[StBernard] and he just keep going and going...grrrrrrrrr

[Westley Annis]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/veteranshealth.asp
 
snopes dot com  label this as a mixture, a little bit of truth and a lot of satire.
 
Bob F.

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	> I don't care what your political views are...you must read this. Another 
	> look at our president, unbelievable!!!! He has the unmitigated gall to ask 
	> veterans to give up their benefits...yet every tom, dick, or harry who comes 
	> to him with their hand out, get's a BAILOUT!!! 
	> 
	> 
	> HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO LET THE 
	> MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.........WHAT A EMPTY-HEADED PERSON HE 
	> MUST BE....SEND THIS TO EVERYONE TO SHOW JUST WHAT HE THINKS OF OUR MILITARY 
	> WHO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND GET HURT PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM!!! I HAVE 
	> ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS CREATURE BUT AM TRYING TO STOP USING THAT WORD FOR 
	> HIM...IT IS NOT NICE... 
	> 
	> Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart (see 
	> below for the link), led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to 
	> require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 
	> million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to 
	> military personnel received during their tours on active duty. 
	> 
	> Even though he abandoned the proposal...I can't believe he even CONSIDERED 
	> IT!!! The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the 
	> opposition to his proposal. 
	> 
	> "Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained.. "Nobody made these 
	> guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they 
	> whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute..." "I 
	> thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country," 
	> Obama continued. "I wasn't asking for blood, just money. With the country 
	> facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the 
	> patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I 
	> guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans." 
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	> 
	> Here's the link to Jon Stewart's segment called "That Can't Be Right": 
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	> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/18/stewart-on-obamas-plan-fo_n_176410. 
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	> Rena