"Romney Gets Still More Low-Down With Remarks Tying Obama Defence Cuts to Military Suicides"

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Romney Gets Still More Low-Down With Remarks Tying Obama Defence Cuts to Military Suicides

by Meteor Blades at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/27/1137153/-Romney-gets-still-more-low-down-with-remarks-tying-Obama-defense-reductions-to-military-suicides

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It's a political campaign, right? So we all expect a little hyperbole, a few sucker punches, the occasional head-butt, flying elbows and lots of eye-pokes. Such stuff is not a 21st century phenomenon, as anyone knows who has checked out the contests when John Adams and Thomas Jefferson went at it or when Grover Cleveland and James G. Blaine did.
Nonetheless, Mitt Romney's linking of military suicides to President Obama's (modest) reductions in military spending during a speech Thursday to the American Legion is a particularly nasty bit of business. In Springfield, Virginia, a battleground state, Romney said, after expressing opposition to the Obama reductions:

"We have huge numbers of our men and women that are returning from conflict, that are seeking counseling, psychological counseling, and can't find that counseling within our system. And, of course, record numbers of suicides. This is a crisis!" Romney said at the American Legion post.

Military suicides do constitute a crisis. President Obama has not been remiss in recognizing this, both in his appointment of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki and his taking a personal interest in the subject. And then there is the budget. Under Obama, spending for dealing with PTSD and traumatic brain injury as well as mental health services has been increased significantly.


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[alcibiades_mystery]

1. There are no "Obama defense cuts"

There are the defense cuts voted for by the GOP House and most GOP Senators through the sequester mechanism. Ryan, of course, voted for the sequester should the super committee fail to make a deal, then he sat on the super committee and refused to make a deal. Ryan voted for the defense cuts.

What Obama did was to specifically exclude veteran's bennies and Veteran's mental health services from the sequester (along with SS and all non-provider Medicare). So it's actually the opposite: it's Ryan's defense cuts that Obama saved the veteran's mental health services for.

[DollarBillHines]

4. Lying for the Lord

Just bizarre.

Be sure to check the Bob Millet video clip on the page linked.

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_nf=1&tok=MMvb2h3P5DyrjjzA0VEdGw&cp=7&gs_id=py&xhr=t&q=lying+for+the+lord&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=lying+f&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=19cbd9c82115ea9a&biw=1280&bih=605

[Voice for Peace]

2. the slime drips thickly from his lips

[Raven]

3. Romney/Ryan Budget cuts Vets' services.

Romney/Ryan Budget cuts Vets' services.Romney/Ryan Budget cuts Vets' services.Romney/Ryan Budget cuts Vets' services.Romney/Ryan Budget cuts Vets' services....

you get my drift?

[nc4bo]

5. Romney's tongue should have dried up and fell out months ago.

Why it keeps allowing itself to be worked so hard, heaven knows.