Hey Tom - the truth hurts! (probably not as bad as Vietnam)

While making a point about how veterans don't like the VA Healthcare System, Tancredo is interrupted by Markos Moulitsas of The Daily Kos, who informs Tancredo that he is a veteran and Markos throws in a little tidbit about Tancredo skipping out of Vietnam after being an activist for the war.

Well, maybe the shot about Tancredo's service was a bit of a low blow, but for Tancredo to become indignant and demand an apology is laughable. He and other Republicans use the military as little props for their own agendas, then when it comes time to support them by giving them MRAPs, more armor when in combat, or education benefits when they get home they turn their backs.

Hey Tom, this is for you - you want to talk the issue - fine. Every veteran I know (especially the ones that need it the most - those that actually served in Vietnam who are now getting older or were injured during the conflict), rave about the system. All the older vets I know keep telling me to go get my benefits. It was so confusing to set them up when I got home, I just went with my employer healthcare - I think I made a mistake. I don't know what veterans organizations you are talking to, but not one of them that I have heard about is advocating a "voucher" system. That is the same BS idea as privatizing social security. All it does is put the vast amount of money into hands that are going to squeeze it for profit. Right now, every dollar goes for overhead (much less than the private system), or healthcare. By advocating a voucher system, you are essentially asking veterans to sacrifice even more - give a little bit of the money that they are paying for healthcare to some hospital or insurance exec. Good plan genius.
 

 

Ok Tancredo, back to your cowardice. Do you have any shame? It is also insulting how gung ho you are to start and advocate wars when you get to send others. I am sensing a pattern here - you love war (an activist supporting the Vietnam war), but when asked to serve, you got a deferment for "depression". How many in the military are getting deferments for that now? If these wars are so important, why haven't you asked the rest of America to sacrifice? Many in the military are on their 5 tours or more and you can't even so much as ask for more taxes. Maybe you are like W and think that people are sacrificing enough when they have to suffer through images on the news.