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McCain gets failing grades from veterans' groups
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5-23-2008 11:09 PM
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While he insists he received highest awards from them all.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/750ca26b-d7f8-44be-a5ed-e1783fb09dde/8A6ACD66-913E-48A4-9559-5C53A50C53D4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/" style="font-size: 11px;">thinkprogress.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/"><P>The recognition McCain has received from veterans groups is not “high awards” but <A href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5403535">failing grades</A>:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/"><P> — <STRONG>Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America</STRONG> gave McCain <A href="http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list">a grade of D</A> for his record of voting against veterans. (By contrast, Obama got a B+.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/"><P>– <STRONG>Disabled Veterans of America</STRONG> noted McCain’s <A href="http://capwiz.com/dav/scorecard.xc">dismal 20 percent voting record</A> on veterans’ issues. (Obama had an 80 percent.) </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/"><P>– In a list of “Key Votes,” <STRONG>Vietnam Veterans of America</STRONG> (VVA) notes McCain <A href="http://capwiz.com/vva/e4/cinfo/?id=157301">“Voted Against Us” 15 times</A> and “Voted For Us” only 8. (Obama voted for VVA 12 times, and <A href="http://capwiz.com/vva/e4/cinfo/?id=157311">against only once</A>.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/"><P>I believe that I have earned the right to speak out on veterans’ issues. <STRONG>As a matter of fact I received the highest award from literally every veteran’s organization in America.</STRONG> I don’t know if the American people will judge Senator Obama as to whether he has military experience or not, but they may judge him as to whether he has experience and knowledge to make the judgment necessary to care for the veterans. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8A6ACD66-913E-48A4-9559-5C53A50C53D4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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