan to save Social Security? If so, what is it? Can she stave off the loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States? Can she build a coalition to reduce the tax burden on middle-class families? Does Maj. Duckworth have the answer to illegal immigration? What are her ideas for maintaining a national economy that is humming along? What are her ideas for driving unemployment below the current, historically low 4.7%?
Other than saying she supports our troops in Iraq, what are her ideas for winning the war in Iraq? Other than saying the President has conducted the war poorly, what are her ideas for conducting it properly? While we know she supports our troops, what does she think of Sen. John F. Kerry who voted against $85 billion in support for the troops? Would she have voted for the support? While we know she thinks the war could be fought "better", would she have voted for it in the first place? What does she think of Sens. Hillary Clinton, John F. Kerry, John Edwards, and the many, many other Democrats that voted for the war?
Or, do Democrats think her only redeeming quality is that she's a Democrat and she lost two legs in the War? Partisan Democrats actually give the impression that they want to high-five each other when they say, "and she lost two legs in the war in Iraq." But here is my question, what would the national Democrats think of Maj. Duckworth if she was pro-life? If the only thing Maj. Duckworth campaigned on was outlawing partial-birth abortion and promoting parental notification? Yeah, not so giddy. (Recall how national Democrats attack Republican African-Americans and you see my point.)
Maj. Duckworth holds opinions with which I simply disagree. She's pro-abortion. I would never vote for her. This doesn't change my opinion that she's an American hero. The Democrats opportunistic exploitation of some veterans leaves me scratching my head. Again, why, exactly, did they abandon Maj. Paul Hackett?
Maj. Tammy Duckworth is an American hero. She is running for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in the Illinois 6th; I do not support her candidacy.
Maj. Duckworth is an American hero because she volunteered to go to Iraq with her unit even though she says she was against the war. She lost her two legs there when the helicopter she was riding in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Just as the loss of two legs and one arm did not entitle Capt. Max Cleland to a seat in the U.S. Senate, the loss of two legs does not entitle Maj. Duckworth to a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
I'm calling out all my liberal friends and the liberal media for their opportunistic and exploitive support of Maj. Duckworth. I'm also a little concerned about the manner in which Maj. Duckworth admits to exploiting her injuries.
Is Maj. Duckworth a leader? Is she capable of conceiving, drafting, and selling landmark education reform legislation? Does she have a plan to save Social Security? If so, what is it? Can she stave off the loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States? Can she build a coalition to reduce the tax burden on middle-class families? Does Maj. Duckworth have the answer to illegal immigration? What are her ideas for maintaining a national economy that is humming along? What are her ideas for driving unemployment below the current, historically low 4.7%?
Other than saying she supports our troops in Iraq, what are her ideas for winning the war in Iraq? Other than saying the President has conducted the war poorly, what are her ideas for conducting it properly? While we know she supports our troops, what does she think of Sen. John F. Kerry who voted against $85 billion in support for the troops? Would she have voted for the support? While we know she thinks the war could be fought "better", would she have voted for it in the first place? What does she think of Sens. Hillary Clinton, John F. Kerry, John Edwards, and the many, many other Democrats that voted for the war?
Or, do Democrats think her only redeeming quality is that she's a Democrat and she lost two legs in the War? Partisan Democrats actually give the impression that they want to high-five each other when they say, "and she lost two legs in the war in Iraq." But here is my question, what would the national Democrats think of Maj. Duckworth if she was pro-life? If the only thing Maj. Duckworth campaigned on was outlawing partial-birth abortion and promoting parental notification? Yeah, not so giddy. (Recall how national Democrats attack Republican African-Americans and you see my point.)
Maj. Duckworth holds opinions with which I simply disagree. She's pro-abortion. I would never vote for her. This doesn't change my opinion that she's an American hero. The Democrats opportunistic exploitation of some veterans leaves me scratching my head. Again, why, exactly, did they abandon Maj. Paul Hackett?
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